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Aflatoxins in Uganda: an encyclopedic review of the etiology, epidemiology, detection, quantification, exposure assessment, reduction and control

Timothy Omara • Winfred Nassazi • Tom Omute • Aburu Awath • Fortunate Laker • Raymond Kalukusu • Bashir Musau • Brenda V Nakabuye • Sarah Kagoya • George Otim • Eddie Adupa (2019)

Uganda is predominantly an agricultural country where farming employ more than 60% of the population. Aflatoxins remain a scourge in the country, unprecedentedly reducing the value of agricultural foods and in high enough ...
Health-related quality of life among patients with bipolar disorder in rural southwestern Uganda: A hospital based cross sectional study.

Anyayo L • Ashaba S • Kaggwa Mm • Samuel M • Nakimuli-Mpungu E (2020)

Abstract; Background: Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric disorder that alters mood and affects over 55 million people globally with an estimated lifetime prevalence of approximately 0.8 - 1.1%. In Africa, the lifetime ...
Enrollment and Retention in Community Health Insurance: Experiences from ICOCARE scheme in South Western Uganda

Bosco Turyamureba • Freddie Ssengooba • Aloysius Ssennyonjo • Stephen Asiimwe • Bildard Baguma • Angela Kisakye • Christine Kirunga (2019)

Abstract; Background: Globally, developing countries have inadequate capacity to raise tax to finance well-functioning health systems. In sub Saharan Africa, over 40% of the total health expenditure comes from ...
Maximising uptake and utilization of molecular diagnostics: lessons from implementation evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostics

N.E. Ntinginya • Orina F • Mwebaza I • Liyoyo A • Miheso B • Aturinde A • Njeleka F • Msoka Ef • Meme H • Sanga E • Kuchaka D • Mwanyonga S • Olomi W • Minja L • Joloba M • Mmbaga Bt • Amukoye E • Stephen H. Gillespie • Wilber Sabiiti (2020)

Abstract; Background: Tuberculosis (TB), a treatable disease claims over a million lives every year. Accurate rapid diagnosis is crucial for early treatment initiation and prevention of severe disease. Despite over ...
Apparent density, trypanosome infection rates and host preference of tsetse flies in the sleeping sickness endemic focus of Northwestern Uganda

Robert Opiro • Robert Opoke • Harriet Angwech • Nakafu E • Oloya Fa • Openy G • Moses N. Njahira • Macharia M • Richard Echodu • Geoffrey M. Malinga • E. A. Opiyo (2020)

Abstract; Background: African trypanosomiasis, caused by protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma and transmitted by the tsetse fly, is a serious parasitic disease of humans and animals. Reliable data on the vector ...
Transdisciplinary approach to solving conservation challenges: A case of Budongo Conservation Field Station, Uganda

Caroline Asiimwe • Geoffrey Muhanguzi • Eric Okwir • Paul Okimat • Andrew W Bugenyi • Timothy Mugabe • Fred Babweteera (2016)

The conservation of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) faces complex and dynamic threats, deriving mostly from anthropogenic factors such as high density and poverty in local human populations. One specific threat is poaching, ...
Heterogeneous exposure and hotspots for malaria vectors at three study sites in Uganda

Su Yun Kang • Katherine E. Battle • Harry S. Gibson • Laura V. Cooper • Kilama Maxwell • Moses R. Kamya • Steven W. Lindsay • Grant Dorsey • Bryan Greenhouse • Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer • Robert C. Reiner • David L. Smith • Donal Bisanzio (2018)

Heterogeneity in malaria transmission has household, temporal, and spatial components. These factors are relevant for improving the efficiency of malaria control by targeting heterogeneity. To quantify variation, we analyzed ...
Non-Hodgkin T-cell Lymphoma of Both Breasts: A rare presentation in a teenage Ugandan Woman

Senai Sereke • Vincent Mboizi • Anthony Oriekot • Naghib Bogere • Felix Bongomin (2020)

An 18-year-old female presented with hypopigmentation, ulcerative skin changes and masses of both breasts for over a year. She was referred to the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) with suspected inflammatory breast cancer. ...
Missed Opportunities for Family Planning Counselling among HIV-Positive Women Receiving HIV Care in Uganda

JULIET NABIRYE(Former Corresponding Author) • Joseph KB Matovu(New Corresponding Author) • John Baptist Bwanika • Fredrick Makumbi • Rhoda K. Wanyenze (2020)

Abstract; Introduction; ; HIV-positive women who are still in the reproductive years need adequate sexual and reproductive health information to make informed reproductive health choices. However, many HIV-positive ...
Acceptance and Completion of Rifapentine-based TB Preventive Therapy (3HP) Among People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in Kampala, Uganda – Patient and Health Worker Perspectives.

