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 …
Johnson Karl T.,
Churchyard Gavin J.,
Sohn Hojoon,
Dowdy David W.
2018
Journal,
Article
Health Research
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 …
Seeley J,
Birungi J,
Martin F,
Clowes E,
Nalukenge W,
Clark C,
Lazarus O
Journal,
Article
Health Research
There is an urgent need for greater provision of mental health services to people living with HIV. HIV testing and counselling (HTC) sessions diagnose HIV and offer appropriate psychosocial support …
Jedrzejko N.,
Margolick J.,
Nguyen J.H.,
Ding M.,
Kisa P.,
Ball-Banting E.,
Hameed M.,
Joos E.
2021
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background: Building surgical capacity through global surgery partnerships (GSPs) between high and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is a rising global health focus. Our aim was to conduct a systematic …
Joko-Fru WY,
Liu BY,
Korir A,
Akele-Akpo MT,
Parkin DM,
Borok M,
Finesse A,
Wabinga H,
Somdyala N,
Chokunonga E
and others...
2020
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Breast cancer is the leading cancer diagnosis and second most common cause of cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet, there are few population-level survival data from Africa and none …
Background: Burn out in clinical psychologists working in low income countries has been reported. Clinical supervisory structures do not yet exist in Uganda. A way to decrease levels of burn …
Children and youth form the bulk of the population globally. This is even more the case in developing countries including Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia as covered under this study. There …
Leaders of international institutions and African states, as well as observers of international politics, have argued that conflict and HIV/AIDS are intertwined. In order to better understand this relationship, I …
The key to high impact health services is institutionalizing and sustaining programme evaluation. Uganda represents a success story in the use of a specific programme evaluation method: Lot Quality Assurance …
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 …
