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Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Uganda"
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(BioMed Central, 2018-02-15)BACKGROUND : Policy implementation remains an under researched area in most low and middle income countries and it is not surprising that several policies are implemented without a systematic follow up of why and how ...
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(Makerere University, Medical School, 2023-03-01)BACKGROUND : Universal health coverage (UHC) is one of the sustainable development goals (SDG) targets. Progress towards UHC necessitates health financing reforms in many countries. Uganda has had reforms in its health ...
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(African Field Epidemiology Network, 2020-05-29)The unprecedented novel Coronavirus disease, COVID-19, which emerged in December 2019 has been labeled “disease X” by the World Health Organization (WHO) based on its rate and extent of spread as well as harsh ramifications. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)BACKGROUND: This study sought to identify factors associated with school personnel’s support for tobacco- free policies in Uganda in 2007 and 2011. METHODS: Data were obtained from the combination of the 2007 (n=515) and ...
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(BioMed Central, 2013-07-26)BACKGROUND: Sex work is a criminal offence, virtually throughout Africa. This criminalisation and the intense stigma attached to the profession shapes interactions between sex workers and their clients, family, fellow ...
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(BioMed Central, 2017-07-26)BACKGROUND : In October 2012 Uganda extended its prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT) policy to Option B+, providing lifelong antiretroviral treatment for HIV positive pregnant and breastfeeding women. ...
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(BioMed Central, 2012)BACKGROUND: Integrated vector management (IVM) is increasingly being recommended as an option for sustainable malaria control. However, many malaria-endemic countries lack a policy framework to guide and promote the approach. ...
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(African Field Epidemiology Network, 2019-09-24)INTRODUCTION : every day, approximately 830 women globally die from pregnancy-child birth related complications and all maternal deaths are mainly due to the three phases of delay usually experienced in maternal care which ...
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(African Field Epidemiology Network, 2019-06)INTRODUCTION: testicular self-examination (TSE) is a screening technique that involves inspection of the appearance and palpation of the testes to detect any changes from the normal. Globally, the incidence of cancer has ...
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(BMC, 2023-05-11)INTRODUCTION : Uganda has high maternal, neonatal, and under-five mortality rates. This study documents stakeholder perspectives on best practices in a maternal and newborn health (MNH) quality-improvement programme ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)BACKGROUND: There are limited studies that have explored smoking predictors among Ugandan adolescents over time. This study investigated factors influencing smoking among Ugandan adolescents between 2007 and 2011. METHODS: ...
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(BMC, 2023-07-18)BACKGROUND : Uganda is among the 10 countries in the sub-Saharan Africa region that have the highest prevalence of diarrhoeal disease. Evidence suggests that the severity of childhood diarrhoeal disease is escalated through ...
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(African Field Epidemiology Network, 2020-07-06)According to the Ugandan Ministry of Health, as of 24th June 2020, Uganda had registered a total of 797 cases of COVID-19. Two months prior, a majority of the positive cases in Uganda had been linked to being spread by ...
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