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Facilitators and barriers to tuberculosis case notification among private health facilities in Kampala Capital City
(Makerere University, 2022-08)
Introduction: The linkage of Private Health Providers (PHPs) is known to improve Tuberculosis (TB) case finding in the fight against the TB epidemic. In Uganda, 58% of people with TB related symptoms seek care initially ...
Test and treat policy: Effect on ART initiation and retention and health system barriers and facilitators to implementation in AHF Uganda Cares Clinics in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-05)
Background: The ‘Test and Treat’ policy was introduced by the WHO in 2015 as a measure to extend the benefits of ART to all HIV positive patients and, in a bid to enable the achievement of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 2030 ...
Prevalence, immunological profile, and factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection among adults with diabetes mellitus at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-10)
Introduction: The dual epidemic of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) is a growing public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Uganda inclusive. Due to the immunologic dysfunction associated with diabetes ...
Utility of urine LAM Biomarker for treatment response monitoring during 8 weeks of MDR-TB treatment at Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Background: The current methods used in monitoring treatment response among MDR - TB patients have low sensitivity, take long to give results, are expensive and require BSL3 facilities. It is known that MTB LAM as a biomarker ...
Uptake of urine lipoarabinomannan and associated factors in diagnosis of tuberculosis among patients with advanced HIV disease in selected Kampala Capital City Authority HIV clinics
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Background: Despite tuberculosis (TB) being the leading cause of death and hospitalization among people living with HIV (PLHIV), its diagnosis among this patient population remains a challenge leading to missed opportunities ...
Effect of COVID-19 period on tuberculosis treatment success; A mixed methods study among tuberculosis patients at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-01)
Introduction: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, over 4000 people were dying from TB every day. TB is still a major public health threat globally, but the TB epidemic may be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The lockdown ...
Patients' satisfaction with tuberculosis services provided at selected health facilities in Mityana District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-08)
Introduction
The quality of Tuberculosis health care is critical for improved treatment outcomes. Patient satisfaction surveys are important indicators of the quality of services offered however, there is limited information ...
Developing a theory informed intervention to improve linkage to treatment for patients diagnosed with tuberculosis using XPERT® MTB/RIF testing in Central and Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-11)
Background:
In 2019, Uganda notified only 74% of estimated TB cases against an END TB target of 90%. This
gap between estimated incident TB cases and those accessing TB treatment is due to a combination
of underdiagnosis ...
Patient single nucleotide polymorphisms assiocated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Ugandan population
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Uganda is one of the 30 World Health Organization-designated countries with a high burden of TB/HIV, with three main dominant genotypes that cause tuberculosis. Recent studies have shown that the M. tuberculosis Uganda ...
Treatment success and associated factors among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis attending Kampala Capital City Authority health facilities: A retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Introduction: TB treatment success remains low in Uganda, below the recommended WHO target with consequences of poor treatment outcome which include; an increase in the prevalence MDR-TB, increased treatment costs and ...