Pacemaker syndrome with sub-acute left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a patient with a dual-chamber pacemaker: consequence of lead switch at the header

In the daily practice of pacemaker insertion, the occurrence of atrial and ventricular lead switch at the pacemaker box header is a rare and unintentional phenomenon, with less than five …

Civil society participation in health sector planning, budgeting, and monitoring in selected districts in Uganda

LEIDEN Abstract: This article highlights some of the findings of a survey carried out by Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA) Uganda on health sector transparency, accountability …

Performance of self-reported adherence to oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among HIV heterosexual serodiscordant couples in rural Uganda

BackgroundAdherence is one of the main determinants of PrEP effi-cacy. Most PrEP studies applied subjective adherencemeasures, which often produce overestimates and proble-matic efficacy data interpretation; creating a need formore objective …

Strengthening district-based health reporting through the district health management information software system: the Ugandan experience

Background: Untimely, incomplete and inaccurate data are common challenges in planning, monitoring and evaluation of health sector performance, and health service delivery in many sub-Saharan African settings. We document Uganda's …

Barriers and opportunities to implementation of sustainable e-Health programmes in Uganda: A literature review

Background: Most developing countries, including Uganda, have embraced the use of e-Health and m-Health applications as a means to improve primary healthcare delivery and public health for their populace. In …

Assessment of health provider readiness for telemedicine services in Uganda

Background: There are few telemedicine projects in Africa that have reached scale. One of the reasons proposed for this has been failure to assess health provider readiness for telemedicine prior …

Development of an evidence-based e-health readiness assessment framework for Uganda

I Spent a Full Month Bleeding, I Thought I Was Going to Die. . .â A Qualitative Study of Experiences of Women Using Modern Contraception in Wakiso District, Uganda

Introduction There is high unmet need for family planning (FP) in Uganda as well as high contraceptive discontinuation rates. These contribute to the high fertility rates that in part are …

A comparison of sexual risk behaviours and HIV seroprevalence among circumcised and uncircumcised men before and after implementation of the safe male circumcision programme in Uganda

Background: Although male circumcision reduces the heterosexual HIV transmission risk, its effect may be attenuated if circumcised men increase sexual risk behaviours (SRB) due to perceived low risk. In Uganda …

A comparison of sexual risk behaviours and HIV seroprevalence among circumcised and uncircumcised men before and after implementation of the safe male circumcision programme in Uganda Global health

BackgroundAlthough male circumcision reduces the heterosexual HIV transmission risk, its effect may be attenuated if circumcised men increase sexual risk behaviours (SRB) due to perceived low risk. In Uganda information …