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"She would sit with me": mothers' experiences of individual peer support for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda

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"Telling my husband I have HIV is too heavy to come out of my mouth": pregnant women's disclosure experiences and support needs following antenatal HIV testing in eastern Uganda

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"We shall count it as a part of kyogero": acceptability and considerations for scale up of single dose chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care in Central Uganda

scholarly article by David Mukunya et al published 4 December 2018 in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

A day in the life of...a paediatrician in Uganda: the challenges and joy of working in a developing country

scientific article published on July 2004

A need to accelerate health research productivity in an African University: the case of Makerere University College of Health Sciences

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Adherence to clinical guidelines is associated with reduced inpatient mortality among children with severe anemia in Ugandan hospitals

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

African Health Sciences. Editor's choice

scientific article published on June 2006

Alpha thalassemia among sickle cell anaemia patients in Kampala, Uganda

scientific article published on June 2015

An up-date on the prevalence of sickle cell trait in Eastern and Western Uganda

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Antenatal HIV testing in rural eastern Uganda in 2003: incomplete rollout of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme? ⬇️

scientific article published on 3 May 2006

Are Prophylactic and Therapeutic Target Concentrations Different?: the Case of Lopinavir-Ritonavir or Lamivudine Administered to Infants for Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV-1 Transmission during Breastfeeding

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Assessing causal effects of early life-course factors on early childhood caries in 5-year-old Ugandan children using directed acyclic graphs (DAGs): A prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 20 June 2017

Association between stunting and neuro-psychological outcomes among children in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

scientific article published on 7 June 2018

Asthma and pneumonia among children less than five years with acute respiratory symptoms in Mulago Hospital, Uganda: evidence of under-diagnosis of asthma

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Attitudes to routine HIV counselling and testing, and knowledge about prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in eastern Uganda: a cross‐sectional survey among antenatal attendees ⬇️

scientific article published on December 13, 2010

Back to our roots: infections, HIV and maternal mortality in Africa ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

Bacteraemia among severely malnourished children infected and uninfected with the human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Kampala, Uganda

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Boys are more stunted than girls in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of 16 demographic and health surveys

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Breastfeeding patterns and its determinants among mothers living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus -1 in four African countries participating in the ANRS 12174 trial

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Cerebral palsy in children in Kampala, Uganda: clinical subtypes, motor function and co-morbidities

scientific article published on 23 April 2015

Changes in body mass index and hemoglobin concentration in breastfeeding women living with HIV with a CD4 count over 350: Results from 4 African countries (The ANRS 12174 trial)

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Characterization of Cryptosporidium meleagridis of human origin passaged through different host species

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Child survival and BCG vaccination: a community based prospective cohort study in Uganda

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Child, reproductive, mental health; infections and NCDs in the African environment

scientific article published on December 2016

Childhood asthma in low income countries: an invisible killer? ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Clean drinking water for homes in Africa and other less developed countries

scientific article published on September 2005

Clinical outcomes of children with acute asthma and pneumonia in Mulago hospital, Uganda: a prospective study

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Common coinfections of Giardia intestinalis and Helicobacter pylori in non-symptomatic Ugandan children

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Community based peer counsellors for support of exclusive breastfeeding: experiences from rural Uganda

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Cost of individual peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda

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Cost-Effectiveness of Peer Counselling for the Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Uganda

scientific article published on 30 November 2015

Cryptosporidiosis and microsporidiosis in ugandan children with persistent diarrhea with and without concurrent infection with the human immunodeficiency virus.

scientific article published on November 2005

Cryptosporidium parvum in children with diarrhea in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.

scientific article published on June 2003

Determinants of infant growth in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study

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Determinants of male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey

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Determinants of periodontal health in pregnant women and association with infants’ anthropometric status: a prospective cohort study from Eastern Uganda ⬇️

scientific article published on September 5, 2012

Diarrhoea and effects of different water sources, sanitation and hygiene behaviour in East Africa

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Dramatic and sustained increase in HIV-testing rates among antenatal attendees in Eastern Uganda after a policy change from voluntary counselling and testing to routine counselling and testing for HIV: a retrospective analysis of hospital records, 2 ⬇️

scientific article published on October 14, 2010

Dyslipidaemias in women using hormonal contraceptives: a cross sectional study in Mulago Hospital Family Planning Clinic, Kampala, Uganda

scholarly article by Ritah Bakesiima et al published 18 October 2018 in BMJ Open

Early infant feeding practices in three African countries: the PROMISE-EBF trial promoting exclusive breastfeeding by peer counsellors

