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Walter Schlech

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Articles 6
Citations 62
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Related Specialties
Infectious Diseases
Public Health
Microbiology
Top 10 Co-Authors
Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi
Tom Kakaire
Richard Brough
Tala Elia
Jane Achan
Jeff Dan
Andrea Currie
Barnabas R Atwiine
Michele Schroeder
Basil Tibanyendera
Published In
Int J Infect Dis
AIDS
Foodborne Pathog Dis
BMC Health Serv Res
BMC Public Health
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Recent Articles
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A Case-Control Study of Sonographic Maximum Ovarian Diameter as a Predictor of Ovarian Torsion in Emergency Department Females With Pelvic Pain
Budhram G, Elia T, Dan J, Schroeder M, Safain G, Schlech W, et al.
Acad Emerg Med . 2018 Jul; 26(2):152-159. PMID: 30044031
Background: Color and power Doppler ultrasound are commonly used in the evaluation of ovarian torsion but are unreliable. Because normal-sized ovaries are unlikely to cause torsion, maximum ovarian diameter (MOD)...
2.
Exploring attitudes and perceptions of patients and staff towards an after-hours co-pay clinic supplementing free HIV services in Kampala, Uganda
Twimukye A, King R, Schlech W, Zawedde F, Kakaire T, Parkes-Ratanshi R
BMC Health Serv Res . 2017 Aug; 17(1):580. PMID: 28830406
Background: There has been a rapid scale up of HIV services and access to anti-retroviral therapy in Africa over the last 10 years as a result of multilateral donor funding...
3.
Unmet needs persist in pediatric HIV programs: lessons from selected case studies in Uganda
Orikiiriza J, Nakawesi J, Kikaire B, Turitwenka D, Schlech W, Kambugu A, et al.
AIDS . 2017 Apr; 31(8):1196-1199. PMID: 28441178
No abstract available.
4.
The future of financing for HIV services in Uganda and the wider sub-Saharan Africa region: should we ask patients to contribute to the cost of their care?
Kakaire T, Schlech W, Coutinho A, Brough R, Parkes-Ratanshi R
BMC Public Health . 2016 Aug; 16:896. PMID: 27567669
Whilst multi-lateral funding for HIV/AIDS dramatically increased from 2004 to 2008, it has largely plateaued in the last 8 years. Across sub-Saharan Africa, up to 20 % of total spending...
5.
Economic Cost of a Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak in Canada, 2008
Thomas M, Vriezen R, Farber J, Currie A, Schlech W, Fazil A
Foodborne Pathog Dis . 2015 Nov; 12(12):966-71. PMID: 26583272
Estimates of the economic costs associated with foodborne disease are important to inform public health decision-making. In 2008, 57 cases of listeriosis and 24 deaths in Canada were linked to...
6.
Knowledge and practices of women regarding prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in rural south-west Uganda
Atwiine B, Rukundo A, Sebikali J, Mutibwa D, Tumusiime D, Turyamureeba R, et al.
Int J Infect Dis . 2012 Dec; 17(3):e211-2. PMID: 23195636
No abstract available.