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Rapid Response Briefs (71)

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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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References (4020)

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Potential Roles of Mhealth for Community Health Workers: Formative Research With End Users in Uganda and Mozambique
Kallander K, InSCALE Study Grp, Thondoo M, Strachan DL, Nakirunda M, Ndima S, Muiambo A, Hill Z
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Community health workers are reemerging as an essential component of health systems in low-income countries. However, there are concerns that unless they are adequately supported, their motivation and performance …

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Valuing the work of unpaid community health workers and exploring the incentives to volunteering in rural Africa
Vassall A, inSCALE Study Grp, Kasteng F, Kallander K, Settumba S
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Community health worker (CHW) programmes are currently being scaled-up in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to healthcare. CHWs are often volunteers; from an economic perspective, this raises considerations whether reliance …

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Low prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii lung colonization in Ugandan HIV-infected patients hospitalized with non-Pneumocystis pneumonia
Worodria W, den Boon S, Cattamanchi A, Davis JL, Yoo SD, Huang L, Int HIV-Associated Opportunistic, Taylor SM, Meshnick SR, Andama A and others...
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

Pneumocystis jirovecii is an important opportunistic infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. In the developed world, P. jirovecii epidemiology is marked by frequent colonization in immunosuppressed patients, but …

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Procalcitonin predicts mortality in HIV-infected Ugandan adults with lower respiratory tract infections
Worodria W, Cattamanchi A, Davis JL, Huang L, Int HIV Assoc Opportunistic Pneumo, Tokman S, Barnett CF, Jarlsberg LG, Taub PR, Den Boon S and others...
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background and objectiveIn low and middle-income countries where HIV infection is prevalent, identifying patients at high risk of dying from lower respiratory tract infections is challenging and validated prognostic models …

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List of occupational diseases (revised 2010): Identification and recognition of occupational diseases: Criteria for incorporating diseases in the ILO list of occupational diseases (OSH 74)
International Labour Office
2010
Book, Whole
Health Research

The new list includes a range of internationally recognized occupational diseases, from illnesses caused by chemical, physical and biological agents to respiratory and skin diseases, musculoskeletal disorders and occupational cancer. …

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Investments in Children: Evidence from Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia
Children Save the
Generic
Health Research

Children and youth form the bulk of the population globally. This is even more the case in developing countries including Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia as covered under this study. There …

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Affordable HIV drug-resistance testing for monitoring of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa
Ondoa P., Hamers R. L., Inzaule S. C., Peter T., Mugyenyi P. N., Stevens W. S., de Wit T. F. R.
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Increased provision of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa has led to a growing number of patients with therapy failure and acquired drug-resistant HIV, driving the demand for more costly further …

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Correction: Long-Term Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence in HIV-Infected Adolescents and Adults in Uganda: A Qualitative Study
Kityo Cissy, Rinke de Wit Tobias F., Inzaule Seth C., Hamers Raph L., Roura Maria
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Previous antiretroviral drug use compromises standard first-line HIV therapy and is mediated through drug-resistance
Ondoa Pascale, Rinke de Wit Tobias F., Inzaule Seth C., Hamers Raph L., Kityo Cissy M., Siwale Margaret, Akanmu Alani Sulaimon, Wellington Maureen, de Jager Marleen, Ive Prudence and others...
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: In ART programs in sub-Saharan Africa, a growing proportion of HIV-infected persons initiating first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) have a history of prior antiretroviral drug use (PAU). We assessed …

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Primary resistance to integrase strand transfer inhibitors in patients infected with diverse HIV-1 subtypes in sub-Saharan Africa
de Wit TFR, Inzaule SC, Hamers RL, Noguera-Julian M, Casadella M, Parera M, Paredes R
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and patterns of major and accessory resistance mutations associated with integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs), across diverse HIV-1 subtypes in sub-Saharan Africa.Methods: pol gene sequences …

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