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Early versus late BCG vaccination in HIV-1-exposed infants in Uganda: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Editor's Choice

scientific article published in March 2006

Editorial

Effect of Breastfeeding Promotion on Early Childhood Caries and Breastfeeding Duration among 5 Year Old Children in Eastern Uganda: A Cluster Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 4 May 2015

Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on survival of HIV-infected children in Uganda: a randomized, controlled trial

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Effects of an exclusive breastfeeding intervention for six months on growth patterns of 4-5 year old children in Uganda: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial

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Effects of complementary feeding on attained height among lower primary school-aged children in Eastern Uganda: A nested prospective cohort study

scholarly article by Espoir Bwenge Malembaka et al published 2019 in PLOS ONE

Effects of schooling on aspects of attention in rural Burkina Faso, West Africa

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Efficacy of umbilical cord cleansing with a single application of 4% chlorhexidine for the prevention of newborn infections in Uganda: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Enabling dynamic partnerships through joint degrees between low- and high-income countries for capacity development in global health research: experience from the Karolinska Institutet/Makerere University partnership

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Enterocytozoon bieneusi among children with diarrhea attending Mulago Hospital in Uganda.

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Environmental, dietary and case-control study of Nodding Syndrome in Uganda: A post-measles brain disorder triggered by malnutrition?

scientific article published on 14 August 2016

Equitable access to health care

scientific article published on 22 October 2007

Establishing individual peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda: implications for scaling-up

scientific article published on January 2010

Exclusive breastfeeding promotion and neuropsychological outcomes in 5-8 year old children from Uganda and Burkina Faso: Results from the PROMISE EBF cluster randomized trial

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on July 2011

Expectoration of Cryptosporidium Parasites in Sputum of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive and -Negative Adults

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

Extended pre-exposure prophylaxis with lopinavir-ritonavir versus lamivudine to prevent HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding up to 50 weeks in infants in Africa (ANRS 12174): a randomised controlled trial

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Factors associated with asthma among under-fives in Mulago hospital, Kampala Uganda: a cross sectional study

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Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a cross-sectional study in South Sudan

Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a survey in Northern Uganda

scientific article published in January 2017

Faecal calprotectin concentrations in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based survey ⬇️

scientific article published on February 2, 2011

Frequent Occurrence of Mixed Enterocytozoon bieneusi Infections in Humans ⬇️

scientific article published on June 28, 2013

From Ebola in the slums of East and West Africa to NCDs, mental, child and reproductive health

scientific article published in March 2015

From HIV AIDS, TB to H. pylori and other infections in Africa

scientific article published in September 2007

From MNHC, NCDs to prevention of infectious diseases and plantibodies: meeting challenges of our times

scientific article published on June 2016

From Mycobacterium bovis, oxidative stress and HIV to brucellosis ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2011

From renal and cardiovascular disease risk, to reproductive health, increasing violence in Nigeria and use of ultra sound in blunt trauma

scientific article published on September 2006

From sexual orientation to cochlear transplants in a tropical environment.

scientific article published on December 2015

Gender equity and reproductive health

scientific article published on December 2005

Gendered perceptions on infant feeding in Eastern Uganda: continued need for exclusive breastfeeding support

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Genomic survey of the non-cultivatable opportunistic human pathogen, Enterocytozoon bieneusi

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Grey matter brain injuries are common in Ugandan children with cerebral palsy suggesting a perinatal aetiology in full-term infants

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial

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Growth in HIV-1-exposed but uninfected infants treated with lopinavir-ritonavir versus lamivudine: a secondary analysis of the ANRS 12174 trial

scientific article published on 24 February 2019

HIV and NCDs: inevitable interaction in resource limited settings.

scientific article published in December 2017

HIV-1 disease progression in immune-competent HIV-1-infected and breastfeeding mothers participating in the ANRS 12174 clinical trial in Burkina Faso, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia: a cohort study

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Health issues of concern to Africa and beyond: infections, NCDs and health systems inertia.

