Browsing by Author "Karamagi, Charles"
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Adherence to malaria management guidelines by health care workers in the Busoga Sub-region, Eastern Uganda
Mpimbaza, Arthur; Babikako, Harriet; Rutazanna, Damian; Karamagi, Charles; Ndeezi, Grace; Katahoire, Anne; Opigo, Jimmy; Snow, Robert W. (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, ... -
Discontinuation and modification of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-infected Ugandans prevalence and associated factors.
Kiguba, Ronald; Byakika-Tusiime, Jayne; Karamagi, Charles; Ssali, Francis; Mugyenyi, Peter; Katabira, Elly (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007-03-16)Background: Data on discontinuation and modification of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) are scarce among sub-Saharan African populations. We sought to estimate the prevalence and to identify factors associated ... -
The effect of AIDS defining conditions on immunological recovery among patients initiating antiretroviral therapy at Joint Clinical Research Centre, Uganda
Kigozi, Brian K.; Sumba, Samwel; Mudyope, Peter; Namuddu, Betty; Kalyango, Joan; Karamagi, Charles; Odere, Mathew; Katabira, Elly; Mugyenyi, Peter; Ssali, Francis (BioMed Central, 2009-07-24)Background: Many HIV-infected patients only access health care once they have developed advanced symptomatic disease resulting from AIDS Defining Conditions (ADCs). We carried out a study to establish the effect of ADCs ... -
High burden of hepatitis B infection in Northern Uganda: results of a population-based survey.
Ochola, Emmanuel; Ocama, Ponsiano; Orach, Christopher G; Nankinga, Ziadah K; Kalyango, Joan N; McFarland, Wlli; Karamagi, Charles (BMC Public Health, 2013-08)Background: Worldwide 2 billion people are exposed to hepatitis B infection, 350 million have chronic infection, 65 million in sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda is highly endemic with 10% national prevalence of hepatitis B ... -
High Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among medical students in Makerere University, Kampala: Results of a cross sectional study.
Mugerwa, Henry; Byarugaba, Denis K.; Mpooya, Simon; Miremba, Penelope; Kalyango, Joan N; Karamagi, Charles; Katamba, Achilles (BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Uganda’s Ministry of Health registered a 12% increase in new Tuberculosis (TB) cases between 2001 and 2005. Of these, 20% were from Kampala district and most from Mulago national referral hospital where ... -
Loss to follow-up and associated factors among adult people living with HIV at public health facilities in Wakiso District, Uganda: A retrospective cohort study
Opio, Denis; Semitala, Fred; Kakeeto, Alex; Sendaula, Emmanuel; Okimat, Paul; Nakafeero, Brenda; Nankabirwa, Joaniter; Karamagi, Charles; Kalyango, Joan (BMC Health Services Research, 2019)Background: Loss to follow-up (LTFU) from care among people living with HIV (PLHIV) is thought to be more common in the public setting compared to the private health care. It is anticipated that the problem may become ... -
Predictors of unknown HIV serostatus at the time of labor and delivery in Kampala, Uganda.
Ononge, Sam; Karamagi, Charles; Nakabiito, Clemensia; Wandabwa, Julius; Mirembe, Florence; Rukundo, Godfrey Z; Jennings, Larissa (Elsevier Ireland, 2013)Objective: To determine factors associated with an unknown HIV serostatus among pregnantwomen admitted in labor to Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Methods: In total, 665 pregnant women admitted to Mulago Hospital were ... -
Recognition and reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions by surveyed healthcare professionals in Uganda: key determinants
Kiguba, Ronald; Karamagi, Charles; Waako, Paul; Ndagije, Helen B.; Bird, Sheila M. (group.bmj.com, 2014)Objective: To assess extent and determinants of pastmonth recognition of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADR) and past-year ADR reporting among healthcare professionals (HCPs) in Uganda. Setting: Geographically diverse ... -
Validation of the missoula-vitas quality of- life index among patients with advanced AIDS in urban Kampala, Uganda
Namisango, Eva; Katabira, Elly; Karamagi, Charles; Baguma, Peter (Elsevier, 2007)The Missoula-Vitas Quality-of-Life Index (MVQOLI) is a unique tool specifically designed to measure quality of life (QOL) in advanced illness in a palliative care setting. The aim of this study was to explore its cross-cultural ...