Search Results - "Kasirye, Ronnie"

Factors associated with caretakers' knowledge, attitude, and practices in the management of pneumonia for children aged five years and below in rural Uganda by Kajungu, Dan, Nabukeera, Betty, Muhoozi, Michael, Ndyomugyenyi, Donald Bruce, Akello, Mercy Consolate, Gyezaho, Collins, Waako, James, Kasirye, Ronnie

“…Efforts aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality associated with pneumonia in children aged five years and below largely depend on caretakers. This study…”
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Effect of antiretroviral therapy on malaria incidence in HIV-infected Ugandan adults by Kasirye, Ronnie P, Grosskurth, Heiner, Munderi, Paula, Levin, Jonathan, Anywaine, Zacchaeus, Nunn, Andrew, Kamali, Anatoli, Baisley, Kathy

“…INTRODUCTION:Using the data of a trial on cotrimoxazole (CTX) cessation, we investigated the effect of different antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens on the…”
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Incidence of malaria by cotrimoxazole use in HIV-infected Ugandan adults on antiretroviral therapy: a randomised, placebo-controlled study by Kasirye, Ronnie P, Baisley, Kathy, Munderi, Paula, Levin, Jonathan, Anywaine, Zacchaeus, Nunn, Andrew, Kamali, Anatoli, Grosskurth, Heiner

“…INTRODUCTION:Previous unblinded trials have shown increased malaria among HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy (ART) who stop cotrimoxazole (CTX)…”
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Attitudes and perceptions towards developing a health educational video to enhance optimal uptake of malaria preventive therapy among pregnant women in Uganda: a qualitative study involving pregnant women, health workers, and Ministry of health officials by Nakalega, Rita, Nabisere-Arinaitwe, Ruth, Mukiza, Nelson, Kuteesa, Cynthia Ndikuno, Mawanda, Denis, Natureeba, Paul, Kasirye, Ronnie, Nakabiito, Clemensia, Nabakooza, Jane, Mulumba, Emmie, Nabukeera, Josephine, Ggita, Joseph, Kakuru, Abel, Atuyambe, Lynn, Musoke, Philippa, Fowler, Mary Glenn, Lukyamuzi, Zubair

“…Malaria in pregnancy remains a major global public health problem. Intermittent prophylaxis treatment of malaria in pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine…”
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A Model for Estimating the Burden of Disease of Transfusion-Transmitted Infection by Riley, William, Love, Kailey, Saxon, Mary, Tobian, Aaron, Bloch, Evan M, Kasirye, Ronnie, Lubega, Irene, Musisi, Ezra, Dhabangi, Aggrey, Kyeyune, Dorothy, McCullough, Jeffrey

“…Blood transfusion is an important mode of infectious disease transmission in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study describes a model to…”
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Discontinuing cotrimoxazole preventive therapy in HIV-infected adults who are stable on antiretroviral treatment in Uganda (COSTOP): A randomised placebo controlled trial by Anywaine, Zacchaeus, Levin, Jonathan, Kasirye, Ronnie, Lutaakome, Joseph Kayiira, Abaasa, Andrew, Nunn, Andrew, Grosskurth, Heiner, Munderi, Paula

“…Cotrimoxazole (CTX) preventive therapy (CPT) reduces opportunistic infections and malaria in HIV-infected patients. In Africa, policies on sustained CPT during…”
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Re-engagement in HIV care following a missed visit in rural Uganda by Nabaggala, Maria Sarah, Parkes-Ratanshi, Rosalind, Kasirye, Ronnie, Kiragga, Agnes, Castlenuovo, Barbara, Ochaka, Ian, Nakakawa, Lilian, Bena, Diana Asiimwe, Mujugira, Andrew

