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How can we promote exclusive breastfeeding in the informal economy in Uganda; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2022
Rapid Review
Health Research

Background:Working with other government ministries, departments and agencies and different development partners, the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development is leading efforts to develop regulations on "Breastfeeding and childcare …

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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
Rapid Review
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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Enhancing youthsâ role in the mitigation of climate change effects on Sexual and Reproductive Health; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2023
Rapid Review
Health Research

Background: The impacts of climate change on sexual and reproductive health include increases in GBV, strained access to SRH services resulting in unwanted pregnancies, and sexually transmitted diseases,among others. Furthermore, …

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What measures can district health authorities take to prevent and control Covid19 in the community; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2020
Rapid Review
Health Research

Background:While discussing the dynamics of the spread of Covid-19 disease and the global trend of the disease morbidity and mortality, District Health Officers (DHOs) have raised a need to explore …

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Feasibility and Effects of task sharing and mhealth by VHTS in the prevention and control of hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus;A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2019
Rapid Review
Health Research

Background:Village Health Teams (VHTs) or Lay health workers have been shown to a play an important role of increasing access to healthcare within communities and homes for infectious diseases such …

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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
Rapid Review
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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Why vaccine coverage, which dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic, is slow to recover, particularly in Kampala and Wakiso; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
Rapid Review
Health Research

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic caused a major disruption to the delivery of healthcare services,including routine immunization, leading to a sharp decline in vaccine coverage. In 2021, 25 million childrenmissed their …

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Management of (expensive) medical equipment; lessons from other countries; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2012
Rapid Review
Health Research

Background: Effective health technology management (HTM) is essential for delivering safe, equitable, and quality health care. However, the rising costs of healthcare, driven in part by advancing medical technology, pose …

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What health system strategies have low and middle income countries used to improve their maternal outcomes; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2011
Rapid Review
Health Research

Background: Maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide is a major public health problem with unacceptable effects on families and nations. The maternal mortality ratio for sub-Saharan Africa is estimated at almost …

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What are the stem cell policies and regulations globally; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2011
Rapid Review
Health Research

Background: This paper gives a general overview of the policies of countries in given regions and identifies a few countries for which the content will be analyzed and related to …

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NICOV : a model to analyse impact of nutritional status and immunity on COVID-19
Hussain Zakir, Borah Malaya Dutta
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

A few months back there was no medication and vaccine for COVID-19. Yet, most of the infected people got recovered. A very small portion of the infected people could not …

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Prevalence and Genotypic Characterization of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Uropathogens Isolated from Refugees with Urinary Tract Infections in Nakivale Refugee Settlement camp, Southwestern Uganda
Hussein A.A., Kassaza K., Mwesigye J., Mwamibi B., Kabanda T., Bazira J.
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: World Health Organization approximates that one in four individuals have had at least one UTI episode requiring treatment with an antimicrobial agent by the teen age. At Nakivale refugee …

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More Sustainable Systems Through Consolidation? The Changing Landscape of Rural Drinking Water Service Delivery in Uganda
Huston A, Gaskin S, Moriarty P, Watsisi M
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

The drinking water services sector in Uganda is in the early stages of a nationally planned transition; it aims to move from a paradigm based on community managed point sources …

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National policy development for cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Malawi, Uganda and Zambia: the relationship between Context, Evidence and Links
Hoskins S, Phiri S, Hutchinson E, Parkhurst J, Gibb DM, Chishinga N, Droti B
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Several frameworks have been constructed to analyse the factors which influence and shape the uptake of evidence into policy processes in resource poor settings, yet empirical analyses of health …

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Translating evidence into policy in low-income countries: Lessons from co-trimoxazole preventive therapy
Hoskins S, Phiri S, Hutchinson E, Parkhurst J, Chishinga N, Droti B, Gibb D
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

In the April 2010 issue of this journal, Date et al. expressed concern over the slow scale-up in low-income settings oftwo therapies for the prevention of opportunistic infections in people …

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'It puts life in us and we feel big': shifts in the local health care system during the introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria into drug shops in Uganda
Nabirye C, Kayendeke M, Magnussen P, Mbonye A, Clarke S, Lal S, Hutchinson E, Chandler C, Kizito J
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

This paper is an analysis of the social interaction between drug sellers, their clients and local health care workers within a medical trial that introduced rapid diagnostic tests for malaria …

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EFFECTIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF A COLLABORATIVE IMPROVEMENT METHOD TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF ROUTINE MALARIA SURVEILLANCE DATA IN KAYUNGA DISTRICT, UGANDA
et al, Hutchinson E., Nabirye C., Naiga S., Staedke S., Westercamp N., Centers for Disease Control, Prevention U. S. A.
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract: Improving malaria surveillance data quality in Africa is a priority. We evaluated the effect of collaborative improvement method (CIM), an innovative quality improvement method, to increase malaria …

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Introducing rapid tests for malaria into the retail sector: what are the unintended consequences?
Nabirye C, Kayendeke M, Chandler CIR, Magnussen P, Clarke SE, Mbonye A, Lal S, Hutchinson E, Hutchison C, Hansen K
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

The observation that many people in Africa seek care for febrile illness in the retail sector has led to a number of public health initiatives to try to improve the …

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Data value and care value in the practice of health systems: A case study in Uganda
Nabirye C, Nayiga S, Staedke SG, Hutchinson E, Taaka L
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

In anthropology, interest in how values are created, maintained and changed has been reinvigorated. In this case study, we draw on this literature to interrogate concerns about the relationship between …

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Life in the buffer zone: Social relations and surplus health workers in Uganda?s medicines retail sector
Clarke SE, Mbonye A, Hutchinson E, Mundua S, Ochero L
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

In many countries, when health systems are examined from the bottom up medicine sellers emerge as critical actors providing care and access to commodities. Despite this, these actors are for …

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