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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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Self-selection of male circumcision clients and behaviors following circumcision in a service program in Uganda
Kong XR, Wawer MJ, Kigozi G, Gray RH, Serwadda D, Nalugoda F, Kagaayi J, Ssekubugu R
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objectives: Sub-Saharan African countries have substantially scaled-up safe male circumcision (SMC) services. However, it is unclear whether services are reaching men most at risk of HIV and whether there is …

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Impact of combination HIV interventions on HIV incidence in hyperendemic fishing communities in Uganda: a prospective cohort study
Nakigozi G, Wawer MJ, Sewankambo NK, Kigozi G, Grabowski MK, Gray RH, Nalugoda F, Reynolds SJ, Quinn TC, Tobian AAR and others...
2019
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background Targeting combination HIV interventions to locations and populations with high HIV burden is a global priority, but the impact of these strategies on HIV incidence is unclear. We assessed …

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Indices to predict the risk of HIV in Rakai, Uganda: Application to the scale-up of safe male circumcision for HIV prevention
Kagaayi Joseph
2021
Dissertation
Health Research

Objectives:(i)To derive indices to predict the risk of HIV acquisition in Rakai, Uganda.(ii)To determine whether HIV risk profiles differed between acceptors of safe male circumcision (SMC) and non-acceptors before and …

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The History of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Africa
Serwadda David, KagaayiJoseph
2016
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: HIV testing of African immigrants in Belgium showed that HIV existed among Africans by 1983. However, the epidemic was recognized much later in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa …

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Medical technologies and abortion care in Eastern Uganda
Kagaha A, Manderson L
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Manual Vacuum Aspirators (MVA), Dilation and Curettage (D&C), and medical abortifacients (Misoprostol, Mifepristone and Divabo) are available in clinical settings that offer abortion and post-abortion care in Uganda. While these …

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Power, policy and abortion care in Uganda
Kagaha A, Manderson L
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Unsafe abortion practices remain the major contributor to maternal death in Uganda, impeding the achievement of universal health coverage and quality of maternal health care. Using an ethnographic design and …

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PHP71 Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Facility and Community Based Provision of Family Planning in Kampala
Kaganda P. N., Ssengooba F., Baine S. O.
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research
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Characterization of a Conformation-Restricted Amyloid β Peptide and Immunoreactivity of Its Antibody in Human AD brain
Kageyama Y., Irie Y., Matsushima Y., Segawa T., Bellier J.-P., Hidaka K., Sugiyama H., Kaneda D., Hashizume Y., Akatsu H. and others...
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Characterization of amyloid β (Aβ) oligomers, the transition species present prior to the formation of Aβ fibrils and that have cytotoxicity, has become one of the major topics in the …

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Prevalence and Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence in HIV-Seropositive Women in Serodiscordant Relationships
Kaggiah Anne
2018
Dissertation
Health Research

Intimate partner violence (IPV), is behavior within an intimate relationship that causes physical, sexual, or emotional harm. It is the most common form of gender based violence (GBV) and is …

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