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What action can national and international agencies take?
(Radcliffe Medical Press, 2010)
This editorial accompanies the third paper in our series of four articles on how international donors can address mental health in low- and middle-income countries. The first paper introduced the topic and discussed core ...
Challenges faced by health workers in providing counselling services to HIV-positive children in Uganda: a descriptive study
(BioMed Central, 2010)
Background: The delivery of HIV counselling and testing services for children remains an uphill task for many health workers in HIV-endemic countries, including Uganda. We conducted a descriptive study to explore the ...
Taking down ‘the Ivory Tower’: leveraging academia for better health outcomes in Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2011)
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is home to less than ten
percent of the world’s population but bears nearly a quarter
of the world’s disease burden. At the same time, the
region has limited financial resources to invest in ...
Peer counselors' role in supporting patients' adherence to ART in Ethiopia and Uganda
(Routledge, 2011)
Our aim was to explore peer counselors’ work and their role in supporting patients’ adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in resource-limited settings in Ethiopia and Uganda. Qualitative semi-structured interviews ...
Prevalence and factors associated with spontaneous laboratory tumor lysis syndrome in children with high grade tumors at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2014-06)
Background: High grade tumors like Burkitt ’s lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma are among the most common pediatric malignancies in Sub-Saharan Africa. These malignancies are characterized by high tumor burden and ...
Assessing performance and factors affecting outpatient therapeutic care program for acute malnutrition in the health centres of Kabale District
(Makerere University, 2015-08)
BACKGROUND
Severe Acute Malnutrition is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children under five years of age in Sub Saharan Africa and Uganda in particular Kabale district it affects 0.05% of children aged ...