The chapter highlights the cost of the pandemic by showing that the lack of recognition of existing inequalities and the needs of vulnerable and marginalized groups subjected them to a higher risk of infection and undermined the broader response to Covid
Clients attend the Baylor Uganda COE clinic at least once in three months and clinical data is captured using an electronic medical record (EMR) system. Data in the electronic database enabled availability of client level data at 10 years of follow up. Viral load monitoring for CALHIV is cond...
In this observational study, the study team did not have access to clinical data regarding change in infant weight, did not provide health care to enrolled infants, and encouraged mothers to access their usual sources of care. Referrals to medical care were made by the study team as needed. ...
The order of the items has been modified to group similar items (see http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/spirit-2013-statement-defining-standard-protocol-items-for-clinical-trials/). Title {1} Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a transdiagnostic intervention for alcohol misuse ...
Between 2016 and 2021, there was a 57% decrease in WHO-PQ-ACT availability in Nigeria and a 9% decrease in Uganda. During the same period, non-WHO-PQ-ACT availability increased in Nigeria by 41% and by 34% in Uganda. The price of WHO-PQ-ACTs increased by 42% in Nigeria to $0.68...
Proportions of blood pressure (BP) categories among HIV-infected young persons aged 13 to 25 years in Rwenzori region, Uganda, from September to October, 2021 (n = 1,045). HTN, hypertension Full size image Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with high blood pressure among HIV-...
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice volume 19, Article number: 6 (2024) Cite this article 1288 Accesses Metrics details Abstract Background Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and short messaging service (SMS)-based tobacco cessation interventions have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing tobacco use ...
Last accessed: April 22, 2021. World Health Organization. Latent tuberculosis infection: updated and consolidated guidelines for programmatic management. Geneva, 2018. Available at: https://www.who.int/tb/publications/2018/latent-tuberculosis-infection/en/. Last accessed: April 22, 2021 Download ...
(RPMI) medium to give test concentrations ranging from 64 to 0.125 µg/mL, which encompasses breakpoint concentrations for MIC testing based on current antifungal clinical breakpoints and interpretive categories for yeasts for broth microdilution (fluconazole: S: ≤ 2 µg/mL, SDD: 4–32 ...
African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) is one of the major constraints to animal health and production in sub-Saharan Africa. To inform AAT control in Uganda and help advance along the progressive control pathway (PCP), we characterized AAT prevalence amon