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National health research systems in the WHO African Region: current status and the way forward
KirigiaJoses Muthuri, Ota Martin Okechukwu, Motari Marion, Bataringaya Juliet Evelyn, Mouhouelo Pascal
2015

MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND:<BR>A number of resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the WHO Regional Committee for Africa call upon African countries and their development partners to make the required …

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The in vitro antimycobacterial activity of medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) to treat tuberculosis in the Lake Victoria basin in Uganda
Kirimuhuzya Claude Bunalema, Lydia Tabuti, John R.S. Kakudidi K, Esezah Orodho John Magadula Jangu, Joseph Otieno, Nicholas Paul,
2011
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Using Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex Whole Genomes and Blood Biomarkers to Study Tuberculosis Transmission
kirimunda Samuel
2020

Background: There were over 10.0 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the world in 2018, a number that has been relatively stable in recent years. The burden of the disease …

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Variation in the Human Leukocyte Antigen system and risk for endemic Burkitt lymphoma in northern Uganda
Hallensleben M, Biggar RJ, Prokunina-Olsson L, Blasczyk R, Reynolds SJ, Otim I, Nabalende H, Legason ID, Ogwang MD, Goedert JJ, Bhatia K, Mbulaiteye SM, Joloba M, Kirimunda S, Verboom M, Ssennono M, Kerchan P, Kinyera T, Mwebaza I, Ayers LW, Onabajo OO
2020
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.16398

Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is an aggressive childhood B-cell lymphoma associated with Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections. Variation in the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) system is …

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Prevalence, short term outcome and factors associated with survival in patients suffering from upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a resource limited-setting, the case of Mulago hospital in Kampala, Uganda
Ocama P, Quinlan J, Kagimu M, Mutyaba I, Kiringa SK
2020
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v20i1.49

Background: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common cause of admission and death in the gastroenterology service. The prevalence, risk factors and the case fatality rate of UGIB may differ …

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Response to anti-tuberculosis treatment by people over age 60 in Kampala, Uganda
Byaruhanga R, Kimuli D, Kasozi S, Birabwa E, Kirirabwa NS, DeJene S, Nanziri C, Okello DA, Suarez PG, Lukoye D
2018
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208390

While old age is a known risk factor for developing active tuberculosis (TB), studies on TB in the population aged 60 years and older (considered elderly in this study) are …

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A four-year trend in pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis case detection in Kampala-Uganda
Byaruhanga R, Kimuli D, Kasozi S, Kirirabwa NS, Nanziri C, Okello DA, Lukoye D, Sama D, Ntudhu S
2019
DOI: 10.1186/s12890-019-0853-3

BackgroundThe management and control of pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed (PBC) tuberculosis (TB) also known as infectious TB is important not only to monitor for resistance but also to check for severity, …

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Health, Human Capital, and Behavior Change: Essays in Development Microeconomics
Kirk Angeli Elise
2016

This dissertation combines three empirical studies of household behaviors as they relate to investment in health and human capital in developing countries. The first explores how changes in children's nutrition …

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Composition of Household Income and Child Nutrition Outcomes Evidence from Uganda
Kirk A, Kilic T, Carletto C
2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.03.023

This study targets the empirical space between cross-country analyses exploring links between income and nutrition without insights on micro-level determinants, and relevant microeconomic studies hindered by small sample size and/or …

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Crisis responses, opportunity, and public authority during Covid-19's first wave in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan
Akello G, Okello J, Green D, Kirk T, Allen T, Carayannis T, Bazonzi J, Ndala J, Stys P, Muzuri P, Nyenyezi A, Vlassenroot K, Nyuon ADA, Macdonald A, Owor A, Storer L, Hopwood J, Porter H, Oryem R, Parker M
2021
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12513

Discussions on African responses to Covid-19 have focused on the state and its international backers. Far less is known about a wider range of public authorities, including chiefs, humanitarians, criminal …

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