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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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ChildFund International 2015 - 2016 IMPACT REPORT: A Focus on Child Protection
ChildFund
2016
Report
Health Research

SUMMARYChildFund Internationalâs Impact Report 2015-2016 deals with the tough topic of harms perpetrated against children, and explores our growingexpertise in programming that protects children from those harms: abuse, neglect, exploitation …

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Cholera vaccination in Africa
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

The article reports that cholera vaccination campaigns by health ministries targeting two million people in Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, South Sudan, and Nigeria are set to be completed in June 2018 …

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CIDD-UG RAPID ASSESSMENT REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADEHERENCE TO PRESIDENTIAL SAFETY DIRECTIVES AND MINISTRY OF HEALTH GUIDELINES AGAINST COVID 19 IN PALLISA DISTRICT
CIDD-UG
2020
Report
Health Research

A) BACKGROUNDBreaking news about the presence of the deadly corona virus, the speed at which it harvested human lives from Wuhan province in China and its spread globally, plunged the …

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COVID 19 RAPID ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR PALLISA DISTRICT
CIDD-UG
2021
Report
Health Research

As a result of the second wave of Corona virus in Uganda, the president who chairs theNational COVID-19 task force clamped down a series of restrictions designed to mitigate thesurge …

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Tackling the Realities of Protracted Displacement Case Studies on What s Working and Where We Can Do Better
Cindy Huang, Sarah Charles, Lauren Post, Gough Kate
2018
Generic
Health Research

The international community has come together in new ways to address forced displacementâone of the biggest challenges of the early twenty-first century. A series of high-level events in 2016 acknowledged …

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Disintegrating Perineal Disease in Patients with Urethral Stricture and HIV Infection: A Review of 12 Cases
Claassen Freddie M, Greunen Nico Van Heyns, Chris F, Wentzel Schalk W
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

The aim of this study was to define disintegrating perineal disease (DPD) and to determine whether the fulminating nature of the condition could be explained by urine and perineal swab …

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Conflict and Climate Factors and the Risk of Child Acute Malnutrition Among Children Aged 24-59 Months: A Comparative Analysis of Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda
Grace K, Verdin A, Brown M, Bakhtsiyarava M, Backer D, Billing T
Journal, Article
Health Research

Acute malnutrition affects a sizeable number of young children around the world, with serious repercussions for mortality and morbidity. Among the top priorities in addressing this problem are to anticipate …

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The National Grandmothers Gathering
Consortium Grandmothers
2015
Generic
Health Research

Many grandmothers are weak, sickly, poor, overburdened and cannot afford basic needs including health care, shelter and food for themselves.. But despite all these hurdles, grandmothers are often also tasked …

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