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Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatmentin resource-poor settings: The feasibility ofcollecting routine data for key indicators
(BMC Health Services Research, 2010)
An East African survey showed that among the few health facilities that measured adherence to antiretroviral therapy, practices and definitions varied widely. We evaluated the feasibility of collecting routine data to ...
Enabling Dynamic Partnerships through JointDegrees between Low- and High-IncomeCountries for Capacity Development in GlobalHealth Research: Experience from the KarolinskaInstitutet/Makerere University Partnership
(PLOS Medicine., 2015-02-03)
Partnerships between universities in high- and low-income countries have the potential to increase research capacity in both settings. We describe a partnership between the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Makerere ...
Household antimicrobial self-medication: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the burden, risk factors and outcomes in developing countries
(BMC Public Health, 2015)
Background: Antimicrobial self-medication is common in most low and middle income countries (LMICs). However
there has been no systematic review on non-prescription antimicrobial use in these settings. This review thus ...
Patterns and Predictors of Self-Medication in NorthernUganda
(PLOS ONE, 2014)
Self-medication with antimicrobial agents is a common form of self-care among patients globally with the prevalence andnature differing from country to country. Here we assessed the prevalence and predictors of antimicrobial ...
Enrollment and retention of female sex workers in HIV care in health facilities in Mbarara city
(Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2023)
Background: Sex work is a global driver of the HIV epidemic, and the risk of acquiring HIV is 13 times higher for female sex workers (FSWs) compared to the general population. The enrollment and retention of FSWs in HIV ...
Barriers and facilitators to the utilization of the intensive adherence counselling framework by healthcare providers in Uganda: a qualitative study
(BMC Health Services Research, 2022)
Background: Uganda Ministry of Health (UMOH) embraced the World Health Organization recommendation for people living with human immune deficiency virus with a detectable viral load (VL) exceeding 1000 copies/mL to receive ...
Is there a distinction between malaria treatment and intermittent preventive treatment? Insights from a cross-sectional study of anti-malarial drug use among Ugandan pregnant women
(Malaria Journal, 2022)
Background: In Uganda, treatment of clinical malaria and intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine (SP) are common during pregnancy. As a result, both formal and informal reports from antenatal ...
Antibody levels and protection after Hepatitis B vaccine in adult vaccinated healthcare workers in northern Uganda
(PloS one, 2022)
Hepatitis B vaccine has contributed to the reduction in hepatitis B virus infections and chronic disease globally. Screening to establish extent of vaccine induced immune response and provision of booster dose are limited ...
Barriers and Facilitators of Art Adherence Among Hiv Positive Patients in Community Client-led Art Delivery Groups at Lira Regional Referral Hospital
(Research square, 2021)
Background: The community client-led ART delivery groups (CCLADs) was introduced as one of the strategies to better serve individual needs and reduce unnecessary burdens on the health system. However, no study has ...