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 …
Johansson Emily White,
Gething Peter W.,
Hildenwall Helena,
Mappin Bonnie,
Petzold Max,
Peterson Stefan Swartling,
Selling Katarina Ekholm
2014
Journal,
Article
Health Research
MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND: In 2010, the World Health Organization revised guidelines to recommend diagnosis of all suspected malaria cases prior to treatment. There has been no systematic assessment of malaria …
Petzold M,
Peterson SS,
Johansson EW,
Gething PW,
Hildenwall H,
Mappin B,
Selling KE
2015
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background: In 2010, WHO revised guidelines to recommend testing all suspected malaria cases prior to treatment. Yet, evidence to assess programmes is largely derived from limited facility settings in a …
Background: Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have great potential to improve quality care and rational drug use in malaria-endemic settings although studies have shown common RDT non-compliance. Yet, evidence has …
Wamani H,
Awor P,
Peterson SS,
Johansson EW,
Hildenwall H,
Kitutu FE,
Mayora C
2016
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background: In 2012, Uganda initiated nationwide deployment of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) as recommended by national guidelines. Yet growing concerns about RDT non-compliance in various settings have spurred calls …
Objective To review progress towards adoption of contraception among married or cohabiting women in western and eastern Africa between 1991 and 2004 by examining subjective need; approval; access and use. …
John Frean,
Olga Perovic,
Vivian Fensham,
Kerrigan McCarthy,
Anne von Gottberg,
Linda de Gouveia,
Bhavani Poonsamy,
Leigh Dini,
Jenny Rossouw,
Karen Keddy
and others...
2012
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Objective: To describe findings from an external quality assessment programme involving laboratories in Africa that routinely investigate epidemic-prone diseases.Methode Beginning in 2002, the Regional Office for Africa of the World …
Three randomized controlled trials in South Africa, Kenya, and Uganda showed that medical male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV-acquisition by 60%. Following these trials, the World Health Organization recommended …
Background: In Uganda, newborn deaths constituted over 38 % of all infant deaths in 2010. Despite different mitigation interventions over years, the newborn mortality rate is high at 27/1,000 and …
There are many successful global health research partnerships, but little information is available about what makes them successful. We asked 14 research colleagues from Uganda, Kenya, and the United States …
John C C,
Opoka R O,
Hume H A,
Latham T S,
Nabaggala C,
Kasirye P,
Ndugwa C M,
Lane A,
Ware R E
2020
Journal,
Article
Health Research
BackgroundHydroxyurea has proven safety, feasibility, and efficacy in children with sickle cell anemia in sub-Saharan Africa, with studies showing a reduced incidence of vaso-occlusive events and reduced mortality. Dosing standards …
