Joyce Draru

ORCID: 0000-0002-2427-0334
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  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Arua Regional Referral Hospital
2023

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2020

In collaboration with facilities, communities, district local government, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) implementing partners, iDARE methodology was implemented at community level to address root causes of low HIV antiretroviral therapy adherence among men children actively enrolled in care, resulting viral load suppression (VLS) two districts eastern region Uganda. The encourages use cocreated sustainable solutions addressing gender, youth, social...

10.2196/32784 article EN cc-by JMIR Research Protocols 2022-03-18

The Partnership for HIV-Free Survival (PHFS) in Uganda used a quality improvement (QI) approach to integrate the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) HIV, maternal and child health, nutrition services, with goal increasing retention mother-baby pairs care decreasing vertical HIV.This evaluation PHFS retrospective longitudinal design assess program's association 4 outcomes. Data were extracted from patient records 2011 (before program) 2018 (after at 18 demonstration, scale-up,...

10.1097/qai.0000000000002298 article EN JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2020-01-15

Background At 10%, Karamoja region has the highest rate of child wasting in Uganda. The 126 outpatient therapeutic care (OTC) sites for managing children with severe acute malnutrition. Local problem Cure (CR) OTC remains below international standard over 75%. study aimed at increasing CR 10 Karamoja, from 74.1% to >75% 13 months. Methods commenced July 2018, up September 2019, purposively selected health facilities six districts Karamoja. Quality improvement (QI) methods per Ministry...

10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001941 article EN cc-by-nc BMJ Open Quality 2023-02-01

<h3>ABSTRACT</h3> <h3>Introduction:</h3> We introduce the iDARE methodology and present results of implementation in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. <h3>iDARE Methodology:</h3> drives locally led solutions that address barriers to achieving improved health outcomes. WI-HER supported governments Tanzania, design implement improve (1) HIV outcomes, (2) gender-based violence identification response, (3) mass drug administration coverage, respectively....

10.9745/ghsp-d-21-00623 article EN cc-by Global Health Science and Practice 2022-06-29

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> In collaboration with facilities, communities, district local government, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) implementing partners, iDARE methodology was implemented at community level to address root causes of low HIV antiretroviral therapy adherence among men children actively enrolled in care, resulting viral load suppression (VLS) two districts eastern region Uganda. The encourages use cocreated sustainable solutions...

10.2196/preprints.32784 preprint EN 2021-08-11
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