Children’s Health Research Institute

Disability in pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases: A systematic review and a single center experience

OBJECTIVES: Toward development of a pediatric IBD disability index (PIDI), we aimed to review the literature on disability in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) and to estimate disability rates in a pediatric inception cohort. METHODS: A systematic review identified stud...

Upstream policymaking in Africa: a case study analysis of the district to national alcohol sachet bans policy transfer in Uganda

Background High rates of heavy episodic drinking in Uganda have been linked to alcohol sachets due to their affordability and widespread availability. The Gulu district enacted a local sachet ban in 2016 which transferred to a national ban in 2019 to protect population health. Th...