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Health managers' views on the status of national and decentralized health systems for child and adolescent mental health in Uganda: a qualitative study

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Helicobacter pylori in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based cross sectional survey

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Hepatitis, HIV and Ebola: light at the end of the tunnel

scientific article published on September 2015

High rate of inappropriate blood transfusions in the management of children with severe anemia in Ugandan hospitals

scholarly article by Robert O Opoka et al published 18 July 2018 in BMC Health Services Research

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and cerebral malaria in children in Uganda: a case-control study ⬇️

scientific article published on January 14, 2011

Immediate outcome and prognostic factors for cerebral malaria among children admitted to Mulago Hospital, Uganda

scientific article published on March 2004

Impact of a peer-counseling intervention on breastfeeding practices in different socioeconomic strata: results from the equity analysis of the PROMISE-EBF trial in Uganda

scientific article published on 28 July 2016

Infant Feeding Survival and Markov Transition Probabilities Among Children Under Age 6 Months in Uganda ⬇️

scientific article published on February 5, 2013

Infant and young child feeding in western Uganda: knowledge, practices and socio-economic correlates

scientific article published on 9 June 2005

Infant feeding among HIV-positive mothers and the general population mothers: comparison of two cross-sectional surveys in Eastern Uganda

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Infant feeding counselling in Uganda in a changing environment with focus on the general population and HIV-positive mothers - a mixed method approach

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Infant feeding modalities addressed in two different ways in Eastern Uganda

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Infections and non-communicable diseases that just refuse to go away.

scientific article published on December 2013

Infections interplay with non-communicable diseases

scientific article published on September 2016

Infections, NCDS, and the scourge of cyclones and Ebola in sub-Saharan Africa

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Infectious diseases and chronic care in Africa

scientific article published on June 2015

Inferences about the global population structures of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis

scientific article published on 03 October 2008

Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV prevention

scientific article published on 20 November 2006

Intimate partner violence and infant morbidity: evidence of an association from a population-based study in eastern Uganda in 2003.

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Introduction of β-carotene-rich orange sweet potato in rural Uganda resulted in increased vitamin A intakes among children and women and improved vitamin A status among children

scientific article published on 8 August 2012

Is vaccination coverage a good indicator of age-appropriate vaccination? A prospective study from Uganda ⬇️

scientific article published on March 12, 2011

Listening to health workers: lessons from Eastern Uganda for strengthening the programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV

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Lopinavir-Ritonavir Impairs Adrenal Function in Infants

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Lopinavir/Ritonavir versus Lamivudine peri-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding: the PROMISE-PEP trial Protocol ANRS 12174.

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Low adherence to exclusive breastfeeding in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study comparing dietary recall since birth with 24-hour recall

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Low validity of caretakers' reports on use of selected antimalarials and antibiotics in children with severe pneumonia at an urban hospital in Uganda

scientific article published on 3 August 2008

Magnitude and factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding among mothers who deliver in Mulago hospital, Uganda

scientific article published on December 2015

Malaria Parasitaemia among Infants and Its Association with Breastfeeding Peer Counselling and Vitamin A Supplementation: A Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Trial ⬇️

scientific article published on July 7, 2011

Male partner antenatal attendance and HIV testing in eastern Uganda: a randomized facility-based intervention trial

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Malnutrition is common in Ugandan children with cerebral palsy, particularly those over the age of five and those who had neonatal complications

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

Mannitol as adjunct therapy for childhood cerebral malaria in Uganda: a randomized clinical trial

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Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and child's cognitive performance at 6-8 years of age in rural Burkina Faso: an observational study

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Maternal education is associated with vaccination status of infants less than 6 months in Eastern Uganda: a cohort study

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Microsporidiosis and malnutrition in children with persistent diarrhea, Uganda

scientific article published on January 2009

Monitoring the marketing of infant formula feeds

scientific article published on January 2003

Monoclonal antibodies against Enterocytozoon bieneusi of human origin

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Mothers' education but not fathers' education, household assets or land ownership is the best predictor of child health inequalities in rural Uganda

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Multiple micronutrient supplementation does not reduce diarrhoea morbidity in Ugandan HIV-infected children: a randomised controlled trial ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Multiple micronutrient supplementation improves vitamin B₁₂ and folate concentrations of HIV infected children in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial

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Need to optimise infant feeding counselling: a cross-sectional survey among HIV-positive mothers in Eastern Uganda

