Introduction
Up to 25% of patients with severe pre-eclampsia and 50% of patients with eclampsia have
visual symptoms of clinical significance, while 1-3% of affected patients remain with
irreversible blindness due to ...
Background: Depression is a major cause of the global disease burden and globally affects 350-400 million persons making it the largest contributor to years lived with disability. Among patients with chronic physical ...
Background: Antimicrobial self-medication is a common medical action practiced globally. Its use though associated with risks, provides hope of improved access to healthcare for communities especially in resource limited ...
Introduction
Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy has emerged as a serious contributor to maternal and infant morbidity and mortality, it has negative health consequences like unwanted pregnancy, sexually ...
Background: In Uganda, anemia among pregnant women is estimated at 38% and it has numerous causes but iron deficiency is thought to be the leading cause. Anemia during pregnancy has been associated with poor maternal and ...
Background: Hookworm infestation is associated with adverse health outcomes for both the
baby and mother. Fetal effects include; intrauterine growth retardation, physical and mental
growth retardation; whereas the mother ...
Background
Human Immune Deficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a growing epidemic among adolescents, especially in low and middle income countries including Uganda. Adolescents are now a ...
This was a retrospective cohort study which investigated factors associated with the final HIV
status among infants born to HIV positive women at Regional Referral Hospitals (RRH) in
Uganda. The assessment was made by ...
Introduction: Vertical HIV transmission continues to be a big challenge and the target of virtually eliminating it by the year 2015 was not achieved. Though considerable progress has been achieved via adoption of Option B ...
Introduction
ABSTRACT
Surgical site infections (SSIs) remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality. They also cause high financial burden in healthcare systems worldwide. The development of postoperative surgical ...
Introduction and Background: An estimated 35 million people were living with HIV worldwide in 2012. Almost 40% of the 6,800 new HIV infections each day are among adolescents. HIV counseling and testing remains low as only ...
BACKGROUND
Postoperative pain causes significant suffering and stress. Strides have been made in the last 20 years to control pain in adults however this lagged behind in children due to the misconceptions that children ...
ABSTRACT
Scrotal filariasis is a devastating and disfiguring disease that is a major public health problem with socioeconomic impacts. It is a disease condition resulting from infestation with the mosquito borne parasitic ...
Introduction
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), globally, the prevalence of postpartum depression in the general population of women is estimated at 13%. However, the estimated prevalence for developing ...
Bamusonighe, Apollo Peter(Makerere University, 2017)
BACKGROUND
Medical Photography is concerned with taking images that are beneficial to medical practice. As a specialized area of photography, it entails the documentation of clinical presentation of patients, medical and ...
Mothers play a crucial role in caring for the neonates especially during the first weeks of life since it is the time of adaptation to the new environment. Since most of the deaths occur during this period it is important ...
Introduction: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) poses a major challenge to TB control due to its complex diagnostic and treatment challenges. Globally, 3.7% of new cases and 20% of previously treated cases are ...