A5042665171- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
Rakai Health Sciences Program
2024
Makerere University
2022
The global burden of cervical cancer is concentrated in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), with the greatest Africa. Targeting limited resources to populations need maximize impact essential. objectives this study were geocode data from a population-based registry Kampala, Uganda, create high-resolution disease maps for prevention and control planning, share lessons learned optimize efforts other low-resource settings.Kampala Cancer Registry records diagnoses between 2008 2015 updated...
The burden of cancer in Africa is growing. Although outcomes are understood as the product influences at multiple socioecological levels, population-based studies geographical factors and scarce. objective this study was to identify parish-level social associated with cervical incidence Kampala Cancer Registry catchment area, using a novel linkage between registry data small-area census from Uganda.Kampala records (2008-15) were augmented add parish residence diagnosis. Parish-level...
There are scant data on the causes of adult deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. We estimated level and trends mortality, overall by different causes, rural Rakai, Uganda, age, sex, HIV status.