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 …
Vindevogel S,
Kimera E,
Rubaihayo J,
Reynaert D,
De Maeyer J,
Engelen AM,
Bilsen J,
Kintu MJ
2021
Journal,
Article
Health Research
We present an explanatory theory for HIV-related stigma from the perspectives of youth living with HIV/AIDS (YLWHA) in Western Uganda, on which the fight against this relentless stigma in this …
Mutungi G.,
Ssinabulya I.,
Neupane D.,
Schwartz J.I.,
Semitala F.C.,
Kimera I.D.,
Namugenyi C.,
Musimbaggo D.J.,
Ssenyonjo R.,
Atukunda P.
and others...
2022
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Multi-month dispensing (MMD) is a patient-centered approach in which stable patients receive medicine refills of three months or more. In this pre-post longitudinal study, we determined hypertension and HIV treatment …
Semitala F.C.,
Sewankambo N.K.,
Kimera I.D.,
Muddu M.,
Wanyina S.,
Bwayo D.,
Namusoke-Magongo E.
2022
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background: The Makerere University Education for Interprofessional HIV Service Delivery in Uganda capacity-building programme provides online, in-service interprofessional education to HIV health-care providers through a case-based approach. We used this …
Kimere N C,
Nambooze J,
Lim H,
Bulungu A L.S,
Wellard K,
Ferguson E L
2022
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Little is known about dietary adequacy, for young Ugandan children, or context-specific food choices to improve it. This study estimated the percentage of breastfed 12â23-month-old rural Eastern Ugandan children (nâ=â114) …
Bagaya Bernard S.,
Kimuda Simon G.,
Biraro Irene Andia,
Raynes John G.,
Cose Stephen
2018
Journal,
Article
Health Research
MEDLINE Abstract: There is increasing evidence supporting a role for antibodies in protection against tuberculosis (TB), with functional antibodies being described in the latent state of TB infection. Antibody avidity …
KimudaMagambo Phillip,
Laming Dustin,
Hoppe Heinrich C.,
Tastan Bishop Ãzlem
2019
Journal,
Article
Health Research
MEDLINE Abstract: Pteridine reductase 1 (PTR1) is a trypanosomatid multifunctional enzyme that provides a mechanism for escape of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) inhibition. This is because PTR1 can reduce pterins and …
Cose Stephen,
KimudaSimon G.,
Nalwoga Angela,
Levin Jonathan,
Franken Kees L. M. C.,
Ottenhoff Tom H. M.,
Elliott Alison M.,
Andia-Biraro Irene
2017
Journal,
Article
Health Research
MEDLINE Abstract: Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is evidence of immunological control of tuberculosis. Dormancy survival regulator (DosR) regulon-encoded proteins may have a role in the maintenance of LTBI. T cell …
Kimura T,
Kaneto H,
Shimoda M,
Hirukawa H,
Okauchi S,
Kohara K,
Hamamoto S,
Tawaramoto K,
Hashiramoto M,
Kaku K
2015
Journal,
Article
Health Research
The aim was to compare the protective effects of pioglitazone (PIO) and/or liraglutide (LIRA) on beta-cells with the progression of diabetes. Male db/db mice were treated with PIO and/or LIRA …
Hailu A,
Kimutai R,
Musa AM,
Njoroge S,
Omollo R,
Alves F,
Khalil EAG,
Diro E,
Soipei P,
Musa B
and others...
2017
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Introduction In 2010, WHO recommended a new first-line treatment for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Eastern Africa. The new treatment, a combination of intravenous (IV) or intramuscular (IM) sodium stibogluconate (SSG) …
Nuwagira E,
Kimweri D,
Muhindo R,
Ategeka J,
Muyindike W,
Ceasor F
2021
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequently encountered clinical condition in critically ill patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In our resource-limited setting (RLS), the most …