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New challenges and opportunities in health and development in Africa

scientific article published on April 2004

Nodding syndrome in Ugandan children--clinical features, brain imaging and complications: a case series

scientific article published on 3 May 2013

Nodding syndrome, infections and sexuality

scientific article published on June 2013

Non communicable diseases and infections refuse to go away despite current knowledge and scientific advances

scientific article published on March 2014

Non-communicable diseases are reaching epidemic proportions: evidence from low and middle income countries.

scientific article published on September 2013

Nsambya Community Home-Based Care Complements National HIV and TB Management Efforts and Contributes to Health Systems Strengthening in Uganda: An Observational Study

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Perinatal mortality in eastern Uganda: a community based prospective cohort study

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Periodontal status, tooth loss and self-reported periodontal problems effects on oral impacts on daily performances, OIDP, in pregnant women in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 14 October 2009

Pneumocystis carinii in children with severe pneumonia at Mulago Hospital, Uganda

scientific article published on September 2004

Poor countries make the best teachers: discuss

scientific article published on November 2004

Post traumatic stress, HIV and malaria: contemporary issues explored in depth

scientific article published on August 2004

Pre-exposure prophylaxis for infants exposed to HIV through breast feeding

scientific article published on 9 March 2017

Predictors of poor anthropometric status among children under 2 years of age in rural Uganda

scientific article published on May 2006

Pregnant women's experiences of routine counselling and testing for HIV in Eastern Uganda: a qualitative study

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Presumptive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine versus weekly chloroquine for malaria prophylaxis in children with sickle cell anaemia in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 24 October 2009

Prevalence and factors associated with rotavirus infection among children admitted with acute diarrhea in Uganda

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Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in HIV‐infected, HAART‐naïve Ugandan children: a hospital‐based survey ⬇️

scientific article published on June 30, 2011

Prevalence of stroke in children admitted with sickle cell anaemia to Mulago Hospital

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Progress in Medicine: Experts Take Stock

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

Purification of Enterocytozoon bieneusi from stools and production of specific antibodies

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Putting back basic sciences, political economy and sexuality into health ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2011

Rectal artemether versus intravenous quinine for the treatment of cerebral malaria in children in Uganda: randomised clinical trial

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Rectal versus intravenous quinine for the treatment of childhood cerebral malaria in Kampala, Uganda: a randomized, double-blind clinical trial

scientific article published on 22 October 2007

Reduction of unnecessary transfusion and intravenous fluids in severely malnourished children is not enough to reduce mortality

scientific article published on March 2008

Resilience to disasters: a paradigm shift from vulnerability to strength

scientific article published on December 2008

Respiratory cryptosporidiosis in HIV-seronegative children in Uganda: potential for respiratory transmission

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Response to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected Ugandan children exposed and not exposed to single-dose nevirapine at birth

scientific article published on December 2009

Risk factors in hospital deaths in severely malnourished children in Kampala, Uganda.

scientific article published on 16 March 2006

Sanitation and hygiene in urban and rural households in East Africa

scientific article published on June 2003

Severe malnutrition with and without HIV-1 infection in hospitalised children in Kampala, Uganda: differences in clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ cell counts

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Sexuality, mother-child health and infectious diseases

scientific article published in September 2017

Socio-demographic factors related to periodontal status and tooth loss of pregnant women in Mbale district, Uganda

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Subtype analysis of Cryptosporidium isolates from children in Uganda

scientific article published on October 2006

Tackling HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and others together.

scientific article published in December 2004

The Effect of Health Worker Training on Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in South Sudan: A Hospital-based before and after Study

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Training for health services and systems research in Sub-Saharan Africa--a case study at four East and Southern African universities

scientific article published on 23 December 2013

Undergraduate students' contributions to health service delivery through community-based education: A qualitative study by the MESAU Consortium in Uganda

scientific article published on 25 April 2016

University students' sexual orientation, contraception and toxic skin bleaching products

scientific article published on December 2015

Updates on communicable and non-communicable diseases in LMICs

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Welcome to this bumper issue of African Health Sciences

scientific article published in June 2008

Zinc adjunct therapy reduces case fatality in severe childhood pneumonia: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial

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Zinc status in HIV infected Ugandan children aged 1-5 years: a cross sectional baseline survey ⬇️

scientific article published on September 21, 2010

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