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Rapid Response Briefs (69)

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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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Low use of contraception among poor women in Africa: an equity issue
Creanga A. A, Duff Gillespie, Karklins S, Tsui A. O
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective To examine the use of contraception in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa; to assess changes in met need for contraception associated with wealth-related inequity; and to describe the relationship …

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DHIS2 & Catholic Relief Services: SUPPORTING MINISTRIES OF HEALTH WITH DISTRICT HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
CRS
Report
Health Research
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How capacity strengthening readied a local partner for sustainability and growth in Uganda
CRS
Report
Health Research
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LEARNING BRIEF: What to Consider When Establishing a Strong Private and Public Partnership in Water A ccess and Management
CRS
Report
Health Research

The primary target audience of this learning paper is CRS internal staff,including technical and business development staff designing newprograms which include PPPs, and those seeking to incorporate PPPsinto existing projects. …

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Achieving Health Impacts at Scale: CRS REVOLUTIONIZES HEALTH CAMPAIGNS WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
CRS
Report
Health Research

INTRODUCTIONCatholic Relief Services (CRS) has successfully partnered withnational government health agencies in several countries toimprove the efficiency, quality, and coverage of communitybasedmalaria interventions that support national malariaelimination strategies through scaled …

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Fostering integration of data demand and information use (DDIU) and continuous quality improvement (CQI) in HIV care and treatment
CRS
2012
Report
Health Research

The data demand and information use (DDIU) cycle involves information collection and analysis, dissemination, information use and data demand to support evidence-based decision making (see Figure 1). DDIU is a …

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The Faithful House and Ugandaâs National Campaign: âGo Together, Know Togetherâ
CRS
2012
Report
Health Research

Overview of the evidence for couples-basedHIV preventionNew evidence is challenging the conventional approach to HIV preventionthrough individual behavior change. First, epidemiological trends indicatethat half of new HIV infections in some …

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Effects of faithfulness-focused curriculum on couples from three regions in Uganda
CRS
2012
Report
Health Research

BackgroundEven though a large share of new HIV infections in many African countriesoccurs within marriages, there are relatively few prevention programs specificallyfocusing on the couple as a unit of behavior …

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AIDS RELIEF UGANDA: FINAL REPORT 2004-2012
CRS
2013
Report
Health Research

From 2004 to 2012, AIDSRelief Uganda provided HIVcare and treatment to nearly 88,000 patients, including45,000 who enrolled on lifesaving antiretroviral therapy(ART) at 23 treatment sites. Consortium membersCatholic Relief Services, University …

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Monthly Interval Resilience Analysis (MIRA) MEASURING RESILIENCE AND WELL-BEING FOR STRONGER FOOD SECURITY AND RESILIENCE PROGRAMMING
CRS
2021
Report
Health Research
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