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Decreased Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease Confirmed Among HIV-positive Youth
Longenecker CT, Lwabi P, Namuyonga J, Okello E, Beaton A, Sable C, Hovis IW, Kisitu GP, Ndagire E, Sanyahumbi A, Penny DJ, Kekitiinwa AR
2019
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002161

Background: There is geographical overlap between areas endemic for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and those endemic for HIV. A recent pilot study demonstrated that children living with HIV might be …

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The health impacts of mycotoxins in the eastern Africa region
Kimanya ME
2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.cofs.2015.11.005

East Africans are at a high risk of exposures and effects of mycotoxins. The eastern Africa region is possibly the area where mycotoxicosis has impacted mankind the most. Mycotoxicosis outbreaks …

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QUALITATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY INTERVIEWS ON SUICIDE IN POST-CONFLICT NORTHERN UGANDA: THE PARTICIPANTS' PERCEPTIONS
Kinyanda E, Hjelmeland H, Knizek BL, Kizza D
2011
DOI: 10.2190/OM.63.3.c

Participants' perceptions of psychological autopsy interviews were investigated in post-conflict Northern Uganda. Data were derived out of their responses in the debriefing session after the formal interviews. These responses were …

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Chemicals Management in Uganda
bvision
2019

The use of chemicals in Uganda has been rapidly growing; many chemicals are today either locally manufactured or imported and stored in storage facilities in different parts of the country. …

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[P. falciparum malaria related with travel: four cases]
Güven T., Eser F.C., Yılmaz G.R., Güner R., TaÅyaran M.A.
2013
DOI: 10.5152/tpd.2013.51
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Efficacy of knowledge and competence-based training of non-physicians in the provision of early infant male circumcision using the Mogen clamp in Rakai, Uganda
Nakigozi G, Kigozi G, Gray RH, Serwadda D, Nalugoda F, Watya S, Makumbi F, Nabukalu D, Kankaka EN, Kayiwa D, Kighoma N, Murungi T, Nampijja R, Namuguzi D, Wawer M
2017
DOI: 10.1111/bju.13685

ObjectiveTo assess acquisition of knowledge and competence in performing Early Infant Male Circumcision (EIMC) by nonphysicians trained using a structured curriculum.Subjects and MethodsTraining in provision of EIMC using the Mogen …

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Loss and dysfunction of V delta 2(+) gamma delta T cells are associated with clinical tolerance to malaria
Kamya MR, Tappero JW, Arinaitwe E, Greenhouse B, Dorsey G, Jagannathan P, Muhindo MK, Kim CC, Nankya F, Bowen K, Eccles-James I, Feeney ME
2014
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3009793

Although clinical immunity to malaria eventually develops among children living in endemic settings, the underlying immunologic mechanisms are not known. The V delta 2(+) subset of gamma delta T cells …

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Diffusion of Evidence-Based Interventions in HIV and Substance User Programs: Flaws and Lessons From the Sub-Saharan African Region
Kasirye Rogers
2015
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.1007760

The time has come that Sub-Saharan Africa benefit from implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions (EBIs) that have been developed over time in the United States, Europe, and by the United Nations …

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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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