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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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Does the Narrative About the Use of Evidence in Priority Setting Vary Across Health Programs Within the Health Sector: A Case Study of 6 Programs in a Low-Income National Healthcare System
Kapiriri L
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundThere is a growing body of literature on evidence-informed priority setting. However, the literature on the use of evidence when setting healthcare priorities in low-income countries (LICs), tends to treat …

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Salient stakeholders: Using the salience stakeholder model to assess stakeholdersâ influence in healthcare priority setting
Kapiriri L, Razavi D S
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Stakeholders play an important role in health priority setting, and their roles have been discussed in the literature, mainly in relationship to their power. An emerging body of literature is …

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96:oralâEquity, justice, and social values in priority setting: a qualitative study of resource allocation criteria for global donor organizations working in low-income countries
Kapiriri Lydia, Razavi S Donya, Razavi Donya
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundThere is increasing acceptance of the importance of social values like equity and fairness in health care priority setting (PS). However, equity is difficult to define; it means different things …

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A framework to support the integration of priority setting in the preparedness, alert, control and evaluation stages of a disease pandemic
Bwire G., Kapiriri L., Essue B., Nouvet E., Kiwanuka S., Sengooba F., Reeleder D.
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

The COVID-19 pandemic, where the need-resource gap has necessitated decision makers in some contexts to ration access to life-saving interventions, has demonstrated the critical need for systematic and fair priority …

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Priority setting and equity in COVID-19 pandemic plans: a comparative analysis of 18 African countries
Kapiriri L., Nouvet E., Kiwanuka S., Biemba G., Velez C., Razavi S.D., Abelson J., Essue B.M., Danis M., Goold S. and others...
2022
Journal, Article
Health Research

Priority setting represents an even bigger challenge during public health emergencies than routine times. This is because such emergencies compete with routine programmes for the available health resources, strain health …

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Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the setting of three different chemopreventive regimens
Achan J, Mwangwa F, Kamya M, Dorsey G, Bigira V, Kapisi J, Soremekun S, Kinara S, Clark T
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background: The burden of malaria remains high for children in parts of Africa despite the use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs). Chemoprevention has the potential of reducing the malaria burden; …

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ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MEASURE OF MALARIA DURING PREGNANCY AND ADVERSE BIRTH OUTCOMES
et al, Kakuru A., Natureeba P., Kapisi J. A., Muhindo M., Nayebare P., Makerere University College of Health Sciences Kampala Uganda
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract: Malaria in pregnancy is associated with maternal morbidity, placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes. However, data are limited on the relationships between longitudinal measure of malaria during …

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Relationships between infection with Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy, measures of placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes NCT02163447 NCT
Kakuru A, Natureeba P, Dorsey G, Olwoch P, Kamya M R, Ategeka J, Jagannathan P, Clark T D, Nakalembe M, Muhindo M K and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

BackgroundMalaria in pregnancy has been associated with maternal morbidity, placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes. However, data are limited on the relationships between longitudinal measures of malaria during pregnancy, measures …

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Relationships between infection with Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy, measures of placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes
Kamya Moses R., Kakuru Abel, Jagannathan Prasanna, Nakalembe Miriam, Clark Tamara D., Dorsey Grant, Muhindo Mary K., Havlir Diane V., KapisiJames, Natureeba Paul and others...
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND:<BR>Malaria in pregnancy has been associated with maternal morbidity, placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes. However, data are limited on the relationships between longitudinal measures of malaria during …

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RE: Severe mental illness at ART initiation is associated with worse retention in care among HIV-infected Ugandan adults by JM Nachega et al. (2013), TMIH 18, pp 53-57
Kapoor S
2014
Journal, Article
Health Research

Dear Sirs,We thank Shailendra Kapoor for his commentary onour publication titled âSevere mental illness atantiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is associated withworse retention in HIV care among Ugandan adultsâ(Nachega et al. …

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