Clinical supervision for clinical psychology students in Uganda: an initial qualitative exploration

Background: Burn out in clinical psychologists working in low income countries has been reported. Clinical supervisory structures do not yet exist in Uganda. A way to decrease levels of burn …

Exploring Tuberculosis Genetics: Resistance to infection, progression to active disease, host genetics and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages within a household contact study in Kampala, Uganda

Pulmonary tuberculosis disease (TB), caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a major public health threat globally, with a high burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, we explored …

Ethionamide-Induced Hypothyroidism in Children

Ethionamide is a second-line anti-tuberculosis drug used in the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Hypothyroidism is reported to be a rare adverse effect. A retrospective descriptive study was done of all …

Comparison of capillary and venous parasitemia measurements in clinical trials of malaria in Ugandan children, adults, and pregnant women (CPCV)

Malaria is mesoendemic in Uganda; with an entomological inoculation rate (EIR) estimated at 562 infective bites per person year (PPY), Tororo, a rural district located in Eastern Uganda, is one …

Improving healthcare: A guide to roll-out best practices

Background: Best practices comprise recent, relevant, and helpful nursing practices, methods, interventions, procedures or techniques based on high-quality evidence. Best practices should be implemented to improve individual patientsâ health outcomes …

African and Asian Zika virus strains differentially induce early antiviral responses in primary human astrocytes

ZIKA virus (ZIKV) is a newly emerging arbovirus. Since its discovery 60 years ago in Uganda, it has spread throughout the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, emphasizing the capacity …

Global threat from drug resistant HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

The article reports on the rising rate of HIV drug resistance and its public health implications in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that the development of drug resistance was worsened by …

Patterns of HIV-1 drug resistance after first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) failure in 6 sub-saharan african countries: Implications for second-line ART strategies

Availability of Therapies and Services for Parkinson's Disease in Africa: A Continent-Wide Survey

Background: The growing burden of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Africa necessitates the identification of available therapies and services to improve patient care. Objective: To investigate the availability, affordability, frequency of …

Evaluating the impact of targeting livestock for the prevention of human and animal trypanosomiasis, at village level, in districts newly affected with T-b. rhodesiense in Uganda

Background: Uganda has suffered from a series of epidemics of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), a tsetse transmitted disease, also known as sleeping sickness. The area affected by acute Trypanosoma brucei …