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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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What is new in HIV/AIDS research in developing countries?
Kamali Anatoli
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

HIV epidemic has had greatest impact in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and mainly in East and Southern Africa with HIV prevalence in some parts going up to 30%. In the recent …

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Research on the epidemiology and prevention of HIV in rural south west Uganda, 1989-2010
Kamali Anatoli B.
2012
Dissertation
Health Research

This thesis is based on research on the epidemiology and prevention of HIV among adults in rural Masaka district, Uganda (1989-2010). Arising from this research are 10 published papers, which …

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Heterogeneity of HIV incidence: a comparative analysis between fishing communities and in a neighbouring rural general population, Uganda, and implications for HIV control
Asiki G, Kaleebu P, Kamali A, Price MA, Ruzagira E, Bahemuka U, Newton R, Nsubuga RN, Fast P
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objectives To describe HIV heterogeneity in rural Uganda using incidence data collected between January 2012 and December 2014 among fishing cohort (FC) and in an adjacent rural general population cohort …

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Association between crural vessel patency and successful transmetatarsal amputation: a single centre experience
Kamali Dariush, Thomas Matthew, Loo Peter Van, Nichol Ian
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background:Transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) has a reputation for failure, centred around wound breakdown. No study has looked at the direct association between the patency of individual crural arteries and the healing …

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A Case of Recrudescence Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Treated with Atovaquone-Proguanil
Kaman A., Tanır G., Akkaya B., Bayhan G.İ., Gayretli Aydın Z.G., Aydın Teke T.
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Dyslipidaemia and hypertension among adults with diabetes in rural Uganda
Kamara NT, Asiimwe S
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

Dyslipidaemia and hypertension in patients with diabetes increase the risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications.We took anthropometric measurements, lipids, blood pressure and fasting blood sugar of 150 diabetics and 151 …

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Understanding Caregivers Perceptions of Malnutrition in the Jinja District of Uganda
Kamara Kimberly
2013
Dissertation
Health Research

Background: In 2006, 16.4% of children under 5 years were reported to be underweight in Uganda. In spite of this high prevalence, only 3.3% of children taken to the Allan …

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The Socioeconomic and Sexual Health Status of Young People Living in Urban Slum Areas of Kampala, Uganda
Kamara JK, Namugambe BM, Egessa R, Kamanga G, Renzaho AMN
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

Slum dweller youth in Kampala, Uganda, face social economic exclusion and a plethora of health risks, and their needs are poorly understood. The aim of the current study was to …

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POSC165 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Free Anti-Hypertensive Medicines on Blood Pressure Among HIV Positive Patients at IDI
Lamorde M., Kamara Y., Laker E., Anguzu G., Semeere A.
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objectives: To determine the cost effectiveness of free anti-hypertensive drug intervention on HIV patients with hypertension. 1.To determine the impact of increased access to free-anti-hypertensive on median blood pressure. 2.To …

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Medicinal plants of Otwal and Ngai Sub Counties in Oyam District, Northern Uganda
Kamatenesi MM, Acipa A, Oryem-Origa H
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: An ethnobotanical study was carried out in four parishes in the Ngai and Otwal Sub Counties in Oyam district, Northern Uganda, where insurgency has been prevalent for the past …

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