Long-term follow-up of neurosurgical outcomes for adult patients in Uganda with traumatic brain injury

OBJECTIVE Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Uganda and other low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Due to the difficulty of long-term in-person follow-up, there …

Erratum: Cardiometabolic risk in a rural ugandan population (Diabetes Care (2013) 36 (e143))

The Global Compact on Refugees Three Years On: Navigating barriers and maximising incentives in support of refugees and host countries

Emerging opportunities for recruiting and retaining a rural health workforce through decentralized health financing systems

The cost-effectiveness of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements for prevention of child death and malnutrition and promotion of healthy development: modeling results for Uganda

Objective: Recent meta-analyses demonstrate that small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) for young children significantly reduce child mortality, stunting, wasting, anemia and adverse developmental outcomes. Cost considerations should inform policy decisions. …

Evaluation of a laboratory capacity strengthening project: A case of the summative assessment of the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) laboratory project 2010 - 2016

Understanding and optimising HIV prevention and related outcomes among serodiscordant couples in Africa

Daily oral tenofovir-based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has recently been shown to be an efficacious HIV prevention strategy for key populations at high risk of acquiring HIV-1, including serodiscordant couples. This …

Fluid cash and discordant households: exploring perceptions of and attitudes towards saving for childbirth: a qualitative study in pallisa district, uganda

Background and Aim: Maternal mortality in Uganda is among the highest in the world despite improvements in access to skilled delivery and emergency obstetric services. This is impacted in part …

Duration of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Interruption Is Associated With Risk of Virologic Rebound as Determined by Real-Time Adherence Monitoring in Rural Uganda

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence interruptions have been associated with viral rebound; however, the true risk is unknown because HIV RNA has never been measured during ongoing interruptions.Methods: The Uganda …

Successful antiretroviral therapy delivery and retention in care among asymptomatic individuals with high CD4+T-cell counts above 350 cells/ml in rural Uganda

Background: HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) is being rapidly scaled up in sub-Saharan Africa, including recently patients with CD4+ T-cell counts above 350 cells/μl. However, concerns persist about adherence and virologic …