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Experiences of Mothers and Health Workers with Momcare and Safecare Bundles in Kenya and Tanzania: A Qualitative Evaluation.
(National library of medicine, 2023)Between 2019 and 2022, the digital dividend project (DDP), a technology-based intervention that combined care (MomCare) and quality improvement (SafeCare) bundles to empower mothers to access quality care during pregnancy, ... -
Community Purchases of Antimicrobials During The COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda: An Increased Risk for Antimicrobial Resistance
(National library of medicineResearchGate, 2023)Self-Medication (SM) involves the utilization of medicines to treat self-recognized symptoms or diseases without consultation and the irrational use of over-the-counter drugs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of ... -
Effect of Justification of Wife-Beating on Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Among Men and Women in Uganda
(National library of medicineResearchGate, 2023)In some communities, rationalization of men's controlling attitudes is associated with the justification of gender norms such as wife-beating as a method of correcting spouse behaviour. In this quasi-experimental study, ... -
Impact of Intensive Adherence Counseling on Viral Load Suppression and Mortality Among People Living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda: A Regression Discontinuity Design
(National library of medicineResearchGatePLOS Global public Health, 2023)Intensive adherence counseling (IAC) is recommended for people living with HIV (PLHIV) with viral load (VL) 1,000 copies/ml after 6 months of anti-retroviral therapy (ART). We evaluated the effect of IAC on VL suppression ... -
Food Insecurity and Engagement in Transactional Sex Among Female Secondary Students in Rwanda
(National library of medicineResearchGate, 2023)The relationship between food insecurity and transactional sex is well recognized, but less is known about this relationship among adolescents. We analyzed cross-sectional baseline data from 3,130 female secondary students ... -
Use of Postpartum Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices Among Women in Northern Uganda: A Cross Sectional Study.
(ResearchGateWiley online library, 2023)The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device use among postpartum mothers in Lira district, northern Uganda. Methods We designed a cross ... -
COVID-19 and Mental Health in 8 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Prospective Cohort Study.
(PLOSResearchGate, 2023)Background: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated mitigation policies created a global economic and health crisis of unprecedented depth and scale, raising the estimated prevalence of depression ... -
Diabetes Care Cascade and Associated Factors in 10,700 Middle-Aged Adults in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study
(BMJPubMed Central, 2023)We investigated progression through the care cascade and associated factors for people with diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa to identify attrition stages that may be most appropriate for targeted intervention. The primary ... -
Assessing the Readiness to Provide Integrated Management of Cardiovascular Diseases and Type 2 Diabetes in Kenya: Results From a National Survey
(PubMed CentralGlobal Heart Journal, 2023)Integrated chronic disease management is the desired core function of a responsive healthcare system. However, many challenges surround its implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The current study assessed the readiness of ... -
Reduced Incidence of Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, and Malaria Infections Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Western Kenya: An Analysis of Facility-Based and Weekly Diaries Data.
(Journal of Global HealthNational Institutes of Health, 2023)Epidemics can cause significant disruptions of essential health care services. This was evident in West-Africa during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak, raising concerns that COVID-19 would have similar devastating consequences ...
