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Factors associated with cesarean section delivery at health facilities in Kabarole District, Uganda: A case control study
(Makerere University, 2016)
The World Health Organization estimates that the appropriate cesarean section (CS) rates should range from 10% to 15% at the population level. CS rate is used as an indicator of access and utilization of life-saving obstetric ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of shisha smoking among youths in Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-06)
Tobacco use in various forms is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide and so is exposure to secondhand smoke. Despite the various strategies put in place to control cigarette smoking, alternative methods of ...
An assessment of essential newborn care practices among adolescent mothers in Hoima District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-09)
Introduction and background: Adolescent motherhood remains a challenge to improving
child survival in countries like Uganda still struggling with high neonatal mortality rates.
Although Ministry of Health Uganda has ...
Adherence to complementary feeding guidelines and associated factors among caregivers of children 6-23 months in Lamwo District
(Makerere University, 2015)
Introduction: Undernutrition is unacceptably high in developing countries such as Uganda. For instance, stunting levels were at 33% in 2011 and were worse in rural areas such as Lamwo district with an even higher prevalence ...
Factors associated with meal frequency among children aged between 6 to 23 months in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-01)
Introduction: Inadequate meal frequency for infants and young children among refugees is high, which is a risk factor for under nutrition, increasing morbidity and mortality among children. The study was to establish meal ...
Food security and coping strategies among refugees in Adjumani District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-01)
Introduction: Refugees are vulnerable to household food insecurity owing to up rootedness. Displacement is a major shock for people and is often associated with breakdown in livelihoods and loss of entitlements leading to ...
Factors associated with delay in receiving health care services at Luwero District Hospital HIV/AIDS Clinic, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-05-01)
Background: There is still high proportion of delays in accessing and receiving adequate HIV care
and treatment which contributes to poor client satisfaction, retention, poor adherence to lifelong
HAART that increases ...
Quality of newborn care at birth in health facilities in Iganga District, Uganda: Client–provider perspectives
(Makerere University, 2017-11)
Introduction
Every year more than four million babies die during first week of life due to inadequate care. This has resulted into an important global call for every newborn to receive quality health care. In Eastern ...
Assessing performance of village health team (VHT) members in promoting maternal and neonatal health programmes in Soroti District Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-06)
Background: Maternal mortality is still unacceptably high in Uganda at 438 per 100,000 live births (UDHS 2011).Uganda adopted the Village Health Teams (VHTs) strategy in 2001 as a bridge in health service delivery between ...
Performance of community health workers in community based management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea among children under 5 years in Lira district
(2015-07)
Introduction: Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are failing to achieve their millennium development goal 4 of which Uganda is not an exception. Evidence shows that using the CHWs strategy can reduce child mortality by ...