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Understanding incentive preferences of community health workers using discrete choice experiments: a multicountry protocol for Kenya, Uganda, Bangladesh and Haiti
Agarwal S, Anaba U, Abuya T, Kintu R, Casseus A, Hossain S, Obadha M, Warren CE
2019
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033601

Introduction There is a renewed global interest in improving community health worker (CHW) programmes. For CHW programmes to be effective, key intervention design factors which contribute to the performance of …

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Use of a High Resolution Melting Assay to Analyze HIV Diversity in HIV-infected Ugandan Children
Musoke P, Bagenda D, Donnell D, Wang L, Barlow-Mosha L, James M M, Cousins M M, Fogel J M, Towler W I, Agwu A L, Mubiru M, Eshleman S H
2012
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182678c3f

study of antiretroviral treatment (ART). Children were maintained on ART if they were clinicallyand immunologically stable.METHODSâHIV diversity was measured prior to ART (baseline) in 76 children and after 48 or96 …

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A case of pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis in a young ugandan non-smoker
Gross A., Kakame K., Kalyango N., Gharai L., Jackson P., Perelas A.
2021
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2021.203.1_MeetingAbstracts.A2071

Intro:Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a diverse group of disorders with over 200 distinct entities. Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare cystic ILD which comprises approximately 5% of …

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Process evaluation of a comprehensive sexuality education intervention in primary schools in South Western Uganda
Kemigisha E, Nyakato VN, Bruce K, Ivanova O, Ruzaaza GN, Ninsiima AB, Kaziga R, Leye E, Coene G, Michielsen K
2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2019.06.006

Background: We present findings of a process evaluation of a Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) program for young adolescents in 15 schools in South-Western Uganda.Methods: Using the Medical Research Council (UK) …

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Home roles, stress and coping among female nurses in selected hospitals in Kampala Uganda
Karugahe W
2019
DOI: 10.1080/21507686.2019.1636835

This study examined the relationship between home roles, stress and coping strategies among 100 nurses in Kampala selected using stratified and random sampling techniques. Data was analyzed usingSpearman rank order …

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Understanding community health worker incentive preferences in Uganda using a discrete choice experiment
Agarwal S, Abuya T, Kintu R, Obadha M, Warren CE, Mwanga D, Pandya S
2021
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.11.07005

Background Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in supporting health systems, and in improving the availability and accessibility to health care. However, CHW programs globally continue to face …

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Burden of Surgical Infections in a Tertiary-Care Pediatric Surgery Service in Uganda
Kakembo N, Cheung M, Kisa P, Muzira A, Sekabira J, Ozgediz D, Grabski D F, Fitzgerald T N
2020
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2019.045

Background: Delayed presentation of surgical disease often leads to infection in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In addition, many primary infections require surgical intervention. The burden of infection in children's …

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Living through the pandemic as an older person: Long-term psychological impacts inlow-and middle-income countries
Giebel C., Ivan B., Zuluaga M.I., Kumar S., Gabbay M., Saldarriaga G., Ddumba I.
2021
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610221001666

Background: The pandemic has put a huge strain on people's mental health, with varying restrictionsaffecting people's lives. Little is known how the pandemic affects older adults' mental health,particularly those living …

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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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