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Effectiveness of a Pre-treatment Snack on the Uptake of Mass Treatment for Schistosomiasis in Uganda: a cluster randomized trial
(PLoS Med, 2014-05-13)
Background: School-based mass treatment with praziquantel is the cornerstone for schistosomiasis control in school-aged children. However, uptake of treatment among school-age children in Uganda is low in some areas. The ...
Understanding Low Up Take of Mass Treatment for Intestinal Schistosomiasis Among School Children: a qualitative study in Jinja district, Uganda.
(Cambridge University Press, 2014-04-16)
Despite attempts to control intestinal schistosomiasis through school-based mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel using school teachers in Uganda, less than 30% of the school children take the treatment in some ...
Communication between HIV-infected children and their caregivers about HIV medicines: a cross-sectional study in Jinja district, Uganda
(Wiley Online Library, 2014-01-17)
Introduction: Knowledge of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among children with HIV depends on open communication with them about their health and medicines. Guidelines assign responsibility for communication to children’s ...
Reduced uptake of mass treatment for schistosomiasis control in absence of food: beyond a randomized trial
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2015-10)
Backgroud: Sustaining high uptake of praziquantel is key for long-term control of schistosomiasis. During mass treatment in 2013, we randomized 12 primary schools into two groups; one group received education messages for ...
Increasing teacher motivation and supervision is an important but not sufficient strategy for improving praziquantel uptake in Schistosoma mansoni control programs: serial cross sectional surveys in Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2013-12-13)
Background: Realization of the public health benefits of mass drug administration (MDA) for the control of schistosomiasis depends on achieving and maintaining high annual treatment coverage. In Uganda, the uptake ...
Association between socio economic status and schistosomiasis infection in Jinja District, Uganda
(Wiley Online Library, 2009-04-20)
Objective: To examine the role of socioeconomic situation in influencing the risk and intensity of infection with Schistosomiasis mansoni.
Methods: Cross-sectional study in Walukuba Division bordering Lake Victoria, Jinja ...
Uptake of Preventive Treatment for Intestinal Schistosomiasis among School Children in Jinja District, Uganda: A Cross Sectional Study.
(PLoS ONE, 2013-05-07)
Background: In Uganda, the current national health sector strategic and investment plan underscores schistosomiasis as one of the diseases targeted for elimination by the year 2015. However, uptake of treatment among school ...
Retention in care among HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women on lifelong antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: A retrospective cohort study.
(PLoS ONE, 2017-12-22)
Background: In 2013, Uganda updated its prevention of maternal-to-child transmission of HIV program to Option B+, which requires that all HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women be started on lifelong antiretroviral ...
Effectiveness of a Pre-treatment Snack on the Uptake of Mass Treatment for Schistosomiasis in Uganda: A Cluster Randomized Trial
(PLOS Medicine, 2014-05)
Background: School-based mass treatment with praziquantel is the cornerstone for schistosomiasis control in school-aged
children. However, uptake of treatment among school-age children in Uganda is low in some areas. The ...