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The prevalence of hearing impairment in the 6 weeks - 5 years HIV/AIDS-positive patients attending Paediatric Infectious Disease Clinic at Mulago Hospital
(2014-08-06)
Introduction
In Uganda, it is estimated that between 39,000 and 200,000 children (0-14) years of age are living with HIV (UNAIDS, 2006). In children with HIV/AIDS, hearing impairment is one form of disability that greatly ...
Doctoral training in Uganda: evaluation of mentoring best practices at Makerere University College of Health Sciences
(BMC Medical Education, 2014)
Background: Good mentoring is a key variable for determining success in completing a doctoral program. We identified prevailing mentoring practices among doctoral students and their mentors, identified common challenges ...
Patterns of musculoskeletal injuries presenting at selected public general hospitals in the Districts of Central Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Musculoskeletal injuries are among the commonest conditions seen in the general/ district hospitals which are the first referral health facilities in Uganda. These conditions require urgent care to reduce morbidity and ...
The Influence of pre-hospital treatment of fever on severity of malaria among children 6-59 months presenting at Mulago Hospital: A case-control study
(Makerere University, 2014)
Introduction: Delivery of prompt and adequate treatment for malaria at the community level remains a strategy to reduce the burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. As a result of this many patients with suspected malaria ...
Maternal outcome following discharge on 2nd versus 3rd day post caesarean section at Mulago Hospital: A randomized clinical trial
(Makerere University, 2014)
Background: The number of women delivering by CS has increased worldwide. This is the same as in Mulago hospital where the number has increased greatly over the past five years with the rate ranging from 20 to 25 per year. ...
Factors associated with adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment among children attending TB clinics in Mulago Hospital, Nsambya Home Care and Kawempe (KCCA Health Centre).
(Makerere University, 2014)
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity with about 8.8 million new TB cases globally in 2010.Uganda like most of Sub-Saharan Africa, has a high burden of TB and this is fuelled by the ...
Prevalence and associated factors of osteoporosis in HIV infected adults attending MU-JHU outpatient clinic at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
(Namusoke, J. (2014). Prevalence and associated factors of osteoporosis in HIV infected adults attending MU-JHU outpatient clinic at Mulago National Referral Hospital. Unpublished masters thesis. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., 2014)
Introduction
Western studies have described and noted an increased prevalence rate of osteoporosis in HIV infected patients. The causes of osteoporosis in this population appear to be multifactorial and likely represent ...
Standardizing assessment practices of undergraduate medical competencies across medical schools: Challenges, opportunities and lessons learned from a consortium of medical schools in Uganda.
(African Field Epidemiology Network, 2014)
Abstract
Introduction: Health professions education is gradually moving away from the more traditional approaches to new innovative ways of training
aimed at producing professionals with the necessary competencies to ...
Prevalence and patterns of traumatic bone loss following open long bone fractures at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Introduction: Significant traumatic bone loss occurs in a high proportion of open fractures ranging from 11.4% to 40% in developed countries.2,3 However, there is no documented literature concerning the prevalence and ...
High prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care: a cross-sectional study in two hospitals in northern Uganda
(BMJ, 2014)
Objective: To determine the prevalence of the hepatitis
B viral (HBV) infection and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)
positivity among pregnant women attending antenatal
clinics in two referral hospitals in northern ...