Fred C. Semitala • Allan Musinguzi • Jackie Ssemata • Fred Welishe • Juliet Nabunje • Jillian L. Kadota • Christopher A. Berger • Achilles Katamba • Noah Kiwanuka • Moses R. Kamya • David Dowdy • Adithya Cattamanchi • Anne R. Katahoire (2020)

Abstract; Background: A 12-dose, once-weekly regimen of isoniazid and rifapentine (3HP) is effective in preventing tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). We sought to identify potential barriers ...
Evidence of population specific selection inferred from 289 genome sequences of Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo linguistic groups in Africa

Julius Mulindwa • Harry Noyes • Hamidou Ilboudo • Oscar Nyangiri • Mathurin Koffi • Dieudonné Mumba • Gustave Simo • John Enyaru • John Chisi • Martin Simuunza • Vincent P. Alibu • Vincent Jammoneau • Annette MacLeod • Bruno Bucheton • Christiane Hertz-Fowler • Issa Sidibé • Enock Matovu (2017)

There are over 2000 genetically diverse ethno-linguistic groups in Africa that could help decipher human evolutionary history and the genetic basis of phenotypic variation. We have sequenced 300 genomes from Niger-Congo ...
Peer supervision experiences of drug sellers in a rural district in East-Central Uganda: a qualitative study

Arthur Bagonza • Henry Wamani • Stefan Peterson • Andreas Mårtensson • Milton Mutto • David Musoke • Freddy Eric Kitutu • David Mukanga • Linda Gibson • Phyllis Awor (2020)

Abstract; BackgroundSupport supervision improves performance outcomes among health workers. However, the national professional guidelines for new licenses and renewal for class C drug shops in Uganda prescribe ...
Acceptance and Completion of Rifapentine-Based TB Preventive Therapy (3HP) Among People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in Kampala, Uganda – Patient and health Worker Perspectives.

Fred C. Semitala • A. Musinguzi • J. L. Ssemata • F. Welishe • J. Nabunje • J. L. Kadota • Christopher A. Berger • Katamba A • Noah Kiwanuka • Moses R. Kamya • David W. Dowdy • Cattamanchi A • Katahoire Ar (2020)

Abstract; BackgroundA 12-dose, once-weekly regimen of isoniazid and rifapentine (3HP) is effective in preventing tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). We sought to identify potential barriers to ...
Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control and predicted 10-year CVD risk: a cross-sectional study of Seven Communities in East and West Africa (SevenCEWA)

Samson Okello • Alfa Muhihi • Shukri F Mohamed • Soter Ameh • Caleb Ochimana • Abayomi Olabayo Oluwasanu • Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa • Nelson Sewankambo • Goodarz Danaei (2020)

Abstract; Background; ; Few studies have characterized epidemiology and management of hypertension across several communities with comparable methodology in sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed prevalence, awareness, ...
Missed Opportunities for Family Planning Counselling among HIV-Positive Women Receiving HIV Care in Uganda

JULIET NABIRYE(Former Corresponding Author) • Joseph KB Matovu(New Corresponding Author) • John Baptist Bwanika • Fredrick Makumbi • Rhoda K. Wanyenze (2020)

Abstract; Introduction: HIV-positive women who are still in the reproductive years need adequate sexual and reproductive health information to make informed reproductive health choices. However, many HIV-positive ...
Training needs for Ugandan primary care health workers in management of respiratory diseases: a cross sectional survey

Rebecca Nantanda • Gerald Kayingo • Rupert Jones • Frederik van Gemert • Bruce Kirenga (2019)

Abstract; Background Respiratory diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Uganda, but there is little attention to chronic respiratory diseases in the health programmes. In general, there ...
High prevalence of intimate partner violence among pregnant teenagers in Lira district, northern Uganda: a cross sectional study.

Anna Grace Auma • Elizabeth Ayebare • Connie Olwit • Grace Ndeezi • Victoria Nankabirwa • James K Tumwine (2019)

Abstract; Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is associated with adverse health outcomes for the mother and her unborn baby. Whereas the literature on IPV in the general population is ...
Enablers, Constraints and Extent of Implementation of the Elimination of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV Policy Guidelines in Lira district; Application of a Policy Implementation Barometer

Noel Namuhani • Hamiliton Kainga • Olufemi Obafemi • Adeyemi Adelabu • Moses Mukuru • Doreen Tuhebwe • Aloysious Ssennyonjo (2020)

Abstract; Background; Despite the adoption of Elimination of mother to child transmission (EMTCT) strategy in 2012, mother to child transmission of HIV remains one of the significant forms of new HIV infections ...
A subgroup of Ugandan elite and viremic controllers naturally control HIV-1 infection by blocking R5-tropic viral entry.

Alex Kayongo • Derrick Semugenze • Mary Nantongo • Fred Semitala • Anxious Jackson Niwaha • Robert Kalyesubula • Bruce Kirenga • Bernard Sentalo Bagaya • Moses Lutaakome Joloba (2020)

Abstract; Background: World over, there are antiretroviral therapy naïve individuals infected with HIV who maintain their CD4+T cell count above 500 cells/µl over 7-10 years and viral loads well controlled below ...
Quantification of anti-parasite and anti-disease immunity to malaria as a function of age and exposure

Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer • Emmanuel Arinaitwe • Prasanna Jagannathan • Moses R. Kamya • PJ Rosenthal • John Rek • Grant Dorsey • Joaniter Nankabirwa • Sarah G. Staedke • Maxwell Kilama • Chris Drakeley • Isaac Ssewanyana • David L. Smith • Bryan Greenhouse (2017)

Malaria immunity is complex and multi-faceted, and fundamental gaps remain in our understanding of how it develops. Here, we use detailed clinical and entomological data from three parallel cohort studies conducted across ...

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