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Prevalence and aetiology of bacteraemia among children with lymphomas on cancer chemotherapy at the uganda cancer institute.
(2009-08)
INTRODUCTION:
The prevalence of cancers has been noted to be on the increase worldwide. In Africa, this increase has mainly been attributed to viral infections especially HIV. Lymphomas are currently the commonest childhood ...
Reliability of haematoxylin and eosin staining in the diagnosis of hodgkin's disease in uganda.
(2002-05)
BACKGROUND:
Whereas immunohistochemical methods have been widely used for the diagnosis and classification of Hodgkin’s disease in the developed countries, there are very few reports of their use in the developing countries ...
Views and Opinions of Mothers and husbands Towards the Presence of Husbands in the Labour Ward s during ChildBirth.
(2001-09)
ABSTARCT
Poor obstetric care contributes significantly to high maternal mortality rate(MMR) in developing countries. In Uganda MMR is estimated at 506/100,000 live births compared to 27/100,000 live birth in developed ...
Knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception among commercial motor- cycle riders in kawempe division, Kampala district, Uganda.
(2009-05)
BACKGROUND:
Few studies have been done on men about their knowledge, attitude and practice on contraception as most studies are directed at women. Commercial motorcycle riders are a unique group of men who are young, ...
Effect of toxicities to triomune on virologic outcomes among HIV-1 infected adults at the infectious diseases insititute, Uganda.
(2008-08)
INTRODUCTION:
Use of fixed dose generic combination of stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine (Triomune) for the treatment of HIV/AIDS is wide sparead in resource limited settings (RLS). However, the clinical benefits of ...
Utilization of traditional medicine as a health care option: a case for Kiruhura District
(2008-10)
INTRODUCTION:
Traditional medicine has existed in Uganda for a very long time before the advent for modern forms of treatment and almost all communities entirely depended on it for their health care needs. Traditional ...
Assessment of the Implementation of the Health Sub-District Concept in Arua District in Uganda.
(2001-03)
INTRODUCTION:
The implementation of the HSD concept, a strategy under health sector reforms and decentralization had been associated with poor management and delivery of health services in HSDs in Arua District. This was ...
Factors associated with repeated cholera outbreaks: a case of Arua district, Uganda
(2007-05)
Introduction and Background: Cholera has remained a global health problem despite the advent of modern medicine and mainly affects developing countries where the public health community is least prepared to handle outbreaks. ...
A Comparison of aspiration and non- aspiration fine needle techniques in providing standard amount of follucular cells for cytodiagnosis of thyroid nodules at Mulago hospital
(2007-07)
Introduction:
Fine needle cytology is recommended as the initial evaluation of thyroid nodules. Its main limitation are inadequate cellular harvest and indeterminate results. Unpublished cytology results of January 2006 ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of midwives towards active management of third stage of labour to preventing post partum heamohage: a case study in Mulago Hospital.
(2007-06)
ABSTRACT: Severe bleeding is the single most important cause of maternal deaths worldwide. Every year, over 500,000 women die as a result of childbirth. Of these, 25-60% die of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). Unfortunately, ...