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Makerere University-Uganda Heart Institute collaborative cardiovascular disease training and research since 1988
(2022)
Background
Makerere University College of Health Sciences has been collaborating with the Uganda Heart Institute to build capacity for research, training and clinical care in cardiovascular medicine for the last 34 years ...
Disability and technology in Africa: Introduction
(Cambridge University press, 2022)
An elderly lady with a limp selects her longest walking stick to help her through the mud to her garden. Deaf people watch attentively as a pastor delivers a sermon in sign language. Refugees with disabilities sit on their ...
Factors associated with virological non-suppression among PMTCT mothers accessing art at Mukono health centre IV
(Makerere University, 2022-02-25)
HAART reduces the risk of mother to child transmission, morbidity plus mortality among HIV-infected PMTCT women. To optimize these outcomes, PMTCT women need to be achieve viral suppression while on HAART. Additionally, ...
Awareness and factors associated with preconception care amongst pregnant women attending antenatal care at Kawempe National Refferal Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022)
Introduction: The rising number of congenital anomalies despite the ministry of health policy on folic acid supplementation for all pregnant women indicates that preconception care is not only underutilized but there is ...
Comparison of SARS-COV-2 seroprevalence and associated factors among people living with and or without HIV from selected health facilities in lira district
(Makerere University, 2022-12-19)
Background: SARS-CoV-2, a highly infectious virus that causes COVID-19, has been a major global public health challenge in the last two to three years. Globally, approximately 616 million were infected and 6.54 million had ...
Treatment success and associated factors among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis attending Kampala Capital City Authority health facilities: A retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Introduction: TB treatment success remains low in Uganda, below the recommended WHO target with consequences of poor treatment outcome which include; an increase in the prevalence MDR-TB, increased treatment costs and ...
The beliefs and the perceptions about teaching among teachers at Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery
(Makerere University, 2022-03-06)
Introduction: Teaching approaches can be learner-centered or teacher-centered. Learner-centered approach puts the learner at the center of the teaching-learning process and therefore promotes reflection and knowledge ...
Prevalence and factors associated with hyperglycemia among HIV infected Individuals on dolutegravir anti-retroviral therapy on Kiruddu National Referral Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2022-08)
Background: Dolutegravir-based (DTG) regimens are rapidly replacing older antiretroviral
therapy (ART) in low and middle-income countries as first line ART. DTG is preferred due to
its efficacy, tolerability and ...
Prevalence of dementia and associated factors among Ugandan adults aged 60 years and above attending care at St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor
(Makerere University, 2022-07-26)
Background: Dementia is currently the seventh leading cause of death among all diseases and one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people globally. Currently, over 55millions people are living ...
Perceptions towards E-learning among students at Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022)
Introduction
E-learning is an innovative method of teaching that offers great opportunities to students(Lewis et al., 2014). There is a slow adoption of E-learning amongst students(Bigirwa, Ndawula, & Naluwemba, 2020). ...