“…We conducted a retrospective cohort study to assess the effect of tracking People Living with HIV (PLHIV) after missed clinic visits and factors associated…”
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Cost effectiveness analysis of clinically driven versus routine laboratory monitoring of antiretroviral therapy in Uganda and Zimbabwe by Medina Lara, Antonieta, Kigozi, Jesse, Amurwon, Jovita, Muchabaiwa, Lazarus, Nyanzi Wakaholi, Barbara, Mujica Mota, Ruben E, Walker, A Sarah, Kasirye, Ronnie, Ssali, Francis, Reid, Andrew, Grosskurth, Heiner, Babiker, Abdel G, Kityo, Cissy, Katabira, Elly, Munderi, Paula, Mugyenyi, Peter, Hakim, James, Darbyshire, Janet, Gibb, Diana M, Gilks, Charles F

“…Despite funding constraints for treatment programmes in Africa, the costs and economic consequences of routine laboratory monitoring for efficacy and toxicity…”
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High level of viral suppression and low switch rate to second-line antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected adult patients followed over five years: retrospective analysis of the DART trial by Kityo, Cissy, Gibb, Diana M, Gilks, Charles F, Goodall, Ruth L, Mambule, Ivan, Kaleebu, Pontiano, Pillay, Deenan, Kasirye, Ronnie, Mugyenyi, Peter, Walker, A Sarah, Dunn, David T

“…In contrast to resource-rich countries, most HIV-infected patients in resource-limited countries receive treatment without virological monitoring. There are…”
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Exit interviews administered to patients participating in the COSTOP placebo controlled randomised trial in Uganda by Nunn, Andrew, Anywaine, Zacchaeus, Seeley, Janet, Munderi, Paula, Levin, Jonathan, Kasirye, Ronnie, Kamali, Anatoli, Abaasa, Andrew, Grosskurth, Heiner

“…Abstract Introduction COSTOP was a randomised controlled trial designed to assess the risks and benefits to HIV-infected participants stabilised on…”
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Relationship between socioeconomic status and risk of sexually transmitted infections in Uganda: Multilevel analysis of a nationally representative survey by Anguzu, Godwin, Flynn, Andrew, Musaazi, Joseph, Kasirye, Ronnie, Atuhaire, Leonard K, Kiragga, Agnes N, Kabagenyi, Allen, Mujugira, Andrew

“…Socioeconomic status (SES) appears to have positive and negative associations with sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk in resource-limited settings, but…”
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Malaria parasitemia among blood donors in Uganda by Murphy, Kristin J., Conroy, Andrea L., Ddungu, Henry, Shrestha, Ruchee, Kyeyune‐Byabazaire, Dorothy, Petersen, Molly R., Musisi, Ezra, Patel, Eshan U., Kasirye, Ronnie, Bloch, Evan M., Lubega, Irene, John, Chandy C., Hume, Heather A., Tobian, Aaron A.R.

“…BACKGROUND Malaria remains a leading transfusion associated infectious risk in endemic areas. However, the prevalence of malaria parasitemia has not been well…”
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SARS‐CoV‐2 seroprevalence among blood donors in Uganda: 2019–2022 by Bloch, Evan M., Kyeyune, Dorothy, White, Jodie L., Ddungu, Henry, Ashokkumar, Swetha, Habtehyimer, Feben, Baker, Owen, Kasirye, Ronnie, Patel, Eshan U., Grabowski, M. Kate, Musisi, Ezra, Moses, Khan, Hume, Heather A., Lubega, Irene, Shrestha, Ruchee, Motevalli, Mahnaz, Fernandez, Reinaldo E., Reynolds, Steven J., Redd, Andrew D., Wambongo Musana, Hellen, Dhabangi, Aggrey, Ouma, Joseph, Eroju, Priscilla, Lange, Telsa, Fowler, Mary Glenn, Musoke, Philippa, Stramer, Susan L., Whitby, Denise, Zimmerman, Peter A., McCullough, Jeffrey, Sachithanandham, Jaiprasath, Pekosz, Andrew, Goodrich, Raymond, Quinn, Thomas C., Ness, Paul M., Laeyendecker, Oliver, Tobian, Aaron A. R.

