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Reporting epidemics: newspapers, information dissemination and the story of Ebola in the Ugandan district of Luweero

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2011
When an outbreak occurs, the affected population needs timely information in order to make informed decisions on how best to deal with the situation. Most target populations rely on the media for their information and the authorities use the media to ...
Allan Mwesiga
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Registration and local production of essential medicines in Uganda

open access: yesJournal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2020
Background Universal access to high quality essential medicines is critical to sustainable development (SDG 3.8). However low- and middle-income countries struggle to ensure access to all medicines on their national essential medicines lists (EML ...
Petra Brhlikova   +5 more
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Performance of a High-Sensitivity Rapid Diagnostic Test for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Asymptomatic Individuals from Uganda and Myanmar and Naive Human Challenge Infections

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017
. Sensitive field-deployable diagnostic tests can assist malaria programs in achieving elimination. The performance of a new Alere™ Malaria Ag P.f Ultra Sensitive rapid diagnostic test (uRDT) was compared with the currently available SD Bioline Malaria ...
Smita Das   +25 more
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Appraising Policies Through Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation: Lessons From a Systematic Review of Applications

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to renewed interest in analytical tools that address complex policy problems and move beyond linear‐rational approaches in policy appraisal, Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation (SMCE) integrates participatory approaches with multi‐criteria analysis (MCA), thereby incorporating specialised knowledge and diverse social values and ...
Egle Basyte Ferrari
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting HIV-Related Behavioral and Social Science Research Training in Africa: A Case of Uganda

open access: yesAdvances in Medical Education and Practice, 2022
Raymond Felix Odokonyero,1 Khamisi Musanje,2,3 Ruth Mpirirwe,2 Charles Patrick Namisi4,5 1Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; 2Clinical Epidemiology Unit, School of Medicine ...
Odokonyero RF   +3 more
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Cervical cancer screening and treatment in Uganda

open access: yesGynecologic Oncology Reports, 2017
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in Uganda. Given the high prevalence of genital human papillomavirus infection, the current unavailability of radiotherapy, and the absence of a national cervical cancer prevention and ...
C. Nakisige   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Synergistic Effect of Hesperidin, Acarbose, and Exercise Combination on Neuroinflammation and Neurochemical Alterations in Diabetic Encephalopathy Rat Model

open access: yesFood Chemistry International, EarlyView.
Diabetic encephalopathy (DME) impairs neurobehavior, neurochemicals, oxidative stress, and inflammation. This study evaluated the effects of hesperidin (HSP), exercise (EX), and acarbose (ACA) alone or combined on diabetic rats. Treatments reduced AChE, BChE, ACE, arginase, ATPDase, 5′‐nucleotidase, ADA, LDH, TBARS, and ROS, while increasing IL‐10, SOD,
Idowu Sunday Oyeleye   +5 more
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Prevalence and Clinical Implications of Pyrazinamide Resistance in Newly Diagnosed TB Patients in Uganda

open access: yesInfection and Drug Resistance
Christopher Ndawula, Nalumaga Pauline Petra, Fredrickson B Wasswa, Joel Bazira Department of Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, 1410, UgandaCorrespondence: Joel Bazira, Email jbazira@must.ac.ugBackground: Globally, 10.8 ...
Ndawula C, Petra NP, Wasswa FB, Bazira J
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