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Nelson Kalema

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Nasasira B, Banturaki G, Kalema N, Musaazi J, Nanvuma A, Okoboi S, et al.
Res Sq . 2025 Jan; PMID: 39764111
Background: Differentiated service delivery (DSD) models in resource-limited settings have reduced strain on health services and improved client experience, retention and viral suppression, but little is known about the impact...
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Owachi D, Akatukunda P, Nanyanzi D, Katwesigye R, Wanyina S, Muddu M, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2024 Feb; 24(1):239. PMID: 38388345
Background: Hospital admission outcomes for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in resource-limited settings are understudied. We describe in-hospital mortality and associated clinical-demographic factors among PLHIV admitted at a tertiary-level public...
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Muzeyi W, Aggrey S, Kalibbala D, Katairo T, Semitala F, Katamba A, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2023 Mar; 3(2):e0000633. PMID: 36962948
Community antiretroviral groups (CAGs) is one of the innovative and efficient differentiated service delivery models (DSDM) for reaching persons needing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment in the community. Since DSDM...
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Musaazi J, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C, Okoboi S, Zawedde-Muyanja S, Senkoro M, Kalema N, et al.
PLoS One . 2023 Feb; 18(2):e0268935. PMID: 36821550
Tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) effectively decreases rates of developing active tuberculosis disease in people living with HIV (PLHIV) who are at increased risk. The Uganda Ministry of Health launched a...
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Ochodo E, Kalema N, Schumacher S, Steingart K, Young T, Mallett S, et al.
Wellcome Open Res . 2020 Aug; 4:173. PMID: 32851196
Most studies evaluating the effect of Xpert MTB/RIF testing for tuberculosis (TB) concluded that it did not reduce overall mortality compared to usual care. We conducted a systematic review to...
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Farr K, Ravindran R, Strnad L, Chang E, Chaisson L, Yoon C, et al.
PLoS One . 2018 Oct; 13(10):e0206119. PMID: 30352099
Background: Approaches to screening for active tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV are inadequate, leading to missed diagnoses and poor implementation of preventive therapy. Methods: Consecutive HIV-infected adults hospitalized...
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Kalema N, Lindan C, Glidden D, Yoo S, Katamba A, Alfred A, et al.
S Afr Respir J . 2018 Jan; 23(4):106-112. PMID: 29368752
Introduction: Recurrent tuberculosis (TB) occurring >2 years after completing treatment for a prior TB episode is most often due to reinfection with a new strain of . Objectives: We determined...
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Nakibuuka J, Sajatovic M, Nankabirwa J, Ssendikadiwa C, Kalema N, Kwizera A, et al.
PLoS One . 2016 May; 11(5):e0154333. PMID: 27145035
Background: Integrated care pathways (ICP) in stroke management are increasingly being implemented to improve outcomes of acute stroke patients. We evaluated the effect of implementing a 72 hour stroke care...
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Katagira W, Walter N, den Boon S, Kalema N, Ayakaka I, Vittinghoff E, et al.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr . 2016 Feb; 72(3):297-303. PMID: 26918546
Rationale: In 2007, World Health Organization (WHO) issued emergency recommendations on empiric treatment of sputum acid-fast bacillus smear-negative patients with possible tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-prevalent areas, and called for operational...
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Nakibuuka J, Sajatovic M, Nankabirwa J, Ssendikadiwa C, Furlan A, Katabira E, et al.
Springerplus . 2015 Sep; 4:450. PMID: 26322256
Identification of early outcomes post stroke and their predictors is important in stroke management strategies. We prospectively analysed 30-day outcomes (mortality and functional ability) after stroke and their predictors among...