Uganda: Recent submissions

  • Marital Satisfaction, Sex, Age, Marriage Duration, Religion, Number of Children, Economic Status, Education, and Collectivistic Values: Data from 33 Countries 
    Sorokowski, Piotr • Randall, Ashley K. • Groyecka, Agata • Frackowiak, Tomasz • Cantarero, Katarzyna • Hilpert, Peter • Ahmadi, Khodabakhsh • Alghraibeh, Ahmad M. • Aryeetey, Richmond • Bertoni, Anna • Bettache, Karim • Blazejewska, Marta • Bodenmann, Guy • Bortolini, Tiago S. • Bosc, Carla • Butovskaya, Marina • Castro, Felipe N. • Cetinkaya, Hakan • Cunha, Diana • David, Daniel • David, Oana A. • Espinosa, Alejandra C. Dominguez • Donato, Silvia • Dronova, Daria • Dural, Seda • Fisher, Maryanne • Akkaya, Aslihan Hamamcioglu • Hamamura, Takeshi • Hansen, Karolina • Hattori, Wallisen T. • Hromatko, Ivana • Gulbetekin, Evrim • Iafrate, Raffaella • James, Bawo • Jiang, Feng • Kimamo, Charles O. • Koc, Firat • Krasnodebska, Anna • Laar, Amos • Lopes, Fivia A. • Martinez, Rocio • Mesko, Norbert • Molodovskaya, Natalya • Qezeli, Khadijeh Moradi • Motahari, Zahrasadat • Natividade, Jean C. • Ntayi, Joseph • Ojedokun, Oluyinka • Omar-Fauzee, Mohd S. B. • Onyishi, Ike E. • Ozener, Baris • Paluszak, Anna • Portugal, Alda • Realo, Anu • Relvas, Ana P. • Rizwan, Muhammad • Sabiniewicz, Agnieszka L. • Salkicevic, Svjetlana • Sarmany-Schuller, Ivan • Stamkou, Eftychia • Stoyanova, Stanislava • Sukolova, Denisa • Sutresna, Nina • Tadinac, Meri • Teras, Andero • Ponciano, Edna L. T. • Tripathi, Ritu • Tripathi, Nachiketa • Tripathi, Mamta • Yamamoto, Maria E. • Yoo, Gyesook • Sorokowska, Agnieszka (Frontiers in Psychology • 2017)
  • Acridine orange fluorescent microscopy is more sensitive than India ink light microscopy in the rapid detection of cryptococcosis among CrAg positive HIV patients 
    Kwizera, Richard • Akampurira, Andrew • Williams, Darlisha • Boulware, David R. • Meya, David B. (PLOS One • 2017)
    Background India ink microscopy on cerebrospinal fluid is still utilized in resource limited settings for the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis despite its poor sensitivity. We hypothesized that staining fungal nucleic ...
  • The contribution of work characteristics and risk propensity in explaining pro-social rule breaking among teachers in Wakiso District, Uganda 
    Kahari, Waweru I. • Mildred, Kyakuha • Micheal, Nsereko (Sa Journal of Industrial Psychology • 2017)
    Orientation: This study explored the mechanisms that drive pro-social rule breaking among teachers in Ugandan private secondary schools. Research purpose: The main aim of this study was to examine the contribution of work ...
  • Effects of the Informed Health Choices podcast on the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to assess claims about treatment effects: a randomised controlled trial 
    Semakula, Daniel • Nsangi, Allen • Oxman, Andrew D. • Oxman, Matt • Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid • Rosenbaum, Sarah • Morelli, Angela • Glenton, Claire • Lewin, Simon • Kaseje, Margaret • Chalmers, Iain • Fretheim, Atle • Kristoffersen, Doris Tove • Sewankambo, Nelson K. (Lancet • 2017)
    Background As part of the Informed Health Choices project, we developed a podcast called The Health Choices Programme to help improve the ability of people to assess claims about the benefits and harms of treatments. We ...
  • Association between serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and increased suicidal risk among HIV positive patients in Uganda 
    Kalungi, Allan • Seedat, Soraya • Hemmings, Sian M. J. • van der Merwe, Lize • Joloba, Moses L. • Nanteza, Ann • Nakassujja, Noeline • Birabwa, Harriet • Serwanga, Jennifer • Kaleebu, Pontiano • Kinyanda, Eugene (BMC Genetics • 2017)
    Background: Persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are at an increased risk of suicide. Increased suicidal risk is a predictor of future attempted and completed suicides and has been associated with poor quality of life and ...
