[HTML][HTML] Challenges with scale-up of GeneXpert MTB/RIF® in Uganda: a health systems perspective

…, PB Shete, M Nantale, K Farr, C Ojok, E Ochom… - BMC health services …, 2020 - Springer
Background Many high burden countries are scaling-up GeneXpert® MTB/RIF (Xpert) testing
for tuberculosis (TB) using a hub-and-spoke model. However, the effect of scale up on …

[HTML][HTML] Home-based tuberculosis contact investigation in Uganda: a household randomised trial

…, AJ Meyer, I Ayakaka, E Ochom… - ERJ open …, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends household tuberculosis (TB)
contact investigation in low-income countries, but most contacts do not complete a full …

[PDF][PDF] Osteoporosis costing Queensland

KM Sanders, JJ Watts, J Abimanyi-Ochom, G Murtaza - healthybonesaustralia.org.au
Objectives The primary aim of this study is to determine the annual burden of disease of
osteoporosis from a societal perspective in each of the State and Northern Territory populations …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying barriers to and facilitators of tuberculosis contact investigation in Kampala, Uganda: a behavioral approach

I Ayakaka, S Ackerman, JM Ggita, P Kajubi… - Implementation …, 2017 - Springer
Background The World Health Organization recommends routine household tuberculosis
contact investigation in high-burden countries but adoption has been limited. We sought to …

Determinants of youth involvement in agribusiness projects in Bukasakya subcounty, Mbale district

E Muyeti - 2021 - ir.busitema.ac.ug
… I Muyeti Emma do hereby declare that this research report on factors influencing youth
involvement in agribusiness projects in Bukasakya Sub County, Mbale District is my original work …

SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN URBAN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR DISEASE CONTROL

KO Robsky - 2020 - jscholarship.library.jhu.edu
… I would like to particularly thank Irene Ayakaka, Patricia Turimumahoro, and Emma Ochom,
and Alex Kityamuwesi for their support of the retrospective cohort study which laid the …

Disability inclusive elections in Africa: a systematic review of published and unpublished literature

B Virendrakumar, E Jolley, E Badu, E Schmidt - Disability & Society, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities underscores the
equal right of persons with disabilities to participate in political life. However, in Africa they are …

[HTML][HTML] Livelihood outcomes in a cohort of youth with disabilities following participation in an economic empowerment programme in rural Uganda

S Bechange, E Jolley, B Gascoyne, K Smith… - Disability and Health …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Little evidence exists on the livelihoods of young people with disabilities in low-
and middle-income settings. Objective This study examined employability and livelihood …

[HTML][HTML] Maintaining quality of health services after abolition of user fees: a Uganda case study

J Nabyonga-Orem, H Karamagi, L Atuyambe… - BMC Health Services …, 2008 - Springer
Background It has been argued that quality improvements that result from user charges reduce
their negative impact on utilization especially of the poor. In Uganda, because there was …

[HTML][HTML] How Well Do Low Population-Specific Values for Muscle Parameters Associate with Indices of Poor Physical Health? Cross-Sectional Data from the Geelong …

SX Sui, KL Holloway-Kew, NK Hyde… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
We aimed to examine associations between skeletal muscle deficits and indices of poor
health. Cut-points for skeletal muscle deficits were derived using data from the Geelong …