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Addressing Barriers for Accessible Healthcare (211) 7 sub-areas

Addressing cost and affordability barriers (54)

Developing specialized care capacity (39)

Empowering Local Governments for Decentralized Health Action (6)

Expanding access to care across all service tiers (89)

Fostering public-private collaboration in healthcare (14)

Strengthening blood supply systems (2)

Strengthening referral and emergency medical services (7)

Communicable Diseases (1048) 3 sub-areas

Awareness of Communicable Diseases (192)

Management of Communicable Diseases (448)

Prevention and Early Detection of Communicable Diseases (408)

Cross-sectoral Issues (84) 4 sub-areas

Climate change (8)

Occupational Health and Safety (9)

Water sanitation and hygiene (44)

Wellness and ageing (23)

Expanded Program on Immunization (78) 3 sub-areas

Epidemiology-Focused Interventions (20)

Immunisation Program-Focused Interventions (18)

Vaccine-Focused Interventions (40)

Fostering public-private collaboration in healthcare (7)

Global Health Security (289) 6 sub-areas

Diagnostic Capacity for Surveillance (113)

Integrated Surveillance Systems (57)

Laboratory Systems Strengthening (55)

Outbreak Investigation & Response (17)

Public Health Emergency Response Coordination (31)

Workforce Development for Preparedness & Response (16)

Health Financing (66) 9 sub-areas

Allocative Efficiency Analysis (10)

Fraud, Waste, & Abuse (3)

Health Insurance Schemes (10)

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) (19)

Performance-Based Financing (4)

Provider Payment Systems (1)

Purchasing Mechanisms (3)

Subsidy Models & Targeting (9)

Technical Efficiency Analysis (7)

Health Information, Innovation & Research (246) 12 sub-areas

Data Collection & Reporting Systems (21)

Data Governance (4)

Data Security (1)

Data Standards & Exchange (8)

Emerging Technologies in Health (17)

Evidence-Based Policy Making (50)

ICT Infrastructure Development (6)

Knowledge Management Platform (8)

Knowledge Translation (12)

Program Evaluation & Monitoring (89)

eHealth Applications & Telemedicine (17)

eHealth System Development (13)

Health Infrastructure (33) 2 sub-areas

Enhancing Standards & Quality for Health Infrastructure (13)

Health Infrastructure Development & Accessibility (20)

Human Resources For Health (217) 9 sub-areas

HRH Governance & Policy (9)

HRH Leadership & Capacity Building (33)

Human Resources for Health Information Systems (1)

Human Resources for Health Planning & Forecasting (8)

In-Service Training & Upskilling (89)

Motivation & Productivity (26)

Pre-Service Education & Innovation (23)

Recruitment, Deployment, and Retention (5)

Skill Mix & Distribution (23)

Improvements in the quality of care (125) 3 sub-areas

Clinical Governance Systems (43)

Health Diagnostics Accreditation (22)

Service Availability & Readiness Assessment (59)

Integrated Nutrition & Food Security Inteerventions (120) 5 sub-areas

Acute Malnutrition Management (27)

Feeding & Nutrition Education (52)

Food Safety Interventions (19)

Micronutrient Supplementation and Food Fortification (14)

Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Systems (8)

Leadership & Governance (305) 9 sub-areas

Appraisal of frameworks and policies (1)

Capacity Building at Sub-National Levels (25)

Community Participation & Engagement (90)

Decentralization Models & Implementation (14)

Partner Coordination Mechanisms (45)

Policy & Regulatory Frameworks (74)

Resource Alignment & Joint Planning (15)

Strategic Planning & Alignment (40)

Strengthen Public Private Partnerships and collaboration (1)

Medicines, Vaccines & Health Technologies (161) 11 sub-areas

Affordability & Price Controls (9)

Clinical Trial Oversight (22)

Enforcement of Drug Controls (8)

Essential Medicines Access (58)

Indigenous & Complementary Medicine Development & Regulation (9)

Institution & Structure Strengthening (19)

Integrating Traditional Providers (13)

Market Analysis (3)

Post-Market Surveillance (11)

Private Sector Incentivization (2)

Product Standards & Testing (7)

Non-Communicable Diseases (532) 3 sub-areas

Awareness of NCDs (144)

Management of NCDs (233)

Prevention and Early Detection of NCDs (155)

Promoting Comprehensive Adolescent Health (78) 3 sub-areas

Adolescent Health Education & Prevention (34)

Adolescent-Centred Systems & Equity (27)

