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Existing capacity to manage pharmaceuticals and related commodities in East Africa: an assessment with specific reference to antiretroviral therapy
(Human resources for health, 2009)
East African countries have in the recent past experienced a tremendous increase in the volume of antiretroviral drugs. Capacity to manage these medicines in the region remains limited. Makerere University, with technical ...
Contraceptive Use in Women Enrolled into Preventive HIV Vaccine Trials: Experience from a Phase I/II Trial in East Africa
(PLoS ONE, 2009)
HIV vaccine trials generally require that pregnant women are excluded from participation, and contraceptive
methods must be used to prevent pregnancy during the trial. However, access to quality services and misconcepti ...
Oligocene and Early Miocene Ruminants (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Pakistan and Uganda
(Palaeontologia Electronica, 2005)
Late Oligocene and Early Miocene fossil ruminants from Napak and Moroto in
Uganda and the Zinda Pir sequence in Pakistan comprise at least eight taxa, including
an indeterminate lophiomerycid, ?Gelocus gajensis, Walangania ...
Dose-Modified Oral Chemotherapy in the Treatment of AIDS-Related Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in East Africa
(2009-05-26)
Purpose
Africa is burdened by the AIDS epidemic and attendant increase in HIV/AIDS-related malignancies. Pragmatic approaches to therapeutic intervention could be of great value. Dose-modified oral chemotherapy for ...
Therapeutic Challenges of AIDS-Related Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in the United States and East Africa
(2002-05)
Abstract
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) remains the second most common malignant complication in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. As we enter the third decade of the acquired immunodeficiency ...
Capacity building for the clinical investigation of AIDS malignancy in East Africa
(ELSEVIER, 2004-10-08)
Abstract
Purpose: To build capacity in the resource-poor setting to support the clinical investigation and treatment of AIDS-related malignancies in a region of the world hardest hit by the AIDS pandemic.
Methods: An ...
A strategy to improve skills in pharmaceutical supply management in East Africa: the regional technical resource collaboration for pharmaceutical management
(Human resources for health, 2008)
International initiatives such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the President's Malaria Initiative have significantly increased availability and ...
The inshore benthic macroinvertebrates of Lake Nabugabo, Uganda: seasonal and spatial patterns
(African Zoology, 2001)
Lake Nabugabo, Uganda, is a lake of particular interest because of the unusual nature of its
benthic macroinvertebrate community. In this study we quantified the spatial and temporal
distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates ...