Browsing School of Health Sciences (Health-Sciences) by Subject "Health care"
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The challenge to restoring basic health care in Uganda
(Elsevier Science, 1998)This paper presents the results of a health facility survey conducted in Uganda between June 1992 and December 1993. The survey covered both government and non-government organization (NGO) facilities from 10 districts in ... -
The effect of AIDS defining conditions on immunological recovery among patients initiating antiretroviral therapy at Joint Clinical Research Centre, Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2009-07-24)Background: Many HIV-infected patients only access health care once they have developed advanced symptomatic disease resulting from AIDS Defining Conditions (ADCs). We carried out a study to establish the effect of ADCs ... -
Improving the quality of interpersonal communication skills of clinical officers at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
(2009-08-08)The way health care providers communicate has been linked to proximate outcomes such as patient satisfaction and recall, and to final outcomes, such as client compliance with treatment regimes and improved health results ... -
Improving the quality of interpersonal communication skills of clinical officers at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
(2009-08-08)The way health care providers communicate has been linked to proximate outcomes such as patient satisfaction and recall, and to final outcomes, such as client compliance with treatment regimes and improved health results ... -
Perceptions about human rights, sexual and reproductive health services by Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda
(Makerere University Medical School, 2009-10)Background: About 1.6 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) from northern Uganda have been living in encampments since the late 1980s. In conflict settings such as northern Uganda women are disproportionately affected ... -
Strengthening primary care: addressing the disparity between vertical and horizontal investment.
(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 ...