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Prevalence of unmet menstrual hygiene management needs among women employees in shopping arcades in Kampala Central Division
(Makerere University, 2022)
Introduction: Menstruation in a workplace remains underestimated in explorations of occupational health and entire public health literature despite presenting a burden at work. For working women, menstrual challenges have ...
Self-medication for COVID-19 among urban slum dwellers in Jinja City
(Makerere University, 2022-12-01)
Introduction: Self-medication, the use of medicine by individuals without a valid prescription, is a serious public health concern globally and has been exacerbated by the current COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of known ...
Assessment of the quality of informed consent process for elective gynaecological and obstetric surgical procedures in Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-11)
Background: The WHO declaration on patients’ rights, the patient has to be fully informed about their health status and medical facts. Obtaining informed consent is to respect patient’s autonomy, therefore it’s more than ...
Prevalence of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli and factors associated with multidrug resistance in dogs from selected veterinary clinics in Kampala District
(Makerere University, 2022-12-16)
Background: Antibiotic resistance has consistently become a significant global source of disease and mortality in both people and animals. Escherichia coli (E. coli) has been identified as a leading cause of resistant ...
Prediction of low birth weight at term in low resource setting of Gulu City, Uganda : a prospective cohort study
(PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2022-11-08)
Introduction: despite the widespread poverty in Northern Uganda resulting in undernutrition, not all mothers deliver low birth weight babies. Therefore, we developed and validated the risk prediction models for low birth ...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis expression of Antigen 85B (Ag85B) in different culture conditions
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Background: : Secretion of specific proteins by Mycobacterium tuberculosis contributes to pathogenesis and immune responses in tuberculosis disease yet the quantification of these secreted proteins in-vitro are poorly ...
Discontinuation of pre-exposure prophylaxis and associated factors among sex workers attending the most at Risk Population Clinic, Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Background
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and retention rates in clinical trials have been well characterized. However, little is known about PrEP discontinuation in routine public health settings in developing ...
Correlation of plasma HIV-1 p24 antigen levels with viral load in samples of HIV positive patients on ART in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Globally, a total of 38.0 million people living with HIV, of which 1.7 million people became newly infected with HIV in 2019. Additionally, an average of 690,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2019, and 26 ...
Effect of COVID-19 on utilization of routine immunisation services among children below 1 year in Wakiso District, Uganda: Challenges and adaptations
(Makerere University, 2022-08)
Background: COVID -19 pandemic disrupted utilization of routine immunization services in Uganda. While the stringent measures to mitigate its spread helped curb effects of the pandemic, they also likely impacted the ...
Utilisation of and factors associated with birth companionship at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-11)
Background: The World Health Organization recommends birth companionship for all mothers as a way of improving labour outcomes as well as increasing satisfaction with care during childbirth by the mothers. In low and ...