Browsing School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.) Collections by Subject "COVID-19"
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Comparison of SARS-COV-2 seroprevalence and associated factors among people living with and or without HIV from selected health facilities in lira district
(Makerere University, 2022-12-19)Background: SARS-CoV-2, a highly infectious virus that causes COVID-19, has been a major global public health challenge in the last two to three years. Globally, approximately 616 million were infected and 6.54 million had ... -
Impact of the second and third COVID-19 waves on out patient malaria indicators and case management guidelines at selected sites with varying malaria transmission intensities in Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2023-01-20)Background: COVID-19 has imposed negative impacts on the fight against malaria in many malaria endemic countries. We aimed to assess the impact of the second and third COVID-19 waves on outpatient malaria indicators and ... -
Performance evaluation of the Uganda National Algorithm for Diagnosis of tuberculosis in children at Mulago National Referral Hospital-Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023)Background Diagnosing childhood tuberculosis (TB) is a challenge, this led the Uganda national tuberculosis control program (NTLP) to develop a clinical treatment decision algorithm for children. However, there is limited ... -
Predicting survival of patients with COVID-19 admitted at Mulago National Referral Hospital using the chest x-ray (BRIXIA) score
(Makerere University, 2022)Introduction: By 31st October, 126,000 cases of Covid-19 pneumonia and 3,215 deaths had been reported in Uganda. Chest x-ray score (Brixia score) plays an important role in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of ... -
Retention in HIV care among adolescents living with HIV at Naguru Hospital: Effect of COVID-19 restrictive measures and other associated factors
(Makerere University, 2022-12)Introduction; In 2020, there were about 1.75 million adolescents living with HIV (ALWHIV) around the world. Approximately 1.5 million HIV-infected adolescents were from Sub-Saharan Africa, and by the end of 2019, about 7% ...