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Carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda (2007-2009)
Joloba ML, Erume J, Nakanjako R, Kateete DP, Namugenyi J, Najjuka CF
2016
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2986-7

Background: Multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii are common causes of health care associated infections worldwide. Carbapenems are effective against infections caused by multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria including Pseudomonas …

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Service Delivery versus Moonlighting: Using Data from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Senegal
Hausken K, Ncube M
2018
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12327

Striking the proper balance between allocating resources into service delivery for low income which benefits society, and moonlighting elsewhere for additional income, is a challenge. A model is developed for …

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Interruption in the work of nursing professionals: conceptual analysis
Junior de Freitas Weslen Carlos, Carrilho Menezes Aline, Ferreira da Mata Luciana Regina, Brandão de Carvalho Lira Ana Luisa, Januário Letícia Helena, Teodoro Couto Ribeiro Helen Cristiny
2022
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1392

Objectives: to analyze the concept of "interruption in the work of nursing professionals". Methods: conceptual study according to the method proposed by Walker and Avant through integrative literature review. The …

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Is resistance to direct-acting antivirals in sub-Saharan Africa a threat to HCV elimination? Recommendations for action
Gupta N., Desalegn H., Ocama P., Lacombe K., Njouom R., Kateera F.
2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.10.017
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IN SEARCH OF THE RIGHT FORMULA: PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROVISION OF SAFE WATER IN RWANDA AND UGANDA
Golooba-Mutebi F
2012
DOI: 10.1002/pad.1638

Over the last two decades, efforts have been made to find the right formula or formulae for delivering services to poor rural communities. Beginning in the late 1980s, decentralisation entailing …

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Microalbuminuria and Retinopathy among Hypertensive Nondiabetic Patients at a Large Public Outpatient Clinic in Southwestern Uganda
Bajunirwe F, Kangwagye P, Rwebembera J, Wilson T
2018
DOI: 10.1155/2018/4802396

Background. Routine testing of microalbuminuria and retinopathy is not done among patients with high blood pressure in resource-limited settings. We determined the prevalence of microalbuminuria and retinopathy and their risk …

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Neuropsychological performance in African children with HIV enrolled in a multisite antiretroviral clinical trial
Familiar-Lopez I, Boivin MJ, Violari A, Fairlie L, Abrahams N, IMPAACT P1104s Study Team, Barlow-Mosha L, Chernoff MC, Laughton B, Zimmer B, Joyce C, Bwakura-Dangarembizi M, Ratswana M, Gous H, Kamthunzi P, McCarthy K, Jean-Phillippe P, Coetzee J, Cotton MC, Palumbo PE
2018
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001683

Objective and design:Children with HIV infection (HIV+) are at neuropsychological risk, but few studies have evaluated this at multiple sites in low-income and middle-income countries. We compared neuropsychological outcomes at …

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Strengthening Health and Safety of sex Workers in the Rwenzori Region-Western Uganda
Godfrey Bangirana
2011

Kaana Foundation for Outreach Programs (KAFOP) is a not profit making organization situatedin Fort Portal; our offices are situated at Kabundaire mil lane road adjacent Kijaguzo Hotel.In 2009, with assistance …

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Kinship structure and health-care improvement in sub-Saharan Africa
Katabarwa Moses N., Richards Frank O. Jr., Rakers Lindsay
2004
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16523-9

It is noted that the traditional kinship system can be instrumental in involving both men and women in caring for vulnerable groups such as children, teenagers, the elderly, and the …

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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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