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Consumer Perspectives on a Pericoital Contraceptive Pill in India and Ugand

Cover, Jane K.; Drake, Jennifer Kidwett; Kyamwanga, Imelda T.; Turyakira, Eleanor; Dargan, Tanya; Kumakech, Edward; Harner-Jay, Claudia (2013)

CONTEXT: Studies suggest that women in some countries have adopted emergency contraceptive pills as a routine method of family planning. This practice indicates there may be latent demand for a pericoital contraceptive ...

Immunogenicity of bivalent HPV vaccine among partially vaccinatedyoung adolescent girls in Uganda

LaMontagne, D. Scott; Mugisha, Emmanuel; Pan, Yuanji; Kumakech, Edward; Ssemaganda, Aloysius; Kemp, Troy J.; Cover, Jane; Pinto, Ligia A.; Safaeian, Mahboobeh (Elsevier Ltd., 2014)

Background: Investigations of vaccine efficacy and immunogenicity for adult females receiving fewerthan three doses of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine have suggested protection against infection andprecancerous lesions. ...

Assessing the impact of cervical cancer integration into reproductive health networks: operations research from Uganda

Nuccio, Olivia; Chowdhury, Raveena; Penfold-Taylor, Suzanne; Mesele, Tesfaye; Church, Kathryn; Meglioli, Alejandra; White, Heather; Kumakech, Edward (International Population Conference, 2017)

The Cervical Cancer Screening and Preventive Therapy (CCS&PT) via Reproductive Health Networks initiative started in 2012, with the aim of improving health outcomes through the provision of services targeted at women at ...

Significantly Reduced Genoprevalence of Vaccine-Type HPV-16/18 Infections among Vaccinated Compared to Non-Vaccinated Young Women 5.5 Years after a Bivalent HPV-16/18 Vaccine (Cervarix1) Pilot Project in Uganda

Kumakech, Edward; Berggren, Vanja; Wabinga, Henry; Lillsunde- Larsson, Gabriella; Helenius, Gisela; Kaliff, Malin; Karlsson, Mats; Kirimunda, Samuel; Musubika, Caroline (2016)

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and some predictors for vaccine and non-vaccine types of HPV infections among bivalent HPV vaccinated and non-vaccinated young women in Uganda. This was a ...

Human papillomavirus vaccine delivery strategies that achieved high coverage in low- and middle-income countries

LaMontagne, D Scott; Barge, Sandhya; Le, Nga Thi; Mugisha, Emmanuel; Penny, Mary E; Gandhi, Sanjay; Janmohamed, Amynah; Kumakech, Edward; Mosqueira, N Rocio; Nguyen, Nghi Quy; Paul, Proma; Tang, Yuxiao; Minh, Tran Hung; Uttekar, Bella Patel; Jumaan, Aisha O (Bull World Health Organ, 2011)

Objective To assess human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage after demonstration projects conducted in India, Peru, Uganda and Viet Nam by PATH and national governments and to explore the reasons for vaccine ...

Graduate Midwifery Education in Uganda Aiming to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes

Kumakech, Edward; Anathan, Julie; Udho, Samson; Auma, Anna Grace; Atuhaire, Irene; Nsubuga, Allan G.; Ahaisibwe, Bonaventure (Annals of Global Health, 2020)

Background: Maternal and newborn health outcomes in Uganda have remained poor. The major challenge affecting the implementation of maternal and newborn interventions includes a shortage of skilled midwives. In 2013, Lira ...

Feasibility of delivering HPV vaccine to girls aged 10 to 15 years in Uganda

Mugisha, Emmanuel; LaMontagne, Scott; Katahoire, Anne R; Murokora, Daniel; Kumakech, Edward; Seruyange, Rachel; Tsu, Vivien Davis (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

Kumakech, Edward (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. ...

Screen-and-Treat Approach to Cervical Cancer Prevention Using Visual Inspection With Acetic Acid and Cryotherapy: Experiences, Perceptions, and Beliefs From Demonstration Projects in Peru, Uganda, and Vietnam

Proma, Paul; Winkler, Jennifer L.; Bartolini, Rosario M.; Penny, Mary E.; Huong, Trinh Thu; Nga, Le Thi; Kumakech, Edward; Mugisha, Emmanuel; Jeronimo, Jose (The oncologist, 2013)

Cervical cancer is preventable but continues to cause the deaths of more than 270,000 women worldwide each year, most of them in developing countries where programs to detect and treat precancerous lesions are not ...

Evaluation of a data-informed community engagement strategy to increase immunisation coverage in northern Uganda: a cluster-randomised controlled trial with an embedded process evaluation

Bruce, Jane; Chantler, Tracey; Kumakech, Edward; Mawanda, Ashiraf; Olorunsaiye, Comfort; Schmucker, Laura; Kiapi, Lilian; Landegger, Justine; Webster, Jayne (The Lancet Global Health, 2018)

Background The 2016 Ugandan Demographic and Health Survey indicated that only 86% of children (aged 12–23 months) in northern Uganda had received the third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine (DTP3) and only 65% ...