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    Home-Based Care Alliance policy brief: debunking myths

    Home-Based Care Alliance, 2013
    The Home-Based Care Alliance (HBCA) represents more than 30,000 caregivers organised into multi-district HBCAs in twelve African countries, caring for over 200,000 neighbours and friends, and with a history of organising around HIV/AIDS and its effects.
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    Home-Based Care Alliance (HBCA)

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    The Good, the bad, and the unknown: quality of clinical laboratories in Kampala, Uganda

    PLoS ONE, 2013
    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.
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    Policy and programmatic implications of task shifting in Uganda: a case study

    BioMed Central, 2012
    Uganda has a severe health worker shortage and a high demand for health care services; therefore, task shifting is happening in Uganda on a wide scale, at various levels of care, in many forms. This study aims to assess the policy and programmatic implications of task shifting in Uganda.
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    Tracking and monitoring the health workforce: a new human resources information system (HRIS) in Uganda | Human Resources for Health

    2011
    The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council database is valuable in monitoring and reviewing information about nurses and midwives. However, information obtained from this system is also important in improving strategic planning for the greater health care system in Uganda.
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    Valuing Health Workers Research and Advocacy

    Voluntary Service Overseas, 2011
    A clear, concise 2 page publication to introduce the research and advocacy programme designed to provide evidence for governments on how best to change policy and implementation to address health worker shortages. A clear summary of aims is supported by short summaries of research done in Uganda, Cambodia and Malawi.
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    Information and Communication Technologies and Continuing Medical Education in East and Southern Africa

    International Institute for Communication and Development, 2003
    This report presents some of the background materials prepare for the meeting held in April 2003 and coorganised jointly by IICD, Cordaid and CEDHA jto explore ways in which ICTs can be used to develop and deliver continuing medical education to rural healthcare workers in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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    Fertility in African communities affected by HIV

    Knowledge Services, IDS, 2011
    This "Studies of HIV in African communities 'Highlights'", which was produced by IDS Knowledge Services with partners in the ALPHA Network, includes findings and recommendations around the topic of fertility in African communities affected by HIV.  This publication is based on the research which came out of the ALPHA Network's seventh workshop on 'HIV & Fertility: an examination
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    Getting research into policy and practice

    Knowledge Services, IDS, 2009
    The true test of the effectiveness of health and development research is whether people use it – for decision-making, influencing, referencing, or most importantly, to bring about change.Development actors are paying increasing attention to the question of how research, despite barriers, can fulfil its potential to improve policy and practice.
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    Case management of severe malaria - a forgotten practice: experiences from health facilities in Uganda

    PLoS ONE, 2011
    This journal article describes a study which highlights the serious challenges faced in the management of severe malaria in a resource limited setting like Uganda. The study was conducted to evaluate the management practices for severe malaria in Ugandan health facilities, using instruments adapted from the WHO hospital care assessment tools.

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