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Addressing Barriers for Accessible Healthcare 7 sub-areas

Addressing cost and affordability barriers (54)

Developing specialized care capacity (39)

Empowering Local Governments for Decentralized Health Action (6)

Expanding access to care across all service tiers (89)

Fostering public-private collaboration in healthcare (14)

Strengthening blood supply systems (2)

Strengthening referral and emergency medical services (7)

Communicable Diseases 3 sub-areas

Awareness of Communicable Diseases (192)

Management of Communicable Diseases (448)

Prevention and Early Detection of Communicable Diseases (408)

Cross-sectoral Issues 4 sub-areas

Climate change (8)

Occupational Health and Safety (9)

Water sanitation and hygiene (44)

Wellness and ageing (23)

Expanded Program on Immunization 3 sub-areas

Epidemiology-Focused Interventions (20)

Immunisation Program-Focused Interventions (18)

Vaccine-Focused Interventions (40)

Fostering public-private collaboration in healthcare

Global Health Security 6 sub-areas

Diagnostic Capacity for Surveillance (113)

Integrated Surveillance Systems (57)

Laboratory Systems Strengthening (55)

Outbreak Investigation & Response (17)

Public Health Emergency Response Coordination (31)

Workforce Development for Preparedness & Response (16)

Health Financing 9 sub-areas

Allocative Efficiency Analysis (10)

Fraud, Waste, & Abuse (3)

Health Insurance Schemes (10)

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) (19)

Performance-Based Financing (4)

Provider Payment Systems (1)

Purchasing Mechanisms (3)

Subsidy Models & Targeting (9)

Technical Efficiency Analysis (7)

Health Information, Innovation & Research 12 sub-areas

Data Collection & Reporting Systems (21)

Data Governance (4)

Data Security (1)

Data Standards & Exchange (8)

Emerging Technologies in Health (17)

Evidence-Based Policy Making (50)

ICT Infrastructure Development (6)

Knowledge Management Platform (8)

Knowledge Translation (12)

Program Evaluation & Monitoring (89)

eHealth Applications & Telemedicine (17)

eHealth System Development (13)

Health Infrastructure 2 sub-areas

Enhancing Standards & Quality for Health Infrastructure (13)

Health Infrastructure Development & Accessibility (20)

Human Resources For Health 9 sub-areas

HRH Governance & Policy (9)

HRH Leadership & Capacity Building (33)

Human Resources for Health Information Systems (1)

Human Resources for Health Planning & Forecasting (8)

In-Service Training & Upskilling (89)

Motivation & Productivity (26)

Pre-Service Education & Innovation (23)

Recruitment, Deployment, and Retention (5)

Skill Mix & Distribution (23)

Improvements in the quality of care 3 sub-areas

Clinical Governance Systems (43)

Health Diagnostics Accreditation (22)

Service Availability & Readiness Assessment (59)

Integrated Nutrition & Food Security Inteerventions 5 sub-areas

Acute Malnutrition Management (27)

Feeding & Nutrition Education (52)

Food Safety Interventions (19)

Micronutrient Supplementation and Food Fortification (14)

Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Systems (8)

Leadership & Governance 9 sub-areas

Appraisal of frameworks and policies (1)

Capacity Building at Sub-National Levels (25)

Community Participation & Engagement (90)

Decentralization Models & Implementation (14)

Partner Coordination Mechanisms (45)

Policy & Regulatory Frameworks (74)

Resource Alignment & Joint Planning (15)

Strategic Planning & Alignment (40)

Strengthen Public Private Partnerships and collaboration (1)

Medicines, Vaccines & Health Technologies 11 sub-areas

Affordability & Price Controls (9)

Clinical Trial Oversight (22)

Enforcement of Drug Controls (8)

Essential Medicines Access (58)

Indigenous & Complementary Medicine Development & Regulation (9)

Institution & Structure Strengthening (19)

Integrating Traditional Providers (13)

Market Analysis (3)

Post-Market Surveillance (11)

Private Sector Incentivization (2)

Product Standards & Testing (7)

Non-Communicable Diseases 3 sub-areas

Awareness of NCDs (144)

Management of NCDs (233)

Prevention and Early Detection of NCDs (155)

