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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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2020 GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX: ONE DECADE TO ZERO HUNGER LINKING HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
Klaus von Grebmer, Jill Bernstein, Miriam Wiemers, Réiseal Ní Chéilleachair, Connell Foley, Seth Gitter, Kierstin Ekstrom, Heidi Fritschel, Keshia Acheampong, Asja Hanano and others...
2020
Report
Health Research

The 2020 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that although hungerworldwide has gradually declined since 2000, in many places progressis too slow and hunger remains severe. These areas are highlyvulnerable to …

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Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda
Klaver W
2014
Book, Chapter
Health Research

This chapter complements the results presented in the previous chapter of the comparison of trends in food production in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda over the past 10-50 years by …

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Deep gene sequence cluster analyses of multi-virus-infected mucosal tissue reveal enhanced transmission of acute HIV-1
Klein K., Nankya I., Nickel G., Ratcliff A.N., Meadows A.A.J., Hathaway N., Bailey J.A., Stieh D.J., Cheeseman H.M., Carias A.M. and others...
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Exposure of the genital mucosa to a genetically diverse viral swarm from the donor HIV-1 can result in breakthrough and systemic infection by a single transmitted/founder (TF) virus in the …

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Cardiac manifestation of the hypereosinophilic syndrome: new insights
Kleinfeldt T, Nienaber C A, Kische S, Akin I, Turan R G, Körber T, Schneider H, Ince H
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

Cardiac manifestation is the major cause of morbidity in patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). Clinical features range from heart failure to arterial embolism, which are caused by thickening of the …

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Parent and Teacher Perspectives about Problem Behavior in Children with Williams Syndrome
Klein-Tasman Bonita P., Lira Ernesto N., Li-Barber Kirsten T., Gallo Frank J., Brei Natalie G.
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Problem behavior of 52 children with Williams syndrome ages 6 to 17 years old was examined based on both parent and teacher report. Generally good inter-rater agreement was found. Common …

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A situational analysis of child and adolescent mental health services in Ghana, Uganda, South Africa and Zambia
Lund C, Kleintjes S, Flisher A. J
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective: Approximately one in five children and adolescents (CA) suffer from mental disorders. This paper reports on the findings of a situational analysis of CA mental health policy and services …

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From Bench to Bedside: Seeing the Future of Ischaemic Post-Conditioning as a Novel Cardioprotective Therapy
Klemperer A. Von
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

In order to improve the survival of patients suffering from an acute myocardial infarction; it is crucial to limit the size of strategies have been developed; but very few of …

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Courage and confidence to stop lying: caregiver perspectives on a video to support paediatric HIV disclosure in Kampala, Uganda
Seeley J, Musoke P, King R, Klingberg S, Lubwama R, Namuganga M, Nabiryo B, Etima M, Butler L M
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that HIV-positive children are told their diagnosis by age 12 years. However, most perinatally-infected children reach adolescence without being told their HIV status. Effective …

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Comparison of treatment of incomplete abortion with misoprostol by physicians and midwives at district level in Uganda: a randomised controlled equivalence trial
Tumwesigye NM, Atuhairwe S, Byamugisha J, Gemzell-Danielsson K, Klingberg-Allvin M, Cleeve A, Faxelid E
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background Misoprostol is established for the treatment of incomplete abortion but has not been systematically assessed when provided by midwives at district level in a low-resource setting. We investigated the …

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Disclosures of funding sources and conflicts of interest in published HIV/AIDS research conducted in developing countries
Klitzman R, Chin LJ, Rifai-Bishjawish H, Kleinert K, Leu CS
2010
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objectives Disclosures of funding sources and conflicts of interests (COI) in published peer-reviewed journal articles have recently begun to receive some attention, but many critical questions remain, for example, how …

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