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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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A SNAPSHOT OF THE ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO MERCURY USE AMONG ARTISINAL SMALL SCALE GOLD MINERS (ASGM)

ENOCK NIMPAMYA SHARON KACUCU

Document From Internet Site

Health Research

Dangers of Mercury use in Gold ExtractionAWARE that during gold amalgamation the metallic mercury evaporates.Some of the vapour is inhaled by people working in the vicinity and may overtime cause …

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THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON PLASTIC WASTES AND CHEMICALS IN UGANDA

ENOCK NIMPAMYA

2021

Report

Health Research

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to threaten andchallenge the health of citizens and the economies of different countries,including Uganda. As at 13th April 2021, Uganda had registered a total …

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Incidence and Potential Risk Factors for Seroconversion to Hepatitis C Positivity in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Single Center Study

Enow Ashuntantang Gloria, Kengne Andre Pasal Nyope Ngemhe, Antoine Folefack Kaze, F, Njouom Richard, Oudou Njoya

2013

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Health Research

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EQUINET Policy Brief number 22: Anti-counterfeiting laws and access to essential medicines in East and Southern Africa

EQUINET and CEHURD

2011

Report

Health Research

The countries in eastern and southern Africa and the East African Community are atvarious stages of enacting laws to address counterfeiting. Counterfeiting is a problem forpublic health if counterfeit medicines …

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EQUINET Policy Brief Number 27: Constitutional provisions for the right to health in east and southern Africa

EQUINET and CEHURD

2012

Report

Health Research

The extent to which health rights are neglected or promoted is a major factor in thepromotion of health equity in Africa. Central to this is the incorporation of the right …

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Character Strengths of Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Eracleous G, Guse T

2011

Journal, Article

Health Research

There is increased interest in possible positive outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer. This study investigated the manifestation of character strengths in adolescents who have survived cancer compared to that …

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Erratum for: Introduction of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC) injectable contraception at facility and community levels: Pilot results from 4 districts of Uganda (Glob Health Sci Pract. (2018) 6: 4 DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00117)

2019

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Erratum regarding previously published articles (Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases (2020) 20, (S2405579420300280), (10.1016/j.jctube.2020.100164))

2020

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ERRATUM...Higgins JA, Mathur S, Eckel E, et al. Importance of relationship context in HIV transmission: results from a qualitative case-control study in Rakai, Uganda. Am J Public Health . 2014;104:612---620. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301670

2014

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Erratum: Alignment of adherence and risk for HIV acquisition in a demonstration project of pre-exposure prophylaxis among HIV serodiscordant couples in Kenya and Uganda: A prospective analysis of prevention-effective adherence (Journal of the Internationa

2017

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Health Research

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