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Case records and commentaries
(Makerere University, 2003)
A Comparative study of Hypo-Osmolar and Standard ORS solutions in treating Children with Persistent Diarrhoea Admitted to Mulago Hospital
(2003)
In 1991, The WHO and UNICEF estimated that Persistent Diarrhoea accounted for 10% of all Diarrhoea episodes in the under fives and that i accounts for 30-50% of the about 2.2 million Diarrhoea-related death per year in the ...
Prevalence, aetiology, associated factors and immediate outcome of neonatal septicaemia in Mulago hospital
(2003-05)
Background: Neonatal septicaemia is a common problem, which is associated with a mortality rate of more than 50% in some countries. However, its prevalence, causative organisms, and their sensitivity patterns have been ...
Prevalence and factors associated with Hepatitis B Infection among health care workers in Mulago Hospital
(2003)
Hepatitis B infection is a world wide health problem; however, the biggest burden is in Sub-Saharan Africa. Given the parental mode of transmission of HB Virus, health care workers (HCW) are at a special risk of acquiring ...
Risk factors for non-adherence to follow-up among patients treated for trypanosomiasis in Terego County, Arua District
(2003-06)
Background: About 60 million people are at risk of infection with Trypanosomiasis in 36 tsetse fly-infested sub-Saharan countries. Uganda is the only country known to have both species, distributed in two foci. The northern ...
Discontinuation of cost sharing in Uganda
(World Health Organization, 2003-09-15)
Objective: To assess the effects of ending cost sharing on use of outpatient services and how this was perceived by health workers and members of a health unit management committee. Methods: From 10 districts across Uganda, ...
Tuberculosis in household contacts of infectious cases in Kampala, Uganda
(2003)
Tuberculosis remains a serious threat to public health, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. To determine the host and environmental factors responsible for tuberculosis in African households, the authors performed a prospective ...
Causes of lower respiratory infection in HIV-infected Ugandan adults who are sputum AFB smear-negative
(IUATLD, 2003)
SETTING: Mulago national referral and teaching hospital.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the etiology of lower respiratory infections in HIV-infected Ugandan adults who are sputum acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear-negative.
DESIGN: A ...
Prevalence and some causative factors of severe anaemia among children admitted to the Acute Care Unit [of] Mulago Hospital
(2003-05)
Introduction: Anaemia is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide especially in developing countries. It is an important paediatric health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa where up to 45% of hospitalized ...
Participatory planning for the transformation of the Faculty of Medicine into a College of Health Sciences
(Makerere University Medical School, 2003)
The Makerere University, Faculty of Medicine was established in 1924, seventy-seven years ago. The year in which the current Dean, Professor Nelson Sewankambo enrolled was 1971. In 1971 the in take was 120 and his graduating ...