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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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Service Delivery versus Moonlighting: Using Data from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Senegal
Hausken K, Ncube M
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Striking the proper balance between allocating resources into service delivery for low income which benefits society, and moonlighting elsewhere for additional income, is a challenge. A model is developed for …

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Service delivery weaknesses within education and healthcare: Applying empirics from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Senegal
Hausken K, Ncube M
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Civil servants such as teachers and doctors allocate their resources into service delivery that benefits society, and alternative efforts for income. With low salary or high cost of service delivery, …

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HIV Testing and Treatment with the Use of a Community Health Approach in Rural Africa
Mwangwa F, Plenty A, Ruel T, Clark TD, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, Bukusi E, Shade SB, Balzer LB, Charlebois ED and others...
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background Universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) with annual population testing and a multidisease, patient-centered strategy could reduce new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and improve community health. Methods We randomly assigned …

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Inhaled nitric oxide for the adjunctive therapy of severe malaria: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Namasopo S, Conroy A L, Kain K C, Liles W C, John C C, Opoka R O, Hawkes M, Miller C, Thorpe K E, Lavery J V
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: Severe malaria remains a major cause of global morbidity and mortality. Despite the use of potentanti-parasitic agents, the mortality rate in severe malaria remains high. Adjunctive therapies that target …

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Host-pathogen interactions in malaria and tuberculosis: Experimental models and translation to novel adjunctive therapies
Hawkes Michael
2012
Dissertation
Health Research

Malaria and tuberculosis together account for more than 2 million deaths worldwide each year. The present body of work examines interactions between these leading pathogens and cross-cutting themes in innate …

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Performance of point-of-care diagnostics for glucose, lactate, and hemoglobin in the management of severe malaria in a resource-constrained hospital in Uganda
Hawkes Michael, Conroy Andrea L., Opoka Robert O., Namasopo Sophie, Liles W. Conrad, John Chandy C., Kain Kevin C.
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: Severe malaria is frequently managed without access to laboratory testing. We report on the performance of point-of-care tests used to guide the management of a cohort of 179 …

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Performance of point-of-care diagnostics for glucose, lactate, hemoglobin in the management of severe malaria in a resource-constrained hospital in Uganda
Namasopo S, Conroy A L, Kain K C, Liles W C, John C C, Opoka R O, Hawkes M
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Severe malaria is frequently managed without access to laboratory testing. We report on the performanceof point-of-care tests used to guide the management of a cohort of 179 children with severe …

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Short Report: Performance of Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Glucose, Lactate, and Hemoglobin in the Management of Severe Malaria in a Resource-Constrained Hospital in Uganda
Hawkes Michael, Namasopo Sophie, Conroy Andrea L, Opoka Robert O, Liles W Conrad, John Chandy C, Kain Kevin C
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Severe malaria is frequently managed without access to laboratory testing. We report on the performanceof point-of-care tests used to guide the management of a cohort of 179 children with severe …

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Spread of artemisinin resistance in malaria
Conroy A.L., Hawkes M., Kain K.C.
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Inhaled nitric oxide as adjunctive therapy for severe malaria: a randomized controlled trial
Conroy Andrea L., Opoka Robert O., Namasopo Sophie, Liles W. Conrad, Kain Kevin C., Hawkes Michael T., Hermann Laura, Thorpe Kevin E., McDonald Chloe, Kim Hani and others...
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND:<BR>Severe malaria remains a major cause of childhood mortality globally. Decreased endothelial nitric oxide is associated with severe and fatal malaria. The hypothesis was that adjunctive inhaled nitric …

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