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The pattern and predictors of mental health service use among HIV positive children and adolescents
(Makerere University, 2014-03)
BACKGROUND: Psychiatric manifestations of pediatric HIV infection have been described mainly in adolescent populations in Uganda. However, data on the nature of mental health services used by the pediatric HIV-infected ...
Artesunate plus mefloquine versus mefloquine for treating uncomplicated malaria (Review)
(Cochrane Collaboration, 2010)
Background
Multiple-drug-resistant malaria is widespread, and in South-East Asia resistance is high against nearly all single therapy antimalarial drugs. Here, and in other areas with low malaria transmission, the combination ...
Brighter smiles Africa - translation of a Canadian community-based Health-promoting school program to Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-08)
Project goal: To adapt a successful Canadian health-promoting school initiative to a Ugandan context through international partnership. Rationale: Rural children face many health challenges worldwide; health professionals ...
What action can national and international agencies take?
(Radcliffe Medical Press, 2011)
This editorial accompanies the third paper in our series of four articles on how international donors can address mental health in low- and middle-income countries. The first paper introduced the topic and discussed core ...
Genetic polymorphisms in plasmodium falciparum associated with resistance to artemisnin combination therapy: complexity of infection during short-term culture and characterization of in-vitro sensitivity in Kampala Uganda
(2010)
Background Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is currently advocated in Africa as a means of improving treatment efficacy and slowing the development of drug resistance. However, the selection of resistant parasites, ...
Vulnerability to high risk sexual behaviour (HRSB) following exposure to war trauma as seen in post-conflict communities in eastern uganda: a qualitative study
(Biomed Central, 2011)
Background: Much of the literature on the relationship between conflict-related trauma and high risk sexual behaviour (HRSB) often focuses on refugees and not mass in-country displaced people due to armed conflicts. There ...
International and national policy challenges in mental health
(Radcliffe Medical Press, 2011)
This is the third paper in our series of four articles addressing mental health and the global development agenda. The first paper addressed core conceptual issues in mental health the second addressed social, economic, ...
Baseline severe anaemia should not preclude use of zidovudine in antiretroviral-eligible patients in resource-limited settings
(BioMed Central, 2010)
Background: Stavudine is no longer recommended as part of first-line therapy for patients initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Uganda. Most patients are currently initiated on zidovudine-containing regimens, which ...
An assessment of Makerere University College of Health Sciences: optimizing health research capacity to meet Uganda’s priorities
(BioMed Central, 2011)
Background: Health research is critical to the institutional mission of the Makerere College of Health Sciences (MakCHS). Optimizing the alignment of health research capacity at MakCHS with the health needs and priorities ...
Knowledge about the research and ethics committee at Makerere University, Kampala
(African Health Sciences, 2013)
Background: All research involving human participants should be reviewed by a competent and independent institutional research and ethics committee. Research conducted at Makerere University College of Health Sciences ...