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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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Selection of sustainable sanitation technologies for urban slums - A case of Bwaise III in Kampala, Uganda

Kansiime F, Katukiza AY, Ronteltap M, Oleja A, Niwagaba CB, Lens PNL

2010

Journal, Article

Health Research

Provision of sanitation solutions in the world s urban slums is extremely challenging due to lack of money space access and sense of ownership This paper presents a technology selection …

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Genomic copy concentrations of selected waterborne viruses in a slum environment in Kampala, Uganda

Katukiza AY, Lens PNL, Temanu H, Chung JW, Foppen JWA

2013

Journal, Article

Health Research

The presence of viruses in a slum environment where sanitation is poor is a major concern. However, little is known of their occurrence and genomic copy concentration in the slum …

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Sanitation in Unsewered Urban Poor Areas: Technology Section, Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment and Grey Water Treatment

Katukiza Alex Yasoni

2013

Dissertation

Health Research

The sanitation crisis in unsewered urban slums of cities in developing countries is one of the challenges that need to be addressed. It is caused by the high rate of …

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Quantification of microbial risks to human health caused by waterborne viruses and bacteria in an urban slum

Katukiza AY, Ronteltap M, Lens PNL, Foppen JWA, van der Steen P

2014

Journal, Article

Health Research

Aims To determine the magnitude of microbial risks from waterborne viruses and bacteria in Bwaise III in Kampala (Uganda), a typical slum in Sub-Saharan Africa.Methods and Results A quantitative microbial …

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Health-related quality of life among patients with ovarian cancer at Mulago Hospital, Uganda

Kaye DK, Katumba J, Obore S

2013

Journal, Article

Health Research

Objective: Most patients with ovarian cancer are diagnosed when the disease is at an advanced stage. The symptoms and the surgery-induced loss of sexual and reproductive function have an impact …

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Reassessment of helminth infections in gulu municipality nothern uganda after the twenty years of insurgency: Using three diagonostic methods to compare their sensitivity

Katungi A, Redeker S, Kiiza P, Ocaka J, Van Goor A, Polderman A M, Lyazi I, Odongo-Aginya E I

2013

Journal, Article

Health Research

Background: During the period of insurgency there were several internally displacepeople camps all over the Northern Uganda. People who lived within ten kilometersfrom Gulu Municipality were forced to evacuate their …

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LLIN EVALUATION IN UGANDA PROJECT (LLINEUP) - IMPACT OF LONG-LASTING INSECTICIDAL NETS WITH AND WITHOUT, PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE ON MALARIA INDICATORS IN UGANDA: A CLUSTER-RANDOMIZED TRIAL

Dorsey G., Kamya M. R., Gonahasa S., Katureebe A., Maiteki-Sebuguzi C. et al, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration Kampala Uganda

2019

Journal, Article

Health Research

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) that combine pyrethroids with piperonyl butoxide (PBO) are a promising new tool to reduce the impact of pyrethroid resistance on malaria control. The …

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Developing and Validating an Effective Pediatric and Adolescent HIV Testing Eligibility Screening Tool for High-Volume Entry Points in Uganda

Kekitiinwa A, Kazooba P, Katureebe C, Ashburn K, Machekano R, Gill MM, Gross J, Kiyonga A, Taasi G, Adler M and others...

2021

Journal, Article

Health Research

Introduction: Because of low pediatric HIV prevalence, more tests are needed to find 1 HIV-positive child compared with adults. In Uganda, the number needed to test (NNT) to find 1 …

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Navigating the Covid-19 Pandemic at the Workplace â the Experience of Uganda's Formal (Public and Private) Sector

Katusabe E.

2022

Journal, Article

Health Research

Introduction: Uganda has not been spared by the global challenges of the C19 Pandemic, but responses dictated by Governments with WHO guidance focus on Individual and collective actions but not …

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A CASE OF PALATAL PERFORATION CAUSED BY TOXOPLASMOSIS

Kambugu A, Ocama P, Katusiime C

2010

Journal, Article

Health Research

We describe the case of a 35-year-old HIV-positive man seen at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda, with a 2-week history of palatal perforation.

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