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Preferences for services in a patient’s first six months on antiretroviral therapy for HIV in South Africa and Zambia (PREFER): research protocol for a prospective observational cohort study
BACKGROUND: For patients on HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the highest risk for loss from care consistently remains the first six months after antiretroviral (ART) initiation, when patients are not yet eligible ... -
Mission hospital responses to challenges and implications for their future role in India’s health system
BACKGROUND: India’s health system is currently experiencing rapid change. Achieving India’s aspirations for improved population health and universal health coverage will require the contribution of all health providers; ... -
Lessons learned from Boston University School of Public Health Peer Coach Writing Program
(Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health Conference, 2019-03-20)BACKGROUND: Public health is only as effective as its communication. The ability to convey information in an engaging, insightful, and concise manner often heavily influences stakeholder engagement. It is the backbone of ... -
Why Don't Health Workers Prescribe ACT? A Qualitative Study of Factors Affecting the Prescription of Artemether-Lumefantrine
(BioMed Central, 2008-2-5)BACKGROUND Kenya recently changed its antimalarial drug policy to a specific artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), artemether-lumefantrine (AL). New national guidelines on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention ... -
Do the Socioeconomic Impacts of Antiretroviral Therapy Vary by Gender? A Longitudinal Study of Kenyan Agricultural Worker Employment Outcomes
(BioMed Central, 2009-7-15)BACKGROUND. As access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has grown in Africa, attention has turned to evaluating the socio-economic impacts of ART. One key issue is the extent to which improvements in health resulting from ... -
Rates of Virological Failure in Patients Treated in a Home-Based Versus a Facility-Based HIV-Care Model in Jinja, Southeast Uganda: A Cluster-Randomised Equivalence Trial
(Lancet Publishing Group, 2009-12-19)BACKGROUND. Identification of new ways to increase access to antiretroviral therapy in Africa is an urgent priority. We assessed whether home-based HIV care was as effective as was facility-based care. METHODS We undertook ... -
Malaria Case-Management under Artemether-Lumefantrine Treatment Policy in Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2008-9-19)BACKGROUND Case-management with artemether-lumefantrine (AL) is one of the key strategies to control malaria in many African countries. Yet, the reports on translation of AL implementation activities into clinical practice ... -
Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Eastern Uganda: Implications for HIV Prevention
(BioMed Central, 2006-11-20)BACKGROUND. We were interested in finding out if the very low antenatal VCT acceptance rate reported in Mbale Hospital was linked to intimate partner violence against women. We therefore set out to i) determine the prevalence ... -
Intimate Partner Violence and Health Care-Seeking Patterns Among Female Users of Urban Adolescent Clinics
(Springer US, 2009-9-17)To assess the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and associations with health care-seeking patterns among female patients of adolescent clinics, and to examine screening for IPV and IPV disclosure patterns within ... -
Intimate partner violence and infant morbidity: evidence of an association from a population-based study in eastern Uganda in 2003
(BioMed Central, 2007-11-7)BACKGROUND. Although recent studies suggest that there is an association between intimate partner violence and child mortality, the underlying mechanisms are still unknown. It is against this background that as a secondary ...
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