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Presumptive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine versus weekly chloroquine for malaria prophylaxis in children with sickle cell anaemia in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2009-10-24)
Background: Malaria carries high case fatality among children with sickle cell anaemia. In Uganda, chloroquine is used for prophylaxis in these children despite unacceptably high levels of resistance. Intermittent presumptive ...
Immunity to malaria
(1970)
Section I: literature is reviewed and the pattern of the development of immunity in a population exposed to high malarial endemicity is followed. This is followed by a brief discussion of specific aspects of malarial ...
Variations of plasma concentrations of artemether-lumefantrine with age and weight in children presenting with uncomplicated malaria at Mulago Hospital.
(2009-10)
INTRODUCTION:
Malaria is still one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity in Ugandan children with the under 5 year mortality rate of 136/100,000. ACTs are the first line of treatment of uncomplicated malaria. ...
Underweight and mortality among children 0 to 60 months hospitalized with malaria in regions of varying malaria endemicity in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014-10)
Background:
Malaria and underweight have contributed to high morbidity and mortality in children. The two conditions have the potential to co-exist, but their relationship is not well understood in Uganda. The objective ...
The age-specific incidence of hospitalized paediatric malaria in Uganda
(BMC, 2020)
Background: Understanding the relationship between malaria infection risk and disease outcomes represents a fundamental component of morbidity and mortality burden estimations. Contemporary data on severe malaria risks ...
Evaluating Initiatives to support evidence-informed health system policy-making in Cameroon and Uganda: Case studies of EVIPNet Cameroon and REACH-PI Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-11)
Background: During the last twenty years, fostering evidence informed health system policymaking (EIHSP) in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) has been a priority for national and global health players with the aim ...
Adherence to malaria management guidelines by health care workers in the Busoga Sub-region, Eastern Uganda
(BMC, 2022)
Background: Appropriate malaria management is a key malaria control strategy. The objective of this study was to determine health care worker adherence levels to malaria case management guidelines in the Busoga sub-region, ...
Impact of the second and third COVID-19 waves on out patient malaria indicators and case management guidelines at selected sites with varying malaria transmission intensities in Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2023-01-20)
Background: COVID-19 has imposed negative impacts on the fight against malaria in many malaria endemic countries. We aimed to assess the impact of the second and third COVID-19 waves on outpatient malaria indicators and ...