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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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Global health education for medical students: New learning opportunities and strategies
Goldner BW, Bollinger RC
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: A new course was offered to introduce basic global health concepts to all first year Johns Hopkins medical students, that took advantage of new distance learning capacity to connect …

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Stroke in sub-Saharan Africa: An urgent call for prevention...Neurology. 2012 Mar 27;78(13):1007-8
Goldstein Larry B.
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

In his Global Perspectives article, Dr. Chin(1) reported on the resource constraints related to the provision of stroke care in Africa. This was based on his experience visiting Mulago Hospital, …

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A pilot comparison of standardized online surgical curricula for use in low- and middle-income countries
Goldstein S D, Papandria D, Linden A, Azzie G, Borgstein E, Calland J F, Finlayson S R.G, Jani P, Klingensmith M, Labib M and others...
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Importance Surgical conditions are an important component of global disease burden, due in part to critical shortages of adequately trained surgical providers in low- and middle-income countries.Objectives To assess the …

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The effect of transcendental meditation on self-efficacy, perceived stress, and quality of life in mothers in Uganda
Goldstein L, Nidich SI, Goodman R, Goodman D
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Vulnerable women living in poverty in Uganda, who are primarily single, illiterate mothers, face high levels of physical and psychological stress. Our study assessed the impact of the Transcendental Meditation …

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The cost of time: A randomised, controlled trial to assess the economic impact of upfront, point-of-care blood tests in the Emergency Centre
Goldstein Lara Nicole, Wells Mike, Vincent-Lambert Craig
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

Introduction Time and cost constraints abound in the Emergency Centre (EC). These resource-constraints are further magnified in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Almost half of all patients presenting to the …

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IN SEARCH OF THE RIGHT FORMULA: PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROVISION OF SAFE WATER IN RWANDA AND UGANDA
Golooba-Mutebi F
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

Over the last two decades, efforts have been made to find the right formula or formulae for delivering services to poor rural communities. Beginning in the late 1980s, decentralisation entailing …

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A global perspective: Training opportunities in Adolescent Medicine for healthcare professionals
Hassan A., Golub S.A., Arunakul J.
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research
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HIV-phyloTSI: Subtype-independent estimation of time since HIV-1 infection for cross-sectional measures of population incidence using deep sequence data
Hayes R., Kaleebu P., Golubchik T., Abeler-Dörner L., Hall M., Wymant C., Bonsall D., Macintyre-Cockett G., Thomson L., Baeten J.M. and others...
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Estimating the time since HIV infection (TSI) at population level is essential for tracking changes in the global HIV epidemic. Most methods for determining duration of infection classify samples into …

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AEROBIC TRAINING IN OBESE ADOLESCENTS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH. / ENTRENAMIENTO AERÃBICO EN OBESOS ADOLESCENTES: UN ENFOQUE MULTIDISCIPLINARIO
Gomes Priscyla Praxedes, Lofrano-Prado Mara Cristina, de Lira Camila Tenório Calazans, dos Santos Tenório Thiago Ricardo, Botero João Paulo, dos Santos Marcos André Moura, do Prado Wagner Luiz
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Introduction: The prevalence of excess weight/obesity in adolescence has increased, and physical training may be effective in combating this scenario. Objective: To analyze the effect of different intensities of aerobic …

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Assessment of the consistency of national-level policies and guidelines for malaria in pregnancy in five African countries
Gomez PP, Gutman J, Roman E, Dickerson A, Andre ZH, Youll S, Eckert E, Hamel MJ
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: At least 39 sub-Saharan African countries have policies on preventing malaria in pregnancy (MIP), including use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) and case …

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