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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 ...
Reasons, methods used and decision-making for pregnancy termination among adolescents and older women in Mulago hospital, Uganda
(Kenya Medical Association, 2005-11)
Objective: To explore the methods, reasons and decision-making process for termination of pregnancy among adolescents and older women, in Mulago hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Design: Comparative study. Subjects: Nine hundred ...
Quality of nurse led care for people living with HIV/AIDS attending the infectious diseases clinic, Mulago hospital.
(2008-11)
INTRODUCTION:
The Infectious Diseases Clinic (IDC) has a nurse led model of care through which stable and/or asymptomatic HIV patients are managed. To enhance patient quality of life, it is important to ensure that these ...
Carrier state of streptococcus pneumoniae in the nasopharnyx of Sickle Cell Children in Mulago Hospital - Kampala, Uganda.
(2001-04-13)
Introduction: Invasive pneumococcal disease has been recognised as a serious complication of homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease since the first description of this association (Wollstein & Kriedel, 1928). In Uganda there ...
The effects of enhanced access to antiretroviral therapy: a qualitative study of community perceptions in Kampala city, Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2008)
Introduction: Since 2001, Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) has been integrated as part of the Uganda National Program for Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care and Support. If patients take Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) as prescribed, ...
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 ...
Assessment of the enabling and barrier factors for reciept of couple HIV counselling and testing in Rakai district health facilities.
(2008-10)
INTRODUCTION:
Discordant marriages are one of the world’s high risk groups for HIV transmission. Rakai district in Uganda has 55.9% HIV sero discordance rate. Married people who come with their partners for CHCT which ...
Assessment of the implementation of tuberculosis (TB) communty based directly observed treatemtn, (CB-DOTS), in Tororo District, Uganda
(2007-05)
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) affects 20 million people the world over. Uganda is among the 22 high burden countries (HBC) and is ranked 16th in the global TB control. Community based directly observed ...
Trends of road traffic injuries, response to the injured, and injury outcomes in mukono dIstrict.
(2007-12)
The effects of road traffic injuries have been more devastating in low income countries where response to the injured and public health capacity to handle the injured remains less than adequate. Mukono district where this ...
Willingness to pay for community health insurance among households in Jinja district
(2007-10)
Introduction:
Community Health Insurance (CHI) is advocated for in many developing countries as one way of addressing the ill effects of direct payments of health care. It is perceived to be relevant in countries in ...