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Evidence on Access to Medicines for Chronic Diseases from Household Surveys in Five low- and Middle-income Countries
(Health policy and planning, 2015)The 2011 United Nations (UN) General Assembly Political Declaration on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) brought NCDs to the global health agenda. Essential medicines are central to treating chronic ... -
Transverse Colon Volvulus presenting as Bowel Obstruction, Atelectasis, and Displacement of the Right Lobe of the Liver into the left upper Abdominal Quadrant: a case report
(The Lancet HIV, 2022)Transverse colon volvulus is an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction. It is a surgical emergency that can lead to bowel infarction, peritonitis, and death. We report a case of transverse colon volvulus in a 35-year-old ... -
Negative Mental Health Factors in Children Orphaned by AIDS: Natural Mentoring as a Palliative Care
(AIDS and Behavior, 2009)The study examined the psychosocial mental health of some children whose parents died of AIDS (n = 373) in Uganda and South Africa. The design had 2 control groups: other-causes orphaned (n = 287), and non-orphaned (n = ... -
Minimizing Medication Errors from Electronic Prescription Transmission—Digitizing Compounded Drug Preparations
(Pharmacy, 2019)Lack of standardization related to compounded drug preparations, especially in the transition of care situations, threatens patient safety by facilitating medication error. This paper outlines progress to-date from the ... -
Development of Prescribing-safety Indicators for GPs using the RAND Appropriateness Method
(British Journal of General Practice, 2011)In the UK, a process of revalidation is being introduced to allow doctors to demonstrate that they meet current professional standards, are up-to-date, and fit to practise. Given the serious risks to patients from hazardous ... -
Effect of pay for performance on the management and outcomes of hypertension in the United Kingdom: interrupted time series study
(Bmj, 2011)Since 2000 the use of pay for performance policies that link a portion of doctors’ payment to measures of healthcare quality has increased rapidly. Both governments and private payers have promoted pay for performance in ... -
Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Botswana: the impact of HIV/AIDS
(Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 2006)The purpose of this research was to investigate the plight of AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Botswana. The results reflect the poor socioeconomic situation of orphans in the country. Their number, especially in ... -
Results-Based Financing in Mozambique’s Central Medical Store: A Review After 1 Year
(Global Health: Science and Practice, 2016)Public health commodity supply chains are typically weak in low-income countries, partly because they have many disparate yet interdependent functions and components. Approaches to strengthening supply chains in such ... -
Efficacy and Safety of Dolutegravir or Darunavir in Combination with Lamivudine plus either Zidovudine or Tenofovir for second-line Treatment of HIV Infection (NADIA): week 96 results from a Prospective, Multicentre, Open-label, Factorial, Randomised, Non-inferiority trial
(The Lancet HIV, 2022)WHO guidelines recommend dolutegravir plus two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) for second-line HIV therapy, with NRTI switching from first-line tenofovir to zidovudine. We aimed to examine whether ... -
Capacity Building in the Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition: experience from Uganda
(International Journal of Food, Nutrition and Public Health, 2017)To share experiences on the capacity building of health workers in the treatment protocols for the management of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Uganda. With financial support from the Global Aff airs ... -
Health Sector Reforms and Increasing Access to Health Services by the Poor: What Role Has the Abolition of User Fees Played In Uganda?
(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2006)User fees were introduced in Uganda in the late 1980s against a background of poorly funded health systems and strong international support for the role of user fees in encouraging community participation and ownership, ... -
The Role of HIV Research in Building Health System Capacity in Developing Countries
(Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2008)There is growing recognition that greater investment in research is needed to expand our knowledge and understanding of how to scale up HIV programmes effectively and equitably in the context of weak health systems. Current ... -
Impact of Public-Private Partnerships Addressing Access to Pharmaceuticals in Low Income Countries: Uganda Pilot Study
(Initiative on Public-Private Partnerships for Health, Global Forum for Health Research, 2003)In a vicious cycle, poverty is a major cause of health inequity in developing countries, and ill-health perpetuates poverty. Many health problems among populations disadvantaged by poverty have been neglected because of ... -
Building Community-Based Surge Capacity through a Public Health and Academic Collaboration: The Role of Community Health Centers
(Public Health Reports, 2006)To improve national emergency preparedness, multiple levels of the public health system require strengthening. One major area is surge capacity,1 defined by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as “a health ... -
National Health Research Systems in the WHO African Region: current status and the way forward
(Health research policy and systems, 2015)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 investments in national health research systems ... -
A Critique of the Uganda District League Table using a Normative Health System Performance Assessment Framework
(BMC health services research, 2018)In 2003 the Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH) introduced the District League Table (DLT) to track district performance. This review of the DLT is intended to add to the evidence base on Health Systems Performance Assessment ... -
How Can Digital Health Technologies Contribute to Sustainable Attainment of Universal Health Coverage in Africa? A Perspective
(Frontiers in public health, 2019)Innovative strategies such as digital health are needed to ensure attainment of the ambitious universal health coverage in Africa. However, their successful deployment on a wider scale faces several challenges on the ... -
The Ugandan Health Systems Reforms: miracle or mirage?
(2006)Poor health indicators in the 1990s prompted the Government of Uganda and development partners to embark, at the turn of the century, on an extensive programme of health systems reforms to improve sector performance. With ... -
Building a Durable Response to HIV/AIDS: Implications for Health Systems
(Atun, R., & Bataringaya, J. (2011). Building a durable response to HIV/AIDS: implications for health systems. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 57, S91-S95., 2011)The remarkable rise in investments for HIV control programs in 2003-2010 enabled an unprecedented expansion of access to HIV services in low-income and middle-income countries. By the end of 2010, more than 5.2 million ... -
Community Participation to Improve Health Services for Children: a methodology for a community dialogue intervention in Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2019)Like other developing countries, Uganda still struggles to meaningfully reduce child mortality. A strategy of giving information to communities to spark interest in improving child survival through inducing responsibility ...
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