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Determinants of caesarean section rates in private-not-for-profit healthcare facilities: St. Josephâs Hospital_ Kitovu
Kizito O.
2021
DOI: 10.1080/2331205X.2021.1928939

Abstract: Caesarean delivery, often called a C-section, is the delivery of the baby through incisions in the motherâs abdomen and uterus. Caesarean deliveries, whether elective or medically necessary, have risen …

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Common genetic variants and association with HIV disease progression
Baylor Uganda

Common genetic variants and association with HIV disease progression among pediatric cohorts in Botswana and Uganda

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Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings: The feasibility of collecting routine data for key indicators
Obua C, Waako P, INRUD-IAA, Chalker JC, Andualem T, Gitau LN, Ntaganira J, Tadeg H, Ross-Degnan D
2010
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-43

Background: An East African survey showed that among the few health facilities that measured adherence to antiretroviral therapy, practices and definitions varied widely. We evaluated the feasibility of collecting routine …

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CHRONIC GENITAL ULCER DISEASE WITH SUBSEQENT DEVELOPMENT OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) URETHRITIS AND BACTERAEMIA IN AN HIV-SEROPOSITIVE PERSON - A CASE OBSERVATION
Kambugu A, Katusiime C
2012

HIV-seropositive persons are at increased risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Genital ulcerative disease and sexually transmitted infection with subsequent MRSA infection in HIV-seropositive persons have been documented only once. …

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Macro level influences on strategic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic - an international survey and tool for national assessments
McKee M., Singh S., Kambugu A., Ahmad R., Atun R.A., Birgand G., Castro-Sánchez E., Charani E., Ferlie E.B., Hussain I., Labarca J., Hara G.L., Mendelson M., Varma J., Zhu N.J., Zingg W., Holmes A.H.
2021
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.11.05011

Background: Variation in the approaches taken to contain the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic at country level has been shaped by economic and political considerations, technical capacity, and assumptions about public behaviours. …

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STRENGHENING THE HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SYSTEMS FOR QUALITY, EQUITABLE AND TIMELY SERVICE DELIVERY
KIRYA RICHARD
2018

This is end of project report covering the entire period of project activityimplementation. The project covered the following activities; District Entry meeting,Community stakeholder CBO mapping & validation, selection meeting, Capacitybuilding …

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Most new HIV infections, vertical transmissions and AIDS-related deaths occur in lower-prevalence countries
Kempton J, Hill A, Alevi J, Heath K, Pozniak A
2019
DOI: 10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30058-3

Objectives: The Joint United nations Programme on hiV/aiDs (UnaiDs) targets aim to reduce new hiV infectionsbelow 500,000 per year by 2020. Despite targeted prevention programmes, total new infections remained in …

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Performance of Epidemic Preparedness and Response Committees to Disease Outbreaks in Arua District, West Nile Region
Afayo R, Buga M, Alege JB, Akugizibwe P, Atuhairwe C, Taremwa IM
2019
DOI: 10.1155/2019/1437920

The Epidemic Preparedness and Response Committees (EPPRCs) are at the heart of preventing outbreaks from becoming epidemics by controlling the spread. Evidence-based information regarding factors associated with the performance of …

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Assessing the diagnostic imaging needs for five selected hospitals in Uganda
Pariyo G, Kawooya M, Malwadde E, Byanyima R, Kisembo H
2011
DOI: 10.4103/2156-7514.90035

Introduction: Uganda has limited health resources. It is important to measurethe need for imaging in order to set policy and plan for imaging services.Objectives: The first specific objective was to …

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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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