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Evaluation of patients' response to treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala.
(2009-10)
BACKGROUND:
In Africa, a consideration number of clients get diagnosed with HIV for the first time after a WHO stage 4 illness. Evidence in the developed world shows that individuals who initiate ART with advanced HIV/AIDS ...
Access to HIV/AIDS care for mothers and children in sub-Saharan Africa: adherence to the postnatal PMTCT program
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2009-09)
Despite scale up of perinatal prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV interventions,postnatal continuity of comprehensive HIV/AIDS care, for both the mother and baby, remains a challenge in developing ...
The costs and effectiveness of four HIV counseling and testing strategies in Uganda
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2009)
Objective: HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is a key intervention for HIV/AIDS control, and new strategies have been developed for expanding coverage in developing countries. We compared costs and outcomes of four HCT ...
Spatial phylodynamics of HIV-1 epidemic emergence in East Africa.
(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 ...
Estimating the healthcare burden of osteomyelitis in Uganda
(Elsevier, 2009-08-25)
Chronic osteomyelitis is a considerable healthcare burden in many developing countries, but this burden is poorly quantified. To estimate the clinical burden of osteomyelitis we systematically sampled the medical records ...
Trends in the incidence of primary liver cancer in Central Uganda, 1960-1980 and 1991-2005
(Nature Publishing Group, 2009)
Primary liver cancer (PLC) incidence trends from Africa are unknown. Using Kampala Cancer Registry data from 1960 to 1980 and 1991 to 2005, we identified 771 PLCs. Although rates were stable among men, PLC incidence among ...
A preliminary examination of the construct validity of the KABC-II in Ugandan children with a history of cerebral malaria
(Makerere University Medical School, 2009)
Background: Several diseases and adverse conditions affect the cognitive development of children in Sub-Saharan African.
There is need to assess these children to determine which abilities are affected and the severity ...