Publications by authors named "Margaret Happy"
Cancer and palliative care in COVID-19 and other challenging situations-highlights from the Uganda Cancer Institute-Palliative Care Association of Uganda 3rd Uganda Conference on Cancer and Palliative Care, 23-24 September 2021, held in Kampala, Uganda and virtually.
Ecancermedicalscience
December 2021
Article Synopsis
- * Key discussions emphasized the need for Universal Health Coverage, the resilience of healthcare providers, and the ongoing availability of cancer and palliative care services in Uganda despite pandemic challenges.
- * The conference highlighted various topics, including healthcare equity, the importance of education, grief from pandemic losses, and the necessity of adapting care strategies as COVID-19 continues to affect healthcare.
Introduction: In 2011, the Global Plan towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping Their Mothers Alive was launched to scale up efforts to comprehensively end vertical HIV transmission and support mothers living with HIV in remaining healthy. Amidst excitement around using treatment as prevention, Malawi's Ministry of Health conceived Option B+, a strategy used to prevent vertical transmission by initiating all pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV on lifelong antiretroviral therapy, irrespective of CD4 count. In 2013, for programmatic and operational reasons, the WHO officially recommended Option B+ to countries with generalized epidemics, limited access to CD4 testing, limited partner testing, long breastfeeding duration or high fertility rates.
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