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 …
Haggblade S,
Duodu K G,
Kabasa J D,
Minnaar A,
Ojijo N K.O,
Taylor J R.N
2016
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background:Sub-Saharan Africa is the last region to undergo a nutrition transition and can still avoid its adverse health outcomes.Objective:The article explores emerging responses to âbend the curveâ in sub-Saharan Africaâs …
Haglund MM,
Kiryabwire J,
Parker S,
Zomorodi A,
MacLeod D,
Schroeder R,
Muhumuza M,
Merson M
2011
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Neurosurgical capacity is extremely deficient in East African countries where 27 neurosurgeons serve more than 250 million people. To build capacity, the Duke University Medical Center and New Mulago Hospital …
Haglund MM,
Kiryabwire J,
Muhumuza M,
Warf B,
Fuller A,
Freischlag K,
Ssenyonjo H,
Mukasa J,
Mugamba J
2017
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Neurosurgery in Uganda was virtually non-existent up until late 1960s. This changed when Dr. Jovan Kiryabwire spearheaded development of a neurosurgical unit at Mulago Hospital in Kampala. His work ethic …
Hagmann CF,
Robertson NJ,
Acolet D,
Chan D,
Onda S,
Nyombi N,
Nakakeeto M,
Cowan FM
2010
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background There has been no study assessing cranial ultrasound (cUS) scans in newborn infants born in equatorial Africa.Objective To assess the cUS scans of apparently well newborn term Ugandan infants …
Hagmann CF,
Robertson NJ,
Acolet D,
Nyombi N,
Nakakeeto M,
Cowan FM,
Ondo S
2011
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background: Few cUS studies of cerebral measurements are available for normal term infants. Normative data is important for evaluating cerebral structure size in symptomatic term infants and assessing preterm brain …
Hagmann CF,
Robertson NJ,
Acolet D,
Chan D,
Nyombi N,
Nakakeeto M,
Cowan FM
2015
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background: Newborn neurological examinations have mostly been developed in high-resource settings with cohorts comprising predominantly white Caucasian infants. No comparison has been made with different populations.Aims: To (i) establish the …
Background: Despite the worthy intentions of international health partnerships between high-income countries and countries with developing economies, the tangible benefits are rarely evaluated, limiting the assessment of the achievements of …
Emenyonu NI,
Hahn JA,
Bangsberg DR,
Martin JN,
Bwana MB,
Javors MA
2010
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Alcohol affects the transmission and treatment of HIV, yet may be under-reported in resource-limited settings We compared self-reported alcohol consumption with levels of plasma carbohydrate-deficient transferin (%CDT), a biomarker of …
Background: Alcohol is heavily consumed in sub-Saharan Africa and affects HIV transmission and treatment and is difficult to measure. Our goal was to examine the test characteristics of a direct …