“…Background The true burden of COVID‐19 in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains poorly characterized, especially in Africa. Even prior to the availability…”
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Longitudinal effect of CD4 by cotrimoxazole use on malaria incidence among HIV-infected Ugandan adults on antiretroviral therapy: a randomized controlled study by Kasirye, Ronnie, Grosskurth, Heiner, Munderi, Paula, Levin, Jonathan, Anywaine, Zacchaeus, Nunn, Andrew, Kamali, Anatoli, Baisley, Kathy

“…The effect of CD4 count on malaria incidence in HIV infected adults on antiretroviral therapy (ART) was assessed in the context of a randomized controlled…”
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Safety of discontinuing cotrimoxazole prophylaxis among HIV infected adults on anti-retroviral therapy in Uganda (COSTOP trial): Design by Anywaine, Zacchaeus, Abaasa, Andrew, Levin, Jonathan, Kasirye, Ronnie, Kamali, Anatoli, Grosskurth, Heiner, Munderi, Paula, Nunn, Andrew

“…Abstract Introduction Cotrimoxazole (CTX) prophylaxis is recommended by the World Health Organisation for HIV infected persons. However, once HIV infected…”
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Acceptability of a Mobile Phone Support Tool (Call for Life Uganda) for Promoting Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among Young Adults in a Randomized Controlled Trial: Exploratory Qualitative Study by Twimukye, Adelline, Bwanika Naggirinya, Agnes, Parkes-Ratanshi, Rosalind, Kasirye, Ronnie, Kiragga, Agnes, Castelnuovo, Barbara, Wasswa, Jacob, Nabaggala, Maria Sarah, Katabira, Elly, Lamorde, Mohammed, King, Rachel Lisa

“…Background Adherence to treatment is critical for successful treatment outcomes. Although factors influencing antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence vary,…”
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The Mirasol Evaluation of Reduction in Infections Trial (MERIT): study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial by Kasirye, Ronnie, Hume, Heather A, Bloch, Evan M, Lubega, Irene, Kyeyune, Dorothy, Shrestha, Ruchee, Ddungu, Henry, Musana, Hellen Wambongo, Dhabangi, Aggrey, Ouma, Joseph, Eroju, Priscilla, de Lange, Telsa, Tartakovsky, Michael, White, Jodie L, Kakura, Ceasar, Fowler, Mary Glenn, Musoke, Philippa, Nolan, Monica, Grabowski, M Kate, Moulton, Lawrence H, Stramer, Susan L, Whitby, Denise, Zimmerman, Peter A, Wabwire, Deo, Kajja, Isaac, McCullough, Jeffrey, Goodrich, Raymond, Quinn, Thomas C, Cortes, Robert, Ness, Paul M, Tobian, Aaron A R

“…Transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) are a global health challenge. One new approach to reduce TTIs is the use of pathogen reduction technology (PRT). In…”
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Lopinavir/ritonavir monotherapy after 24 weeks of second-line antiretroviral therapy in Africa: a randomized controlled trial (SARA) by Gilks, Charles F, Walker, A Sarah, Dunn, David T, Gibb, Diana M, Kikaire, Ben, Reid, Andrew, Musana, Hellen, Mambule, Ivan, Kasirye, Ronnie, Robertson, Val, Ssali, Francis, Spyer, Moira, Pillay, Deenan, Yirrell, David, Kaleebu, Pontiano

“…Boosted protease inhibitor (bPI) monotherapy (bPImono) potentially has substantial cost, safety and operational benefits. It has never been evaluated as…”
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High Level of Viral Suppression and Low Switch Rate to Second-Line Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV-Infected Adult Patients Followed over Five Years: Retrospective Analysis of the DART Trial: e90772 by Kityo, Cissy, Gibb, Diana M, Gilks, Charles F, Goodall, Ruth L, Mambule, Ivan, Kaleebu, Pontiano, Pillay, Deenan, Kasirye, Ronnie, Mugyenyi, Peter, Walker, A Sarah

“…In contrast to resource-rich countries, most HIV-infected patients in resource-limited countries receive treatment without virological monitoring. There are…”
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