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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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"The ""Ten Commandments"" of Treating Preschool Children who Wheeze"
Green Robin J, Halkas Andrew, Weinberg Eugene
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

"Wheezing in young children is problematic for most practitioners. Difficulties arise in both the diagnosis and management of this clinical phenotype. Not all preschool children who wheeze have asthma. Therefore; …

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Uganda battles Marburg fever outbreak
Green A.
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research
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The Need to Reemphasize Behavior Change for HIV Prevention in Uganda: A Qualitative Study
Green EC, Kajubi P, Ruark A, Kamya S, D'Errico N, Hearst N
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

Uganda has long been considered an AIDS success story, although in recent years declines in prevalence and incidence appear to have stalled or even reversed. During the early stages of …

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Ambitious plans to improve respiratory health in Uganda
Green A.
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Tackling childhood tuberculosis in Uganda
Green A.
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Women's entrepreneurship and intimate partner violence: A cluster randomized trial of microenterprise assistance and partner participation in post-conflict Uganda (SSM-D-14-01580R1)
Green EP, Blattman C, Jamison J, Annan J
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Intimate partner violence is widespread and represents an obstacle to human freedom and a significant public health concern. Poverty alleviation programs and efforts to economically "empower" women have become popular …

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Countering Violence Against Women by Encouraging Disclosure: A Mass Media Experiment in Rural Uganda
Green D P, Wilke A M, Cooper J
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Violence against women (VAW) is widespread in East Africa, with almost half of married women experiencing physical abuse. Those seeking to address this issue confront two challenges: some forms of …

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Evidence of sociodemographic heterogeneity across the HIV treatment cascade and progress towards 90-90-90 in sub-Saharan Africa - a systematic review and meta-analysis
Green D, Tordoff DM, Kharono B, Akullian A, Bershteyn A, Morrison M, Garnett G, Duerr A, Drain PK
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Introduction Heterogeneity of sociodemographics and risk behaviours across the HIV treatment cascade could influence the public health impact of universal ART in sub-Saharan Africa if those not virologically suppressed are …

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Toll-like receptor polymorphisms and cerebral malaria
Greene Jennifer A.
2010
Dissertation
Health Research

Cerebral malaria is a severe neurologic complication of P. falciparum infection which occurs in individuals with little or no acquired immunity to malaria, mostly children in endemic areas. Some cerebral …

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Toll-like receptor polymorphisms and cerebral malaria: TLR2 Î22 polymorphism is associated with protection from cerebral malaria in a case control study
Greene J A, Sam-Agudu N, John C C, Opoka R O, Zimmerman P A, Kazura J W
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

AbstractBackground: In malaria endemic areas, host genetics influence whether a Plasmodium falciparum-infected childdevelops uncomplicated or severe malaria. TLR2 has been identified as a receptor for P. falciparum-derivedglycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI), and polymorphisms …

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