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Learning health professionalism at Makerere University: an exploratory study amongst undergraduate students
(BMC Medical Education, 2010)
Background: Anecdotal evidence shows that unprofessional conduct is becoming a common occurrence amongst health workers in Uganda. The development of appropriate professional values, attitudes and behaviors is a continuum ...
Comparison of methods in the recovery of nucleic acids from archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded autopsy tissues
(Elsevier, 2010-05)
Archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) human tissue collections are typically in poor states of storage across the developing world. With advances in biomolecular techniques, these extraordinary and virtually ...
Comparison of methods in the recovery of nucleic acids from archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded autopsy tissues
(Elsevier, 2010)
Archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) human tissue collections are typically in poor states of storage across the developing world. With advances in biomolecular techniques, these extraordinary and virtually ...
Quantitative assessment of the sensitivity of various commercial reverse transcriptases based on armored HIV RNA
(Public Library of Science, 2010)
Background: The in-vitro reverse transcription of RNA to its complementary DNA, catalyzed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase, is
the most fundamental step in the quantitative RNA detection in genomic studies. As such, ...
Can an educational podcast improve the ability of parents of primary school children to assess the reliability of claims made about the benefits and harms of treatments : study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2017)
Background: Claims made about the effects of treatments are very common in the media and in the population more generally. The ability of individuals to understand and assess such claims can affect their decisions and ...
A need to accelerate health research productivity in an African University: the case of Makerere University College of Health Sciences.
(Health Research Policy and Systems, 2017)
Background: In the last decade, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) has taken strides in
research and training to improve healthcare through collaborative training and research programs. However, ...
Initiatives supporting evidence informed health system policymaking in Cameroon and Uganda: A comparative historical case study
(BioMed Central, 2014-11)
Background: There is a scarcity of empirical data on institutions devoted to knowledge brokerage and their influence
in Africa. Our objective was to describe two pioneering Knowledge Translation Platforms (KTPs) supporting ...
Climate for evidence informed health system policymaking in Cameroon and Uganda before and after the introduction of knowledge translation platforms: a structured review of governmental policy documents
(BioMed Central, 2014-12)
Background: There is a scarcity of empirical data on African country climates for evidence-informed health system
policymaking (EIHSP) to backup the longstanding reputation that research evidence is not valued enough by ...