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Good adherence to HAART and improved survival in a community HIV/AIDS treatment and care programme: the experience of The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), Kampala, Uganda
(BMC health services research, 2008)
Poor adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may result in treatment failure
and death. Most reports of the effect of adherence to HAART on mortality come from studies where special
efforts are made to ...
Identification of restriction endonuclease with potential ability to cleave the HSV-2 genome: inherent potential for biosynthetic versus live recombinant microbicides
(Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling, 2008)
Herpes Simplex virus types 1 and 2 are enveloped viruses with a linear dsDNA genome of ~120–200 kb. Genital infection with HSV-2 has been denoted as a major risk factor for acquisition and transmission of HIV-1. Developing ...
Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens in Young Household Contacts of Persons with Tuberculosis in Uganda
(Plos one, 2008)
Background: Due to immunologic immaturity, IFN-c-producing T cell responses may be decreased in young children
compared to adults, thus we hypothesized that IFN-c responses to mycobacterial antigens in household contacts ...
Adolescent and adult first time mothers' health seeking practices during pregnancy and early motherhood in Wakiso district, central Uganda
(Reproductive health, 2008)
Maternal health services have a potentially critical role in the improvement of reproductive health. In order to get a better understanding of adolescent mothers 'needs we compared health seeking practices of first time ...
Social Marketing for Scaling-Up Sanitation for the Urban poor ~ A case of slum communities in Kawempe Division, Kampala City
(IRC, Delft, The Netherlands, 2008)
The paper presents experiences of using social marketing to improve sanitation in urban slum areas toscale up improved sanitation and hygiene practices. The work is conducted by Sustainable Sanitation andWater Renewal ...
‘African Sex is Dangerous!’ Renegotiating ‘Ritual Sex’ in Contemporary Masaka District
(Africa, 2008)
HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is predominantly spread through unsafe heterosexual contact. For a long time, the culture of African peoples has been presented as the cause of the high prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS on the ...
Outcomes of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Uganda Before and After the Availability of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
(Clinical infectious diseases, 2008)
Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is the proximate cause of death in 20%–30% of persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Africa. Two prospective, observational cohorts enrolled human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—infected, ...
Factors associated with carcinoma of the oesophagus at Mulago Hospital, Uganda
(African health sciences, 2008)
In Uganda, as in many other parts of the world cancer of the oesophagus (CAE) is on the rise. Squamous cell carcinoma
and adenocarcinoma are the common subtypes. Risk factors for this cancer have been identified but not ...
Clinical And Immunological Outcomes Of A National Paediatric Cohort Receiving Combination Antiretroviral Therapy In Uganda
(Aids, 2008)
We aimed to evaluate clinical and immunological outcomes of paediatric patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) enrolled in The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Uganda national HIV/AIDS programme.Observational ...
Electronic information access and utilization by Makerere University students in Uganda
(2008)
The objectives of this study were to establish the level of computer utilization skills of Makerere University (Uganda) Library and Information Science (LIS) students; to determine the use of electronic information resources ...