Background: Fatty acids, including n-6 series, modulate immune function, but their effect on CD4 cell counts, death, or hospitalization in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy is unknown.Methods: In a randomized …
Background: Spousal communication can improve family planning use and continuation. Yet, in countries with high fertility rates and unmet need, men have often been regarded as unsupportive of their partner's …
Background: Family planning programs have recently undergone a fundamental shift from being focused on women only to focusing on men individually, or on both partners. However, contraceptive use among married …
Background: Cancer burden in sub-Saharan Africa is on the rise with one-third of cancers estimated to be caused by infectious agents. Head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) is the …
Several vaccines elicit lower efficacy or impaired immune responses in rural compared to urban settings, and intropical low-income countries compared to high-income countries. An unresolved hypothesis is that im-munomodulation by …
Determined whether nutrition education targeting the child-feeding practices of low-income rural caregivers in rural Uganda will reduce anaemia and improve vitamin A nutriture of the young children in their care. …
Objective: To determine whether nutrition education targeting the child-feeding practices of low-income rural caregivers will reduce anaemia and improve vitamin A nutriture of the young children in their care.Design: A …
BackgroundAnalyses of global trends indicate that childhood undernutrition is more prevalent in rural areas, and also that maternal education and decision-making power are among the key factors significantly associated with …
Background Uganda remains one of the countries with the highest burden of TB/HIV. Drug-resistant TB remains a substantial challenge to TB control globally and requires new strategic effective control approaches. …