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 …
New digital media (e.g., the Internet, text messaging, and social networking sites [SNS]) have dramatically altered the communication landscape, especially for youth. These communication platforms present new tools for engaging …
Ilona Carneiro,
Lucy Smith,
Amanda Ross,
Arantxa Roca-Feltre,
Brian Greenwood,
Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg,
Thomas Smith,
David Schellenberg
2010
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Objective To develop a decision-support tool to help policy-makers in sub-Saharan Africa assess whether intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) would be effective for local malaria control. Methods An algorithm …
Introduction: Acute childhood illnesses, such as malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhoea, represent the leading causes of under-five mortality in Uganda. Given that most early child deaths are treatable with timely interventions, …
Background:Rhinosinusitis is defined as inflammation of the nasal and paranasal sinus mucosa.Chronic rhinosinusitis occurs when this inflammation and the symptoms persist for more than 3 months.The objective of this study …
Kigozi G,
Serwadda D,
Nalugoda F,
Grabowski M K,
Gray R H,
Armour B,
Manucci J,
Redd A D,
Patel E U,
Wawer M J
and others...
2015
Journal,
Article
Health Research
A prospective observational study of 176 men coinfected withhuman immunodeficiency virus and herpes simplex virustype 2 (HSV-2) was conducted to assess whether their sexualpartners may be at an increased risk …
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over the last few years, humanitarian agencies have placed increasing focus on accountability to affected populations. With increasing donor demands and a growing number of frameworks, standards and …
Hussein A.A.,
Kassaza K.,
Mwesigye J.,
Mwamibi B.,
Kabanda T.,
Bazira J.
2022
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background: World Health Organization approximates that one in four individuals have had at least one UTI episode requiring treatment with an antimicrobial agent by the teen age. At Nakivale refugee …
Haberer JE,
Muzoora C,
Bangsberg DR,
Kiwanuka J,
Nansera D,
Hunt PW,
So J,
O'Donnell M,
Siedner M,
Martin JN
2013
Journal,
Article
Health Research
A real-time wireless electronic adherence monitor (EAM) and weekly self-report of missed doses via interactive voice response (IVR) and short message service (SMS) queries were used to measure anti-retroviral therapy …
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 …
