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 …
Worodria W.,
Mayanja-Kizza H.,
Walusimbi S.,
Kirenga B.J.,
Nidoi J.,
Muttamba W.,
Lalitha R.,
Yoo S.,
Imoko J.,
Kawuma J.
2022
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Dear Editor, African Health Sciences Journal, This year, 2022, Makerere University will be celebrating 100 years of existence. As current lung science/medicine experts, we felt it as important to trace …
KirigiaJoses Muthuri,
Ota Martin Okechukwu,
Motari Marion,
Bataringaya Juliet Evelyn,
Mouhouelo Pascal
2015
Journal,
Article
Health Research
MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND:<BR>A number of resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the WHO Regional Committee for Africa call upon African countries and their development partners to make the required …
Background: There were over 10.0 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the world in 2018, a number that has been relatively stable in recent years. The burden of the disease …
Joloba M,
Reynolds SJ,
Otim I,
Nabalende H,
Legason ID,
Ogwang MD,
Goedert JJ,
Bhatia K,
Mbulaiteye SM,
Kirimunda S
and others...
2020
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is an aggressive childhood B-cell lymphoma associated with Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections. Variation in the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) system is …
Ocama P,
Quinlan J,
Kagimu M,
Mutyaba I,
Kiringa SK
2020
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common cause of admission and death in the gastroenterology service. The prevalence, risk factors and the case fatality rate of UGIB may differ …
Byaruhanga R,
Kimuli D,
Kasozi S,
Birabwa E,
Kirirabwa NS,
DeJene S,
Nanziri C,
Okello DA,
Suarez PG,
Lukoye D
2018
Journal,
Article
Health Research
While old age is a known risk factor for developing active tuberculosis (TB), studies on TB in the population aged 60 years and older (considered elderly in this study) are …
Byaruhanga R,
Kimuli D,
Kasozi S,
Kirirabwa NS,
Nanziri C,
Okello DA,
Lukoye D,
Sama D,
Ntudhu S
2019
Journal,
Article
Health Research
BackgroundThe management and control of pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed (PBC) tuberculosis (TB) also known as infectious TB is important not only to monitor for resistance but also to check for severity, …
This dissertation combines three empirical studies of household behaviors as they relate to investment in health and human capital in developing countries. The first explores how changes in children's nutrition …
This study targets the empirical space between cross-country analyses exploring links between income and nutrition without insights on micro-level determinants, and relevant microeconomic studies hindered by small sample size and/or …
