Abigail Link

Biographic Data

ID9070739
NAMEAbigail Link
GIVEN NAMESAbigail
FAMILY NAMELink
SIGNATURELINK A
AFFILIATIONSLira Hospital
ORCID0000-0003-2209-1946
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Meningitis diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes in rural, northern Uganda

    Open AccessAbigail Link, Mark Okwir et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Meningitis affects over 2.5 million people worldwide, primarily within resource-limited regions of the meningitis belt of Africa. In 2017, we implemented a cryptococcal meningitis (CM) diagnosis and treatment program (CM-DTP) designed to improve CM outcomes. In 2021, a meningitis diagnosis and treatment program (MEN-DTP) began to include all etiologies of meningitis to assess the impact of expanded diagnosis and treatment of meningitis. We conduc…

  • Impact of a Cryptococcal meningitis diagnosis and treatment program at Lira Regional Referral Hospital in rural, Northern Uganda

    Open AccessAbigail Link, Mark Okwir et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    In rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, infrastructure and resources for treatment of cryptococcal meningitis (CM) are often lacking. We introduced a CM diagnosis and treatment program (CM-DTP) at Lira Regional Referral Hospital (LRRH) in rural Uganda to determine if implementing high-quality standard of care protocols would improve outcomes. Information extracted from hospital charts and clinical record forms at LRRH were used to compare diagnoses…