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Nigeria aims to boost fight against maternal mortality.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 381(9879): 1708, 2013 May 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23691548

Subject(s)
Maternal Mortality , Women's Health , Community Health Workers , Female , Humans , Maternal Mortality/trends , Nigeria/epidemiology , Primary Health Care/legislation & jurisprudence
2.
South Sudan faces grim health and humanitarian situation.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 377(9784): 2167-8, 2011 Jun 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21714164

Subject(s)
Altruism , Communicable Disease Control/organization & administration , Public Health , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control , Developing Countries , Educational Status , Female , HIV Infections/prevention & control , Health Status , Humans , Male , Needs Assessment , Poverty , Risk Assessment , Social Conditions , Sudan
3.
Lul Riek: helping to improve public health in South Sudan.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 377(9784): 2171, 2011 Jun 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21704858

Subject(s)
Public Health/history , Developing Countries , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Professional Role , Sudan
4.
Uganda steps up efforts to boost male circumcision.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 376(9743): 757-8, 2010 Sep 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20827815

Subject(s)
Circumcision, Male , HIV Infections/epidemiology , HIV Infections/prevention & control , Health Behavior , Adult , Africa , Circumcision, Male/adverse effects , Circumcision, Male/education , Circumcision, Male/statistics & numerical data , Circumcision, Male/trends , Cost-Benefit Analysis , HIV Infections/economics , HIV Infections/transmission , Health Workforce/trends , Humans , Male , Uganda/epidemiology
5.
Africa faces an uphill struggle to reach the MDGs.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 376(9745): 943-4, 2010 Sep 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20857546

Subject(s)
Child Health Services/trends , Child Mortality/trends , Maternal Health Services/trends , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/mortality , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission , Adult , Africa/epidemiology , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical , Malaria/mortality , Malaria/prevention & control , Maternal-Child Health Centers/trends
6.
WHO trains surgeons in troubled Somalia.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 375(9723): 1336, 2010 Apr 17.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20405536

Subject(s)
General Surgery/education , Health Personnel/education , Warfare , Humans , Obstetrics/education , Somalia , Traumatology/education , World Health Organization
7.
Mothers and infants to get free health care in Sierra Leone.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 375(9718): 882, 2010 Mar 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20232514

Subject(s)
Health Policy , Maternal-Child Health Centers/economics , Uncompensated Care , Child Mortality , Child, Preschool , Female , Health Services Accessibility , Humans , Infant , Infant Mortality , Infant, Newborn , Maternal Mortality , Pregnancy , Sierra Leone/epidemiology
8.
Fighting and drought worsen Somalia's humanitarian crisis.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 374(9695): 1051-2, 2009 Sep 26.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19790286

Subject(s)
Disasters , Droughts , Relief Work , Warfare , Food Supply , Health Services , Humans , Somalia/epidemiology , Starvation/epidemiology , United Nations
9.
Worrisome outbreak of river blindness in northern Uganda.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
CMAJ ; 181(1-2): E4, 2009 Jul 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19581606

Subject(s)
Disease Outbreaks , Onchocerciasis, Ocular/epidemiology , Animals , Humans , Uganda/epidemiology
10.
West African meningitis outbreak strains vaccine supplies.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 373(9678): 1836, 2009 May 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19504666

Subject(s)
Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control , Global Health , Meningitis, Pneumococcal/prevention & control , Meningococcal Vaccines/supply & distribution , Africa, Western/epidemiology , Disease Outbreaks/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Mass Vaccination/organization & administration , Meningitis, Pneumococcal/mortality , United Nations , World Health Organization
11.
Aid expulsions leave huge gap in Darfur's health services.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 373(9669): 1068-9, 2009 Mar 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19338069

Subject(s)
Health Services/standards , International Agencies , Politics , Sudan , World Health Organization
12.
Africa sees obstacles to Guinea worm disease eradication.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 373(9670): 1159, 2009 Apr 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19350703

Subject(s)
Dracunculiasis/prevention & control , Endemic Diseases/prevention & control , Global Health , Health Services Needs and Demand , Africa/epidemiology , Dracunculiasis/epidemiology , Endemic Diseases/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Population Surveillance
13.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo in crisis.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 372(9655): 2011-2, 2008 Dec 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19090027

Subject(s)
Altruism , Refugees/statistics & numerical data , Violence/trends , Cholera/epidemiology , Democratic Republic of the Congo/epidemiology , Disease Outbreaks , Humans
14.
Research collaboration boosts women's health in Ethiopia.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 372(9649): 1534, 2008 Nov 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18988329

Subject(s)
Ambulatory Care Facilities/organization & administration , Health Promotion/organization & administration , Women's Health Services/organization & administration , Women's Health , Ethiopia , Female , Health Promotion/methods , Humans , Women's Health Services/trends
15.
Opponents stymie fight against polio in Nigeria.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
CMAJ ; 179(9): 891, 2008 Oct 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18936452

Subject(s)
Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control , Poliomyelitis/prevention & control , Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral/therapeutic use , Vaccination/methods , Attitude to Health , Disease Outbreaks/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Nigeria/epidemiology , Poliomyelitis/epidemiology , Poliomyelitis/transmission
16.
Eric Laroche: expert on health needs in humanitarian crises.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 372(9640): 709, 2008 Aug 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18761211

Subject(s)
Altruism , Africa, Eastern , History, 21st Century , Internationality , World Health Organization
17.
Extension workers drive Ethiopia's primary health care.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 372(9642): 880, 2008 Sep 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18795419

Subject(s)
Allied Health Personnel/supply & distribution , Community Health Services/organization & administration , Health Services Needs and Demand , Primary Health Care/trends , Allied Health Personnel/education , Community Health Services/supply & distribution , Ethiopia , Humans , Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data , Workforce
18.
Horn of Africa faces deepening crisis.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 372(9640): 705-6, 2008 Aug 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18767224

Subject(s)
Child Mortality/trends , Disasters , Food Supply/economics , Malnutrition/etiology , Poverty , Africa, Eastern/epidemiology , Altruism , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Malnutrition/epidemiology , Malnutrition/mortality
19.
Kgosi Letlape.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 372(9639): 621, 2008 Aug 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18722855

Subject(s)
Public Health , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Public Health/history , South Africa
20.
Health situation remains grave in southern Sudan.
Wakabi, Wairagala.
Lancet ; 372(9633): 101-2, 2008 Jul 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18630339

Subject(s)
Diarrhea/epidemiology , Disease Outbreaks , Health Services Needs and Demand , Maternal Mortality , Physicians/supply & distribution , Violence , Adolescent , Child, Preschool , Diarrhea/mortality , Female , Humans , Sudan/epidemiology
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