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Blood transfer devices for malaria rapid diagnostic tests: evaluation of accuracy, safety and ease of use
Hopkins H, Oyibo W, Luchavez J, Mationg ML, Asiimwe C, Albertini A, Gonzalez IJ, Gatton ML, Bell D
2011
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-30

Background: Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are increasingly used by remote health personnel with minimal training in laboratory techniques. RDTs must, therefore, be as simple, safe and reliable as possible. …

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Decreasing time to antiretroviral therapy initiation after HIV diagnosis in a clinic-based observational cohort study in four African countries
Ake JA, Polyak CS, Crowell TA, Kiweewa F, Bahemana E, Maswai J, Owuoth J, Esber AL, Robb ML, Coakley P, Adamu Y, Africos Study Grp
2020
DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25446

Introduction World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines have shifted over time to recommend earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and now encourage ART initiation on the day of HIV diagnosis, if …

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Balancing the cost of leaving with the cost of living: drivers of long-term retention of health workers: an explorative study in three rural districts in Eastern Uganda
Tetui M, Ekirapa-Kiracho E, Kananura RM, Kiwanuka SN, Bua J, Akulume M
2017
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1345494

Background: Health worker retention in rural and underserved areas remains a persisting problem in many low and middle income countries, and this directly affects the quality of health services offered.Objective: …

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Realtime adherence monitoring of antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected adults and children in rural Uganda
Haberer JE, Muzoora C, Bangsberg DR, Kiwanuka J, Nansera D, Hunt PW, So J, O'Donnell M, Siedner M, Martin JN
2013
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328363b53f

A real-time wireless electronic adherence monitor (EAM) and weekly self-report of missed doses via interactive voice response (IVR) and short message service (SMS) queries were used to measure anti-retroviral therapy …

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Comportements sexuels chez les adolescents en Afrique sub-Saharienne: l'exemple du Burkina Faso, du Ghana, du Malawi et de l'Ouganda
Guiella Georges
2012

Adolescent girls and boys represent key segments of the population for the future in all societies across the world. The readiness of these young people to assume adult roles and …

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The ambiguities of the 'partnership' between civil society and the state in Uganda's AIDS response during the 1990s and 2000s as demonstrated in the development of TASO
Grebe E
2016
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1062121

This article critically investigates state-civil society relations in the Ugandan AIDS response by tracing the history of Uganda's multisectoral' and partnership' approaches, particularly as it pertains to The AIDS Support …

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Influence of Dietary Salt Knowledge, Perceptions, and Beliefs on Consumption Choices after Stroke in Uganda
Sajatovic M, Kaddumukasa M, Katabira E, Goldstein LB, Pundik S, Kaddumukasa MN
2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.07.016

Background: Previous research on Uganda's poststroke population revealed that their level of dietary salt knowledge did not lead to healthier consumption choices. Purpose: Identify barriers and motivators for healthy dietary …

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Adherence to treatment and supervision for tuberculosis in a DOTS programme among pastoralists in Uganda
Sekandi JN, Kisambu J, Nuwaha F
2014
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0753

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the levels of adherence to anti-tuberculosis medications and associated risk factors in a pastoral community practising transhumance in North-Eastern Uganda.DESIGN: A cross-sectional retrospective study of a cohort …

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A Mobile App for Illiterate and Semi-illiterate Pregnant Women- A User Centered Approach
Katusiime J, Pinkwart N
2019
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29390-1_48

Mobile technology is utilized in health care to improve service delivery, but researchers and developers have mainly focused on developing applications that are usable by people who can read and …

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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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