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Prognostic value of the white blood cell-to-hemoglobin ratio (WBC/Hb) for inhospital mortality: Insights from a retrospective cohort study in Uganda. [PDF]

PLoS One
Wu C, Kabbali KJ, Richard K, Wanyama J, Godfrey G, Christopher O.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Trace Element Patterns in Juvenile Wild Chimpanzee Dentitions

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trace elements are used to infer mammalian early‐life diets, environmental toxins, dispersal patterns, stress histories, and weaning ages. Here, we employ laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) to reveal elemental patterns in our closest living relatives, chimpanzees.
Tanya M. Smith, Manish Arora, Maya Bharatiya, Nicole Leonard, Jian‐xin Zhao, Christine Austin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Malaria outbreak facilitated by increased vector-breeding sites from erosion control pits sustained by intermittent rainfall, Mbale District, Uganda, January-June 2019. [PDF]

Malar J
Bahizi G, Monje F, Kadobera D, Bulage L, Ario AR.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Population pharmacokinetics of lumefantrine in pregnant and non‐pregnant women with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Western Kenya

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim This study intends to assess the pharmacokinetic properties and treatment response of lumefantrine in pregnant and non‐pregnant women with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in Western Kenya. Methods Seventy‐five women with uncomplicated P.
Elizabeth Juma, Junjie Ding, Martin Ongas, Nelly Koskei, Kevin Onyango, Florence Oloo, Rashid Aman, Gilbert Kokwaro, Joel Tarning, Bernhards Ogutu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adapting a Widely Used Children's Disability Attitudes Measure: Validation of the Maryland East‐African Children's Attitudes Towards Disabilities (MEACAD) Scale

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Chedoke‐McMaster Attitudes Towards Children with Handicaps (CATCH), a 36‐item scale, is widely used to assess children's attitudes toward peers with disabilities. While recognized for its strong validity and reliability, it was developed nearly four decades ago in Canada for children aged 9 to 13 and no longer fully aligns with ...
Angshuman K. Kashyap, Malayna Leopold, Dina L. G. Borzekowski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions and practices on substandard and falsified medicines in humans and animals in Wakiso district, Uganda: A qualitative study. [PDF]

PLoS One
Musoke D, Lubega GB, Brandish C, Russell-Hobbs K, Hamilton N, Winter J, Nabbanja CE, Niyongabo F, Brown MO, Banyen ER, Aguma HB, Gibson L.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prevalence of Tuberculosis Among Animals Selected from Slaughterhouses in Mbarara district, Uganda

Celsus Sente, Braiam Rosado-Ramos, Susan D. Kerfua, Innocent Tuwangye, Cooper Brookshire, KV Peter, Robinah Sarah Nakabuye, Solome Namirimu, Andrew Tamale, Stephen R. Reichley, Gilbert Drileyo, Margaret Khaitsa   +11 more
openalex   +2 more sources

With the Rise of Right‐Wing Governments, Why a One‐Time “50% Health Tax” Will Be a Hard Sell and How It Could Be Implemented

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) to globally impose a one‐time tax, labelled as “Health tax”, on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) aim to achieve a 50% retail price increase to reduce consumption and improve health outcomes.
Hazem Abbas, Maha El Tantawi, Manami Hoshi‐Harada, Kenji Takeuchi, Ken Osaka, Carol C. Guarnizo‐Herreño, Marco A. Peres   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Orphanhood Status and Antecedents to Placement Among a Multinational Sample of Adults With Care Experience

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globally, millions of children are adopted or placed in alternative care settings (i.e., residential, foster, or kinship care). The current study explores the factors leading to separation from parents and adoption or placement in alternative care by investigating orphanhood status, perceived antecedents to placement, types of alternative care
Nicole Gilbertson Wilke, Jedd Medefind, Amanda Hiles Howard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source