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 …
MEDLINE Abstract: Nodding syndrome is a poorly understood acquired disorder affecting children in sub-Saharan Africa. The aetiology and pathogenesis are unknown, and no specific treatment is available. Affected children have …
Using ethnographic material collected between 2003 and 2007 in five HIV clinics in the US, South Africa, Uganda, and Thailand, this article examines "official ethics" and "ethics on the ground." …
Jones C.M.,
Sobngwi-Tambekou J.,
Mijumbi R.M.,
Hedquist A.,
Wenham C.,
Parkhurst J.
2022
Journal,
Article
Health Research
BACKGROUND: Regional cooperation on health in Africa is not new. The institutional landscape of regional cooperation for health and health research, however, has seen important changes. Recent health emergencies have …
Describe important changes in the context of the project or program. Also comment on the implications for implementation.The first half of 2021 has been a very interesting period in every …
Gibson DG,
Pariyo GW,
Wosu AC,
Ali J,
Ahmed S,
Labrique AB,
Rutebemberwa E,
Hyder AA,
Khan IA,
Flora MS
2019
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background The global proliferation of mobile phones offers opportunity for improved non-communicable disease (NCD) data collection by interviewing participants using interactive voice response (IVR) surveys. We assessed whether airtime incentives …
Agyemang C.,
Beune E.,
Meeks K.,
Addo J.,
Aikins A. D.,
Bahendeka S.,
Danquah I.,
Mockenhaupt F. P.,
Schulze M. B.,
Klipstein-Grobusch K.
and others...
2017
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Type 2 diabetes and obesity are major global public health problems, with migrant populations in high-income countries being particularly affected. Type 2 diabetes and obesity are also major threats in …
Many grandmothers are weak, sickly, poor, overburdened and cannot afford basic needs including health care, shelter and food for themselves.. But despite all these hurdles, grandmothers are often also tasked …
Nodding syndrome (NS) is a poorly understood condition, which was delineated in 2008 as a new epilepsy syndrome. So far, confirmed cases of NS have been observed in three circumscribed …
Hunter SK,
Hoffman MC,
McCarthy L,
D'Alessandro A,
Wyrwa A,
Noonan K,
Christians U,
Nakimuli-Mpungu E,
Zeisel SH,
Law AJ
and others...
2021
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Black Americans have increased risk for schizophrenia and other mental illnesses with prenatal origins. Prenatal choline promotes infant brain development and behavioral outcomes, but choline has not been specifically assessed …
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 …
