Joint Clinical Research Centre

Understanding patient-reported reasons for tuberculosis treatment interruption in Central Uganda: a qualitative study

Despite being a curable disease, tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem in low-resource settings, including Uganda, which is among the World Health Organization’s high TB/HIV burden countries. Suboptimal treatment success rates persist, largely driven by treatmen...

“They could …distance themselves from me claiming I still had Ebola”: experiences of Ebola virus disease survivors in Central Uganda

Ebola continues to be a great public health challenge in Uganda where it is vulnerable to future Ebola outbreaks. Survivors are likely to continue experiencing the after effects of Ebola during the recovery period. The study was conducted to explore experiences of Ebola survivors...