MLI team and stakeholders during the Fresh Air H2020 Project dissemination meeting
The research will be conducted in Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Malawi and Zimbabwe, and will involve 3,000 children aged between 12 and 14 years old who have symptoms of asthma.
Abstract Background Second-line drug resistance (SLD) among tuberculosis (TB) patients is a serious emerging challenge towards global control of the disease. We characterized SLD-resistance conferring-mutations among TB patients with rifampicin and/or isoniazid (RIF and/or INH) drug-resistance tested at the Uganda …
Makerere University Vice Chancellor Inaugurates New Lung Institute Board
Inside this issue • Preliminary study results from the COVIDEPI study • Updates from the Coronavirus Immune Therapy (COVIDIT) Study launch • How to breathe during a pandemic: implications of COVID-19 for people with chronic lung disease Click here to …
This project is part of the EDCTP2 programme supported by the European Union
EDCTP TMA Grant Award
Award number: TMA2020CDF-3194
Grant Amount: 150,000 Euros
Title: Microbiome fuels Th17 mediated airway inflammation in COPD among HIV-infected individuals
Principal investigator: Alex Kayongo, MBChB, MSc, PhD fellow, MakCHS
Makerere University Lung Institute unveils first-of-its-kind Pulmonary Function Assessment equipment
Abstract The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has published the complete 2023 GOLD report, which can be freely downloaded from its webpage (www.goldcopd.org) together with a “pocket guide” and “teaching slide set” [1]. It contains important changes …
Abstract Prior research suggests that fluvoxamine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder, could be repurposed against COVID-19. We undertook a prospective interventional open-label cohort study to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of fluvoxamine among inpatients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in Uganda. The main outcome was all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes were hospital discharge and complete symptom …
Abstract Albert Einstein taught us that “everything is relative.” People’s experience of physical activity (PA) is no different, with “relativism” particularly pertinent to the perception of intensity. Markers of absolute and relative intensities of PA have different but complimentary utilities, …