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Contraceptive use among women refugees in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Kyenjojo District, South Western Uganda
(2009-05)Today Uganda hosts an estimated 230,000 refugees in 12 districts. There are 16,000 refugees in Kyaka II settlement in Kyenjojo district in Western Uganda. Family Planning supplies and services for refugees in Kyenjojo ... -
The cost of providing antiretroviral therapy in Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale District
(2010-09)Introduction: While there is no cure for the HIV infection, the use of Antiretroviral Therapy has gone a long way to prolong the survival of HIV infected persons. Only 48.7% of PLHIV in Uganda in need of ART care currently ... -
The effects of socio-economic status on prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis infection in walukuba division, jinja district, uganda.
(2007-01)BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis contributes to the top ten causes of morbidity in jinja district. Despite the district’s interventions, new cases continue to emerge. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between the ... -
The epidemiology of tetanus in Busoga
(1975-02)During a brief period of 4 weeks in October 1974, a study was conducted about factors associated with the high frequency of TETANUS in Busoga previously reported from analysis of Jinja Hospital records. 36 cases of tetanus ... -
Evaluation of bacterial contamination and label information of oral-liquid herbal medicinal products for cough in Makindye Division, Kampala District.
(2009-06)Herbal medicine a form of alternative medicine, is becoming increasingly popular both in low-income and high income countries. There are many herbal medicinal products on Ugandan market particularly in Kampala and many ... -
Evaluation of patients' response to treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala.
(2009-10)BACKGROUND: In Africa, a consideration number of clients get diagnosed with HIV for the first time after a WHO stage 4 illness. Evidence in the developed world shows that individuals who initiate ART with advanced HIV/AIDS ... -
Evaluation of the community based directly observed treatment for tuberculosis-short implimentation in Rukungiri district, Uganda
(2005-02)The Community Based Directly Observed Treatment Short course program for tuberculosis has been proved to be one of the most effective of all health interventions, but its performance in Rukungiri district was still poor ... -
Evaluation of the performance of HIV/AIDS post test clubs in Mubende District - Uganda.
(2009)BACKGROUND: Post-test clubs were introduced in 1990 in Uganda following the enacting of the VCT policy, now HIV counselling and testing (HCT) policy. In Mubende District they were introduced in 2000 but since then, no ... -
Factors affecting adherence to cotrimoxazole prophylaxis among HIV/AIDS patients in Rukungiri District, Uganda.
(2009)INTRODUCTION: Globally, 33 million people are estimated to be living with HIV of which 22 million are in sub Saharan Africa. In Rukungiri district, 20115 people were estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS. With adherence ... -
Factors affecting implementation of community based directly observed treatment of tuberculosis, short course, in Hoima district - Uganda.
(2009)Introduction: Tuberculosis is a communicable disease of human beings caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis bacteria. In CB-DOTS, tuberculosis patients are initially treated in a health centre by a health worker for two weeks ... -
Factors affecting infection control at health facilities in Kumi district, Uganda.
(2002-07)BACKGROUND: Despite the efforts of Kumi district health team to provide continuous medical education (CME) to the health workers, rehabilitate, equip and provide supplies to the health facilities, infection control (IC) ... -
Factors affecting parent-child communication on issues of sexual and reproductive health, Tororo District, Uganda
(2007)INTRODUCTION: Parent- child communication on issues of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is very important in improving the reproductive health status of a community and is of public concern. In Tororo district, a big ... -
Factors affecting use of community based tuberculosis care in kampala district, uganda.
(2007-11)Tuberculosis(T.B)is among the leading causes of mortality and affects one third of the population in the developing countries. Community based tuberculosis short course therapy(CBDOTS) is the most effective strategy available ... -
Factors affecting utilization of natal services by HIV pregnant women in Jnja District, Uganda.
(2009-07)BACKGROUND: The Uganda MoH policy on PMTCT requires all HIV positive pregnant women to deliver in higher facilities to access nevirapine and modified obstetrical care in order to reduce MTCT. However, only 34% of the HIV ... -
Factors affecting utilization of postnatal care in Rukungiri District
(2008-11)BACKGROUND: All pregnant women need good quality maternal health services, post natal care inclusive, so as to ensure their well being and that of their infants. The MMR and IMR in Rukungiri district are 500/100,000 and ... -
Factors associated with absenteeism at Kakira Sugar Works (non-plantation workers)
(1978-03)In this paper, literature on subject of absenteeism in industrialized countries was reviewed briefly, and a passing commentary made on what the pattern of absenteeism in Uganda was likely to be. A short history of the ... -
Factors associated with antenatal care dropout among pregnant women in Tororo district, Uganda
(2007-10)Antenatal care is care that is given to a pregnant woman in order to attain best possible health outcome for her and her baby Antenatal health services help to detect and treat pregnancy related complications which if ... -
Factors associated with clinic non-attendance among HIV infected adolescents at the Mildmay Centre in Wakiso District Uganda
(2009-10)Health seeking behaviour among adolescents is poor yet they face many health challenges including unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV infection. The Mildmay Centre currently provides care ... -
Factors associated with clinic non-attendance among HIV infected adolescents at the Mildmay Centre in Wakiso District Uganda.
(2009-10)Health seeking behaviour among adolescents is poor yet they face many health challenges including unwanted pregnancies, sexually infected infections (STI) and HIV infection. The Mildmay Centre currently provides care to ... -
Factors associated with contraceptive use among women in jinja district.
(2009-06)BACKGROUND: The contraceptive prevalence rate of Uganda is 24% (UDHS 2006). Eighteen percent of married women use modern methods, while 6% use a traditional method. As expected, current contraceptive use is higher among ...