Alex Opio

Strengthening Global Health Security Through Africa's First Absolute Post-Master's Fellowship Program in Field Epidemiology in Uganda

Alex Riolexus Ario, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Alex Opio, Patrick Tusiime et autres

Uganda is prone to epidemics of deadly infectious diseases and other public health emergencies. Though significant progress has been made in response to emergencies during the past 2 decades, system weaknesses still exist, including lack of a robust workforce with competencies to …

Ouganda, Éthiopie (code pays fourni par la source)

Status of HIV Epidemic Control Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15–24 Years — Seven African Countries, 2015–2017

Kristin Brown, Daniel B. Williams, Steve Kinchen, Suzue Saito et autres

In 2016, an estimated 1.5 million females aged 15-24 years were living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Eastern and Southern Africa, where the prevalence of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women (3.4%) is more than double that for …

Combatting Global Infectious Diseases: A Network Effect of Specimen Referral Systems

Peter N. Fonjungo, George Alemnji, Yenew Kebede, Alex Opio et autres

The recent Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa clearly demonstrated the critical role of laboratory systems and networks in responding to epidemics. Because of the huge challenges in establishing functional laboratories at all tiers of health systems in developing countries, strengthening specimen …

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The burden of tetanus in Uganda

Barbara Nanteza, Moses Galukande, Jane Ruth Aceng, Joshua Musinguzi et autres

BACKGROUND: The successful scale-up of safe male circumcision (SMC) in Uganda has been hinged on client's safety and quality of services. However, after the recent three tetanus deaths after circumcision a review of all tetanus cases in one of the hospitals where …

Ouganda (code pays fourni par la source)

Consolidating HIV testing in a public health laboratory for efficient and sustainable early infant diagnosis (EID) in Uganda

Charles Kiyaga, Hakim Sendagire, Eleanor Joseph, Jeff Grosz et autres

Ouganda (code pays fourni par la source)

Managing Ebola from rural to urban slum settings: experiences from Uganda

SI Okware, Francis Omaswa, Ambrose Talisuna, Jacinto Amandua et autres

BACKGROUND: Five outbreaks of ebola occurred in Uganda between 2000-2012. The outbreaks were quickly contained in rural areas. However, the Gulu outbreak in 2000 was the largest and complex due to insurgency. It invaded Gulu municipality and the slum- like camps of …

Ouganda, Kenya, no (code pays fourni par la source)

Ebola Viral Hemorrhagic Disease Outbreak in West Africa- Lessons from Uganda.

AK Mbonye, JF Wamala, Miriam Nanyunja, Alex Opio et autres

BACKGROUND: There has been a rapid spread of Ebola Viral Hemorrhagic disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since March 2014. Since this is the first time of a major Ebola outbreak in West Africa; it is possible there is lack of …

Ouganda, us (code pays fourni par la source)

High-risk motorcycle taxi drivers in the HIV/AIDS era: a respondent-driven sampling survey in Kampala, Uganda

Christina Lindan, Andrew Anglemyer, Wolfgang Hladik, Joseph Barker et autres

We evaluated motorcycle taxi ('boda-boda') drivers in Kampala for the prevalence of HIV/sexually transmitted infections. We used respondent-driven sampling to recruit a cross-sectional sample of boda-boda drivers. We collected data through audio computer-assisted self-administered interviews. Men were tested for HIV, syphilis serology …

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Uganda's New National Laboratory Sample Transport System: A Successful Model for Improving Access to Diagnostic Services for Early Infant HIV Diagnosis and Other Programs

Charles Kiyaga, Hakim Sendagire, Eleanor Joseph, Ian McConnell et autres

INTRODUCTION: Uganda scaled-up Early HIV Infant Diagnosis (EID) when simplified methods for testing of infants using dried blood spots (DBS) were adopted in 2006 and sample transport and management was therefore made feasible in rural settings. Before this time only 35% of …

Ouganda (code pays fourni par la source)

P3.214 HIV Prevalence Trend in the Conflict to Post-Conflict Transition Period in Gulu District, Northern Uganda

Emmanuel Ochola, Pontius Bayo, Martin Ogwang, Alex Opio et autres

Background Since 1986, North Uganda has been affected by civil strife and most of its population have been displaced in protected camps. However, since 2007, the increased security conditions have allowed many people to leave the camps and return to their villages. …

Ouganda, us (code pays fourni par la source)

The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown: Quality of Clinical Laboratories in Kampala, Uganda

Ali Elbireer, J. Brooks Jackson, Hakim Sendagire, Alex Opio et autres

BACKGROUND: Clinical laboratories are crucial in addressing the high rates of communicable and non-communicable diseases seen in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, the most basic information, such as the number and quality of clinical laboratories in SSA, is not available. The objective of …

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Modelling the potential impact and cost of scaling-up male circumcision in resource poor settings: A case of Uganda

Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Fred Wabwire‐Mangen, Danstan Bagenda, Freddie Ssengooba et autres

This study modelled estimates of the cost and impact of male circumcision (MC) under different scenarios using the Decision Maker's Program Planning Tool on data from Uganda. Results showed that the number of new adult HIV infections could be reduced by 23 …

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