Browsing School of Public Health (Public-Health) Collections by Issue Date "2009-06"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Factors associated with loss to follow up in HIV positive clients on ARVs at Infectious Disease Clinic, Mulago Hospital from 2005 to 2007
(Makerere University, 2009-06)Background: Worldwide there approximately 40.3 million people with HIV of which 25.8million are in the sub Saharan region of Africa. In Uganda over 1million ( 100,000 children under 15years) people are infected with HIV(MOH ... -
Factors contributing to persistent stock outs of essential medicines and healh supplies at lower level health facilities in Wakiso District.
(2009-06)BACKGROUND: Despite progress in increasing the number of people with access to essential medicines and health supplies (EMHS) over the past decades, vulnerable populations still lack access to them and the situation seems ... -
Factors influencing implementation of infection control measures in health units in Arua district, uganda.
(2009-06)BACKGROUND: According to the yellow star program, less than 60% of the health units in Arua district, Uganda, were adequately observing infection control measures inspite of the presence of guidelines on how to do ... -
The prevalence and factors associated with non-adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy among children receiving treatment as three TASO Centres.
(2009-06)BACKGROUND: In 2005, TASO started implementing a paediatric combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) program at the 11 centres of Entebbe, Gulu, Jinja, Masaka, Masindi, Mbale, Mbarara, Mulago, Rukungiri, Soroti and Tororo. ... -
Prevalence of risky sexual behavior and associated factors among young adults in rural Mwanza Region
(Makerere University, 2009-06)Introduction: HIV/AIDS is a global challenge which has been termed a development crisis as well as a health crisis. Risky sexual behavior in rural communities puts young adults into the risk of acquiring STIs/HIV. Hence, ...