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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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Le point sur l'ostéite condensante focale mandibulaire chez l'adolescent
Hariri El Mehdi, El Yajouri Hakim, El Mohtarim Bouabid, Chhoul Hakima
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Dans le cadre d'une exploration radiographique de routine au niveau des maxillaires ou lors d'un bilan orthodontique, il est fort probable de découvrir fortuitement chez l'adolescent des zones d'ostéosclérose asymptomatiques, …

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Clinical assessment skills and the use of monitoring equipment
Harley Sarah, Timmons Stephen
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

While still a student the author spent some time working in Uganda where patient monitoring technology is rare. It became apparent that, despite three years of nursing training, the author …

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The World Bank, Civil Society Organisations and HIV/AIDS: A Critical Assessment of the Dynamics of Engagement
Harman Sophie
2008
Dissertation
Health Research

This thesis critically examines the dynamics of the relationship between the World Bank and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) within the Multi-Country AIDS Program (MAP) in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The …

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The World Bank and HIV/AIDS: setting a global agenda
Harman Sophie, Multi-country Aids Program, Ebook Central Academic Complete, ProQuest
2010
Book, Chapter
Health Research
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The World Bank and HIV/AIDS: Setting a Global Agenda
Harman Sophie
2010
Book, Whole
Health Research

The governance of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has come to represent a multi-faceted and complex operation in which the World Bank has set and sustained the global agenda for by the …

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15 years of âWar on AIDSâ: what impact has the global HIV/AIDS response had on the political economy of Africa?
Harman Sophie
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

The article discusses the international effort for the prevention of AIDS and its effects on the political economy of Africa. It mentions that the international effort for the pevention of …

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The orphaning experience: Descriptions from Ugandan youth who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS
Harms S, Jack S, Ssebunnya J, Kizza R
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

The HIV/AIDS epidemic has continued to pose significant challenges to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Millions ofAfrican children and youth have lost parents to HIV/AIDS leaving a generation of orphans to …

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How 'The Urge to Kill' Feels: Articulations of Emic 'Appetitive Aggression' Experiences Among Former Forcefully Recruited Children and Youth in the Acholi Region of Northern Uganda
Harnisch H, Pfeiffer A
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Based on 10 months of fieldwork in the Acholi region of northern Uganda among youth and adults who were forcefully recruited into the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) during the war, …

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Depression symptoms across cultures: an IRT analysis of standard depression symptoms using data from eight countries
Haroz EE, Bolton P, Gross A, Chan KS, Michalopoulos L, Bass J
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Prevalence estimates of depression vary between countries, possibly due to differential functioning of items between settings. This study compared the performance of the widely used Hopkins symptom checklist 15-item depression …

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Does the shortage of antiretroviral drugs in Uganda signal a trend?
Harper K.N.
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research
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