Religiosity for HIV prevention in Uganda: A case study among Muslim youth in Wakiso district

Background: Evidence for the association between religiosity and HIV infections is limited. Sujda, the hyper-pigmentedspot on the forehead due to repeated prostration during prayers and fasting to worship, involving abstaining …

Person-centred care in psychiatry: a clinical and philosophically informed approach

SUMMARYAfter many years of mental healthcare reform there is still a lot of unease among patients about healthcare workersâ lack of attention to their daily needs and to the tensions …

Comparison of Lowenstein-Jensen and BACTEC MGIT 960 culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in people living with HIV

ObjectivesThe aim of the study was to clarify how HIV infection affects tuberculosis liquid and solid culture results in a resource-limited setting.MethodsWe used baseline data from the Study on Outcomes …

Taking stock of monitoring and evaluation systems in the health sector: findings from Rwanda and Uganda

In the context of sector-wide approaches and the considerable funding being put into the health sectors of low-income countries, the need to invest in well-functioning national health sector monitoring and …

Women's Autonomy and Timing of Most Recent Sexual Intercourse in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multi-Country Analysis

Since the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, there has been increasing interest in promoting women's empowerment, particularly for sexual and reproductive health. Women's ability to negotiate the …

How do carers of disabled children cope? The ugandan perspective

Universal Access in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

The article discusses the global response to HIV and AIDS, a lack of universal access to HIV treatment, and criticisms levied against the global response to AIDS. The article indicates …

Transgender in Africa: Invisible; Inaccessible; or Ignored?

Transgender people are an important key population for HIV risk globally; and several studies have found HIV prevalence rates in transgender populations that are significantly higher than those among other …

Design and Introduction of Pit-Latrine Assistive Devices in Lira Uganda

This project includes the planning, designing, and present implementation of a humanitarian engineering project named Simple Seat. Better Lives. The goal of this project is to address the problem concerning …

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 …