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Determinant of Essential Medicines Availability in The Public Health Facilities in Uganda
(2015)
This study aimed at examining the key essential medicines availability determinants in public health facilities in Gulu District, Northern Uganda. This cross-sectional study focused on stock-out rates of the six official ...
Five-Year Review of the Pattern and Outcome of Management of Spinal Diseases Seen at St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Uganda.
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2015)
Background: Spinal cord injury or lesion is a devastating event with social, psychological and
physical ramifications that has dehumanizing experiences. The aim of this study was to
describe the biographic, etiological ...
Feasibility of delivering HPV vaccine to girls aged 10 to 15 years in Uganda
(African health sciences, 2015)
Background: Cervical cancer is a leading cause of mortality among women in Uganda. The availability of the human papillomavirus
(HPV) vaccine presents an opportunity to prevent cervical cancer. The Government of Uganda ...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Cervical Cancer Prevention in Uganda
(Örebro university, 2015)
Background: HIV-positive women have an increased risk of developing cervical cancer (CC) compared to the
HIV-negative women. Despite this, HIV and CC screening programs in many developing countries have remained
disintegrated. ...
Open Access Integration of HIV and cervical cancer screening perceptions and preferences of communities in Uganda
(BMC women's health, 2015)
Background: Despite the fact that HIV-positive women carry an increased risk of developing cervical cancer (CC) in
comparison with HIV-negative women, HIV and CC screening programs in many developing countries have ...
Performance of Cervical Cancer Screening Techniques in HIV-Infected Women in Uganda
(Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 2015)
Women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have a higher risk of HPV infections and developing cervical cancer, thus screening them is imperative. This study was aimed to evaluate and compare the performance ...
HIV Type 1 Disease Progression to AIDS and Death in a Rural Ugandan Cohort Is Primarily Dependent on Viral Load Despite Variable Subtype and T-Cell Immune Activation Levels
(The Journal of infectious diseases, 2015)
Background. Untreated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection is associated with persistent im mune activation, which is an independent driver of disease progression in European and United States cohorts. ...