Vulnerable & Underserved Adolescent Populations (17)

Reproductive Health & Rights (RHR) Services (330) 3 sub-areas

Essential Reproductive Health Rights (65)

Management of Complications in Reproductive Health (100)

Preventative Care and Health promotion in Reproductive Health (164)

Research Outcomes

Morbidity (1016)

Access (324)

Coverage (261)

Patient Reported Outcomes (178)

Ethics and Policy-Making (147)

Mortality unspecified (121)

Under 5 Mortality (67)

Financial Risk Protection (34)

Maternal Mortality (32)

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Rapid Response Briefs (71)

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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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References (4020)

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Unresolved Antiretroviral Treatment Management Issues in HIV-Infected Children

Katabira Elly, Heidari Shirin, Cotton Mark F., Marlink Richard, Mofenson Lynne M., Hobbs Charlotte V.

2012

Journal, Article

Health Research

Antiretroviral therapy in children has expanded dramatically in low-income and middle-income countries. The World Health Organization revised its pediatric HIV guidelines to recommend initiation of antiretroviral therapy in all HIV-infected …

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How we determined the most reliable solid medium for studying treatment of tuberculosis

Joloba M L, Mayanja-Kizza H, Heilig C M, Feng P J.I, Johnson J L, Morgan K, Gitta P, Boom W H, Eisenach K D, Bozeman L and others...

2014

Journal, Article

Health Research

Phase 2 clinical trials for tuberculosis (TB) treatment require reliable culture methods to determinepresence or absence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) over the course of therapy, as thesetrials are based primarily …

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The impact of insecticide-treated material to reduce flies among pork outlets in Kampala, Uganda

Heilmann M, Roesel K, Grace D, Bauer B, Clausen PH

2017

Journal, Article

Health Research

Synanthropic flies have adapted to the mass of decaying organic matter near human settlements. As such, they feed and breed on food, faeces and other organic material and are known …

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Characterization and scoring of skin changes in severe acute malnutrition in children between 6 months and 5 years of age

Namusoke H, Ritz C, Heilskov S, Vestergaard C, Babirekere E, Rytter M, Deleuran M

2015

Journal, Article

Health Research

Background Severe acute malnutrition is a life-threatening condition. It can be associated with severe skin changes, first properly described by Williams in 1933. The aetiology of these skin changes is …

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Cultural adaptation of scalable interventions

Heim Eva, Shehadeh Melissa Harper, van't Hof Edith, Carswell Kenneth

2019

Book, Chapter

Health Research

High prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety have been reported in populations affected by violent conflicts, as well as …

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'Wicked' ethics: Compliance work and the practice of ethics in HIV research

Heimer CA

2013

Journal, Article

Health Research

Using ethnographic material collected between 2003 and 2007 in five HIV clinics in the US, South Africa, Uganda, and Thailand, this article examines "official ethics" and "ethics on the ground." …

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Multiple Sclerosis in sub-Saharan Africa â a scoping review

Heine M, Maartens D, Hanekom S, Derman W

2020

Journal, Article

Health Research

Background: The objective of this review is to provide a synthesis of original studiesin patients with MS, originating from sub-Saharan Africa. This review aims tofacilitate a better understanding of the …

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Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance by Use of On-Demand, Near-Patient Technology

Ayakaka I, Jones-Lopez EC, Perkins MD, Jones M, Alland D, Helb D, Story E, Boehme C, Wallace E, Ho K and others...

2010

Journal, Article

Health Research

Current nucleic acid amplification methods to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis are complex, labor-intensive, and technically challenging. We developed and performed the first analysis of the Cepheid Gene Xpert System's MTB/RIF assay, …

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Anti-malarial Antibody Responses and Applications for Assessing Malaria Exposure

Helb Danica Ann

2015

Dissertation

Health Research

This dissertation describes the discovery of highly informative serologic biomarkers of recent exposure to Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly species causing malaria. An innovative approach that combined detailed individual-level exposure …

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Novel serologic biomarkers provide accurate estimates of recent Plasmodium falciparum exposure for individuals and communities

Mayanja-Kizza H, Arinaitwe E, Greenhouse B, Dorsey G, Ssewanyana I, Hubbard A, Tappero J, Helb D A, Tetteh K K.A, Felgner P L and others...

2015

Journal, Article

Health Research

Tools to reliably measure Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) exposure in individuals and communities are needed to guide and evaluate malaria control interventions. Serologic assays can potentially produce precise exposure estimates at …

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