  • Cerebrospinal fluid kynurenine and kynurenic acid concentrations are associated with coma duration and long-term neurocognitive impairment in Ugandan children with cerebral malaria 
    Holmberg, Dag • Franzen-Rohl, Elisabeth • Idro, Richard • Opoka, Robert O. • Bangirana, Paul • Sellgren, Carl M. • Wickstrom, Ronny • Farnert, Anna • Schwieler, Lilly • Engberg, Goran • John, Chandy C. (Malaria Journal • 2017)
    Background: One-fourth of children with cerebral malaria (CM) retain cognitive sequelae up to 2 years after acute disease. The kynurenine pathway of the brain, forming neuroactive metabolites, e.g. the NMDA-receptor ...
  • Effects of the Informed Health Choices primary school intervention on the ability of children in Uganda to assess the reliability of claims about treatment effects: a cluster-randomised controlled trial 
    Nsangi, Allen • Semakula, Daniel • Oxman, Andrew D. • Austvoll-Dahlgren, Astrid • Oxman, Matt • Rosenbaum, Sarah • Morelli, Angela • Glenton, Claire • Lewin, Simon • Kaseje, Margaret • Chalmers, Iain • Fretheim, Atle • Ding, Yunpeng • Sewankambo, Nelson K. (Lancet • 2017)
    Background Claims about what improves or harms our health are ubiquitous. People need to be able to assess the reliability of these claims. We aimed to evaluate an intervention designed to teach primary school children to ...
  • Cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening methods in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review 
    Mezei, Alex K. • Armstrong, Heather L. • Pedersen, Heather N. • Campos, Nicole G. • Mitchell, Sheona M. • Sekikubo, Musa • Byamugisha, Josaphat K. • Kim, Jane J. • Bryan, Stirling • Ogilvie, Gina S. (International Journal of Cancer • 2017)
    The incidence of cervical cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is five times higher than that observed in high-income countries (HICs). This discrepancy is largely attributed to the implementation of ...
  • An efficient regularization method for a large scale ill-posed geothermal problem 
    Berntsson, Fredrik • Lin, Chen • Xu, Tao • Wokiyi, Dennis (Computers & Geosciences • 2017)
    The inverse geothermal problem consists of estimating the temperature distribution below the earth's surface using measurements on the surface. The problem is important since temperature governs a variety of geologic ...
  • Emissions intensity and carbon stocks of a tropical Ultisol after amendment with Tithonia green manure, urea and biochar 
    Fungo, Bernard • Lehmann, Johannes • Kalbitz, Karsten • Tenywa, Moses • Thiongo, Margaret • Neufeldt, Henry (Field Crops Research • 2017)
    Biochar has been shown to reduce soil emissions of CO2, CH4 and N2O in short-term incubation and greenhouse experiments. Such controlled experiments failed to represent variable field conditions, and rarely included crop ...
  • Access to safe abortion in Uganda: Leveraging opportunities through the harm reduction model 
    Mulumba, Moses • Kiggundu, Charles • Nassimbwa, Jacqueline • Nakibuuka, Noor Musisi (International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics • 2017)
    Access to safe and legal abortion services is a far reach for women and girls in Uganda. Although unsafe abortion rates have fallen from 54 to 39 per 1000 women aged 15-45years over a decade, absolute figures show a rise ...
