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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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Tracing Makerere Universityâs 100 yearsâ contribution to lung science/medicine
Worodria W., Mayanja-Kizza H., Walusimbi S., Kirenga B.J., Nidoi J., Muttamba W., Lalitha R., Yoo S., Imoko J., Kawuma J.
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Dear Editor, African Health Sciences Journal, This year, 2022, Makerere University will be celebrating 100 years of existence. As current lung science/medicine experts, we felt it as important to trace …

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National health research systems in the WHO African Region: current status and the way forward
KirigiaJoses Muthuri, Ota Martin Okechukwu, Motari Marion, Bataringaya Juliet Evelyn, Mouhouelo Pascal
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND:<BR>A number of resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the WHO Regional Committee for Africa call upon African countries and their development partners to make the required …

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The in vitro antimycobacterial activity of medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) to treat tuberculosis in the Lake Victoria basin in Uganda
Kirimuhuzya Claude Bunalema, Lydia Tabuti, John R.S. Kakudidi K, Esezah Orodho John Magadula Jangu, Joseph Otieno, Nicholas Paul,
2011
Conference Proceedings
Health Research
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Using Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex Whole Genomes and Blood Biomarkers to Study Tuberculosis Transmission
kirimunda Samuel
2020
Dissertation
Health Research

Background: There were over 10.0 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the world in 2018, a number that has been relatively stable in recent years. The burden of the disease …

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Variation in the Human Leukocyte Antigen system and risk for endemic Burkitt lymphoma in northern Uganda
Joloba M, Reynolds SJ, Otim I, Nabalende H, Legason ID, Ogwang MD, Goedert JJ, Bhatia K, Mbulaiteye SM, Kirimunda S and others...
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is an aggressive childhood B-cell lymphoma associated with Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections. Variation in the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) system is …

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Prevalence, short term outcome and factors associated with survival in patients suffering from upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a resource limited-setting, the case of Mulago hospital in Kampala, Uganda
Ocama P, Quinlan J, Kagimu M, Mutyaba I, Kiringa SK
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common cause of admission and death in the gastroenterology service. The prevalence, risk factors and the case fatality rate of UGIB may differ …

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Response to anti-tuberculosis treatment by people over age 60 in Kampala, Uganda
Byaruhanga R, Kimuli D, Kasozi S, Birabwa E, Kirirabwa NS, DeJene S, Nanziri C, Okello DA, Suarez PG, Lukoye D
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

While old age is a known risk factor for developing active tuberculosis (TB), studies on TB in the population aged 60 years and older (considered elderly in this study) are …

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A four-year trend in pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis case detection in Kampala-Uganda
Byaruhanga R, Kimuli D, Kasozi S, Kirirabwa NS, Nanziri C, Okello DA, Lukoye D, Sama D, Ntudhu S
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundThe management and control of pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed (PBC) tuberculosis (TB) also known as infectious TB is important not only to monitor for resistance but also to check for severity, …

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Health, Human Capital, and Behavior Change: Essays in Development Microeconomics
Kirk Angeli Elise
2016
Dissertation
Health Research

This dissertation combines three empirical studies of household behaviors as they relate to investment in health and human capital in developing countries. The first explores how changes in children's nutrition …

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Composition of Household Income and Child Nutrition Outcomes Evidence from Uganda
Kirk A, Kilic T, Carletto C
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

This study targets the empirical space between cross-country analyses exploring links between income and nutrition without insights on micro-level determinants, and relevant microeconomic studies hindered by small sample size and/or …

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