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Challenges of rapid plasma reagin interpretation in syphilis screening in Uganda: Variability in nontreponemal results between different laboratories
Manabe Y C, Parkes-Ratanshi R, Nakku-Joloba E, Hamill M M, Mbazira K J, Kiragga A N, Gaydos C A, Jett-Goheen M, Rompalo A
2018
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000883

Background Syphilis is a cause of morbidity and mortality and is of particular concern in pregnancy in low-income countries because of the risks associated with maternal-fetal transmission. Ugandan national guidelines …

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Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases among university students in and around Kampala
CEHURD
2014

BackgroundNon-communicable diseases (NCDs) are fast becoming a public health problem in Uganda. Ministryof Health reports that cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, as well as chronic obstructivepulmonary diseases are becoming increasingly important …

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Attitudes toward birth spacing among women in Eastern Uganda
Albin O., Rademacher N., Malani P., Wafula L., Dalton V.K.
2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.09.007
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Completion of community health worker initiated patient referrals in integrated community case management in rural Uganda 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services
Ntaro M, Jarolimova J, Baguma S, Patel P, Matte M, Kenney J, Bwambale S, Mulogo E, Stone G, Mian-Mccarthy S
2018
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2525-9

BackgroundUganda has sought to address leading causes of childhood mortality: malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea, through integrated community case management (iCCM). The success of this approach relies on community health worker …

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Dwelling Places JANUARY-JUNE DETAILED PERFORMANCE REPORT
Faith A Chagara
2021

Describe important changes in the context of the project or program. Also comment on the implications for implementation.The first half of 2021 has been a very interesting period in every …

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Comparative Analysis of Balloon Compression and Radiofrequency Ablation in Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Retrospective Study with a 24-Month Follow-up
Jain A
2019
DOI: 10.5152/TJAR.2019.53533

Objective: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a common cause of facial pain, with a prevalence of 44) per million. This paper is a retrospective 24-month follow-up study of 20 patients with …

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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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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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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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