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Dimensions of reintegration of Covid-19 survivors and suspects into their communities; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

BackgroundRe-settling in communities for Covid-19 survivors and their contacts following release from isolation facilities might be particularly challenging. Due to the enormous fear Covid-19 has caused in communities, returning individuals …

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Effective communication strategies during COVID-19 outbreak; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

BackgroundPolicy and decision makers in Uganda are cognisant of the importance of effective communication from the responsible authorities in the prevention and control of an outbreak, as a lack of …

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Forming partnerships between Health Management Organisations and public health service providers; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:A private partner has built a health facility in a district in Uganda and intends to operate a Health Management Organization model of health care delivery. However, the facility is …

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How facilities can adequately prepare to provide safe spaces and management for the elderly during the Covid-19 pandemic in LMIC; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background: Elderly population accounts for a big percentage of severe Covid-19 cases and deaths worldwide. Despite Uganda reporting 44 cases as of 1st April 2020 with no fatality, MoH is …

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Impact of Acting District Health Officers on Health Services Delivery within their Respective Jurisidictions; A Case for Advocacy; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:The staffing norms for the districts in Uganda require that each district has a District Health Officer (DHO) who is a qualified medical docor with additional training in â¦â¦. However, …

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Integration of Health Services Delivery for the Elderly within the Existing Structures; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:The Ministry of Health is drafting a policy that aims at integrating health services delivery for people above 60 years within the existing delivery structures in Uganda. To inform their …

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Results-Based Financing in low and middle-income countries; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:There are on-going efforts within the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Uganda to actively scale up results-based financing (RBF) and improve health system performance by aligning investments to system performance. …

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Safety Considerations for Standard Operating Procedures for Places of Worship during the COVID-19 pandemi; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:There have been several outcries from believers and leaders of religious sects in Uganda for the government to allow places of worship to reopen to the public describing them as …

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Strengthening district laboratory systems: Scaling up the response for the COVID-19 outbreak in Uganda; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:Probable cases of Covid-19 with in districts have to be refered or transported to designated facilities to collect samples amidst an on-going country wide lockdown. This is increasingly becoming a …

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Strengthening Health promotion and prevention structures at the districts; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
brief
Health Research

Background:The Ministry of Health recently issued guidance to districts to increase health promotion and prevention expenditure in the primary health care grant from 10% to 30%. However, districts note several …

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Antibiotic 'entanglements': health, labour and everyday life in an urban informal settlement in Kampala, Uganda
Nabirye C, Willis LD, Nayiga S, Kayendeke M, Staedke SG, Chandler CIR
Journal, Article
Health Research

Antibiotics are a routine part of everyday life in many contexts, contributing to the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Our ethnographic research documents the ways that antibiotics have become a …

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Mitral Valve Repair in Rheumatics: is it still Worthwhile?
Antunes Manuel J
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

Prosthetic valve replacement in young patients carries increased morbidity and mortality; even with recent types and models of prostheses. Fortunately; rheumatic mitral regurgitation in this young population group is amenable …

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Diagnostic de la toxoplasmose congenitale au cours de la grossesse : resultats de l'analyse par PCR de 97 liquides amniotiques
Aoun K, Ben Abdallah R, Bouratbine A, Fakhfakh N, Maatoug R, Siala E, Souissi O
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

Key words: Congenital toxoplasmosis, antenatal diagnosis, real-time PCREarly diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) is necessary to prevent seriouscomplications. We report and discuss in this study the contribution of the real-time …

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Is there a Role for Surgery in the Management of Isolated Secundum Atrial Septal Defect in Adults? : Cardiovascular Topic
Arslan Gokhan, Arslan Mehmet, Barcin Cem, Bolcal Cengiz, Doganci Suat, Iyisoy Atilla, Kadan Murat, Yildirim Vedat
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research
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An Interesting D-Lemma: What is all the Excitement about Vitamin D?
Ascott-Evans Brynne, Conradie Marli
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

"There has been a dramatic interest in the importance of vitamin D; ""the sunshine vitamin""; in the past few years with regard to its impact on various aspects of health …

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Bedside measures of malnutrition and association with mortality in hospitalized adults
Asiimwe S. B., Muzoora C., Wilson L. A., Moore C. C.
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background & aims: The impact of malnutrition on the outcomes of hospitalized adults in resource-limited settings such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is not fully described. We aimed to determine the …

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Increasing options for post abortion care, medical abortion and contraception in women with unwanted pregnancies
Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Uganda (AOGU
Research project
Health Research

Background: In Uganda, 56% of all pregnancies are unintended, and the maternal mortality ratio remains unacceptably high at 336 deaths/100,000 live births [1]. Unsafe abortions, mainly from unwanted pregnancies, contribute …

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Asymptomatic School-Aged Children Are Important Drivers of Malaria Transmission in a High Endemicity Setting in Uganda
Kamya MR, Arinaitwe E, Drakeley C, Dorsey G, Staedke SG, Rek J, Blanken SL, Okoth J, Ayo D, Onyige I and others...
Journal, Article
Health Research

In an area of intense malaria transmission in Uganda, school-aged children (5-15 years old) and asymptomatic infections were identified as major contributors to the malaria human infectious reservoir and could …

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Cecite chez l'enfant: causes et maladies associées
Atipo-Tsiba P W
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

Purpose: List the main causes of blindness in children from birth to age of 10 years, and identify the related diseases.Methods: He is a retrospective study of 5 years (January …

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