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Current epidemiological profile of the Mpox virus in Africa; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

BackgroundThe Mpox virus has caused two major outbreaks in the last three years. The first Mpox outbreak was in 2022,and it spread mainly in Europe and the Americas. The second …

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How to improve healthcare workersâ motivation to adopt and effectively utilize new technologies, such as smart paper technology, designed to improve data capture in their work environment; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background: Over the past five years, Mukono district has implemented smart paper technology(SPT) to improve data capture and reporting efficiency in health facilities, focusing on the ExpandedProgram on Immunization (EPI). …

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Interventions to Improve HPV Screening Rates in Mukono District; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background:The Uganda Ministry of Health monitors HPV screening through district-level data collection,incentivizing active monitoring. In Mukono District, efforts have focused on educating HIV-infectedwomen and providing sample self-collection kits for convenience. …

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Strategies for reducing mortality due to motorcycle accidents; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background: The rise in morbidity and mortality from motorcycle-related injuries is concerning, especially with the increasing popularity of motorcycles for transportation. Despite this trend, the management of crash victims has …

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Understanding the Problem of Maternal and Perinatal Deaths in Uganda; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background: Maternal and perinatal mortality in Uganda remains a significant public health issue despite various healthcare interventions. Maternal mortality is defined as the death of a woman during pregnancy or …

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Why immunisation coverage is not recovering; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background:The Uganda Ministry of Health monitors HPV screening through district-level data collection, incentivizing active monitoring. In Mukono District, efforts have focused on educating HIV-infected women and providing sample self-collection kits …

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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
brief
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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Enhancing youthsâ role in the mitigation of climate change effects on Sexual and Reproductive Health; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2023
brief
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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Strategies to improve vaccination data capture in Ugandaâs health information management system; A Rapid Response Brief
ACRES
2024
brief
Health Research

Background: In Mukono District, Uganda, the issue of zero-dose childrenâthose who have notreceived any routine vaccinationsâarises from discrepancies, for instance, in populationdenominator data, delayed reporting through the Health Management Information …

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Clinical supervision for clinical psychology students in Uganda: an initial qualitative exploration
Hall J, Kasujja R, Oakes P
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Burn out in clinical psychologists working in low income countries has been reported. Clinical supervisory structures do not yet exist in Uganda. A way to decrease levels of burn …

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Exploring Tuberculosis Genetics: Resistance to infection, progression to active disease, host genetics and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages within a household contact study in Kampala, Uganda
Hall Noemi Borsay
2016
Dissertation
Health Research

Pulmonary tuberculosis disease (TB), caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a major public health threat globally, with a high burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, we explored …

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Ethionamide-Induced Hypothyroidism in Children
Hallbauer U. M, Schaaf H. S
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Ethionamide is a second-line anti-tuberculosis drug used in the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Hypothyroidism is reported to be a rare adverse effect. A retrospective descriptive study was done of all …

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Comparison of capillary and venous parasitemia measurements in clinical trials of malaria in Ugandan children, adults, and pregnant women (CPCV)
Hamadu Musleehat
2014
Dissertation
Health Research

Malaria is mesoendemic in Uganda; with an entomological inoculation rate (EIR) estimated at 562 infective bites per person year (PPY), Tororo, a rural district located in Eastern Uganda, is one …

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Improving healthcare: A guide to roll-out best practices
Ham-Baloyi W.T., Minnie K., van der Walt C.
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Best practices comprise recent, relevant, and helpful nursing practices, methods, interventions, procedures or techniques based on high-quality evidence. Best practices should be implemented to improve individual patientsâ health outcomes …

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African and Asian Zika virus strains differentially induce early antiviral responses in primary human astrocytes
Hamel R, Ferraris P, Wichit S, Diop F, Talignani L, Pompon J, Garcia D, Liegeois F, Sall AA, Yssel H and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

ZIKA virus (ZIKV) is a newly emerging arbovirus. Since its discovery 60 years ago in Uganda, it has spread throughout the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, emphasizing the capacity …

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Global threat from drug resistant HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
Kityo Cissy, Hamers Raph, Lange Joep M. A., Rinke de Wit Tobias F., Mugyenyi Peter
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

The article reports on the rising rate of HIV drug resistance and its public health implications in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that the development of drug resistance was worsened by …

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Patterns of HIV-1 drug resistance after first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) failure in 6 sub-saharan african countries: Implications for second-line ART strategies
Kityo C., Hamers R.L., Sigaloff K.C.E., Wensing A.M., Wallis C.L., Siwale M., Mandaliya K., Ive P., Botes M.E., Wellington M. and others...
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Availability of Therapies and Services for Parkinson's Disease in Africa: A Continent-Wide Survey
Hamid E., Ayele B.A., Massi D.G., Ben Sassi S., Tibar H., Djonga E.E., El-Sadig S.M., Amer El Khedoud W., Razafimahefa J., Kouame-Assouan A.E. and others...
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: The growing burden of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Africa necessitates the identification of available therapies and services to improve patient care. Objective: To investigate the availability, affordability, frequency of …

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Evaluating the impact of targeting livestock for the prevention of human and animal trypanosomiasis, at village level, in districts newly affected with T-b. rhodesiense in Uganda
Bardosh KL, Picozzi K, Waiswa C, Welburn SC, Hamill L, Fyfe J, von Wissmann B, Wastling S, Wardrop N, Selby R and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Uganda has suffered from a series of epidemics of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), a tsetse transmitted disease, also known as sleeping sickness. The area affected by acute Trypanosoma brucei …

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