An Epidemiologic Investigation of Potential Risk Factors for Nodding Syndrome in Kitgum District, Uganda.

Autor: Jennifer L Foltz, Issa Makumbi, James J Sejvar, Mugagga Malimbo, Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Anne Deborah Atai-Omoruto, Lorraine N Alexander, Betty Abang, Paul Melstrom, Angelina M Kakooza, Dennis Olara, Robert G Downing, Thomas B Nutman, Scott F Dowell, D K W Lwamafa

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 6, p e66419 (2013)

Nodding Syndrome (NS), an unexplained illness characterized by spells of head bobbing, has been reported in Sudan and Tanzania, perhaps as early as 1962. Hypothesized causes include sorghum consumption, measles, and onchocerciasis infection. In 2009,

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Transmission of Onchocerciasis in Wadelai Focus of Northwestern Uganda Has Been Interrupted and the Disease Eliminated

Autor: Moses N. Katabarwa, Frank Walsh, Peace Habomugisha, Thomson L. Lakwo, Stella Agunyo, David W. Oguttu, Thomas R. Unnasch, Dickson Unoba, Edson Byamukama, Ephraim Tukesiga, Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Frank O. Richards

Publikováno v: Journal of Parasitology Research, Vol 2012 (2012)

Wadelai, an isolated focus for onchocerciasis in northwest Uganda, was selected for piloting an onchocerciasis elimination strategy that was ultimately the precursor for countrywide onchocerciasis elimination policy. The Wadelai focus strategy was to

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Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21st standard:analysis of CHERG datasets

Autor: Gretchen A Stevens, Lieven Huybregts, Dharma S Manandhar, Patrick Kolsteren, Fernando C. Barros, Aroonsri Mongkolchati, John Lusingu, Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Laura E. Caulfield, Cesar G. Victora, Abdullah H Baqui, Siân E. Clarke, Simon Cousens, Ayesha Sania, Deborah Watson-Jones, Joy E Lawn, Christentze Schmiegelow, Robert E. Black, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Wafaie W. Fawzi, Sithembiso Velaphi, Parul Christian, Naomi Saville, Heather E. Rosen, Naoko Kozuki, Dianne J. Terlouw, Jyh Kae Nien, Linda S. Adair, Rogelio Gonzalez, Mariangela F. Silveira, Luke C. Mullany, James M. Tielsch, Anne C C Lee, Dominique Roberfroid, Majid Ezzati, Jean H. Humphrey, Joanne Katz, Barbara Willey, Hannah Blencowe, Simon Kariuki

Publikováno v: Lee, A C, Kozuki, N, Cousens, S, Stevens, G A, Blencowe, H, Silveira, M F, Sania, A, Rosen, H E, Schmiegelow, C, Adair, L S, Baqui, A H, Barros, F C, Bhutta, Z A, Caulfield, L E, Christian, P, Clarke, S E, Fawzi, W, Gonzalez, R, Humphrey, J, Huybregts, L, Kariuki, S, Kolsteren, P, Lusingu, J, Manandhar, D, Mongkolchati, A, Mullany, L C, Ndyomugyenyi, R, Nien, J K, Roberfroid, D, Saville, N, Terlouw, D J, Tielsch, J M, Victora, C G, Velaphi, S C, Watson-Jones, D, Willey, B A, Ezzati, M, Lawn, J E, Black, R E & Katz, J 2017, ' Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21 st standard : analysis of CHERG datasets ', The BMJ, vol. 358, j3677 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j3677

Objectives To estimate small for gestational age birth prevalence and attributable neonatal mortality in low and middle income countries with the INTERGROWTH-21st birth weight standard.Design Secondary analysis of data from the Child Health Epidemiol

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https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/183475644/bmj.j3677.full.pdf

Intention to Continue with Ivermectin Treatment for Onchocerciasis Control after Eight Years of Annual Distribution in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Uganda

Autor: Samuel Wanji, Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Uche V. Amazigo, Joseph Okeibunor, William R. Brieger, A. Abiose, Elizabeth Elhassan

Publikováno v: International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 33:159-173

This study identified the socio-demographic correlates of intention to comply with ivermectin treatment, from a structured interview of 2,306 persons aged 10 years and above, grouped into high and low compliers, who took ivermectin 6–8 times and 0�

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https://doi.org/10.2190/iq.33.2.e

Appropriate targeting of artemisinin-based combination therapy by community health workers using malaria rapid diagnostic tests: findings from randomized trials in two contrasting areas of high and low malaria transmission in south-western Uganda

Autor: Siân E. Clarke, Kristian S. Hansen, Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Pascal Magnussen, Sham Lal

Publikováno v: Tropical Medicine & International Health
Ndyomugyenyi, R, Magnussen, P, Lal, S, Hansen, K S & Clarke, S E 2016, ' Appropriate targeting of artemisinin-based combination therapy by community health workers using malaria rapid diagnostic tests : findings from randomized trials in two contrasting areas of high and low malaria transmission in south-western Uganda ', Tropical Medicine & International Health, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 1157-1170 . https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12748

OBJECTIVE: To compare the impact of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs), used by community health workers (CHWs), on the proportion of children METHODS: Cluster-randomized trials were conducted in two contrasting areas of moderate-to-high and low

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27383558