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Addressing Barriers for Accessible Healthcare 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 3 sub-areas

Awareness of Communicable Diseases (192)

Management of Communicable Diseases (448)

Prevention and Early Detection of Communicable Diseases (408)

Cross-sectoral Issues 4 sub-areas

Climate change (8)

Occupational Health and Safety (9)

Water sanitation and hygiene (44)

Wellness and ageing (23)

Expanded Program on Immunization 3 sub-areas

Epidemiology-Focused Interventions (20)

Immunisation Program-Focused Interventions (18)

Vaccine-Focused Interventions (40)

Fostering public-private collaboration in healthcare

Global Health Security 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 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 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 2 sub-areas

Enhancing Standards & Quality for Health Infrastructure (13)

Health Infrastructure Development & Accessibility (20)

Human Resources For Health 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 3 sub-areas

Clinical Governance Systems (43)

Health Diagnostics Accreditation (22)

Service Availability & Readiness Assessment (59)

Integrated Nutrition & Food Security Inteerventions 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 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 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 3 sub-areas

Awareness of NCDs (144)

Management of NCDs (233)

Prevention and Early Detection of NCDs (155)

Promoting Comprehensive Adolescent Health 3 sub-areas

Adolescent Health Education & Prevention (34)

Adolescent-Centred Systems & Equity (27)

Vulnerable & Underserved Adolescent Populations (17)

Reproductive Health & Rights (RHR) Services 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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Integration of Health Services Delivery for the Elderly within the Existing Structures; A Rapid Response Brief

ACRES

2020

Rapid Review

Health Research

Background:The Ministry of Health is drafting a policy that aims at integrating health services delivery for people above 60 years within the existing delivery structures in Uganda. To inform their …

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References (4020)

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IFNÎ³ responses to pre-erythrocytic and blood-stage malaria antigens exhibit differential associations with past exposure and subsequent protection

Dorsey G, Kamya M R, Bigira V, Jagannathan P, Nankya F, Bowen K, Eccles-James I, Feeney M E, Stoyanov C, Sikyomu E and others...

2015

Journal, Article

Health Research

Background.âThe malaria-specific T-cell response is believed to be important for protective immunity. Antimalarial chemoprevention may affect this response by altering exposure to malaria antigens.Methods.âWe performed interferon Î³ (IFNÎ³) ELISpot assays …

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Effective Antimalarial Chemoprevention in Childhood Enhances the Quality of CD4+ T Cells and Limits Their Production of Immunoregulatory Interleukin 10

Kamya M, Greenhouse B, Dorsey G, Bigira V, Aweeka F, Jagannathan P, Nankya F, Bowen K, Feeney M E, Sikyomu E and others...

2016

Journal, Article

Health Research

Background.âExperimental inoculation of viable Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites administered with chemoprevention targeting blood-stage parasites results in protective immunity. It is unclear whether chemoprevention similarly enhances immunity following natural exposure to malaria.Methods.âWe …

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Response to "Antiretroviral Therapy With Efavirenz in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women: Understanding the Possible Mechanisms for Drug-Drug Interaction"

Jagannathan Prasanna, Kajubi Richard, Aweeka Francesca T.

2018

Journal, Article

Health Research

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Drowning prevention: priorities to accelerate multisectoral action

Jagnoor J., Kobusingye O., Scarr J.-P.

2021

Journal, Article

Health Research

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Uganda: Delivering analgesia in rural Africa: Opioid availability and nurse prescribing

Jagwe Jack, Merriman Anne

2007

Journal, Article

Health Research

Hospice Africa Uganda introduced palliative medicine to Uganda in 1993 with enough funds to support a team of three clinicians for three months. Training in the medical and nursing schools …

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The effect of paid maternity leave on early childhood growth in low-income and middle-income countries

Jahagirdar D., Harper S., Heymann J., Swaminathan H., Mukherji A., Nandi A.

2017

Journal, Article

Health Research

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Global, regional, and national sex-specific burden and control of the HIV epidemic, 1990â2019, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019

Abu-Raddad L.J., Adekanmbi V., Ahmadi K., Ahmed M.B., Akunna C.J., Alahdab F., Alanezi F.M., Alipour V., Andrei C.L., Andrei T. and others...

2021

Journal, Article

Health Research

Background: The sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim to end HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Understanding the current state of the HIV epidemic and its change over time …

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Field Logistics and Logistics in the Field: Undertaking a Mission or Performing Research in Humanitarian Logistics

Jahre Marianne, Spens Karen

2010

Journal, Article

Health Research

10 October 2009: My suitcase and computer backpack are ready, filled with a mosquito net; malaria tablets; camping cutlery; a headlamp; medevac papers; The Lonely Planet Guide to Uganda; The …

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Improving health in developing countries: reducing complexity of drug supply chains

Jahre M., Dumoulin L., Greenhalgh L.B., Hudspeth C., Limlim P., Spindler A.

2012

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Health Research

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Assessment of population-based HIV RNA levels in a rural east african setting using a fingerprick-based blood collection method

Kwarisiima D, Kabami J, Liegler T, Chamie G, Jain V, Black D, Thirumurthy H, Kamya M R, Clark T D, Geng E H and others...

2013

Journal, Article

Health Research

Background. Population-based human immunodeï¬ciency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA levels (viral load [VL]) are proposed metrics for antiretroviral therapy (ART) program effectiveness. We estimated population-based HIV RNA levels using a …

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