Planning prompts to promote uptake of HIV services among men: A randomised trial in rural Uganda

Introduction Interventions informed by behaviouraleconomics, such as planning prompts, have the potentialto increase HIV testing at minimal or no cost. Planningprompts have not been previously evaluated for HIVtesting uptake. We …

Dyslipidemias and cardiovascular risk scores in urban and rural populations in north-western Tanzania and southern Uganda

BackgroundDyslipidemia is a leading risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. There are few published epidemiological data regarding dyslipidemia in Africa. We determined full lipid and apolipoprotein profiles and investigated factors …

Analysis of Financial Management in public Emergency Medical Services sector: Case study of the Department of Emergency Medical Services, Uganda

IntroductionThe purpose of the study was to critically analyse financial management of the public Emergency Medical Services (EMS) sector with specific focus on the financing methods for public EMS.MethodsThe study …

A retrospective review of conventional versus hypo-fractionated pelvic radiotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer, in limitedresource countries: The Uganda experience

Background: Cervical cancer incidence in Uganda is 54.8 per 100 000 population. We annually treat over 800 new cervical cancers (40% of the workload), which is challenging to treat such …

Association between CD4 T cell counts and the immune status among adult critically ill HIV-negative patients in intensive care units in Uganda

Backgroundregulation of adaptive T cell-mediated immune responses. Low CD4 T cellcounts are not routinely reported as a marker of immune deficiency amongHIV-negative individuals, as is the norm among their HIV …

Effect of COVID-19 response in Uganda on street children

Why policy action should focus on the vulnerable commercial sex workers in Uganda during COVID-19 fight

Psychological capital and happiness at the workplace: The mediating role of flow experience

The purpose of this paper is to report on the results of the study to establish the mediating role of flow experience on the relationship between psychological capital and happiness …

Effects of polyethylene glycol spacer length and ligand density on folate receptor targeting of liposomal Doxorubicin in vitro

MEDLINE Abstract: The folate receptor is an attractive target for selective tumor delivery of liposomal doxorubicin (DXR) because it is abundantly expressed in a large percentage of tumors. This study …

KAWEMPE HOME CARE APRIL 2019 - MARCH 2020 ANNUAL REPORT

On behalf of the staff, volunteers and clients ofKawempe Home Care (KHC), I welcome you to join usin this review of the work conducted in the reportingyear 2019-20. During this …