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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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Association between onchocerciasis and epilepsy in the Itwara hyperendemic focus, West Uganda: Controlling for time and intensity of exposure
Kaiser C, Asaba G, Rubaale T, Kipp W, Tukesiga E, Kabagambe G, Ojony J O
2011
Journal, Article
Health Research

Abstract. In 38 pairs of epilepsy patients and controls matched for time and intensity of exposure to transmission ofonchocerciasis, the presence of microfilariae in the skin of epilepsy patients was …

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Case-control studies on the relationship between onchocerciasis and epilepsy: systematic review and meta-analysis
Kaiser Christoph, Pion Sébastien D. S., Boussinesq Michel
2013
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: OBJECTIVE: A systematic review and meta-analysis of all available case-control studies on the relationship between onchocerciasis and epilepsy. Because age and level of onchocerciasis endemicity in the area …

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Case Report: Nodding Syndrome, Western Uganda, 1994
Kaiser C, Asaba G, Rubaale T, Kipp W, Tukesiga E
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Nodding syndrome (NS) is a poorly understood condition, which was delineated in 2008 as a new epilepsy syndrome. So far, confirmed cases of NS have been observed in three circumscribed …

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Nodding syndrome, western Uganda, 1994
Kaiser Christoph, Rubaale Tom, Tukesiga Ephraim, Kipp Walter, Asaba George
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

MEDLINE Abstract: Nodding syndrome (NS) is a poorly understood condition, which was delineated in 2008 as a new epilepsy syndrome. So far, confirmed cases of NS have been observed in …

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Surveys of measles vaccination coverage in eastern and southern Africa: a review of quality and methods used
Kaiser R, Shibeshi ME, Chakauya JM, Dzeka E, Masresha BG, Daniel F, Shivute N
2015
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective To assess the methods used in the evaluation of measles vaccination coverage, identify quality concerns and provide recommendations for improvement.Methods We reviewed surveys that were conducted to evaluate supplementary …

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Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy with Head Nodding Seizures-Nodding Syndrome: A Case Series of 15 Patients from Western Uganda, 1994
Kaiser C, Asaba G, Rubaale T, Kipp W, Tukesiga E
2018
Journal, Article
Health Research

Nodding syndrome (NS) is an encephalopathy characterized by the core symptom of epileptic head nodding seizures, affecting children at the age between 3 and 18 years in distinct areas of …

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Case Report: Nakalanga Syndrome Revisited: Long-Term Follow-Up of a Patient Living in Western Uganda, 1994-2018
Colebunders R, Gumisiriza N, Kaiser C, Asaba G, Kisembo D, Kipp W, Tukesiga E, Mugisa C
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

Nakalanga syndrome is a childhood developmental disorder that has been reported from various parts of sub-Saharan Africa with the major sign of retarded growth, regularly combined with physical deformities, impaired …

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Inhibition of EIF-5A prevents apoptosis in human cardiomyocytes after malaria infection
Kaiser A, Heiss K, Mueller AK, Fimmers R, Matthes J, Njuguna JT
2020
Journal, Article
Health Research

In this study, a determination of Troponin I and creatine kinase activity in whole-blood samples in a cohort of 100 small infants in the age of 2-5 years from Uganda …

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Case Report: Nakalanga Syndrome Revisited: Long-Term Follow-Up of a Patient Living in Western Uganda, 1994-2018
Colebunders R, Gumisiriza N, Kaiser C, Asaba G, Kisembo D, Kipp W, Tukesiga E, Mugisa C
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Nakalanga syndrome is a childhood developmental disorder that has been reported from various parts of sub-Saharan Africa with the major sign of retarded growth, regularly combined with physical deformities, impaired …

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Factors associated with delayed onset of active labor following vaginal misoprostol administration among women at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
Bajunirwe F, Mugisha D, Kajabwangu R, Lukabwe H, Atukunda E, Lugobe HM, Nakalinzi J, Mugyenyi GR
2021
Journal, Article
Health Research

Objective To determine the factors associated with delayed onset of active labor following labor induction with vaginal misoprostol.Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study over 6 months at a tertiary …

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