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Assessment of availability, adequacy and factors affecting provision of school health services in primary schools of Mukono County in Mukono District
(Makerere University, 2008-11)
Introduction and background. Health related causes contribute significantly to school
dropout and absenteeism. Sixty percent of school dropouts are due to sickness (MOE,
2003). This has resulted into low primary school ...
The safety of adult male circumcision in HIV-infected and uninfected men in Rakai, Uganda.
(Public Library of Science, 2008-06)
Background
The objective of the study was to compare rates of adverse events (AEs) related to male
circumcision (MC) in HIV-positive and HIV-negative men in order to provide guidance for MC programs that may provide ...
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 ...
The contribution of research in advancing health care in Uganda
(2005-11)
This is a book of abstracts of the first annual scientific conference organised by the Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University on "the contribution of research in advancing health care in Uganda" at Imperial Beach Resort ...
Blood cell picture in HIV patients in Uganda: a comparative study of the picture in HIV patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy with those who are not
(Makerere University, 2004-01)
Atleast 40 million people were infected with HIV World wide by the end of 2001, 90% of whom live in the developing countries. Less than 5% of these were able to access drugs that suppress the HIV Virus (ARVs) by the end ...
The International HIV Dementia Scale: a new rapid screening test for HIV dementia
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005)
Objective: HIV dementia is an important neurological complication of advanced HIV infection. The use of a cross-cultural screening test to detect HIV dementia within the international community is critical for diagnosing ...
Breast cancer guidelines for Uganda (2nd Edition 2007)
(Makerere University Medical School, 2008-06)
Breast cancer in Uganda is the third commonest cancer in women coming only next to cancer of the cervix and Kaposi’s sarcoma. The incidence of breast cancer in Uganda has doubled from11: 100,000 in 1961 to 22:100,000 in ...
Nurses' knowledge and preventive practices on cross infection during nursing care in Mulago Hospital, Kawempe Division, Kampala District, Uganda
(2007-06)
BACKGROUND: The striking feature about cross infection is that it occurs to patients, healthcare workers (HCW) and other person in health centres. It involves introducing an effective organism from an infected person/equipment ...
Malignant transformation in intra oral papillary lesions diagnosed in the department of pathology, faculty of medicine, Makerere University, Kampala
(2007-07)
Oral papillary lesions account for two and a half percent of benign neoplastic lesions of the oral mucosa and occur at any site within the oral mucosa. Some oral papillary lesions have been associated with HPV infection. ...
Improvement of the patient flow in a large urban clinic with high HIV seroprevalence in Kampala, Uganda
(International Journal of STD & AIDS, 2009)
Antiretroviral treatment roll-out programmes in Africa often have difficulties to cope with the increasing number of clients. Based on the findings of a survey carried out in 2005 that showed long waiting times, innovative ...