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Prevalence and factors associated with malaria parasitemia in infants below 6 months of age on the out-patient clinic of Mulago Hospital
(2008-06)
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains the most important parasitic cause of mortality and morbidity in infants in sub-saharan Africa. Previously it had been thought that malaria in infants below six months of age was infrequent in ...
The age-specific incidence of hospitalized paediatric malaria in Uganda
(BMC, 2020)
Background: Understanding the relationship between malaria infection risk and disease outcomes represents a fundamental component of morbidity and mortality burden estimations. Contemporary data on severe malaria risks ...
Malaria diagnosed in an urban setting strongly associated with recent overnight travel: A case–control study from Kampala, Uganda
(2020)
Malaria is frequently diagnosed in urban Kampala, despite low transmission intensity. To evaluate the association between recent travel out of Kampala and malaria, we conducted a matched case–control study. Cases were ...
Methods to estimate baseline creatinine and define acute kidney injury in lean Ugandan children with severe malaria: A prospective cohort study
(BMC, 2020)
Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is increasingly recognized as a consequential clinical complication in children with severe malaria. However, approaches to estimate baseline creatinine (bSCr) are not standardized in ...
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% ...
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is elevated in children with acute kidney injury and sickle cell anemia, and predicts mortality
(Elsevier, 2022)
Urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a biomarker of acute kidney injury that has been adapted to a urine dipstick test. However, there is limited data on its use in low and-middle-income countries ...
Low-level viraemia: An emerging concern among people living with HIV in Uganda and across sub-Saharan Africa
(AOSIS, 2022)
Attaining viral load (VL) suppression for over 95% of the people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy is a fundamental step in enabling Uganda and other sub-Saharan African countries to achieve global Sustainable ...
The influence of pre-hospital treatment of fever on severity of malaria among children 6-59 months presenting at Mulago Hospital: A case-control study.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Introduction: Delivery of prompt and adequate treatment for malaria at the community level remains a strategy to reduce the burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. As a result of this many patients with suspected malaria ...
Outcomes and predictors of survival among children with hodgkin lymphoma at Uganda Cancer Institute
(Makerere University, 2022-11)
Background: Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) is one of the most curable childhood malignancies. HL represents 6% of all childhood cancers and has an incidence rate of 12 cases/million/year in the 0–14-year age group worldwide It has ...
Transfusion Challenges in Patients with Hematological Malignancies in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Prospective Observational Study from the Uganda Cancer Institute
(Makerere University, 2020)
Blood transfusion is fundamental in managing hematologic malignancies. We sought to evaluate the need and availability of blood products for patients with hematological malignancies at Uganda Cancer Institute. We prospectively ...