Communiqueâ from Ugandan young people on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights

Electronic Medical Records and Same Day Patient Tracing Improves Clinic Efficiency and Adherence to Appointments in a Community Based HIV/AIDS Care Program, in Uganda

Patients who miss clinic appointments make unscheduled visits which compromise the ability to plan for and deliver quality care. We implemented Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and same day patient tracing …

Development of a Competency-Based Curriculum in Global Child Health

Resident interest in global health is increasing; however, a paucity of literature on competency-based curricula in global child health is available. A collaborative group including members from the University of …

Invited papers: When should governments subsidize health? The case of mass deworming

We discuss how evidence and theory can be combined to provide insight on the appropriate subsidylevel for health products, focusing on the specific case of deworming. Although intestinal worm infectionscan …

Muscle as a Tunable Material: Implications for Achieving Muscle-Like Function in Robotic Prosthetic Devices

An ideal prosthesis should perform as well as or better than the missing limb it was designed to replace. Although this ideal is currently unattainable, recent advances in design have …

All Health Partnerships, Great and Small: Comparing Mandated With Emergent Health Partnerships Comment on "Evaluating Global Health Partnerships: A Case Study of a Gavi HPV Vaccine Application Process in Uganda"

MEDLINE Abstract: The plurality of healthcare providers and funders in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has given rise to an era in which health partnerships are becoming the norm in …

Impact of COVID-19 public health restrictions on older people in Uganda: 'Hunger is really one of those problems brought by this COVID

Objectives: To explore the impact of COVID-19 public health restrictions on the lives of older adults living inUganda.Design: Qualitative semi-structured interview study.Setting: Participantsâ homes.Participants: Older adults living in Uganda (aged …

Fighting Stigma With High Tech [Back Story]

Celina Schocken isn't the kind of CEO who stays at her desk. As the head of Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon, a nonprofit dedicated to improving women's health in the developing …

Faecal calprotectin in HIV-infected, HAART-naïve ugandan children

Objectives:Calprotectin is a calcium- and zinc-binding protein and a marker in faeces of gastrointestinal inflammation. Reference values have been established in children older than 4 years. The aim of the …

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 …