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Domestic violence in Gulu, Northern Uganda
Kitara D L, Odongkara B M, Anywar D A, Atim P, Amone C, Komakech D
2012

Background: When guns fell silent in the post conflict northern Uganda, another form ofphysical injuries has come in place, Domestic Violence also commonly referred to as Genderbased violence. This injury …

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Participation in gardening activity and its association with improved mental health among family caregivers of people with dementia in rural Uganda
Rukundo GZ, Ainamani HE, Bamwerinde WM, Tumwesigire S, Kalibwani RM, Bikaitwaho EM, Tsai AC
2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101412

Evidence from high-income settings suggests that gardening is associated with reductions in depression, anxiety, and stress. The benefits of gardening are less well understood by mental health practitioners and researchers …

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Assessing the evidence for applying burden of disease methods, with a specific focus on unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries
Gore Fiona
2015

INTRODUCTION Health data in low- and middle-income countries are often inconsistent and of poor quality, or simply non-existent. This impedes the ability of countries themselves and the international community to …

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Spatio-temporal analysis of malaria vector density from baseline through intervention in a high transmission setting
Kamya MR, Alegana VA, Kigozi SP, Nankabirwa J, Arinaitwe E, Kigozi R, Mawejje H, Kilama M, Ruktanonchai NW, Ruktanonchai CW, Drakeley C, Lindsay SW, Greenhouse B, Smith DL, Atkinson PM, Dorsey G, Tatem AJ
2016
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1917-3

Background: An increase in effective malaria control since 2000 has contributed to a decline in global malaria morbidity and mortality. Knowing when and how existing interventions could be combined to …

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Effect of Standard Versus Patient-Targeted In-Patient Education on Patients' Anxiety about Self-Care after Discharge from Cardiovascular Surgery Clinics : Cardiovascular Topic
Goktas Sonay Baltaci, Gur Ozcan, Gurkan Selami, Ozen Yucel, Unsal Cuneyt, Yildiz Tulin
2014

Abstract: We compared standard and patient-targeted in-patient education in terms of their effect on patients' anxiety. One hundred and ninety-eight patients who were hospitalised for coronary artery bypass surgery were …

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The ethical justification for inclusion of neonates in pragmatic randomized clinical trials for emergency newborn care
Kaye D. K.
2019
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-019-1600-x

BACKGROUND: Research guidelines generally recognize vulnerable populations to include neonates with the aim of enhancing protections from harm. In practice, such guidance results in limiting participation in randomized clinical trials …

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Pacemaker syndrome with sub-acute left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a patient with a dual-chamber pacemaker: consequence of lead switch at the header
Khurwolah M. R, Vezi B. Z
2017

In the daily practice of pacemaker insertion, the occurrence of atrial and ventricular lead switch at the pacemaker box header is a rare and unintentional phenomenon, with less than five …

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High levels of resistance to nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors in newly diagnosed antiretroviral treatment-naive children in sub-Saharan Africa
Kaleebu P., Eshleman S.H., Hunt G., Dzangare J., Bertagnolio S., Inzaule S.C., Jordan M.R., Bello G., Wadonda-Kabondo N., Mounerou S., Mbulli I.A., Akanmu S.A., Vubil A., Mthethwa-Hleza S., Njukeng P., Penazzato M., Rinke de Wit T.F.
2020
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002580

: Exposure of infants to antiretroviral drugs for prevention of mother-to-child transmission can induce resistance to nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). Data from nine national surveys of pretreatment drug resistance …

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The nonstate provision of health services and citizen accountability in Uganda
Katusiimeh M W
2015
DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.62.1.85

Why do citizens in Uganda choose nonstate health-care pro-viders instead of free public health services? How does expe-rience of the nonstate provision of health care strengthen orundermine citizen capacity to …

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Apabetalone downregulates fibrotic, inflammatory and calcific processes in renal mesangial cells which may contribute to reduced cardiac events observed in ckd patients
Gilham D., Fu L., Rakai B., Wasiak S., Tsujikawa L., Halliday C., Sarsons C., Stotz S., Jahagirdar R., Johansson J., Sweeney M., Wong N., Kalantar-Zadeh K., Kulikowski E.
2021
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfab078.008

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) remain a leading cause of mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Apabetalone is an orally available inhibitor of bromodomain & extraterminal (BET) …

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