Sociotechnical Factors Affecting Patientsâ Adoption of Mobile Health Tools: Systematic Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis

Background: Mobile health (mHealth) tools have emerged as a promising health care technology that may contribute to cost savings, better access to care, and enhanced clinical outcomes; however, it is …

Sexual harassment in an east African agribusiness supply chain

This article discusses sexual harassment in the east African cut-flower and horticultural industry, based on research on 62 farms in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. It argues that sexual harassment …

Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: analysis of the variation in final stimulating lead placement based on multi-tract electrode recordings

Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (SNT) is a treatment modality for Parkinson's Disease (PD). Either single central trajectory tract or multiple selected trajectory tracts based on …

Pharmacokinetics of antiretroviral and tuberculosis drugs in children with HIV/TB co-infection: A systematic review

Introduction: Management of concomitant use of ART and TB drugs is difficult because of the many drug-drug interactions (DDIs) between the medications. This systematic review provides an overview of the …

Concurrent evaluation of cytokines improves the accuracy of antibodies against Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis

Background: Antibodies against mycobacterial proteins are highly specific, but lack sensitivity, whereas cytokines have been shown to be sensitive but not very specific in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). We …

Supporting the Financial Health of Refugees The Finance in Displacement (FIND) Study in Uganda and Mexico

Fragile, threatened, and still urgently needed: Family planning programs in sub-Saharan Africa

Many family planning (FP) programs in sub-Saharan Africa are fragile; recent performance has fallen off and future performance is challenged. Yet robust and well functioning FP programs are still urgently …

Mobile phone ownership, text messages, and contraceptive use: Is there a digital revolution in family planning?

Objectives: This study aims to clarify the associations between mobile phone ownership use on family planning outcomes. Secondary analysis of DHS data finds that in certain contexts, mobile phone ownership …

Commentary: Cardiovascular risk factors-the next epidemic in Uganda: Findings from the population-based HIV/AIDS rural surveillance cohort

Comparison of the genetic convergence degree of mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) strains isolated from patients infected with TB by MIRU-VNTR technique