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Domestic violence during pregnancy in Uganda: the social context, biomedical consequences and relationship with induced abortion
(Axis Printers, 2006-05)
Background: The 2000/2001 Uganda Demographic and Health Surveillance report indicated that domestic violence, unwanted pregnancies and induced abortion were common reproductive health problems in Uganda. Women’s and men’s ...
Severe malnutrition with and without HIV-1 infection in hospitalised children in Kampala, Uganda: differences in clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ cell counts
(BioMed Central, 2006-10-16)
Background: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ and CD8+ cell counts of severely malnourished children in relation to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. ...
Antenatal HIV testing in rural eastern Uganda in 2003: incomplete rollout of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme?
(BioMed Central, 2006-05-03)
Background: Uganda began to implement the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programme in 2000, and by the end of 2003 it had expanded to cover 38 of the 56 districts including Mbale District. However, ...
Risk factors in hospital deaths in severely malnourished children in Kampala, Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2006-03-16)
Background: Although the risk factors for increased fatality among severely malnourished children have been reported, recent information from Africa, during a period of HIV pandemic and constrained health services, remains ...
Antiretroviral therapy improves cognitive impairment in HIV individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa
(American Academy of Neurology (AAN), 2006)
Abstract—Background: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can improve cognitive performance in some patients
with HIV-associated cognitive impairment in the United States. The effect of HAART on HIV dementia ...
Cultural explanatory models of depression in Uganda
(Karolinska University Press, 2006)
Background: Depressive disorders are among the most frequent psychiatric disorders, accounting for up to 30% of primary care service utilisation in developing countries in general, and Uganda in particular. However, delays ...
Community based peer counsellors for support of exclusive breastfeeding: experiences from rural Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2006-10-20)
Background: Universal exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months could reduce infant mortality by 13%. Although 99% women initiate breastfeeding in Uganda, exclusive breastfeeding rates remain low. Although peer ...
The distribution of mycobacterium tuberclosis complex species among PTB patients presenting at the National TB Treatment Center at Mulago Hospital, Kampala Uganda
(Makerere University, 2006-03)
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MtbC) is one of the deadliest pathogens in human history. Tuberculosis control today relies on case identification, treatment (case holding) ...