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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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Final Report: User Perspectives on New Long Acting Contraceptive Technologies
fhi360
2017
Generic
Health Research

Executive Summary User Perspectives on New Long Acting Contraceptive Technologies Photo credit: Reinout Van Den Bergh Photography Method related concerns represent an important cause of contraceptive non use and discontinuation. …

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Fighting Stigma With High Tech [Back Story]
2017
Journal, Article
Health Research

Celina Schocken isn't the kind of CEO who stays at her desk. As the head of Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon, a nonprofit dedicated to improving women's health in the developing …

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Integrating a Parenting Intervention With Routine Primary Health Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial
Florencia Lopez-Boo, Helen Baker-Henningham, Susan P Walker
2015
Generic
Health Research

OBJECTIVE: More than 200 million children globally do not attain their developmental potential. We hypothesized that a parent training program could be integrated into primary health center visits and benefit …

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Food security variation among Indigenous communities in South-western Uganda
IHACC Res Team, Patterson K, Berrang-Ford L, Lwasa S, Namanya DB, Ford J, Harper SL
Journal, Article
Health Research

We assess whether the household is an apt scale of analysis to examine food insecurity of Indigenous Batwa of Kanungu District, Uganda. Our objectives were: 1) estimate the prevalence and …

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2019 ANNUAL REPORT
Fore Henrietta H
2019
Generic
Health Research

Every year, 1 billion children experience some form of violence. The End Violence Partnership and Fund is a public-private partnership launched by the UN Secretary-General in 2016 to catalyse, support …

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A Comparison of Post-Incisional Subcutaneous; Intramuscular; and Subcutaneous plus Intramuscular Infiltrations of Lidocaine in Post-Caesarean Pain Control
Fouladi R. F, Navali N, Nikpour M. A
2012
Journal, Article
Health Research

Background. How best to relieve pain after caesarean section (CS) is still debated by many obstetricians. Pre- and post-incisional infiltrations with local anaesthetics have been widely tested and compared. However; …

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Effects of Non-Thermal Mobile Phone Radiation on Breast Adenocarcinoma Cells
Fourie Z, Huyser C, Joubert A. M, Leszczynski D, Marais S, Stander B. A
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Mobile phone usage currently exceeds landline communication in Africa. The extent of this usage has raised concerns about the long-term health effects of the ongoing use of mobile phones. To …

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