ART in pregnant women living with HIV

EFFECTIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF A COLLABORATIVE IMPROVEMENT METHOD TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF ROUTINE MALARIA SURVEILLANCE DATA IN KAYUNGA DISTRICT, UGANDA

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract: Improving malaria surveillance data quality in Africa is a priority. We evaluated the effect of collaborative improvement method (CIM), an innovative quality improvement method, to increase malaria …

Highly sensitive detection of malaria parasitemia in a malaria-endemic setting: Performance of a new loop-mediated isothermal amplification kit in a remote clinic in Uganda

Background. Current malaria diagnostic tests, including microscopy and antigen-detecting rapid tests, cannotreliably detect low-density infections. Molecular methods such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are highly sensitive but remain too complex …

Prevalence, knowledge and practices of shisha smoking among youth in Kampala City, Uganda

Introduction: globally tobacco use kills more than seven million people annually, a figure expected to rise to 8 million deaths every year by 2030. Though perceived as safe, shisha smoking …

Rhetoric(s) of the Black Church: Sex, Religion, and HIV/AIDS Across the African Diaspora

This dissertation examines the rhetorical strategies, underpinnings, and justifications of Black Disaporic religious rhetoric and pastoral communication surrounding the HIV/AIDS crisis that disproportionately affects people of African descent. Specifically, this …

2019 ANNUAL REPORT

Every year, 1 billion children experience some form of violence. The End Violence Partnership and Fund is a public-private partnership launched by the UN Secretary-General in 2016 to catalyse, support …

Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020â21

Summary Background Mortality statistics are fundamental to public health decision making. Mortality varies by time and location, and its measurement is affected by well known biases that have been exacerbated …

Diarrhea, Dehydration, and the Associated Mortality in Children with Complicated Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Prospective Cohort Study in Uganda

ObjectiveTo assess predictors of diarrhea and dehydration and to investigate the role of diarrhea in mortality among children with complicated severe acute malnutrition.Study designA prospective cohort study, nested in a …

ANNUAL REPORT 2018

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 …