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Interpreting ambiguous ‘trace’ results in Schistosoma mansoni CCA Tests: Estimating sensitivity and specificity of ambiguous results with no gold standard [PDF]

, 2017
Background The development of new diagnostics is an important tool in the fight against disease. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) is used to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of tests in the absence of a gold standard.
A Beltrame, A Gelman, A Koukounari, Aboulaye Meité, Alan Fenwick, Anna E. Phillips, B Erko, CH King, CH King, Christl A. Donnelly, D Limmathurotsakul, DG Colley, DG Colley, DG Colley, DJ Lunn, EA Ochodo, Edridah Muheki Tukahebwa, Eliézer K. N'Goran, Fiona M. Fleming, FT Ferreira, HL Shane, J Collins, Jennifer Keiser, KT Foo, KT Foo, L Gonçalves, LA Stringer, LM Assefa, M Adriko, M Booth, Michelle N. Clements, N Berhe, N Dendukuri, N Katz, N Kittur, Narcis B. Kabatereine, NC Lo, PN Mwinzi, S Sturtz, Sarah C. L. Knowles, Sarah Nogaro, V Feigin, Y-S Lai, Yolisa Nalule, Z Wang   +44 more
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Empowering farmers to learn and innovate through integration of video-mediated and face-to-face extension approaches: The case of rice farmers in Uganda

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2016
Agricultural extension is perceived as the primary mechanism through which farmers expand their ability to adopt and adapt new technologies and ideas.
Gabriel Karubanga, Paul Kibwika, Florent Okry, Haroon Sseguya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lives turned upside down in COVID-19 times: exploring disabled people's experiences in 5 low-and-middle income countries using narrative interviews

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2021
This article explores COVID-19 related experiences of disabled people in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria, Nepal and Uganda. Narrative interviews generated storied responses, focussing on respondents' priorities, which enabled us to hear what was most ...
Mary Wickenden, Jackie Shaw, Stephen Thompson, Brigitte Rohwerder   +3 more
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Retention-in-care and associated factors among adolescents living with sickle-cell disease in Kampala Uganda

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Worldwide sickle-cell disease has been identified as the most widespread genetic disorder highest in low-income countries. In Uganda, approximately 25,000 babies are born with sickle cell disease every year.
Patience Birungi, Francis Xavier Kasujja, Aggrey Mukose, Philip Kasirye, Angela Nakanwagi Kisakye, Juliet Kiguli   +5 more
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Thirty-Day Outcomes of Young and Middle-Aged Adults Admitted with Severe COVID-19 in Uganda: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2023
Tonny Kyagambiddwa,1,* Timothy Mwanje Kintu,1,* Emmanuel Miiro,1,* Franchesca Nabalamba,1 Gloria Suubi Asiimwe,1 Anne Marion Namutebi,2 Fardous C Abeya,3 Boniface A Lumori,3 Isaac Ijuka,4 Rose K Muhindo,1,3 Andrew Mutekanga,1,3 Richard ...
Kyagambiddwa T, Kintu TM, Miiro E, Nabalamba F, Asiimwe GS, Namutebi AM, Abeya FC, Lumori BA, Ijuka I, Muhindo RK, Mutekanga A, Musinguzi R, Natuhwera F, Ngonzi J, Nuwagira E   +14 more
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Performance of community health workers and associated factors in responding to yellow fever and COVID-19 outbreaks: A case study of Masaka District, Uganda, 2022

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Community health workers (CHWs), also known as Village Health Teams (VHTs) in Uganda, play a crucial role in delivering healthcare to communities with limited access to formal health facilities.
Nicholas Muhumuza, Eric Segujja, Abel Wilson Walekhwa, Angela Kisakye, Brenda Nakazibwe, Prossy Nakito, Charity Mutesi, Carolyne Nyamar, Sarah Paige, Suzanne Kiwanuka   +9 more
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EFFICIENCY, EQUITY, AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MALARIA FUNDING IN UGANDA: MAKING THE CASE FOR REFORMING PUBLIC FINANCING FOR HEALTH

International Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 2019
Decreasing external funding for malaria requires high burden countries such as Uganda to increase domestic public financing to control and eliminate malaria.
Vincent Okungu
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Pathways to sustainable intensification of the coffee-banana agroecosystems in the Mt. Elgon region

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2019
Despite the importance of coffee and banana as key income and food sources for millions of farmers inhabiting the densely populated East African highlands as well as and urban dwellers, there are declining yields.
Christopher Sebatta, Johnny Mugisha, Fredrick Bagamba, Ernst A. Nuppenau, Stephanie E. Domptail, Benjamin Kowalski, Matthias Hoeher, Anthony R. Ijala, Jeninah Karungi   +8 more
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Report: Cultural Research Centre (CRC) [PDF]

, 2010
This report arises from research carried out in Iganga and Namutumba districts in late 2006/early 2007 by the Cultural Research Centre (CRC), based in Jinja.
Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda
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Vaccination with Recombinant Subolesin Antigens Provides Cross-Tick Species Protection in Bos indicus and Crossbred Cattle in Uganda

Vaccines, 2020
Cattle tick infestations and transmitted pathogens affect animal health, production and welfare with an impact on cattle industry in tropical and subtropical countries.
Paul D. Kasaija, Marinela Contreras, Fredrick Kabi, Swidiq Mugerwa, José de la Fuente   +4 more
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