Promoting Comprehensive Adolescent Health 3 sub-areas

Adolescent Health Education & Prevention (34)

Adolescent-Centred Systems & Equity (27)

Vulnerable & Underserved Adolescent Populations (17)

Reproductive Health & Rights (RHR) Services 3 sub-areas

Essential Reproductive Health Rights (65)

Management of Complications in Reproductive Health (100)

Preventative Care and Health promotion in Reproductive Health (164)

Research Outcomes

Morbidity (1016)

Access (324)

Coverage (261)

Patient Reported Outcomes (178)

Ethics and Policy-Making (147)

Mortality unspecified (121)

Under 5 Mortality (67)

Financial Risk Protection (34)

Maternal Mortality (32)

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Ethiopia (2)

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Rapid Response Briefs (71)

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Integration of Health Services Delivery for the Elderly within the Existing Structures; A Rapid Response Brief

ACRES

2020

Rapid Review

Health Research

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 …

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Growth and CD4 patterns of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV worldwide, a CIPHER cohort collaboration analysis

Patel K., Abrams E.J., Pinto J., Goodall R., Rouzier V., Wools-Kaloustian K., Edmonds A., Davies M.-A., Sohn A.H., Kariminia A. and others...

2022

Journal, Article

Health Research

Introduction: Adolescents living with HIV are subject to multiple co-morbidities, including growth retardation and immunodeficiency. We describe growth and CD4 evolution during adolescence using data from the Collaborative Initiative for …

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Increasing incidence of malaria in children despite insecticide-treated bed nets and prompt anti-malarial therapy in Tororo, Uganda

Kakuru A, Kamya MR, Rosenthal PJ, Arinaitwe E, Greenhouse B, Dorsey G, Kaharuza F, Tappero J, Jagannathan P, Muhindo MK

2012

Journal, Article

Health Research

Background: The burden of malaria has decreased in parts of Africa following the scaling up of control interventions. However, similar data are limited from high transmission settings.Methods: A cohort of …

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Erratum: The use of anthropometric measures for cardiometabolic risk identification in a rural african population (Diabetes Care (2013) 37 (e64-e65))

2017

Journal, Article

Health Research

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STORY BOOK: WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE PROJECT (WASH)

Amref

Report

Health Research

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Cardiovascular disease in HIV-infected patients: a focus on diabetes mellitus and hypertension?

Isa S. E

2016

Journal, Article

Health Research

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Platelet transfusion therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: bacterial contamination, recipient characteristics, and acute transfusion reactions

Tobian AAR, Hume HA, Ddungu H, Angom R, Baluku H, Kajumbula H, Kyeyune-Byabazaire D, Orem J, Ramirez-Arcos S

2016

Journal, Article

Health Research

BACKGROUNDLittle data are available on bacterial contamination (BC) of platelet units or acute transfusion reactions to platelet transfusions (PTs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).STUDY DESIGN AND METHODSThis prospective, observational study evaluated …

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The World Bank and HIV/AIDS: setting a global agenda

Harman Sophie, Multi-country Aids Program, Ebook Central Academic Complete, ProQuest

2010

Book, Chapter

Health Research

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Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings: The feasibility of collecting routine data for key indicators

Obua C, Waako P, INRUD-IAA, Chalker JC, Andualem T, Gitau LN, Ntaganira J, Tadeg H, Ross-Degnan D

2010

Journal, Article

Health Research

Background: An East African survey showed that among the few health facilities that measured adherence to antiretroviral therapy, practices and definitions varied widely. We evaluated the feasibility of collecting routine …

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Delayed Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Initiation among Hospitalized Adults in a Resource-Limited Settings: A Challenge to the Global Target of ART for 90% of HIV-Infected Individuals

Ingabire P. M., Semitala F., Kamya M. R., Nakanjako D.

2019

Journal, Article

Health Research

BACKGROUND: Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) initiation in hospital settings, where individuals often present with undiagnosed, untreated, advanced HIV disease, is not well understood. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted to …

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Successful antiretroviral therapy delivery and retention in care among asymptomatic individuals with high CD4+T-cell counts above 350 cells/ml in rural Uganda

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/Î¼l. However, concerns persist about adherence and virologic …

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