Browsing School of Health Sciences (Health-Sciences) Collections by Author "Sewankambo, Nelson"

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    • Climate for evidence-informed health systems: A print media analysis in 44 low- and middle income countries that host knowledge-translation platforms 

      Cheung, Andrew; Lavis, John N.; Hamandi, Ali; El-Jardali, Fadi; Sachs, Jonathan; Sewankambo, Nelson; Knowledge-Translation Platform Evaluation Team (BioMed Central, 2011)
      Background: We conducted a print media analysis in 44 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Eastern Mediterranean in order to understand one dimension of the climate for evidence-informed health systems and to ...

    • Participatory planning for the transformation of the Faculty of Medicine into a College of Health Sciences 

      Dodge, Cole P; Sewankambo, Nelson; Kanyesigye, Edward (Makerere University Medical School, 2003)
      The Makerere University, Faculty of Medicine was established in 1924, seventy-seven years ago. The year in which the current Dean, Professor Nelson Sewankambo enrolled was 1971. In 1971 the in take was 120 and his graduating ...

    • Perception and valuations of community-based education and service by alumni at Makerere University College of Health Sciences 

      Mwanika, Andrew; Okullo, Isaac; Kaye, Dan K.; Muhwezi, Wilson; Atuyambe, Lynn; Nabirye, Rose C.; Groves, Sara; Mbalinda, Scovia; Burnham, Gilbert; Chang, Larry W.; Oria, Hussein; Sewankambo, Nelson (BioMed Central, 2011)
      Background: Training of health professionals can be deliberately structured to enhance rural recruitment by exposing the trainees to the realities of rural life and practice through Community-Based Education and Service ...

    • Spatial phylodynamics of HIV-1 epidemic emergence in East Africa. 

      Serwadda, David; Gray, Rebecca R.; Tatem, Andrew J.; Lamers, Susanna; Hou, Wei; Laeyendecker, Oliver; Sewankambo, Nelson; Gray, Ronald H.; Wawer, Maria J.; Quinn, Thomas C.; Goodenow, Maureen M.; Salemi, Marco (2009-09-11)
      Design—We sought to investigate the evolutionary and historical reasons for the different epidemiological patterns of HIV-1 in the early epidemic. In order to characterize the demographic history of HIV-1 subtypes A and D ...

    • Strengthening primary care: addressing the disparity between vertical and horizontal investment. 

      Sewankambo, Nelson; De Maeseneer, Jan; van Weel, Chris; Egilman, David; Mfenyana, Khaya; Kaufman, Arthur (Royal College of General Practitioners, 2008-01)
      Recently we have seen an unprecedented increase of financial support to improve health care in developing countries estimated at 26% between 1997 and 2002, from $6.4 billion to $8.1 billion. While the magnitude of such an ...

    • Survival of infants born to HIV-positive mothers, by feeding modality, in Rakai, Uganda 

      Kagaayi, Joseph; Gray, Ronald H.; Brahmbhatt, Heena; Kigozi, Godfrey; Nalugoda, Fred; Wabwire-Mangen, Fred; Serwadda, David; Sewankambo, Nelson; Ddungu, Veronica; Ssebagala, Darix; Sekasanvu, Joseph; Kigozi, Grace; Makumbi, Fredrick; Kiwanuka, Noah; Lutalo, Tom; Reynolds, Steven J.; Wawer, Maria J. (Public Library of Science, 2008-12-09)
      Background: Data comparing survival of formula-fed to breast-fed infants in programmatic settings are limited. We compared mortality and HIV-free of breast and formula-fed infants born to HIV-positive mothers in a program ...

    • Use of stored serum from Uganda for development and evaluation of Human Immunodeficiency Type 1 Testing Algorithm involving Multiple Rapid immunoassays 

      Singer, D. E.; Kiwanuka, Noah; Serwadda, David; Nalugoda, Fred; Hird, Linda; Bulken-Hoover, Jamie; Kigozi, Godfrey; Malia, Jennifer A.; Calero, Eva K.; Sateren, Warren; Robb, Merlin L; Wabwire-Mangen, Fred; Wawer, Maria; Gray, Ronald H.; Sewankambo, Nelson; Birx, Deborah L.; Michael, Nelson L. (American Society for Microbiology, 2005-10)
      We report the development and evaluation of a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 testing algorithm consisting of three rapid antibody detection tests. Stored serum samples from Uganda were utilized with a final algorithm ...