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Factors associated with management of Pneumonia among children by Village Health Teams in Abim District
(Makerere University, 2018-11-26)
Background: Pneumonia is the 2nd leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age in
Uganda. Pneumonia deaths could be prevented if Village Health Teams (VHTs) knew how to
manage pneumonia correctly. The objective ...
Assessment of factors associated with district health facility preparedness towards cholera epidemics: A case of Namayingo District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11)
Background: African countries are prone to epidemics due to poor preparedness. Uganda adopted the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy to effectively respond to epidemics. Despite having an IDSR, ...
Prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension among Makerere University teaching staff.
(Makerere University, 2018-05-18)
Introduction. Hypertension is a disease of global health importance and affects one third of the world’s population. Its burden is on the increase in Low and Middle-Income Countries as compared to high income countries and ...
Comparison of Ackers culture to Inpouch culture for the diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis among Symptomatic Females at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere university, 2015-10)
Background: Trichomoniasis is the most curable sexually transmitted Infection (STI) in the world, caused by the genital Trichomonas vaginalis infection. The Trichomona vaginalis is a single celled flagellated eukaryote ...
Factors associated with empathy among midwives working in obstetrics and gynecology department of Mulago hospital Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-08)
Introduction: Empathy is an essential component of a caring relationship and especially critical to the provision of quality midwifery care. It enables health care professionals to identify and understand patient‘s ...
Awareness and attitudes towards intra uterine contraceptive device use among adult females seeking family planning services at Kiswa health centre iii.
(Makerere University, 2018-11-01)
Introduction: The intra uterine contraceptive device (IUCD) is a long term reversible contraceptive method that can contribute to improving the reproductive health indices by prevention of unwanted pregnancies. In Uganda, ...
Knowledge, attitude and practices of health workers towards sickle cell screening in Tororo District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11-26)
Introduction: Sickle cell is a genetic disease affecting millions of people worldwide. About
75% of children with sickle cell disease die within the first 5 years as a result of infections.
The sickle cell trait is a ...
Complementary feeding practices and associated factors among infants and young children aged 6-23 months in fort portal municipality Kabarole district.
(2018-11-26)
Background:Evidence has shown that promotion of appropriate complementary feeding practices reduces the incidence of stunting and leads to better growth outcome, Inappropriate complementary feeding leads to nutrient ...
Where is students’ research in evidenceinformed decision-making in health? Assessing productivity and use of postgraduate students’ research in lowand middle-income countries: a systematic review
(Health Research Policy and Systems, 2017)
Background: Investing in research that is not accessible or used is a waste of resources and an injustice to human subject participants. Post-graduate students’ research in institutions of higher learning involves considerable ...
Knowledge, attitudes and utilization of premarital sickle cell disease screening among primigravida mothers at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2015-09)
Background: Sickle cell anemia remains the most frequent and traumatizing genetic disease which continues to devastate the families of sickle cell patients both mentally and economically in Uganda with an average of 33,000 ...