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Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020â21
2022
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02796-3

Summary Background Mortality statistics are fundamental to public health decision making. Mortality varies by time and location, and its measurement is affected by well known biases that have been exacerbated …

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Outcome of tube thoracostomy in paediatric non-traumatic pleural fluid collections
Ekpe Eyo E, Akpan M. U
2013

Objective: Management of pleural fluid collection not due to trauma increases workload of the paediatric thoracic surgeons; while delay or inappropriate treatment worsens the prognosis of the disease. This study …

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Impact of age on CD4 recovery and viral suppression over time among adults living with HIV who initiated antiretroviral therapy in the African Cohort Study
Ake JA, Polyak CS, Crowell TA, Kiweewa F, Maganga L, Bahemana E, Maswai J, Ganesan K, Valcour VG, Khamadi S, Lwilla A, Mkondoo D, Somi N, Mwaisanga G, Esber A, AFRICOS Study Grp, Dear N, Parikh A, Reed D, Mizinduko M, Owouth J, Iroezindu M
2020
DOI: 10.1186/s12981-020-00323-x

Introduction With increased use of antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV mortality rates are declining and people living with HIV (PLWH) are surviving longer. We characterized CD4 recovery and viral suppression among …

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20 YEARS OF ACTIONAID IN PALLISA IMPACTFUL WINDS OF CHANGE
Actionaid
2020
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Electroencephalographic features of convulsive epilepsy in Africa: A multicentre study of prevalence, pattern and associated factors
Newton Charles R., Kakooza-Mwesige Angelina, Ngugi Anthony K., Wagner Ryan G., Masanja Honorati, Kariuki Symon M., White Steven, Chengo Eddie, Ae-Ngibise Kenneth A., Sander Josemir W., Neville Brian G.
2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.07.033

Objective: We investigated the prevalence and pattern of electroencephalographic (EEG) features of epilepsy and the associated factors in Africans with active convulsive epilepsy (ACE). Methods: We characterized electroencephalographic features and …

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Serology and cytokine profiles in patients infected with the newly discovered Bundibugyo ebolavirus
Rollin PE, Spiropoulou CF, Gupta M, MacNeil A, Reed ZD
2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.11.027

A new species of Ebolavirus, Bundibugyo ebolavirus, was discovered in an outbreak in western Uganda in November 2007. To study the correlation between fatal infection and immune response in Bundibugyo …

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Strategies used by facilities in Uganda to integrate family planning into HIV care: what works and what doesn't.
Kirunda I., Livesley N., Zainab A., Jacinto A., Kasule K., Kinoti S., Bornstein T.
2010
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Characteristics of a COVID-19 Cohort With Large Vessel Occlusion: A Multicenter International Study
Tiwari A., Jabbour P., Dmytriw A.A., Sweid A., Piotin M., Bekelis K., Sourour N., Raz E., Linfante I., Dabus G., Kole M., Martínez-Galdámez M., Nimjee S.M., Lopes D.K., Hassan A.E., Kan P., Ghorbani M., Levitt M.R., Escalard S., Missios S., Shapiro M., Clarençon F., Elhorany M., Vela-Duarte D., Tahir R.A., Youssef P.P., Pandey A.S., Starke R.M., El Naamani K., Abbas R., Hammoud B., Mansour O.Y., Galvan J., Billingsley J.T., Mortazavi A., Walker M., Dibas M., Settecase F., Heran M.K.S., Kuhn A.L., Puri A.S., Menon B.K., Sivakumar S., Mowla A., D'Amato S., Zha A.M., Cooke D., Goyal M., Wu H., Cohen J., Turkel-Parrella D., Xavier A., Waqas M., Tutino V.M., Siddiqui A., Gupta G., Nanda A., Khandelwal P., Tiu C., Portela P.C., Perez de la Ossa N., Urra X., de Lera M., Arenillas J.F., Ribo M., Requena M., Piano M., Pero G., De Sousa K., Al-Mufti F., Hashim Z., Nayak S., Renieri L., Aziz-Sultan M.A., Nguyen T.N., Feineigle P., Patel A.B., Siegler J.E., Badih K., Grossberg J.A., Saad H., Gooch M.R., Herial N.A., Rosenwasser R.H., Tjoumakaris S.
2022
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001902

BACKGROUND: The mechanisms and outcomes in coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-associated stroke are unique from those of non-COVID-19 stroke. OBJECTIVE: To describe the efficacy and outcomes of acute revascularization of large vessel …

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Assessing the potential to involve healers in expanding coverage of cARV programs in rural western Uganda
Huntington Janis Dawn
2010

Abstract: In Uganda there is a gap between the coverage of cARV programs and the number of people who require treatment. Community-based initiatives are necessary to scale-up cARV programs. Healers …

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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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