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Cost-effectiveness of GeneXpert Omni compared with GeneXpert MTB/Rif for point-of-care diagnosis of tuberculosis in a low-resource, high-burden setting in Eastern Uganda: a cost-effectiveness analysis based on decision analytical modelling
(BMJ, 2022-08-08)
To determine the cost-effectiveness of Xpert
Omni compared with Xpert MTB/Rif for point-of-care
diagnosis of tuberculosis among presumptive cases in a
low-resource, high burden facility. Cost-effectiveness analysis from ...
Factors influencing the prevalence of anaemia among Pregnant Women in western Uganda. A cross-sectional study at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital
(Student's Journal of Health Research (SJHR), 2022-12-17)
Anaemia is a global health problem affecting 1.62 billion people where by 41.8% (56 million people)
of the general population are pregnant women. It’s more prevalent among pregnant women because
during pregnancy, iron ...
Integrating hepatitis B care and treatment with existing HIV services is possible: cost of integrated HIV and hepatitis B treatment in a low-resource setting: a cross-sectional hospital-based cost-minimisation assessment
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2022-07-01)
Hepatitis B and HIV care share health
system challenges in the implementation of primary
prevention, screening, early linkage to care, monitoring
of therapeutic success and long-term medication
adherence.
Arua regional ...
Clinical presentation and bacteriology of diabetic foot ulcers at Mulago Hospital: a prospective case series study
(Student's Journal of Health Research (SJHR), 2022-12-11)
Diabetic foot ulcer is a common cause of mortality among patients admitted to Mulago hospital. Pe-ripheral neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease are the major risk factors for diabetic foot ulceration and the severity ...
Optimal complementary feeding practices among caregivers and their children aged 6–23 months in Kisoro district, Uganda
(BioMed Central Ltd - part of Springer Nature, 2022-08-16)
There are many risk factors for stunting, and studies most often corroborate complementary feeding practices as a significant risk factor. Information on the prevalence of optimal complementary feeding practices
and factors ...
Politicizing disaster governance: can a board game stimulate discussions around disasters as matters of concern?
(Sage Journals, 2022-01-17)
The disaster risk reduction (DRR) community tends to treat disasters and risks in a managerial and technocratic way, thereby disregarding the highly political nature of DRR. An alternative epistemology of disasters, as ...
Factors associated with uptake of isoniazid preventive therapy among children under 5 years tuberculosis contacts in greater Kibaale, Uganda
(Science and Education Publishing, 2022-03-31)
Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) is a chemoprophylaxis which reduces the risk of the first episode of
TB occurring in people exposed to an infection or with latent infection and the risk of a recurrent episode of TB.
WHO ...
Online architectural education: reflections on COVID-19 emergency remote learning in East Africa
(Sage, 2022-08-18)
This paper investigates how students in two schools of architecture in East Africa, engaged with
educational activities during the early phase of the COVID-19 lockdown. The COVID-19 lockdown
and shift to emergency remote ...
Hidden histories: Indian influence on architecture and urbanism across the East African interior
(Centre for Asian and Middle East Architecture, University of Adelaide, 2022-01-01)
In 1896 construction of the Uganda Railway began at the East African port town of Mombasa, in what was then British East Africa, reaching the Lake Victoria- Nyanza terminus of Port Florence (now Kisumu) in 1901. This ...
Necessary transgressions in Architectural Education in Uganda
(Routledge, 2022-10-28)
Acknowledging that architectural education in many parts of the world is built on specific traditions, there is little argument about its embedded epistemologies. The strong adherence to tenants of the past is regarded as ...