Apply Filters
Priority Areas
Research Outcomes
Document Type
Country
Year
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 …

View Details
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 …

View Details
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, …

View Details
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 …

View Details
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 …

View Details
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 …

View Details
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 …

View Details
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 …

View Details
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 …

View Details
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 …

View Details

References (4020)

Show:
Le point sur l'ostéite condensante focale mandibulaire chez l'adolescent
Hariri El Mehdi, El Yajouri Hakim, El Mohtarim Bouabid, Chhoul Hakima
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Dans le cadre d'une exploration radiographique de routine au niveau des maxillaires ou lors d'un bilan orthodontique, il est fort probable de découvrir fortuitement chez l'adolescent des zones d'ostéosclérose asymptomatiques, …

View Details Source
Clinical assessment skills and the use of monitoring equipment
Harley Sarah, Timmons Stephen
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

While still a student the author spent some time working in Uganda where patient monitoring technology is rare. It became apparent that, despite three years of nursing training, the author …

View Details Source
The World Bank, Civil Society Organisations and HIV/AIDS: A Critical Assessment of the Dynamics of Engagement
Harman Sophie
2008
Dissertation
Health Research

This thesis critically examines the dynamics of the relationship between the World Bank and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) within the Multi-Country AIDS Program (MAP) in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The …

View Details Source
The World Bank and HIV/AIDS: setting a global agenda
Harman Sophie, Multi-country Aids Program, Ebook Central Academic Complete, ProQuest
2010
Book, Chapter
Health Research
View Details Source
The World Bank and HIV/AIDS: Setting a Global Agenda
Harman Sophie
2010
Book, Whole
Health Research

The governance of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has come to represent a multi-faceted and complex operation in which the World Bank has set and sustained the global agenda for by the …

View Details Source
15 years of âWar on AIDSâ: what impact has the global HIV/AIDS response had on the political economy of Africa?
Harman Sophie
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

The article discusses the international effort for the prevention of AIDS and its effects on the political economy of Africa. It mentions that the international effort for the pevention of …

View Details Source
The orphaning experience: Descriptions from Ugandan youth who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS
Harms S, Jack S, Ssebunnya J, Kizza R
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

The HIV/AIDS epidemic has continued to pose significant challenges to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Millions ofAfrican children and youth have lost parents to HIV/AIDS leaving a generation of orphans to …

View Details Source
How 'The Urge to Kill' Feels: Articulations of Emic 'Appetitive Aggression' Experiences Among Former Forcefully Recruited Children and Youth in the Acholi Region of Northern Uganda
Harnisch H, Pfeiffer A
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Based on 10 months of fieldwork in the Acholi region of northern Uganda among youth and adults who were forcefully recruited into the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) during the war, …

View Details
Depression symptoms across cultures: an IRT analysis of standard depression symptoms using data from eight countries
Haroz EE, Bolton P, Gross A, Chan KS, Michalopoulos L, Bass J
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Prevalence estimates of depression vary between countries, possibly due to differential functioning of items between settings. This study compared the performance of the widely used Hopkins symptom checklist 15-item depression …

View Details
Does the shortage of antiretroviral drugs in Uganda signal a trend?
Harper K.N.
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research
View Details Source
AI Research Assistant
AI-powered research assistance. Uses the Digital Evidence Base as the Knowledge source.