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ACCESSIBILITY OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN KIBAALE AND HOIMA DISTRICT, UGANDA.
ECO-AGRIC

The provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried and married young people has become an issue in the era of HIV/ AIDS. Many young people who become sexually …

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Validation and comparative analysis of kogene mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number of tandem repeat typing kit and its application on clinically isolated mycobacterium tuberculosis samples from national tuberculosis hospital, Republic of Korea
Jung J, Kang T, Hwang Y, Ryoo S
2022
DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_8_22

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious public health burden in Korea. Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable NumberTandem Repeat (MIRU-VNTR) is preferred for epidemiological TB investigation. Until recently, the difficulty lies in …

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Previous tuberculosis disease as a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional analysis of multicountry, population-based studies
Kirenga B., van Gemert F., Siddharthan T., Chowdhury M., Bernabe-Ortiz A., Alam D., Checkley W., Miranda J.J., Gutierrez L., Irazola V.E., Kamenar K., Hossen S., Gupte A.N., Pollard S., Rubinstein A.L., Jones R.C., Wise R.A.
2021
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216500

BACKGROUND: Risk factors for COPD in high-income settings are well understood; however, less attention has been paid to contributors of COPD in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as pulmonary …

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Alcohol Use and HIV Disease Progression in an Antiretroviral Naive Cohort
Adong J, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Muyindike WR, Ngabirano C, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Hahn JA, Bryant K, Shade SB
2018
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001624

Background: Alcohol use has been shown to accelerate disease progression in experimental studies of simian immunodeficiency virus in macaques, but the results in observational studies of HIV have been conflicting.Methods: …

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CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA coexist in community and hospital settings in Uganda
Asiimwe BB, Joloba ML, Bwanga F, Kigozi E, Rutebemberwa E, Baluku H, Kallander K, Kateete DP, Najjuka CF, Seni J, Mayanja R, Mujuni B, Ashaba FK
2019
DOI: 10.1186/s13756-019-0551-1

BackgroundMethicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains were once confined to hospitals however, in the last 20years MRSA infections have emerged in the community in people with no prior exposure to …

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Capacity building for WASH sustainability
Kisembo Asuman
2021

Quarter Project Progress Presentation :Kasenda and Kicwamba Sub Counties, Kabarole DistrictA community based approach was used where one local trainerwas selected per parish by the VHTs, LC3 and LC1 Chairmen.ïµ …

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Food security variation among Indigenous communities in South-western Uganda
IHACC Res Team, Patterson K, Berrang-Ford L, Lwasa S, Namanya DB, Ford J, Harper SL
DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2020.1852146

We assess whether the household is an apt scale of analysis to examine food insecurity of Indigenous Batwa of Kanungu District, Uganda. Our objectives were: 1) estimate the prevalence and …

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A proposed framework to limit post-lockdown community transmission of covid-19 in Africa
Ikoona E.N., Kitara D.L.
2021
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.303.24008

As of March 11, 2021, 3,992,044 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 106,615 deaths (case fatality rate 2.67%) have been reported on the African continent. In March 2020, even before …

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High prevalence of Pfmdr-1 N86 and D1246 genotypes detected among febrile malaria outpatients attending Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Northern Uganda
Achol E, Ochaya S, Malinga GM, Edema H, Echodu R
2019
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-019-4269-1

ObjectiveTo determine the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum multi-drug resistant gene-1 (Pfmdr-1) N86Y and D1246Y genotypes among febrile malaria outpatients attending Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda.ResultsOverall, 92.3% (n=48/52) and 90% (n=45/50) …

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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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