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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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Completion of community health worker initiated patient referrals in integrated community case management in rural Uganda
Ntaro M, Jarolimova J, Baguma S, Patel P, Mian-McCarthy S, Matte M, Kenney J, Bwambale S, Mulogo E, Stone G
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundUganda has sought to address leading causes of childhood mortality: malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea, through integrated community case management (iCCM). The success of this approach relies on community health worker …

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Completion of community health worker initiated patient referrals in integrated community case management in rural Uganda 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services
Ntaro M, Jarolimova J, Baguma S, Patel P, Matte M, Kenney J, Bwambale S, Mulogo E, Stone G, Mian-Mccarthy S
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundUganda has sought to address leading causes of childhood mortality: malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea, through integrated community case management (iCCM). The success of this approach relies on community health worker …

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Lumbar Imaging With Reporting Of Epidemiology (LIRE)-Protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized trial
Jarvik J.G., Comstock B.A., James K.T., Avins A.L., Bresnahan B.W., Deyo R.A., Luetmer P.H., Friedly J.L., Meier E.N., Cherkin D.C. and others...
2015
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Health Research
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Determinants of Mortality in a Combined Cohort of 501 Patients With HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: Implications for Improving Outcomes
Hosseinipour MC, Muzoora C, Jaffar S, Taseera K, Wood R, Jarvis JN, Bicanic T, Loyse A, Namarika D, Jackson A and others...
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background. Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a leading cause of death in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Identifying factors associated with mortality informs strategies to improve outcomes.Methods. Five hundred …

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Client Perceptions of Quality and Choice at Static, Mobile Outreach, and Special Family Planning Day Services in 3 African Countries
Shannon C, Jarvis L, Wickstrom J
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Use of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) has grown rapidly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania, and Uganda. Uptake of LARCs is particularly high during mobile outreach …

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Single-Dose Liposomal Amphotericin B Treatment for Cryptococcal Meningitis
Singh A., Muzoora C., Kanyama C., Jaffar S., Jarvis J.N., Lawrence D.S., Meya D.B., Kagimu E., Kasibante J., Mpoza E. and others...
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)- related death in sub-Saharan Africa. Whether a treatment regimen that includes a single high dose of liposomal amphotericin …

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Investing in the health workforce to increase access to and use of HIV and AIDS services in Uganda
Jaskiewicz W., Oketcho V., Settle D., Frymus D., Ntalazi F., Ezati I., Tulenko K.
2016
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Health Research
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Targeted newborn metabolomics: prediction of gestational age from cord blood
Kakuru A, Kamya M, Ruel T, Clark TD, Dorsey G, Olwoch P, Kajubi R, Jagannathan P, Adrama H, Jasper EA and others...
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective Our study sought to determine whether metabolites from a retrospective collection of banked cord blood specimens could accurately estimate gestational age and to validate these findings in cord blood …

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Mobile cancer prevention and early detection outreach in Uganda: Partnering with communities toward bridging the cancer health disparities through "asset-based community development model"
Jatho A, Mugisha NM, Kafeero J, Holoya G, Okuku F, Niyonzima N
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background Communities in low-income countries are characterized by limited access to cancer prevention and early detection services, even for the commonest types of cancer. Limited resources for cancer control are …

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