  • The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship-results from an international cross-sectional survey 
    Sartelli, Massimo • Labricciosa, Francesco M. • Barbadoro, Pamela • Pagani, Leonardo • Ansaloni, Luca • Brink, Adrian J. • Carlet, Jean • Khanna, Ashish • Chichom-Mefire, Alain • Coccolini, Federico • Di Saverio, Salomone • May, Addison K. • Viale, Pierluigi • Watkins, Richard R. • Scudeller, Luigia • Abbo, Lilian M. • Abu-Zidan, FikriM. • Adesunkanmi, Abdulrashid K. • Al-Dahir, Sara • Al-Hasan, Majdi N. • Alis, Halil • Alves, Carlos • Araujo da Silva, Andre R. • Augustin, Goran • Bala, Miklosh • Barie, Philip S. • Beltran, Marcelo A. • Bhangu, Aneel • Bouchra, Belefquih • Brecher, Stephen M. • Cainzos, Miguel A. • Camacho-Ortiz, Adrian • Catani, Marco • Chandy, Sujith J. • Jusoh, Asri Che • Cherry-Bukowiec, Jill R. • Chiara, Osvaldo • Colak, Elif • Cornely, Oliver A. • Cui, Yunfeng • Demetrashvili, Zaza • De Simone, Belinda • De Waele, Jan J. • Dhingra, Sameer • Di Marzo, Francesco • Dogjani, Agron • Dorj, Gereltuya • Dortet, Laurent • Duane, ThereseM. • Elmangory, Mutasim M. • Enani, Mushira A. • Ferrada, Paula • Foianini, J. Esteban • Gachabayov, Mahir • Gandhi, Chinmay • Ghnnam, Wagih Mommtaz • Giamarellou, Helen • Gkiokas, Georgios • Gomi, Harumi • Goranovic, Tatjana • Griffiths, Ewen A. • Guerra Gronerth, Rosio I. • Haidamus Monteiro, Julio C. • Hardcastle, Timothy C. • Hecker, Andreas • Hodonou, Adrien M. • Ioannidis, Orestis • Isik, Arda • Iskandar, Katia A. • Kafil, Hossein S. • Kanj, Souha S. • Kaplan, Lewis J. • Kapoor, Garima • Karamarkovic, Aleksandar R. • Kenig, Jakub • Kerschaever, Ivan • Khamis, Faryal • Khokha, Vladimir • Kiguba, Ronald • Kim, Hong B. • Ko, Wen-Chien • Koike, Kaoru • Kozlovska, Iryna • Kumar, Anand • Lagunes, Leonel • Latifi, Rifat • Lee, Jae G. • Lee, Young R. • Leppaniemi, Ari • Li, Yousheng • Liang, Stephen Y. • Lowman, Warren • Machain, Gustavo M. • Maegele, Marc • Major, Piotr • Malama, Sydney • Manzano-Nunez, Ramiro • Marinis, Athanasios • Martinez Casas, Isidro • Marwah, Sanjay • Maseda, Emilio • McFarlane, Michael E. • Memish, Ziad • Mertz, Dominik • Mesina, Cristian • Mishra, ShyamK. • Moore, Ernest E. • Munyika, Akutu • Mylonakis, Eleftherios • Napolitano, Lena • Negoi, Ionut • Nestorovic, Milica D. • Nicolau, David P. • Omari, Abdelkarim H. • Ordonez, Carlos A. • Paiva, Jose-Artur • Pant, Narayan D. • Parreira, Jose G. • Pedziwiatr, Michal • Pereira, BrunoM. • Ponce-de-Leon, Alfredo • Poulakou, Garyphallia • Preller, Jacobus • Pulcini, Celine • Pupelis, Guntars • Quiodettis, Martha • Rawson, Timothy M. • Reis, Tarcisio • Rems, Miran • Rizoli, Sandro • Roberts, Jason • Pereira, Nuno Rocha • Rodriguez-Bano, Jesus • Sakakushev, Boris • Sanders, James • Santos, Natalia • Sato, Norio • Sawyer, Robert G. • Scarpelini, Sandro • Scoccia, Loredana • Shafiq, Nusrat • Shelat, Vishalkumar • Sifri, Costi D. • Siribumrungwong, Boonying • Soreide, Kjetil • Soto, Rodolfo • de Souza, Hamilton P. • Talving, Peep • Trung, Ngo Tat • Tessier, Jeffrey M. • Tumbarello, Mario • Ulrych, Jan • Uranues, Selman • Van Goor, Harry • Vereczkei, Andras • Wagenlehner, Floriann • Xiao, Yonghong • Yuan, Kuo-Ching • Wechsler-Foerdoes, Agnes • Zahar, Jean-Ralph • Zakrison, Tanya L. • Zuckerbraun, Brian • Zuidema, Wietse P. • Catena, Fausto (World Journal of Emergency Surgery • 2017)
    Background: Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) have been promoted to optimize antimicrobial usage and patient outcomes, and to reduce the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms. However, the best strategies ...
  • Closing the NIH Fogarty Center threatens US and global health 
    Karim, Salim S. Abdool • Karim, Quarraisha Abdool • Abimiku, Alash'le • Bekker, Linda-Gail • Bukusi, Elizabeth A. • Deschamps, Marie Marcelle H. • Derbew, Miliard • Garcia, Patricia J. • Gray, Glenda • Kamya, Moses R. • Swaminathan, Soumya • Wu, Zunyou (Lancet • 2017)
  • Burden of Surgical Conditions in Uganda A Cross-sectional Nationwide Household Survey 
    Tran, Tu M. • Fuller, Anthony T. • Butler, Elissa K. • Makumbi, Fredrick • Luboga, Samuel • Muhumuza, Christine • Ssennono, Vincent F. • Chipman, Jeffrey G. • Galukande, Moses • Haglund, Michael M. (Annals of Surgery • 2017)
    Objective: To quantify the burden of surgical conditions in Uganda. Background: Data on the burden of disease have long served as a cornerstone to health policymaking, planning, and resource allocation. Population-based ...
