All Outputs (4)

Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda (2020)
Journal Article
Goodhead, I., Ackers, H., Birtles, R., & James, C. (2020). Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.20.371203

Tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is particularly challenging in low-resource settings such as Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FPRRH) in Western Uganda. Specific knowledge of local AMR epidemiology is required to inform evidence-based i... Read More about Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda.

Opportunities and challenges for improving antimicrobial stewardship in low and middle income countries ; lessons learnt from the maternal sepsis intervention in Western Uganda (2020)
Journal Article
Ackers, H., Ackers-Johnson, G., Seekles, M., Odur, J., & Opio, S. (2020). Opportunities and challenges for improving antimicrobial stewardship in low and middle income countries ; lessons learnt from the maternal sepsis intervention in Western Uganda. Antibiotics, 9(6), 315. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9060315

This paper presents findings from an action-research intervention designed to identify ways of improving antimicrobial stewardship in a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital. Building on an existing health partnership and extensive action-research on ma... Read More about Opportunities and challenges for improving antimicrobial stewardship in low and middle income countries ; lessons learnt from the maternal sepsis intervention in Western Uganda.

A questionnaire study of the negative outcomes for UK health professional volunteers in low and middle income countries (2020)
Journal Article
Tyler, N., Ackers, H., Ahmed, A., Byrne, G., & Byrne-Davis, L. (2020). A questionnaire study of the negative outcomes for UK health professional volunteers in low and middle income countries. BMJ Open, 10(6), e037647. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037647

Introduction: Past research has reported considerable benefits of international health professional volunteering for British healthcare professionals; however, there are also some negative outcomes reported. Negative outcomes reportedly happen on a p... Read More about A questionnaire study of the negative outcomes for UK health professional volunteers in low and middle income countries.

Enhancing skills to promote the utilization of medical laboratory equipment in low resource settings (2020)
Journal Article
Oshabaheebwa, S., Namuli, L., Tusabe, M., Nantume, J., Ackers, L., & Ssekitoleko, R. (2020). Enhancing skills to promote the utilization of medical laboratory equipment in low resource settings. Health Policy and Technology, 9(1), 94-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2020.01.001

Objective This study was to demonstrate the efficacy of an intervention model involving on-going skills enhancement of users, Biomedical Engineers and Technicians (BMETs) in enhancing the utilization of medical laboratory equipment in low resource s... Read More about Enhancing skills to promote the utilization of medical laboratory equipment in low resource settings.