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Factors associated with clinic non-attendance among HIV infected adolescents at the Mildmay Centre in Wakiso District Uganda
(2009-10)
Health seeking behaviour among adolescents is poor yet they face many health challenges including unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV infection. The Mildmay Centre currently provides care ...
Factors associated with uptake of home based HIV counselling and testing by men in old Kumi district.
(2009-10)
BACKGROUND:
Voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) is one of the key strategies for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in Uganda. However, despite the introduction of home based HIV counselling and testing (HBCT), ...
Adherence to tablet and liquid formulations of antiretroviral medication for paediatric HIV treatment at MU-JHU research collaboration clinic-Kampala, Uganda.
(2009-07)
BACKGROUND:
Non adherence reduces the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy for patients with AIDS. Major challenges remain in paediatric HIV management which includes limited paediatric drug options for resource limited ...
Factors associated with contraceptive use among women in jinja district.
(2009-06)
BACKGROUND:
The contraceptive prevalence rate of Uganda is 24% (UDHS 2006). Eighteen percent of married women use modern methods, while 6% use a traditional method. As expected, current contraceptive use is higher among ...
Factors influencing coartem uptake of children 6 to 59 months old with umcomplicated malaria in Ntungamo District, Uganda.
(2009)
INTRODUCTION:
Artemisinin based combination therapies are recommended for malaria treatment. In Ntungamo district, only 38% of the children aged 6 to 59 months receive coartem following onset of fever compared to national ...
Condom use and associated factors among HIV positive ART naive and ART experienced patients attending HIV chronic care clinics in Entebbe Municipality.
(2009-11)
BACKGROUND:
About thirty three million people are infected with HIV/AIDS worldwide. The main mode of transmission of HIV is by heterosexual transmission. Studies have demonstrated that the male condom can substantially ...
Evaluation of the performance of HIV/AIDS post test clubs in Mubende District - Uganda.
(2009)
BACKGROUND:
Post-test clubs were introduced in 1990 in Uganda following the enacting of the VCT policy, now HIV counselling and testing (HCT) policy. In Mubende District they were introduced in 2000 but since then, no ...
Assessment of operational performance of health sub districts in Mubende district, Uganda.
(2009-11)
INTRODUCTION:
In 2001, the government of Uganda through its health policy introduced health sub districts (HSDs) with the aim of bringing health services near the people.
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY:
The overall objective ...
Assessment of the performance of community nurses in the home based care strategy at TASO Mbale.
(2009-11)
BACKGROUND:
Care for HIV/AIDS is optimized by the integration of family and community (WHO, 2002). The home based care strategy of HIV/AIDS service delivery was launched by the AIDS support organisation (TASO) in the year ...
The prevalence and factors associated with non-adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy among children receiving treatment as three TASO Centres.
(2009-06)
BACKGROUND:
In 2005, TASO started implementing a paediatric combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) program at the 11 centres of Entebbe, Gulu, Jinja, Masaka, Masindi, Mbale, Mbarara, Mulago, Rukungiri, Soroti and Tororo. ...