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Experience of sexual coercion and risky sexual behavior among Ugandan university students
Agardh A, Ostergren PO, Odberg-Pettersson K
2011
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-527

Background: Growing worldwide evidence shows that the experience of sexual coercion is fairly prevalent among young people and is associated with risky sexual behavior thereafter. The causal mechanisms behind this …

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Assessing Acceptability of a Diagnostic and Malaria Treatment Package Delivered by Community Health Workers in Malaria-Endemic Settings of Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Uganda
Ajayi IO, Nsungwa-Sabiiti J, Siribie M, Falade CO, Serme L, Afonne C, Sanou AK, Oshiname FO, Jegede AS
2016
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw630

Background. The efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) and rectal artesunate for severe malaria in children is proven. However, acceptability of a package of interventions that included use of malaria …

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HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Africa
Drame F. M, Scheibe A, Shannon K
2012

Sex work occurs to meet the demand for sexual services and is a universal phenomenon. In Africa sex work takes many forms and is an important source of income for …

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Tracing Makerere Universityâs 100 yearsâ contribution to lung science/medicine
Worodria W., Mayanja-Kizza H., Walusimbi S., Kirenga B.J., Nidoi J., Muttamba W., Lalitha R., Yoo S., Imoko J., Kawuma J.
2022
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v22i2.9S

Dear Editor, African Health Sciences Journal, This year, 2022, Makerere University will be celebrating 100 years of existence. As current lung science/medicine experts, we felt it as important to trace …

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High burden of previously undiagnosed HIV infections and gaps in HIV care cascade for conflict-affected female sex workers in northern Uganda
Birungi J, Shannon K, Goldenberg SM, Muzaaya G, Akello M, Braschel M
2019
DOI: 10.1177/0956462418804658

Given the disproportionate HIV burden faced by female sex workers FSWs and limited data regarding their engagement in the HIV cascade of care in conflict-affected settings, we characterized the cascade …

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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., Penazzato M., Jesson J., Crichton S., Quartagno M., Yotebieng M., Chokephaibulkit K., Le Coeur S., Aké-Assi M.-H., Paul M., Vreeman R., Ben-Farhat J., Van Dyke R., Judd A., Mofenson L., Vicari M., Seage G., Bekker L.-G., Essajee S., Gibb D., Collins I.J., Slogrove A., Powis K., Williams P., Matshaba M., Thahane L., Nyasulu P., Lukhele B., Mwita L., Kekitiinwa-Rukyalekere A., Wanless S., Goetghebuer T., Thorne C., Warszawski J., Galli L., van Rossum A.M.C., Giaquinto C., Marczynska M., Marques L., Prata F., Ene L., Okhonskaya L., Navarro M., Frick A., Naver L., Kahlert C., Volokha A., Chappell E., Pape J.W., Marcelin A., Succi R., Lelo P., Lyamuya R., Ogalo E.A., Odhiambo F.A., Haas A.D., Bolton C., Muhairwe J., Tweya H., Sylla M., D'Almeida M., Renner L., Abzug M.J., Oleske J., Purswani M., Teasdale C., Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H., Leroy V.
2022
DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25871

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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Ugandan men with urethritis, what can diagnostic certainty tell us?
Manabe Y., Hamill M., Melendez J., Onzia A., Atuheirwe M., Kyambadde P., Wang T.
2021
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2021-sti.323

Background Laboratory infrastructure is limited in Uganda; syndromic case management is used to treat sexually transmitted infections (STI). Progress in addressing the HIV epidemic is threatened by uncontrolled STI transmission. …

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Outcomes of dorsal and ventral buccal graft urethroplasty at a tertiary hospital in Uganda
Kaggwa S., Galukande M., Dabanja H., Luweesi H.
2014

MEDLINE Abstract: Purpose. Although the use of buccal mucosa in substitution urethroplasty has been practiced for some years, it has not been free of controversy over which surgical technique is …

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Social Desirability Bias Impacts Self-Reported Alcohol Use Among Persons With HIV in Uganda
Adong J, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Muyindike WR, Ngabirano C, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Hahn JA, Kekibiina A, Woolf-King SE
2019
DOI: 10.1111/acer.14218

Background Self-report is widely used to assess alcohol use in research and clinical practice, but may be subject to social desirability bias. We aimed to determine if social desirability impacts …

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Apabetalone downregulates fibrotic, inflammatory and calcific processes in renal mesangial cells which may contribute to reduced cardiac events observed in ckd patients
Gilham D., Fu L., Rakai B., Wasiak S., Tsujikawa L., Halliday C., Sarsons C., Stotz S., Jahagirdar R., Johansson J., Sweeney M., Wong N., Kalantar-Zadeh K., Kulikowski E.
2021
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfab078.008

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) remain a leading cause of mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Apabetalone is an orally available inhibitor of bromodomain & extraterminal (BET) …

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