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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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Neuropsychological performance in African children with HIV enrolled in a multisite antiretroviral clinical trial
Familiar-Lopez I, Boivin MJ, Violari A, Fairlie L, Abrahams N, IMPAACT P1104s Study Team, Barlow-Mosha L, Chernoff MC, Laughton B, Zimmer B and others...
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective and design:Children with HIV infection (HIV+) are at neuropsychological risk, but few studies have evaluated this at multiple sites in low-income and middle-income countries. We compared neuropsychological outcomes at …

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Efficacy and safety of dolutegravir with emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide fumarate or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, and efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate HIV antiretroviral therapy regimens started in pregnancy (IMPAACT 2
Stranix-Chibanda L, Mmbaga BT, Rooney JF, Hoffman RM, Brummel SS, Fairlie L, Coletti A, Chakhtoura N, McCarthy K, IMPAACT 2010 Vested Study Team and others...
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) during pregnancy is important for both maternal health and prevention of perinatal HIV-1 transmission; however adequate data on the safety and efficacy of different ART regimens …

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'Impairments of the brain': Global South perspectives on childhood neurodevelopmental disability
Mbazzi FB, Kawesa ES
Journal, Article
Health Research

The word 'disability' does not exist in most African languages. There are words for impairments that describe the 'missing' or affected body parts, but no specific words to characterize, for …

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Household food insecurity, maternal nutrition, environmental risks and infants' health outcomes: protocol of the IMPALA birth cohort study in Uganda
Nantanda R, IMPALA Consortium, Terfa ZG, Lesosky M, Devereux G, Obasi A, Mortimer K, Khan J, Rylance J, Niessen LW
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Introduction In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), food insecurity and undernutrition disproportionately affect women of reproductive age, infants and young children. The disease burden from undernutrition in these vulnerable sections …

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Implementation, interrupted: Identifying and leveraging factors that sustain after a programme interruption
Katamba A, Davis JL, Hennein R, Ggita J, Ssuna B, Shelley D, Akiteng AR, Armstrong-Hough M
Journal, Article
Health Research

Many implementation efforts experience interruptions, especially in settings with developing health systems. Approaches for evaluating interruptions are needed to inform re-implementation strategies. We sought to devise an approach for evaluating …

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Improving emergency care in Uganda
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Accuracy, Ease of Use, Safety, and Acceptability of a 23-mu L Conical Cup Blood Transfer Device for Use with Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Gonzalez IJ, Bell D, Incardona S, Kyabayinze DJ, Ndawula B, Kanyago MC, Mwancha-Kwasa MC
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Devices to safely transfer fixed amounts of finger prick blood to rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) pose a significant challenge, especially in non-laboratory settings. Following the success of an "inverted cup …

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Accuracy, ease of use, safety, and acceptability of a 23-μL conical cup blood transfer device for use with rapid diagnostic tests
Bell D, González I J, Kyabayinze D J, Incardona S, Ndawula B, Kanyago M C, Mwancha-Kwasa M C
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Devices to safely transfer fixed amounts of finger prick blood to rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) pose a significant challenge, especially in non-laboratory settings. Following the success of an âinverted cup …

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Mixed-Method Analysis of Barriers to Surgical Care in Uganda
Incorvia Joseph James
2017
Dissertation
Health Research

Background: Barriers to surgical care in low- and middle-income countries have basis in theoretical frameworks, but are often left undefined and understudied. Based on the Access Evaluation Framework and Healthcare …

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Relative Undernourishment and Food Insecurity Associations with Plasmodium falciparum Among Batwa Pygmies in Uganda: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Survey
Berrang-Ford L, Lwasa S, Namanya DB, Donnelly B, Indigenous Hlth Adaptation Climate, Lewnard JA, Patterson KA, Kulkarni MA, Harper SLL, Ogden NH and others...
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Although malnutrition and malaria co-occur among individuals and populations globally, effects of nutritional status on risk for parasitemia and clinical illness remain poorly understood. We investigated associations between Plasmodium falcipantm …

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