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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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Socioeconomic Status and Vulnerability to HIV Infection in Uganda: Evidence from Multilevel Modelling of AIDS Indicator Survey Data
Igulot P, Magadi MA
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background. There is controversy on the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and HIV infection. Some evidence claims higher SES is negatively associated with HIV infection while others report the reverse. …

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Effective supervision of doctoral students in public and population health in Africa: CARTA supervisorsâ experiences, challenges and perceived opportunities
Igumbor J.O., Bosire E.N., Karimi F., Katahoire A., Allison J., Muula A.S., Peixoto A., Otwombe K., Gitau E., Bondjers G. and others...
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

The quality and success of postgraduate education largely rely on effective supervision. Since its inception in 2008, the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) has been at the …

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Inevitable Caesarean Myomectomy
Igwegbe A. O, Monago E. N, Nwosu B. O, Ugboaja J. O
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

The standard teaching is to avoid caesarean myomectomy as much as possible for the fear of the attendant severe haemorrhage. Classical caesarean section in spite of its risk of uterine …

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The burden and determinants of self-reported acute gastrointestinal illness in an Indigenous Batwa Pygmy population in southwestern Uganda
IHACC Res Team, Berrang-Ford L, Lwasa S, Namanya DB, Clark S, Edge VL, Harper S
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) is an important public health priority worldwide. Few studies have captured the burden of AGI in developing countries, and even fewer have focused on Indigenous populations. …

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Vulnerability to the health effects of climate variability in rural southwestern Uganda
IHACC Res Team, Berrang-Ford L, Lwasa S, Namanya DB, Harper SL, Labbe J, Ford JD, Donnelly B, Twesigomwe S
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Vulnerability to the health impacts of climate change will be shaped by the existing burden of ill- health and is expected to be highest in poor and socio-economically marginalized populations. …

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How seasonality and weather affect perinatal health: Comparing the experiences of indigenous and non-indigenous mothers in Kanungu District, Uganda
IHACC Res Team, Berrang-Ford L, Lwasa S, Harper S, Twesigomwe S, MacVicar S, Steele V, Bambaiha DN, Asaasira G, Ross N
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

Maternal and newborn health disparities and the health impacts of climate change present grand challenges for global health equity, and there remain knowledge gaps in our understanding of how these …

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Is the effect of precipitation on acute gastrointestinal illness in southwestern Uganda different between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities?
Patterson K, Berrang-Ford L, Lwasa S, Ford J, Harper SL, Clark S, Donnelly B, IHACC Team, Busch J, Windfeld E and others...
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

Acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) is a global public health priority that often disproportionately effects Indigenous populations. While previous research examines the association between meteorological conditions and AGI, little is known …

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Doing More Than Asking for Opinions: A Framework for Participation and Ecohealth in Health Information System Evaluations
Berrang-Ford L, Lwasa S, Namanya DB, IHACC Res Grp, Helwig JE, Bishop-Williams KE
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Health information systems (HIS) are used to manage information related to population health. The goal of this research was to conduct an evaluation of a HIS used at a hospital …

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Developing an online food composition database for an Indigenous population in south-western Uganda
Berrang-Ford L, Lwasa S, Namanya DB, Twesigomwe S, IHACC Team, Scarpa G, Bawajeeh AO, Kakwangire P, Peters R, Beer S and others...
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective:To develop an online food composition database of locally consumed foods among an Indigenous population in south-western Uganda.Design:Using a community-based approach and collaboration with local nutritionists, we collected a list …

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'We don't use the same ways to treat the illness:' A qualitative study of heterogeneity in health-seeking behaviour for acute gastrointestinal illness among the Ugandan Batwa
IHACC Res Team, Patterson K, Berrang-Ford L, Lwasa S, Namanya DB, Harper SL, Clark S, Twesigomwe S, Brubacher LJ
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

The Batwa (Twa), an Indigenous People of southwest Uganda, were evicted from their ancestral forest lands in 1991 due to establishment of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. This land dispossession forced …

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