Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence and Associated Factors in a Setting of Well-Controlled HIV, A Cross-Sectional Study

In Sub-Saharan Africa, COPD remains prevalent but its association with HIV is not well characterized especially in rural settings. We assessed for COPD prevalence, associated factors and lung function profile …

Childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: cross-sectional insight into small-scale geographical inequalities from Census data

Objectives: To estimate and quantify childhood mortality, its spatial correlates and the impact of potential correlates using recent census data from three sub-Saharan African countries (Rwanda, Senegal and Uganda), where …

Exposure of HIV-exposed uninfected infants to antiretrovirals

Comparative yield of different active TB case finding interventions in a large urban TB project in central Uganda: a descriptive study

Introduction: Systematic screening for TB among patients presenting to care and among high risk populations is recom- mended to improve TB case finding. We aimed to describe the comparative yield …

Access to, and uptake of, antiretroviral therapy in a developing country with high HIV prevalence: a population-based cohort study in rural Uganda, 2004-2008

Objectives To investigate antiretroviral therapy (ART) uptake after its introduction in 2004 in a longitudinal population-based cohort and its nested clinical cohort in rural Uganda. Methods A HIV serosurvey of …

Cardiometabolic risk among HIV-positive Ugandan adults: Prevalence, predictors and effect of long-term antiretroviral therapy

Introduction: We investigated the prevalence, predictors of and effect of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) regimen on cardiometabolic risk amongHIV-positive Ugandan adults at enrolment into a prospective cohort to study the Complications …

Virological failure on first-line antiretroviral therapy; associated factors and a pragmatic approach for switching to second line therapyâEvidence from a prospective cohort study in rural south-western Uganda, 2004-2011

Introduction: We investigated factors affecting Virological failure (VF) on first line Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and evaluated a pragmaticapproach to switching to second line ART. Methods: Between 2004 and 2011, we …

Effects of Liraglutide Combined with Short-Term Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion on Glycemic Control and Beta Cell Function in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study

MEDLINE Abstract: The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of liraglutide in combination with short-term continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy on glycemic control and beta cell …

Corning HYPERFlask® for viral amplification and production of diagnostic reagents

MEDLINE Abstract: Viral preparations are essential components in diagnostic research and development. The production of large quantities of virus traditionally is done by infecting numerous tissue culture flasks or roller …

Women's schooling, fertility, and child health outcomes: Evidence from Uganda's free primary education program

This paper examines the role of women's education on both fertility and child health in Uganda. To identify causal effects, I exploit the timing of a national reform that eliminated …