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Assessment of the compliance of public health facilities with essential medicines and health supplies redistribution guidelines in Mbale district, Eastern Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2022-03-29)Introduction: Redistribution is a mechanism used in stock management to move unused stock to where it is most needed. To ensure that redistribution is done in a harmonized manner, the Ministry of Health (MOH) in 2012 ... -
Assessment of willingness to pay for antiretroviral treatment among patients attending HIV clinics in Kumi District
(Makerere University, 2018-10-04)Introduction Sustainability and improved access for antiretroviral care over time is uncertain due to its dependency on donor funding whose continuity is uncertain. A study was to assess the willingness of PLWHA to ... -
The association of Carotid Doppler Ultrasound findings and cognitive state in the elderly in Wakiso District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-04)Background Carotid artery disease which includes carotid artery stenosis, plaques, clots and increased intima media thickness, have been reported by many studies to be associated with dementia. Dementia is an end stage ... -
Availability of cold chain products and systems, and factors associated with adherence to essential cold chain requirements among community pharmacies in Kampala and Gulu districts
(Makerere University, 2022-03-15)Background: Ensuring effectiveness of vaccines and other cold chain items, requires appropriate storage from the manufacturing process to their administration. Cold chain systems maintain the potency of cold chain items ... -
Barriers and enablers of early health-seeking behaviour among women with preeclampsia and eclampsia at a National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024)Background Globally, about 2-8% of women experience hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDPs), including preeclampsia and eclampsia. These disorders are thus, the second leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity ... -
Birth asphyxia in Northern Uganda: Associated factors, intrapartum practices and the predictive value of lactate
(Makerere University, 2023-01)Introduction: Birth asphyxia is responsible for approximately 24% of all neonatal deaths globally, with an even higher share in Uganda. Birth asphyxia is associated with immediate neurological and long-term neurodevelopmental ... -
Brain impairment and high risk newborn babies: Burden, system capacity and neurodevelopmental outcomes in Busoga Region in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-04-11)Background: Globally, child health has improved with a significant reduction in mortality over the past decades. The global survive and thrive agenda calls for investment in quality health services that optimize development ... -
A case control study on maternal serum 25- hydroxyvitamin D3 levels and the risk of very early onset neonatal sepsis in Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2015-06)INTRODUCTION Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D3 levels in pregnancy have been associated with an increased risk of adverse fetal outcomes including an increased risk of early-onset-neonatalsepsis in the full-term infant. ... -
The challenge in the maintenance of catholic schools in the light of Gravissimum Educationis, Pallisa sub county
(Makerere University, 2015-05)The research was based in Pallisa Sub County and carried out in catholic schools. The major objective of the research was to find out how best the Catholic Church can do to maintain its founded schools. This research ... -
Choice of mode of delivery and associated factors among pregnant women with one previous scar at two public hospitals in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2023-10-23)Background; There is unnecessarily increasing rate of cesarean sections in Uganda despite a success rate of 60-80% for women delivering vaginally after a cesarean section. This has led to increased health costs and associated ... -
Competency of Midwives in assisting vaginal breech births in lower-level health facilities of Hoima District
(Makerere University, 2022-11-01)Background: Globally, term breech delivery has attracted much debate as the presentation is associated with fetal morbidity and mortality. The policy to deliver all term breech presenting fetus by caesarian section is ... -
Complementary feeding practices and nutritional status of children 6 to 23 months in Wakiso district
(Makerere University, 2015)Introduction: Proper complementary and breast feeding practices result into 63% reduction in child mortality. In Uganda, 60% of child mortality rates are directly or indirectly caused by malnutrition. However, efforts ... -
Confidence of pre-registration nurse-midwife technicians to provide intrapartum care: A case study of Southern region nursing and midwifery colleges in Malawi
(Makerere University, 2022-03-02)Introduction: Midwifery service provision is based on key skills which are usually acquired during training. These skills are based on guidelines set by the International Confederation of Midwives. Perceived self-efficacy ... -
Coping patterns of health workers and patients towards medicine stock outs in public health facilities in Uganda: A case study of Kabarole District
(Makerere University, 2019-09-18)Introduction: Medicine stock outs are a common problem in health facilities countries public health facilities. Stock out of medicines in developing patients and health workers outcomes. Objectives:To establish how health ... -
Copy number and mitochondria haplogroups in two HIV pediatric HIV phenotypes- rapid progressors and long term non progressors
(Makerere University, 2022-08-22)Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) was used to evaluate mitochondrial genetic factors associated with pediatric HIV disease progression. The Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAfGEN) is currently studying the two different ... -
Corneal morbidity and associated factors among adults with reduced vision presenting to the eye clinic at Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2019)Introduction. Corneal morbidity is an important cause of visual loss and contributes to about 5.1% of the global blindness burden. Population surveys done in sub-Saharan Africa and among developing countries have shown ... -
Coverage and factors associated with postnatal domiciliary care in Aruu county, Pader district, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2008-10)Introduction: Postnatal domiciliary care is one of the ways of delivering postnatal care which involves a skilled attendant or health worker following mother and baby at home and offering essential care. It’s emerging due ... -
Delayed definitive treatment among trauma patients attending oral and maxillofacial surgery unit of Mulago Hospital, Uganda : prevalence and associated factors
(Makerere University, 2023)Oral and maxillofacial (OMF) trauma or injuries are common presentations in hospital emergency rooms and account for about 50% of all deaths globally. The definitions of delayed definitive treatment of OMF injuries vary ... -
Development of HPTLC fingerprints and assessment of Neutropoiesis activity of cucurbita maxima leaf extracts on chemotherapy induced neutropenic wistar rats
(Makerere University, 2024)Introduction: Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) is a major cause of mortality among cancer patients worldwide. Although granulocyte colony-stimulating factors like filgrastim and antibiotic prophylaxis are commonly ... -
Development of standardized herbal antidiabetic formulation from bioactive extracts of Galega officinalis
(Makerere University, 2023-03)Diabetes mellitus is a chronic illness that has continued to affect the entire population worldwide. Conventional interventions have been long used; however due to their various limitations there is need for more and a ...