School of Health Sciences (Health-Sciences) Collections: Recent submissions
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Knowledge and preventive practices of diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factors among pharmacists and pharmacy auxiliary staff in community pharmacies in Kampala district.
(Makerere University, 2022-03-24)Background; Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a major public health concern contributing 71% of all deaths globally each year and 80% of NCD deaths occur in low and middle income countries. WHO projects that ... -
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 ... -
Financial performance of retail pharmacies in Uganda: a case of Kampala city
(Makerere University, 2019-12-10)Introduction: Private retail pharmacies are a critical component of national health systems and economies since they employ most (about 60%) of the world’s pharmacist work force (FIP, 2009; FIP, 2012). In terms of health ... -
Situation analysis of medicines traceability and product recall system in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-10-15)Background: A pharmaceutical industry devoid of substandard and falsified (SF) drugs is crucial to any health system as safe and efficacious medicines are essential to attaining desired outcomes from both prophylactic and ... -
Exploration of facilitators and barriers to completion of immunization schedule of the under one year infants among care takers in Buikwe district.
(Makerere University, 2019-04-09)Background: Incomplete immunization of the under one year infants is a public health concern in Uganda. Unimmunized and incomplete immunization schedule of infants increase morbidity and mortality rate among infants. ... -
Market survey and antimicrobial evaluation of selected medicinal plants used for treatment of common skin infections in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2021-08-12)Skin infections are the 4th leading cause of nonfatal disease burden worldwide. Approximately 34% of all global occupational diseases encountered are skin infections. The infections affect populations of all ages in ... -
Assessment of antiretroviral drug residues in pigs slaughtered in selected abattoirs in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-08)Background: Access to ARVs has increased over time as a result of emerging policies such as; the Uganda adapted WHO 2015 ART guidelines which state that all people testing positive for HIV should be enrolled on ART regardless ... -
Therapeutic potential of an anti-diabetic formulation developed from bioactive plant extracts of Mangifera indica, Syzygium cumini and Balanites aegyptiaca in Uganda using Albino Rats
(Makerere University, 2021-08)The prevalence of diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly on the rise, being up to 9% in Uganda. Efforts to reduce these incidences majorly rely on changes in lifestyle, diet and treatment using synthetic drugs. However, ... -
Knowledge, perception and factors associated with preference of anaesthesia techniques among women in antenatal ward, Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2020-12-23)Introduction: Caesarean Section (CS) rates in Uganda are increasing and the preferred technique for CS are general anaesthesia (GA) or regional anaesthesia (RA). Among the many myths about anaesthesia in Uganda are “fear ... -
30 day in-hospital patient mortality after ICU discharge and associated factors : a retrospective cohort study in selected tertiary hospitals in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2021-01-25)Background: Intensive care medicine is rapidly growing because critical illness is a major component of the global burden of disease especially in LMICs. We retrospectively evaluated the 30 day In-hospital patient mortality ... -
Genetic blood disorders and malaria presentation in individuals from Kalisizo and Kabira villages, Rakai, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-01-06)INTRODUCTION: Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum parasite, is a major public health concern in Sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 229 million cases each year (1). Malaria parasites have exerted the strongest ... -
The impact of maternal soluble human leukocyte Antigen-G levels on risk to malaria in infants at Masafu, Busia, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04-29)Background: HLA-G is known to play a vital role in protection of the fetus in utero against maternal natural killer cells, but it is associated with progression of both viral and parasitic infection such as Plasmodium ... -
Women’s experiences of living with involuntary childlessness at Kawempe National Referral Hospital, Kampala Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02-19)Involuntary childlessness is a global phenomenon that has a negative impact on the couple or the family involved. The experiences of women living with involuntary childlessness have not been well documented in the literature, ... -
Severe anemia in Ugandan children under 5 years : Implementation research on its prevalence, management and outcomes
(Makerere University, 2020-12-10)Background: Severe anemia (SA) is a common clinical condition that is a public health problem in children less than 5 years of age in resource limited countries. Although management of SA is known, inpatient mortality is ... -
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 ... -
Neonatal hypothermia: prevalence and assessment of warm chain practices in Lira Regional Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2019-07)Background: Neonatal hypothermia remains a worldwide issue across all climates and all levels of income. Newborn hypothermia is associated with serious complications and should be avoided. In Uganda, the exact prevalence ... -
Antiphospholipid antibodies and recurrent pregnancy loss among women seen at Mulago hospital: A matched case control study
(Makerere University, 2015-10)Introduction: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is spontaneous loss of three or more consecutive pregnancies. One of the important causes of RPL is Antiphospholipid antibodies (APA). Recurrent abortions constituted 28.6% of ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and utilization of premarital sickle cell disease screening among primigravida mothers at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2015-09)Background: Sickle cell anemia remains the most frequent and traumatizing genetic disease which continues to devastate the families of sickle cell patients both mentally and economically in Uganda with an average of 33,000 ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition among pregnant women in Lamwo District Northern Uganda
(2019-07-27)Background Maternal malnutrition is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality among pregnant women and infants. It’s estimated that approximately 32 million pregnant women suffer from anemia worldwide and 5%-20% ... -
Antimicrobial susceptibility of 3rd generation Cephalosporins-resistant escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter spp isolates carried in the gut of patients on admission to Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2019-11-11)Background: Resistance to 3rd and 4th generation cephalosporin is on an increase worldwide. These cephalosporins are used in management of severe infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae. The main objective of the study was ...