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Assessment of factors associated with district health facility preparedness towards cholera epidemics: A case of Namayingo District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11)
Background: African countries are prone to epidemics due to poor preparedness. Uganda adopted the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy to effectively respond to epidemics. Despite having an IDSR, ...
Prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among Makerere University teaching staff.
(Makerere University, 2018-05-18)
Introduction. Hypertension is a disease of global health importance and affects one third of the world’s population. Its burden is on the increase in Low and Middle-Income Countries as compared to high income countries and ...
Awareness and attitudes towards intra uterine contraceptive device use among adult females seeking family planning services at Kiswa health centre iii.
(Makerere University, 2018-11-01)
Introduction: The intra uterine contraceptive device (IUCD) is a long term reversible contraceptive method that can contribute to improving the reproductive health indices by prevention of unwanted pregnancies. In Uganda, ...
Knowledge, attitude and practices of health workers towards sickle cell screening in Tororo District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11-26)
Introduction: Sickle cell is a genetic disease affecting millions of people worldwide. About
75% of children with sickle cell disease die within the first 5 years as a result of infections.
The sickle cell trait is a ...
Complementary feeding practices and associated factors among infants and young children aged 6-23 months in fort portal municipality Kabarole district.
(2018-11-26)
Background:Evidence has shown that promotion of appropriate complementary feeding practices reduces the incidence of stunting and leads to better growth outcome, Inappropriate complementary feeding leads to nutrient ...
Prevalence, clinical pattern and short term outcomes of HIV infected children admitted at Alsabah Children's Hospital, South Sudan
(Makerere University, 2018)
Background: Worldwide, HIV continues to be a major global health issue, having claimed more than 35 million lives so far. According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 2017 report, approximately 36.7 ...
Caregivers’ attitudes and perceptions towards approval/non-approval of contraceptive use among adolescents in Tororo District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018)
Introduction: In Uganda, adolescent pregnancy remains a key public health concern. The use of contraceptives by adolescents has been controversial. Although the adolescents’ caregivers are key in decision making for ...
Disability predisposure to urinary tract infections among adolescent girls: a prospective cohort study in Tororo district, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2018-11-15)
Introduction: The risk of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) is disproportionately distributed among adolescent girls despite the absence of research illustrating the
incidence. Objective: The study investigated how ...
Contraceptive use and choice following abortion and associated factors among female youth in Nakawa and Kawempe Divisions, Kampala - Uganda
(2018-12-14)
Back ground: In Uganda, female youth are most prone to unintended pregnancies. These result into unsafe clandestine abortions because of their ill preparedness for the consequences and the country’s restrictive abortion ...
Assessing community knowledge, practices and determinants of neonatal mortality in a persistently high burden region: a case study of Masaka District-Uganda.
(2018-11-26)
Introduction: South Central Uganda where Masaka district is found continues to register higher neonatal mortality rates as compared to other regions in the country. It is not clear why the region has persistently had a ...