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Health facility management and primary health care performance in Uganda
Nabiwemba E, Wabwire-Mangen F, Makumbi F, Kibira SPS, Kim JH, Bell GA, Bitton A, Desai EV, Hirschhorn LR, Ratcliffe HL, Schwarz D
2022
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07674-3

Background Primary health care is a critical foundation of high-quality health systems. Health facility management has been studied in high-income countries, but there are significant measurement gaps about facility management …

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Zinc and the Zinc Transporter SLC39A10/ZIP10 Are Required for Heme Synthesis in Developing Erythroid Progenitors
Kim Juyoung
2022

Zinc is an essential trace element for various biological processes in the body. Cellular zinc homeostasis is established via differential expressions of the cell-type-specific zinc transporters, ZnTs and ZIPs. Zinc …

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Cancer and palliative care in Africa
Namukwaya E., Kimani K. N., Grant L., Murray S. A.
2017
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12655

The article presents the author views over emergence of cancer as public health concern in regions of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Topics discussed include prevalence of different types of cancer in …

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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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Antibody-Mediated Protective Mechanisms Induced by a Trivalent Parainfluenza Virus-Vectored Ebolavirus Vaccine
Gilchuk P, Ilinykh PA, Huang K, Bukreyev A, Crowe JE, Alter G, Kimble JB, Malherbe DC, Meyer M, Gunn BM, Karim MM, Iampietro M, Mohamed KS, Negi S, Wolf YI, Braun W
2019
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01845-18

Ebolaviruses Zaire (EBOV), Bundibugyo (BDBV), and Sudan (SUDV) cause human disease with high case fatality rates. Experimental monovalent vaccines, which all utilize the sole envelope glycoprotein (GP), do not protect …

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Youth living with HIV/AIDS in secondary schools: perspectives of peer educators and patron teachers in Western Uganda on stressors and supports
Vindevogel S, Kimera E, Rubaihayo J, Reynaert D, De Maeyer J, Engelen AM, Bilsen J
2019
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2019.1626760

As Youth Living With HIV/AIDS (YLWHA) continue to survive and live with HIV chronically due to effective Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), it is paramount to work toward maximising their psychosocial wellbeing. …

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Care and support for youth living with HIV/AIDS in secondary schools: perspectives of school stakeholders in western Uganda
Vindevogel S, Kimera E, Rubaihayo J, Reynaert D, De Maeyer J, Engelen AM, Bilsen J, Justice KM
2021
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-10143-3

BackgroundAlthough schools have been identified as significant settings in the response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, limited research is available on how they can accommodate Youth Living with HIV/AIDS (YLWHA), especially …

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HIV-Related Stigma Among Youth Living With HIV in Western Uganda
Vindevogel S, Kimera E, Rubaihayo J, Reynaert D, De Maeyer J, Engelen AM, Bilsen J, Kintu MJ
2021
DOI: 10.1177/10497323211012347

We present an explanatory theory for HIV-related stigma from the perspectives of youth living with HIV/AIDS (YLWHA) in Western Uganda, on which the fight against this relentless stigma in this …

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