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Has Uganda experienced any stalled fertility transitions? Reflecting on the last four decades (1973–2011)
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Background: Persistent high fertility is associated with mother and child mortality. While most regions in the world
have experienced declines in fertility rates, there are conflicting views as to whether Uganda has entered ...
Promising Perceptions, Divergent Practices and Barriers to Integrated Malaria Prevention in Wakiso District, Uganda: A Mixed Methods Study
(PLOS One, 2015)
Background
The World Health Organization recommends use of multiple approaches to control malaria.
The integrated approach to malaria prevention advocates the use of several malaria prevention
methods in a holistic ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation in pregnancy: A case study of ANC clients attending KCCA health centres, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2015-08)
Introduction:
About 41.8% of pregnant women worldwide are anemic; half of this anaemia burden is due to iron deficiency. Developing countries are the most affected and in Uganda, 31% of the pregnant women have iron ...
The epidemiology of hypertension in Uganda: Findings from the national non- communicable diseases risk factor survey
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
Background: Hypertension is an important contributor to global burden of disease and mortality, and is a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. However, most sub-Saharan African countries lack detailed ...
Nutritional status of secondary school adolescents and associated factors in Gulu district, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-09)
Introduction: Many adolescents in Uganda have a poor nutritional status with the prevalence of wasting being at 32.9% and 14.3% for boys and girls respectively. The national adolescent health policy advocates for a nutritional ...
The effect of HIV testing and instant antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation on long term patients’ attrition: A retrospective cohort study in Masaka, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015)
Introduction: By June 2013, an estimated 35 million people were living with HIV/AIDS of which, about 13.6 million had been put on antiretroviral drugs (ART). The World Health Organization (WHO) through UNAIDS set the ...
Factors associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among pregnant women in Mukono District
(Makerere University, 2015-11-18)
Introduction: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) include chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and chronic hypertension with superimposed pre-eclampsia. These disorders are associated ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of shisha smoking among youths in Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-06)
Tobacco use in various forms is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide and so is exposure to secondhand smoke. Despite the various strategies put in place to control cigarette smoking, alternative methods of ...
An assessment of essential newborn care practices among adolescent mothers in Hoima District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-09)
Introduction and background: Adolescent motherhood remains a challenge to improving
child survival in countries like Uganda still struggling with high neonatal mortality rates.
Although Ministry of Health Uganda has ...
Adherence to complementary feeding guidelines and associated factors among caregivers of children 6-23 months in Lamwo District
(Makerere University, 2015)
Introduction: Undernutrition is unacceptably high in developing countries such as Uganda. For instance, stunting levels were at 33% in 2011 and were worse in rural areas such as Lamwo district with an even higher prevalence ...