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The virus stops with me: HIV-infected Ugandansâ motivations in preventing HIV transmission
King Rachel, Lifshay Julie, Nakayiwa Sylvia, Katuntu David, Lindkvist Pille, Bunnell Rebecca
2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.008

Few Positive Prevention interventions have been implemented in Africa; however, greater attention is now being paid to interventions that include messages of personal responsibility or altruism that may motivate HIV-infected …

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Factors determining child mortality in Uganda
Kaberuka W, Mugarura A, Tindyebwa J, Bishop DS
2017
DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-08-2015-0201

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to establish socio-economic factors and maternal practices that determine child mortality in Uganda.Design/methodology/approach - The paper examines the role of sex, birth …

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Impact of oral cholera vaccines in cholera-endemic countries: A mathematical modeling study
Kim JH, Mogasale V, Burgess C, Wierzba TF
2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.004

Background: Impact evaluation of vaccination programs is necessary for making decisions to introduce oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) in cholera-endemic countries.Methods: We analyzed data to forecast the future global burden of …

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Selecting a Laboratory Information Management System for Biorepositories in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The H3Africa Experience and Lessons Learned
Joloba ML, Kigozi E, H3Africa Biorepository PI Working, Kyobe S, Musinguzi H, Lwanga N, Kezimbira D, Katabazi FA, Wayengera M, Abayomi EA, Swanepoel C, Abimiku A, Croxton T, Ozumba P, Thankgod A, Christoffels A, van Zyl L, Mayne ES, Kader M, Swartz G
2017
DOI: 10.1089/bio.2017.0006

Biorepositories in Africa need significant infrastructural support to meet International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) Best Practices to support population-based genomics research. ISBER recommends a biorepository information management …

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African and Caribbean Nurses' Decisions about HIV Testing: A Mixed Methods Study
Harrowing J, Edwards N, Richter S, Minnie K, Rae T
2018
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1862-y

Nurses in Jamaica, Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda are at risk for occupational exposure to HIV. Little is known about the experiences and policy supports related to nurses having themselves …

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Timing of maternal HIV infection: Association with HIV mother-to-child transmission and clinical outcome
James Maria M.
2012

The majority of children living with HIV/AIDS reside in sub-Saharan Africa. Most children become HIV-infected through mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). Methods used to prevent MTCT include antiretroviral therapy (ART), caesarean section, …

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Models of delivering prep in East Africa: Innovations and lessons learned
Kamya M.R.
2021

Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective and could bring us closer to HIV elimination targets if offered alongside testing and treatment. However, this effective HIV prevention intervention is only …

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Clinical neglect of aspergillosis in pulmonary tuberculosis co-infection: a case report of avoidable mortality in a resource-constrained setting
Adeyemo A T, Obadare T O, Edward S S, Ibrahim A O, Irek E O, Amupitan A A, Olorunsogo O A, Anuforo A C, Obiajunwa P O, Aboderin A O
2022
DOI: 10.4314/ajcem.v23i3.12

Background: Pulmonary aspergillosis (PA) is common among patients with tuberculosis (TB). With both infections presenting with similar clinical and radiologic features, diagnosis of PA is often made too late or …

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Pan-ebolavirus and Pan-filovirus Mouse Monoclonal Antibodies: Protection against Ebola and Sudan Viruses
Holtsberg FW, Shulenin S, Vu H, Howell KA, Patel SJ, Gunn B, Karim M, Lai JR, Frei JC, Nyakatura EK, Zeitlin L, Douglas R, Fusco ML, Froude JW, Saphire EO, Herbert AS, Wirchnianski AS, Lear-Rooney CM, Alter G, Dye JM, Glass PJ, Warfield KL, Aman MJ
2016
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02171-15

The unprecedented 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa has highlighted the need for effective therapeutics against filoviruses. Monoclonal antibody (MAb) cocktails have shown great potential as EVD …

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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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