Background: Alongside deficits in children's wellbeing, the COVID-19 pandemic has created an elevated risk for child maltreatment and challenges for child protective services worldwide. Therefore, some children might be doubly …
This article discusses the importance of 'local knowledge' in combating a very dangerous disease, HIV/AIDS. The disease has already killed millions of people in the world and the infection is …
New vaccines are urgently needed if we want to reach the goal of substantially reducing the incidence of tuberculosis by 2050. Despite a steady increase in funding over the past …
Background: Several interventions have been put in place to promote access to quality malaria case managementservices in Ugandaâs private sector, where most people seek treatment. This paper describes evidence using …
BackgroundUganda adopted the Integrated Management of Malaria (IMM) guidelines, which require testing all suspected cases of malaria prior to treatment and which have been implemented throughout the country. However, adherence …
Background: Breast malignancies encompass various subtypes which differ in their clinical presentations, outcomes, and response to the treatment regimens. Thus, a proper histological diagnosis and a special mention of the …
Objectives To determine the relation between the HIV/AIDS epidemic and support for dependent elderly people in Africa.Design Retrospective analysis using data from Demographic and Health Surveys.Setting 22 African countries between …
The combination of high disease burden and lack of resources makes addressing health issues a difficult task in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, mobile phone adoption is growing rapidly on the continent; …
Introduction Interventions informed by behaviouraleconomics, such as planning prompts, have the potentialto increase HIV testing at minimal or no cost. Planningprompts have not been previously evaluated for HIVtesting uptake. We …