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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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Does the Narrative About the Use of Evidence in Priority Setting Vary Across Health Programs Within the Health Sector: A Case Study of 6 Programs in a Low-Income National Healthcare System
Kapiriri L
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundThere is a growing body of literature on evidence-informed priority setting. However, the literature on the use of evidence when setting healthcare priorities in low-income countries (LICs), tends to treat …

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Salient stakeholders: Using the salience stakeholder model to assess stakeholdersâ influence in healthcare priority setting
Kapiriri L, Razavi D S
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Stakeholders play an important role in health priority setting, and their roles have been discussed in the literature, mainly in relationship to their power. An emerging body of literature is …

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96:oralâEquity, justice, and social values in priority setting: a qualitative study of resource allocation criteria for global donor organizations working in low-income countries
Kapiriri Lydia, Razavi S Donya, Razavi Donya
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundThere is increasing acceptance of the importance of social values like equity and fairness in health care priority setting (PS). However, equity is difficult to define; it means different things …

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A framework to support the integration of priority setting in the preparedness, alert, control and evaluation stages of a disease pandemic
Bwire G., Kapiriri L., Essue B., Nouvet E., Kiwanuka S., Sengooba F., Reeleder D.
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

The COVID-19 pandemic, where the need-resource gap has necessitated decision makers in some contexts to ration access to life-saving interventions, has demonstrated the critical need for systematic and fair priority …

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Priority setting and equity in COVID-19 pandemic plans: a comparative analysis of 18 African countries
Kapiriri L., Nouvet E., Kiwanuka S., Biemba G., Velez C., Razavi S.D., Abelson J., Essue B.M., Danis M., Goold S. and others...
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Priority setting represents an even bigger challenge during public health emergencies than routine times. This is because such emergencies compete with routine programmes for the available health resources, strain health …

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Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the setting of three different chemopreventive regimens
Achan J, Mwangwa F, Kamya M, Dorsey G, Bigira V, Kapisi J, Soremekun S, Kinara S, Clark T
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: The burden of malaria remains high for children in parts of Africa despite the use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs). Chemoprevention has the potential of reducing the malaria burden; …

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ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MEASURE OF MALARIA DURING PREGNANCY AND ADVERSE BIRTH OUTCOMES
et al, Kakuru A., Natureeba P., Kapisi J. A., Muhindo M., Nayebare P., Makerere University College of Health Sciences Kampala Uganda
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract: Malaria in pregnancy is associated with maternal morbidity, placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes. However, data are limited on the relationships between longitudinal measure of malaria during …

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Relationships between infection with Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy, measures of placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes NCT02163447 NCT
Kakuru A, Natureeba P, Dorsey G, Olwoch P, Kamya M R, Ategeka J, Jagannathan P, Clark T D, Nakalembe M, Muhindo M K and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundMalaria in pregnancy has been associated with maternal morbidity, placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes. However, data are limited on the relationships between longitudinal measures of malaria during pregnancy, measures …

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Relationships between infection with Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy, measures of placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes
Kamya Moses R., Kakuru Abel, Jagannathan Prasanna, Nakalembe Miriam, Clark Tamara D., Dorsey Grant, Muhindo Mary K., Havlir Diane V., KapisiJames, Natureeba Paul and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND:<BR>Malaria in pregnancy has been associated with maternal morbidity, placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes. However, data are limited on the relationships between longitudinal measures of malaria during …

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RE: Severe mental illness at ART initiation is associated with worse retention in care among HIV-infected Ugandan adults by JM Nachega et al. (2013), TMIH 18, pp 53-57
Kapoor S
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Dear Sirs,We thank Shailendra Kapoor for his commentary onour publication titled âSevere mental illness atantiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is associated withworse retention in HIV care among Ugandan adultsâ(Nachega et al. …

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