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 …
Purpose: To investigate changes in the optic nerve head morphology after acute intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation during a dark room prone provocative test (DRPPT).Design: Prospective cohort study.Participants: Acute primary angle-closure …
Aknin LB,
Barrington-Leigh CP,
Dunn EW,
Helliwell JF,
Burns J,
Biswas-Diener R,
Kemeza I,
Nyende P,
Ashton-James CE,
Norton MI
2013
Journal,
Article
Health Research
This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: Human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). In …
Rujumba J,
Idro R,
Mwaka AD,
Irani J,
Arach J,
Lanyuru D,
Gerrets R,
Grietens KP,
O'Neill S
2019
Journal,
Article
Health Research
BackgroundNodding Syndrome was first reported from Tanzania in the 1960s but appeared as an epidemic in Northern Uganda in the 1990s during the LRA civil war. It is characterized by …
Ezeala Christian C,
Ezeala Mercy O,
Dafiewhare Ephraim O
2010
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background :Portfolios have been recommended for the assessment of professional development. To stimulate engagement and assess professional development during laboratory training; portfolio assessment was proposed for the final year BMLS …
âInfection resistersâ are broadly defined as individuals who despite significant exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis remain persistently unreactive to conventional detection assays, suggesting that they remain uninfected or rapidly clear their …
Amanyire G,
Kwarisiima D,
Kabami J,
Chamie G,
Jain V,
Black D,
Kamya M R,
Clark T D,
Charlebois E D,
Havlir D V
and others...
2014
Journal,
Article
Health Research
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 …
