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Prevalence, nature and characteristics of external congenital anomalies at Mulago Hospital
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2011)
Background: Congenital anomalies may be structural, behavioral, functional or metabolic defects acquired before a baby is born and their nature and type are highly dependent on the causative agent as well as the time when ...
Climate for evidence-informed health systems: A print media analysis in 44 low- and middle income countries that host knowledge-translation platforms
(BioMed Central, 2011)
Background: We conducted a print media analysis in 44 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Eastern Mediterranean in order to understand one dimension of the climate for evidence-informed health systems and to ...
Molecular epidemiology of Influenza A/H3N2 viruses circulating in Uganda
(Public Library of Science, 2011-11-21)
The increasing availability of complete influenza virus genomes is deepening our understanding of influenza evolutionary dynamics and facilitating the selection of vaccine strains. However, only one complete African influenza ...
Scaling up mental health services: where would the money come from?
(Radcliffe Medical Press, 2011-08-03)
This editorial and accompanying article are the second in a series of four articles and editorials about the central importance of including mental health in global development policy and practice. The first article set ...
Chewing-stick practices using plants with anti-streptococcal activity in a Ugandan rural community
(2011)
Background: The high dental disease burden in developing countries has created a need to explore and develop cheap and accessible methods of dental disease prevention. Traditional toothbrushes (chewing-sticks) prepared ...
Risk factors and seroprevalence of Hepatitis C among patients hospitalised at Mulago Hospital, Uganda
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2011-06-01)
The emergence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and its associated sequelae in Africa is a cause for significant concern. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients are at an increased risk of contracting HCV infection ...
Prevalence and factors associated with depressive disorders in an HIV+ rural patient population in Southern Uganda
(Elsevier, 2011-12)
Background: Depressive disorders are estimated to occur in nearly half of HIV-infected individuals worldwide. Aim: To examine the prevalence and cardinal demographic, psychosocial and clinical features associated with ...
Levels of bifurcation of the sciatic nerve among Ugandans at School of Biomedical Sciences Makerere and Mulago Hospital Uganda
(Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa, 2011)
Background: The sciatic nerve is derived from the lumbo-sacral plexus, It is the thickest nerve in the whole body, it exits the gluteal region through the lower part of the greater sciatic foramen, it is the main innervator ...
Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in Sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial
(Elsevier, 2011-07-12)
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is reported to be a life-saving intervention in low-income settings. The effect of breastfeeding counselling by peer counsellors was assessed in Africa. Methods: 24 communities in ...
Taking down ‘the Ivory Tower’: leveraging academia for better health outcomes in Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2011)
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is home to less than ten
percent of the world’s population but bears nearly a quarter
of the world’s disease burden. At the same time, the
region has limited financial resources to invest in ...