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Non-adherence to tuberculosis medication among patients in Rakai and Kyotera Districts
(Makerere University, 2023-08)
Introduction
Poor adherence to anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment is a bottleneck to treatment success, increases risk of community TB infection spread and fuels development drug resistance TB raising patient treatment ...
Gender differences in costs and socioeconomic consequences for patients seeking TB evaluation in East and Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018)
Introduction: Tuberculosis remains a major global public health problem with unequal distribution among men and women. Over 95% of new cases and 98% of deaths annually occur in the developing world where gender inequalities ...
Performance evaluation of the Uganda National Algorithm for Diagnosis of tuberculosis in children at Mulago National Referral Hospital-Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023)
Background
Diagnosing childhood tuberculosis (TB) is a challenge, this led the Uganda national tuberculosis control program (NTLP) to develop a clinical treatment decision algorithm for children. However, there is limited ...
Time to and factors associated with incident tuberculosis among PLHIV on ART and isoniazid preventive therapy in selected Kampala public health facilities
(Makerere University, 2023-07-03)
Introduction: People Living with HIV (PLHIV) are treated with Isoniazid to lower the risk of incident Tuberculosis disease. In Uganda, routine HIV program data in DHIS2, showed a rising trend of new TB cases in this ...
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 ...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated immune activation, inhibition and exhaustion profiling to predict active tuberculosis disease among presumptive tuberculosis participants and monitor anti-tuberculosis treatment response.
(Makerere University, 2023)
Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity especially among resource-limited populations including Uganda. This statistic is greatly fueled by the delay in diagnosis of the disease and ...
Costs of tuberculosis care and associated factors among patients with HIV or diabetes mellitus comorbidities attending selected health facilities in Kampala from a societal perspective
(Makerere University, 2023)
Introduction
In Uganda, the Tuberculosis (TB) burden among Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients is still high and increasing significantly among DM patients due to the looming DM epidemic. Although TB drugs and ...
Treatment outcomes and factors associated with non-cure of tuberculosis in Wakiso district
(Makerere University, 2018)
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) threatens public health all over the world. Uganda has not achieved the international targets for cure rate, treatment completion and default rate. Wakiso district in central part of the country ...