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Challenges of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) among children aged 6 to 15 years in Kabarole District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2009-10)
Introduction: HIV/AIDS is one of the leading causes of mortality among children in Kabarole district. It is however unknown how many children are on ART and there is very little documented evidence of the challenges faced ...
Experiences of pregnant adolescent from Wakiso district, Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2005-12)
Background: In Uganda, morbidity and mortality among adolescent mothers and their children are high. Social factors behind this problem need to be better understood. Objective: To explore problems that pregnant adolescents ...
Determinants of infant growth in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional health study
(BioMed Central, 2008-12-22)
Background: Child under-nutrition is a leading factor underlying child mortality and morbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Several studies from Uganda have reported impaired growth, but there have been few if any community-based ...
The prevalence and factors associated with adrenal insufficiency among patients with sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis admitted to Mulago Hospital.
(2009-09)
BACKGROUND:
Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the common infections which cause adrenal insufficiency in the developing countries. That is why we set out to determine the prevalence and factors associated with adrenal ...
Poverty, life events and the risk for depression in Uganda
(Springer-Verlag, 2009-11-16)
Background: Understanding the determinants of major depression in sub-Saharan Africa is important for planning effective intervention strategies. Objective: To investigate the social and life-event determinants of major ...
Pattern of dental caries in Mulago Dental School clinic, Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2005)
Introduction: Information on dental caries among patients attending Mulago Hospital is scarce. Yet knowledge of the pattern of caries can be used to plan preventive and treatment interventions. This study describes the ...
Prevalence and factors associated with malaria parasitemia in infants below 6 months of age on the out-patient clinic of Mulago Hospital
(2008-06)
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains the most important parasitic cause of mortality and morbidity in infants in sub-saharan Africa. Previously it had been thought that malaria in infants below six months of age was infrequent in ...
Prevalence, socio-demographic factors and antimicrobial susceptibility of neisseria gonorrhoea among men presenting with urethral discharge at Mulago and Murchison-bay Hospitals.
(2009)
INTRODUCTION:
Neisseria gonorrhoea remains a major sexually transmitted infection that is believed to be associated with increased risk of HIV transmission. It has shown an ever evolving pattern of increasing resistance ...
Laboratory predictors of Cholelithiasis in Patients with Sickle cell Anaemia.
(2001-07)
Key words: Sickle Cell,Cholelithiasis , Laboratory predictors
Cholelithiasis is a common clinical condition among Ugandan sicklers. This study examined laboratory indices which may be useful in predicting those patients ...
The efficacy of zinc as adjunct therapy in the treatment of severe pneumonia in children admitted to Mulago Hospital
(2007)
Acute respiratory tract infection(ARI) is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in children less than 5 years worldwide. It accounts for 10-30% of all childhood deaths. The burden of lower respiratory infections ...