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 …
Achan J,
Kakuru A,
Ikilezi G,
Charlebois E,
Havlir D,
Ruel T,
Dorsey G,
Kamya M R,
Rosenthal P J,
Clark T D
2013
Journal,
Article
Health Research
In a recent randomized controlled trial, the use of protease inhibitor (PI)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) was associated with a significantly lower incidence of malaria compared with non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based …
Objectives: Older adults across the globe have been particularly affected by the novel coronavirus due to their increased susceptibility to the virus. With limited existing research, the aim of this …
Greenhouse B,
Dorsey G,
Hsiang M S,
Lin M,
Dokomajilar C,
Kemere J,
Pilcher C D
2010
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Sensitive, high-throughput methods to detect malaria parasites in low-transmission settings are needed.PCR-based pooling strategies may offer a solution. We first used laboratory-prepared samples to compare 2DNA extraction and 4 PCR …
Junior Matovu J.B.,
Mayega R.W.,
Nalubega S.,
Byakika-Tusiime J.
2022
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Key Populations (KPs) and Priority Populations (PPs) taking Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention require routine HIV testing every after three months. HIV self-testing could be an alternative testing approach …
GLOBALLY, AROUND 466 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DISABLING HEARING LOSS, and this number is expected to double by 2050 due to ageing populations, and new cases of hearing loss caused by …
The Goal: CAfGEN aims to use novel genomics technologies to better understand HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in African children, and also to provide a robust foundation for expanding the use …
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has continued to pose significant challenges to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Millions ofAfrican children and youth have lost parents to HIV/AIDS leaving a generation of orphans to …
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is an inflammatory complication in HIV-TB co-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). The exact contribution of T cells, natural killer (NK) cells, and …
Background: Epilepsy is one of the major brain disorders worldwide. Breakthrough seizures carry a heavy burdenof epilepsy, with increased morbidity and risk of premature mortality. Several factors have been suggested …
Amanyire G,
Kwarisiima D,
Kabami J,
Chamie G,
Jain V,
Black D,
Kamya M R,
Clark T D,
Charlebois E D,
Havlir D V
and others...
2014
Journal,
Article
Health Research
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 …
