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The prevalence and predictors of health unit delivery among HIV positive pregnant women who attend ANC at Mulago Hospital
(2012-05)
About 700,000 children in 2005 were infected with HIV worldwide virtually all of them through mother to child transmission (MTCT). About 90% of them occurred in sub-Saharan Africa due to a continuation of the high prevalence ...
Nutritional status and food habits of adolescents in public and private boarding secondary schools in Hoima District
(Makerere University, 2012)
Background: Good nutrition is essential during adolescence as it supports the increased growth spurt that characterized puberty and teen years. Adolescence nutritional problems are common in the developing countries and ...
Value and importance of informed consent to researchers at Makerere University.
(Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health., 2012)
Background: Respect for persons requires that research participants be given the opportunity to make choices about what should be done to them. Many times, the process of informed consent is abused to the benefit of ...
Antibacterial activity of the root extracts of draceana laxissima and draceana fragrans on selected urinary tract pathogens
(Makerere University, 2012-01)
Introduction: Over 150 million people are diagnosed with urinary tract infections (UTI) each year. The prevalence rate for UTIs in the Ugandan population was estimated to be at 1 in 33 or 3.03%. The main causal organisms ...