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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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A case of palatal perforation caused by toxoplasmosis: case study
Kambugu A., Ocama P., Katusiime C.
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

Describe the case of a 35-year-old HIV-positive man seen at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda, with a 2-week history of palatal perforation

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IMMUNE RECONSITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME AMONG ADOLESCENTS: A REPORT OF CASES IN A RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTING (UGANDA)
Kambugu A, Ocama P, Katusiime C
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

We report immune reconstitution inflammatory syndromes in a cohort of adolescents/young adults over a period of 1 year at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda.

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Initial description of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome involving the thyroid gland in an immunocompromised patient
Kambugu A, Ocama P, Katusiime C
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Abscess formation in the thyroid gland is particularly a rare phenomenon and presents a medical and surgical dilemma especially in HIVseropositive patients. The authors report a case of a paradoxical …

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Intractable chronic vulval ulceration presenting as immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in a treatment-failure patient: a case observation
Kambugu Andrew, Katusiime Christine, Ocama Ponsiano
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: HIV-1 treatment-failure patients are increasingly being initiated on second-line antiretroviral therapy. The case we describe is of a treatment-failure patient who developed intractable chronic vulval ulceration presenting as …

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A rare entity of primary extranodal diffuse large B cell lymphoma of the lower limb calf in an HIV-infected young adult on highly active antiretroviral therapy
Kambugu A, Katusiime C
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

Primary cutaneous and skeletal muscle lymphomas are particularly rare phenomena in HIV sero-positive patients. The authors report a case of primary extranodal malignant diffuse large B cell lymphoma of the …

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CHRONIC GENITAL ULCER DISEASE WITH SUBSEQENT DEVELOPMENT OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) URETHRITIS AND BACTERAEMIA IN AN HIV-SEROPOSITIVE PERSON - A CASE OBSERVATION
Kambugu A, Katusiime C
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

HIV-seropositive persons are at increased risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Genital ulcerative disease and sexually transmitted infection with subsequent MRSA infection in HIV-seropositive persons have been documented only once. …

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Brief Report: Prevalence of Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease among HIV-Infected Children in Kampala, Uganda
Musiime V, Kityo C, Mirembe G, Lubega S, Lwabi P, Gleason B, Namuyonga J, Okello E, Lubega I, Salata R A and others...
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains highly prevalent in resource-constrained settings around the world, including countries with high rates of HIV/AIDS. Although both are immune-mediated diseases, it is unknown whether HIV …

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Prevalence of Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease Among HIV-Infected Children in Kampala, Uganda
Musiime V, Kityo C, Mirembe G, Longenecker CT, Lubega S, Lwabi P, Salata RA, Gleason B, Namuyonga J, Okello E and others...
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains highly prevalent in resource-constrained settings around the world, including countries with high rates of HIV/AIDS. Although both are immune-mediated diseases, it is unknown whether HIV …

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Management and Outcomes of Acute Surgical Patients at a District Hospital in Uganda with Non-physician Emergency Clinicians
Global Emergency Care, Dresser C, Periyanayagam U, Dreifuss B, Wangoda R, Luyimbaazi J, Bisanzo M
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

Acute surgical care services in rural Sub-Saharan Africa suffer from human resource and systemic constraints. Developing emergency care systems and task sharing aspects of acute surgical care addresses many of …

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Derivation and validation of a chief complaint shortlist for unscheduled acute and emergency care in Uganda
Bisanzo M, Global Emergency Care Investigator, Study Grp, Rice BT, Maling S, Joseph R, Mowafi H
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objectives Derive and validate a shortlist of chief complaints to describe unscheduled acute and emergency care in Uganda.Setting A single, private, not-for profit hospital in rural, southwestern Uganda.Participants From 2009 …

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