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Grand challenges: Improving HIV treatment outcomes by integrating interventions for comorbid mental illness
Musisi Seggane, Kaaya Sylvia, Eustache Eddy, Lapidos-Salaiz Ilana, Psaros Christina, Wissow Lawrence
2013

Learning objectives: Readers will consider the challenges to integrating mental health services into primary HIV care, and review the use of a life course approach and evidence-based interventions in this …

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Gaps in continuity of care: Patients' perceptions of the quality of care during labor ward handover in Mulago hospital, Uganda
Kakaire O, Nakimuli A, Kakande N, Kaye D K, Osinde M O, Mbalinda S N
2015
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0850-z

BackgroundClient satisfaction is a common outcome measure for quality of care and goal for quality improvement in healthcare. We assessed womenâs perceptions of the structure, process and outcome of intrapartum …

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Does health-related quality of life among adults with pulmonary tuberculosis improve across the treatment period? A hospital-based cross sectional study in Mbale Region, Eastern Uganda
Nankya-Mutyoba J, Rutebemberwa E, Kasasa S, Kisaka S M.B, Ocen F
2016
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-016-2277-y

BackgroundMost tuberculosis (TB) case management guidelines emphasize microbiological cure as treatment goal without highlighting quality of life outcomes. This study assessed health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and related factors in …

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Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors Influencing Feeding Practices, Morbidity Status, and Dietary Intakes of Children Aged 7â24 Months in Rural Uganda
Isingoma B E, Samuel M, Edward K, Maina G W
2017
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2016.1246360

The objective of this study was to analyze the nutritional and morbidity patterns of children aged 7â24 months in relationship to household socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Structured questionnaires and repeated …

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Intrauterine Contraception Among Women Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus A Randomized Controlled Trial
Tumwesigye NM, Kakaire O, Byamugisha JK, Gemzell-Danielsson K
2015
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001087

OBJECTIVE:To compare discontinuation rates of the levonorgestrel and copper intrauterine devices (IUDs) among women with human immunodeficiency virus.METHODS:A double-masked randomized trial was conducted at Mulago Hospital, Uganda. Women received either …

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Reassessment of helminth infections in gulu municipality nothern uganda after the twenty years of insurgency: Using three diagonostic methods to compare their sensitivity
Katungi A, Redeker S, Kiiza P, Ocaka J, Van Goor A, Polderman A M, Lyazi I, Odongo-Aginya E I
2013

Background: During the period of insurgency there were several internally displacepeople camps all over the Northern Uganda. People who lived within ten kilometersfrom Gulu Municipality were forced to evacuate their …

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Preventing multimorbidity with lifestyle interventions in sub-saharan africa: A new challenge for public health in low and middle-income countries
Alkhatib A., Nnyanzi L.A., Mujuni B., Amanya G., Ibingira C.
2021
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182312449

Objectives: Low and Middle-Income Countries are experiencing a fast-paced epidemio-logical rise in clusters of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, forming an imminent rise in multimorbidity. However, preventing …

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Perineal wound disruption and postoperative infection following resection of a benign cystic sacrococcygeal teratoma in a neonate in a resource-limited setting: A case report
Katusiime C.
2019
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.2124

Case reports highlighting the complications of SCT surgical resection in resource-limited settings particularly sub-Saharan Africa are few. It is imperative to take into account that achieving the desirable cosmetic results …

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An empiric risk scoring tool for identifying high-risk heterosexual HIV-1âserodiscordant couples for targeted HIV-1 prevention
Mugo Nelly, Celum Connie, John-Stewart Grace, Kahle Erin M, Hughes James P, Lingappa Jairam R, Nakku-Joloba Edith, Njuguna Stella, Bukusi Elizabeth, Manongi Rachel, Baeten Jared M
2013
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31827e622d

Background and objectives: Heterosexual HIV-1âserodiscordant couples are increasingly recognized as an important source of new HIV-1 infections in sub-Saharan Africa. A simple risk assessment tool could be useful for identifying …

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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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