Cost-effectiveness of Preventive Therapy for Tuberculosis With Isoniazid and Rifapentine Versus Isoniazid Alone in High-Burden Settings

Background A short-course regimen of 3 months of weekly rifapentine and isoniazid (3HP) has recently been recommended by the World Health Organization as an alternative to at least 6 months …

Visual Impairment and Eye Diseases in HIV-infected People in the Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Era in Rakai, Uganda

Purpose Antiretroviral therapy reduced infectious eye diseases (EDs) in HIV-infected people. There is limited data on age-related EDs and visual impairment (VI) in people living with HIV. We report prevalence …

Using Drug Shops to Increase Family Planning Access and Method Choice in Uganda

Helping small babies survive: An evaluation of facility-based Kangaroo Mother Care implementation progress in Uganda

Introduction: Prematurity is the leading cause of newborn death in Uganda, accounting for 38% of the nation's 39,000 annual newborn deaths.Kangaroo mother care is a high-impact; cost-effective intervention that has …

Effect of CD4+ T cell count and antiretroviral treatment on two serological HIV incidence assays

MEDLINE Abstract: Serological assays are increasingly being used to measure HIV incidence in cross-sectional studies, but their specificity to determine incident infections remains problematic. We estimated the specificity of the …

BREATHER-Plus

Evaluating the efficacy, safety and acceptability of weekends off DGT-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) and monthly long-acting injectable ART compared to daily DGT-based ART in virologically suppressed HIV-infected children and adolescents …

Family Planning Market Report 2020

The scope of the 2020 Family Planning Market Report comprises the total FP2020 public-sector market â defined as volumes purchased by institutional buyers (USAID, UNFPA, Social Marketing Organizations, etc.) and …

The Lived Experiences of Trauma Counselors in Uganda Implementing Scripture Based Trauma Healing

The relationship between international development and psychological aid is a very complex one. The conversations regarding societal restoration, restorative justice and healing are full of theoretical frameworks aimed at centering …

Disease progression by infecting HIV-1 subtype in a seroconverter cohort in sub-Saharan Africa

Objective:To describe immunologic, virologic, and clinical HIV disease progression by HIV-1 subtype among Africans with well documented estimated dates of HIV infection (EDIs).Design:Prospective cohort.Methods:Adults and youth with documented HIV-1 infection …

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 …