Oba, Peter Dione, Michel M. Wieland, Barbara Mwiine, Frank N. Erume, Joseph
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Porcine Health Management
Background A cross-sectional study of slaughtered pigs was conducted in Lira district, Uganda, to (1) determine the prevalence and severity of pneumonia and (2) establish relationships between pneumonia types and the serological status for key respiratory pathogens. Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), sera were screened for antibodie...
Bukuluki, Paul Kisaakye, Peter Wandiembe, Symon Peter Besigwa, Samuel
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Discover Psychology
This study investigated the factors associated with suicidal ideation and psychological distress among Sudanese refugees (aged 10–19 years) in Bidibidi refugee settlement, Yumbe district, Uganda. The analysis is based on cross-sectional data collected as part of the implementation of a project on sexual and reproductive health in Bidibidi refugee s...
Ayitewala, Alisen Ssewanyana, Isaac Kiyaga, Charles
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AIDS Research and Therapy
Background HIV genotyping has had a significant impact on the care and treatment of HIV/AIDS. At a clinical level, the test guides physicians on the choice of treatment regimens. At the surveillance level, it informs policy on consolidated treatment guidelines and microbial resistance control strategies. Until recently, the conventional test has ut...
Bukuluki, Paul Kisaakye, Peter Houinato, Maxime Ndieli, Adekemi Letiyo, Evelyn Bazira, Dan
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BMC Health Services Research
Background Social norms continue to be entrenched in Uganda. Understanding social norms helps to uncover the underlying drivers that influence attitudes and behavior towards contraceptive access and use. This study therefore seeks to investigate the factors that influence the social norm – access to contraception by adolescent girls – in six distri...
Klabbers, Robin E Muwonge, Timothy R Ayikobua, Emmanuel Izizinga, Diego Bassett, Ingrid V Kambugu, Andrew Tsai, Alexander C Ravicz, Miranda Klabbers, Gonnie O'Laughlin, Kelli N
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AIDS and behavior
Assisted partner notification (APN) is recommended by the World Health Organization to notify sexual partners of HIV exposure. Since 2018, APN has been offered in Uganda to Ugandan nationals and refugees. Distinct challenges faced by individuals in refugee settlements may influence APN utilization and effectiveness. To explore APN barriers and faci...
McMahon, Shannon A Musoke, Daniel Kibuuka Wachinger, Jonas Nakitende, Aidah Amongin, Jocelyn Nanyiri, Esther Turcotte-Tremblay, Anne-Marie Oldenburg, Catherine E Barnighausen, Till Ortblad, Katrina F
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AIDS care
ABSTRACTFemale sex workers (FSWs) are at increased risk of HIV and face significant barriers to clinic-based HIV testing, including provider stigma and privacy constraints. HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been proven to significantly increase HIV testing among FSWs. Less is known, however, about how FSWs make meaning of oral-fluid HIV self-tests, and ...
Swahn, Monica H Culbreth, Rachel Masyn, Katherine E Salazar, Laura F Wagman, Jennifer Kasirye, Rogers
The SAVA syndemic is frequently used to describe the co-occurrence of HIV, gender-based violence (GBV), and substance use. In this study we determine the extent to which the typologies of the SAVA syndemic can be described and utilized for intervention strategies among youth living in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. We analyzed the "Kampala Youth Sur...
Kiyimba, Blaise Onyait, Teddy Kamoga, Livingstone Atuhaire, Arnold Ssekatono, Patrick Mujawamariya, Lucy Olum, Ronald Bongomin, Felix Kiguli, Sarah
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Research Square
Background The overwhelming coronavirus disease- 2019 (COVID-19) cases have called for inevitable home-based care for some cases and direct involvement in COVID-19 dead body burials by many families worldwide. However, data on the knowledge and readiness by families for these practices is still scarce, hence this study among residents of Wakiso dis...
Wagner, Glenn J. Wagner, Zachary Gizaw, Mahlet Saya, Uzaib MacCarthy, Sarah Mukasa, Barbara Wabukala, Peter Linnemayr, Sebastian
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AIDS and Behavior
The health and economic threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic can be sources of great distress among people living with HIV, which in turn can impact the management of their HIV disease. We examined change in depression from pre- to post-lockdown restrictions and correlates of elevated depressive symptoms, including antiretroviral therapy (ART) ad...
Vudriko, Patrick Ekiri, Abel B. Endacott, Isabella Williams, Sitira Gityamwi, Nyangi Byaruhanga, Joseph Alafiatayo, Ruth Mijten, Erik Tweyongyere, Robert Varga, Gabriel
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Background: Despite the investments made in veterinary diagnostic laboratory service delivery in Uganda, the scope and level of utilization remains low. This study aimed to determine the priority livestock diseases for which farmers and animal health professionals require veterinary diagnostic laboratory services, document the perceptions and opini...