  • Deep Sequencing Reveals a Divergent Ugandan cassava brown streak virus Isolate from Malawi 
    Mbewe, Willard • Winter, Stephan • Mukasa, Settumba • Tairo, Fred • Sseruwagi, Peter • Ndunguru, Joseph • Duffy, Siobain (Microbiology Resource Announcements • 2017)
    Illumina sequencing of RNA from a cassava cutting from northern Malawi produced a genome of Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV-MW-NB7_2013). Sequence comparisons revealed stronger similarity to an isolate from nearby ...
  • Satisfaction with psychiatric in-patient care as rated by patients at discharge from hospitals in 11 countries 
    Krupchanka, Dzmitry • Khalifeh, Hind • Abdulmalik, Jibril • Ardila-Gomez, Sara • Armiya'u, Aishatu Yusha'u • Banjac, Visnja • Baranov, Alexey • Bezborodovs, Nikita • Brecic, Petrana • Cavajda, Zoran • de Girolamo, Giovanni • Denisenko, Maria • Dickens, Howard Akena • Dujmovic, Josip • Novotny, Dubravka Ergovic • Fedotov, Ilya • Fernandez, Marina A. • Frankova, Iryna • Gasparovic, Marta • Giurgi-Oncu, Catalina • Grahovac, Tanja • James, Bawo O. • Jomli, Rabaa • Kekin, Ivana • Knez, Rajna • Lanfredi, Mariangela • Lassman, Francesca • Mehta, Nisha • Nacef, Fethi • Nawka, Alexander • Nemirovsky, Martin • Ola, Bolanle Adeyemi • Oshodi, Yewande O. • Ouali, Uta • Peharda, Tomislav • Pavicic, Andrea Razic • Kuzman, Martina Rojnic • Roventa, Costin • Shamenov, Rinat • Smirnova, Daria • Smoljanic, Davorka • Spikina, Anna • Thornicroft, Amalia • Tomicevic, Marko • Vidovic, Domagoj • Williams, Paul • Yakovleva, Yulia • Zhabenko, Olena • Zhilyaeva, Tatiana • Zivkovic, Maja • Thornicroft, Graham • Sartorius, Norman (Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology • 2017)
    There is disregard in the scientific literature for the evaluation of psychiatric in-patient care as rated directly by patients. In this context, we aimed to explore satisfaction of people treated in mental health in-patient ...
  • How seasonality and weather affect perinatal health: Comparing the experiences of indigenous and non-indigenous mothers in Kanungu District, Uganda 
    MacVicar, Sarah • Berrang-Ford, Lea • Harper, Sherilee • Steele, Vivienne • Lwasa, Shuaib • Bambaiha, Didacus Namanya • Twesigomwe, Sabastien • Asaasira, Grace • Ross, Nancy (Social Science & Medicine • 2017)
    Maternal and newborn health disparities and the health impacts of climate change present grand challenges for global health equity, and there remain knowledge gaps in our understanding of how these challenges intersect. ...
  • Peripheral neuropathy in HIV-infected and uninfected patients in Rakai, Uganda 
    Saylor, Deanna • Nakigozi, Gertrude • Nakasujja, Noeline • Robertson, Kevin • Gray, Ronald H. • Wawer, Maria J. • Sacktor, Ned (Neurology • 2017)
    Objective: To determine the prevalence, risk factors, and functional impairment associated with peripheral neuropathy in a prospective cohort of adults in rural Uganda. Methods: Eight hundred participants (400 HIV- and 400 ...
  • Electric scooters: batteries in the battle against ambient air pollution? 
    van Boven, Job F. M. • Pham Le An • Kirenga, Bruce J. • Chavannes, Niels H. (Lancet Planetary Health • 2017)
  • Cardiac strain findings in children with latent rheumatic heart disease detected by echocardiographic screening 
    Beaton, Andrea • Richards, Hedda • Ploutz, Michelle • Gaur, Lasya • Aliku, Twalib • Lwabi, Peter • Ensing, Greg • Sable, Craig (Cardiology in the Young • 2017)
    Background: Identification of patients with latent rheumatic heart disease by echocardiography presents a unique opportunity to prevent disease progression. Myocardial strain is a more sensitive indicator of cardiac ...

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