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Users' networks for Africans with mental disorders
Katontoka Sylvester
2007
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61248-3

Users' networks for people with mental health disorders have emerged in Africa over the past 5 years, notably in Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa. These organisations believe in …

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Community-wide Prevalence of Malaria Parasitemia in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Populations in a High-Transmission Setting in Uganda
Havlir D, Kamya M, Greenhouse B, Dorsey G, Kwarisiima D, Ssemmondo E, Katrak S, Day N, Midekisa A
2016
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw057

Background. Malaria control strategies depend on identifying individuals with parasitemia, who may be asymptomatic but retain the ability to transmit disease. Population-level survey data on parasitemia are limited and traditionally …

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CLINICAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUBMICROSCOPIC MALARIA PARASITEMIA IN UGANDAN CHILDREN
Arinaitwe E., Rek J., Nayebare P., Katrak S., Nankabirwa J. I. et al, University of California San Francisco U. S. A.
2017

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Abstract: Submicroscopic malaria parasitemia remains common in both high- and low-endemicity settings in Africa. Submicroscopic parasitemia impacts mosquito infectivity and disease transmission, but its clinical consequences are unclear. …

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Funding cuts spark fears about the rise of drug-resistant strains of HIV in Africa: CMAJ
Glauser Wendy, Simon Ben
2010

"In many ways, resistance is a silent problem because we don't have the abilities to measure it," says Adrienne Chan, medical coordinator at Dignitas International, a Canadian organization facilitating AIDS …

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Performance of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for the Identification of Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Uganda
Kamya M, Rosenthal PJ, Arinaitwe E, Greenhouse B, Dorsey G, Rek J, Murphy M, Nayebare P, Nankabirwa JI, Katrak S, Smith M
2017
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0225

Accurately identifying and targeting the human reservoir of malaria parasitemia is critical for malaria control, and requires a reliable and sensitive diagnostic method. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is increasingly used …

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Clinical consequences of submicroscopic malaria parasitaemia in Uganda
Kamya M, Rosenthal PJ, Arinaitwe E, Greenhouse B, Dorsey G, Rek J, Nayebare P, Nankabirwa JI, Katrak S
2018
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2221-9

Background: Submicroscopic malaria parasitaemia is common in both high- and low-endemicity settings, but its clinical consequences are unclear.Methods: A cohort of 364 children (0.5-10 years of age) and 106 adults …

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Performance of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for the Identification of Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Uganda
Rosenthal Philip J., Dorsey Grant, Arinaitwe Emmanuel, Greenhouse Bryan, Nayebare Patience, KatrakShereen, Murphy Maxwell, Rek John, Smith Mary, Nankabirwa Joaniter I., Kamya Moses
2017

MEDLINE Abstract: Accurately identifying and targeting the human reservoir of malaria parasitemia is critical for malaria control, and requires a reliable and sensitive diagnostic method. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is …

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The right to health as the basis for universal health coverage: A cross-national analysis of national medicines policies of 71 countries
Katrina Perehudoff S, Alexandrov N V, Hogerzeil H V
2018
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215577

Persistent barriers to universal access to medicines are limited social protection in the eventof illness, inadequate financing for essential medicines, frequent stock-outs in the publicsector, and high prices in the …

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HIV prevention in southern Africa: why we must reassess our strategies?
Katsidzira L, Hakim JG
2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02807.x

Southern Africa continues to shoulder a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic with the number of new infections outstripping treatment initiation two-to threefold. Current prevention strategies have had a limited …

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Selection of sustainable sanitation technologies for urban slums - A case of Bwaise III in Kampala, Uganda
Kansiime F, Katukiza AY, Ronteltap M, Oleja A, Niwagaba CB, Lens PNL
2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.09.032

Provision of sanitation solutions in the world s urban slums is extremely challenging due to lack of money space access and sense of ownership This paper presents a technology selection …

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