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Anthropometric Profile of Secondary School Pupils in Uganda: A case Study of Kampala and Kamuli Districts.
(2004)
The incidence of youthful obesity in Uganda is rising, parallel to the growth of Urbanisation. Obesity in Childhood and early Adulthood strongly predicts Adulthood obesity and the risk for Cardiovascular diseases. Primary ...
Community knowledge, attitudes and practices about mental health problems in Mukono District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2004-10)
Mental problems are common affecting 25% of people at some time during their lives and accounting for 12% of global burden of disease. In Uganda, 25% of the population over 15 years suffer from diagonosable mental disorder. ...
Comparative studies on orphans and non-orphans in Uganda
(Center for International Health and Development, 2004-10)
There are now in Uganda more than two million orphans, i.e. children under 18 years old who have lost one or both of their parents. Roughly one in every five children is an orphan and one in every four households in the ...
Local fever illness classifications: implications for home management of malaria strategies
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2004-11)
Background: The Ugandan Ministry of Health has adopted the WHO Home Based Fever Management strategy (HBM) to improve access to antimalarial drugs for prompt (<24 h) presumptive treatment of all fevers in children under 5 ...
Etiology of pruritic papular eruption with HIV infection in Uganda.
(American Medical Association, 2004-12-01)
Context A frequent cause of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–related morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa is a commonly occurring, intensely pruritic skin rash. The resulting scars are disfiguring and stigmatizing. Despite ...
Evaluation of the sleeping sickness control program in Mukono District, Uganda
(2004)
Introduction Although Sleeping sickness was eliminated from Africa in the 1960's, it has re-emerged as a disease of public health importance (WHO, 2000). In Uganda, the control target of reducing cases of sleeping sickness ...
Factors Affecting the Uptake of HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing by People Aged 15 to 49 Years in Kumi District, Uganda
(2004)
According to the Ministry of Health Report, 2002, About 1 Million People in Uganda are Infected with HIV, while 1 Million have died from AIDS in the past 20 Years. HIV/AIDS is one of the main Diseases contributing to the ...
Total lymphocyte count of 1200 is not a sensitive predictor of CD4 lymphocyte count among patients with HIV disease in Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University Medical School, 2004-08)
Introduction: Total Lymphocyte Count (TLC) has been found to be an inexpensive and useful marker for staging disease, predicting progression to AIDS and death and monitoring response to ART. However, the correlation between ...
Antibacterial Activity of Selected Medicinal Plants used to Prevent and treat Infections in Humans and Animals in Uganda.
(2004)
The study screened for the Antibacterial activity of Capsicum Frutescens, Carica Papaya, Erythrina abyssinica, Eucalyptus globulus and Mangifera indica selected mediinal plants used to treat and prevent infections in Humans ...
Blood cell picture in HIV patients in Uganda: a comparative study of the picture in HIV patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy with those who are not
(Makerere University, 2004-01)
Atleast 40 million people were infected with HIV World wide by the end of 2001, 90% of whom live in the developing countries. Less than 5% of these were able to access drugs that suppress the HIV Virus (ARVs) by the end ...