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Assessment of the Implementation of the Health Sub-District Concept in Arua District in Uganda.
(2001-03)INTRODUCTION: The implementation of the HSD concept, a strategy under health sector reforms and decentralization had been associated with poor management and delivery of health services in HSDs in Arua District. This was ... -
Assessment of the implementation of tuberculosis (TB) communty based directly observed treatemtn, (CB-DOTS), in Tororo District, Uganda
(2007-05)INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) affects 20 million people the world over. Uganda is among the 22 high burden countries (HBC) and is ranked 16th in the global TB control. Community based directly observed ... -
Assessment of the performance of community nurses in the home based care strategy at TASO Mbale.
(2009-11)BACKGROUND: Care for HIV/AIDS is optimized by the integration of family and community (WHO, 2002). The home based care strategy of HIV/AIDS service delivery was launched by the AIDS support organisation (TASO) in the year ... -
Assessment of the process of implementation of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy strategy in Tororo District, Uganda.
(2009)INTRODUCTION: Malaria in pregnancy is a long known problem in Uganda associated with maternal and child morbidity, mortality and disability. In Uganda, the MOH malaria control strategy mainly focuses on IPT, early diagnosis ... -
Assessment of the surveillance system for diseases of epidemic potential in Rukungiri District, Uganda.
(2001-06)BACKGROUND: During a workshop held on 4th May 2000, DHT members in Rukungiri district expressed concern over the various problems facing the surveillance system. The magnitude of these problems and the factors responsible ... -
An assessment of the sustainability of the onchocerciasis programme in Kanungu District.
(2004-09)Background: Onchocerciasis in Kanungu District is at meso endemic level. The disease poses significant social and economic challenges to the communities. It afflicts 20% of the district population. Community directed ... -
Association of renal function with haematological indices in patients with sickle cell anaemia in Mulago Hospital sickle cell clinic.
(2005)Background: Patients with sickle cell anemia may present with several types of renal abnormalities, however the type and prevalence of these abnormalities and the association with hematological indices have not been ... -
Autopsy study on maternal deaths in Mulago hospital
(2007-06)OBJECTIVES: To describe the anatomical pathological causes of maternal deaths, and establish their relationship with age and parity, in Mulago hospital. METHOD: The first 100 mothers, who died during pregnancy or within ... -
Bacterial aetiology and outcome of severe pneumonia among children aged 2-59 months admitted to the Acute Care Unit, Mulago Hospital
(2006-05)Introduction: Acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRI) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the "under fives" worldwide, accounting for 10-30% of childhood deaths. Pneumonia contributes up to 50% of all ... -
Barriers and supportive factors to men's participation in perinatal care in Kooki county, rakai district.
(2008-06)BACKGROUND: The Uganda National Policy for reproductive Health encourages participation of men in perinatal care but in Rakai District their level of active participation was not known. OBJECTIVE: To identify barriers ... -
Blood cell picture in HIV patients in Uganda: a comparative study of the picture in HIV patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy with those who are not
(Makerere University, 2004-01)Atleast 40 million people were infected with HIV World wide by the end of 2001, 90% of whom live in the developing countries. Less than 5% of these were able to access drugs that suppress the HIV Virus (ARVs) by the end ... -
Campylobacter spp among Children with acute diarrhea attending Mulago hospital in Kampala - Uganda
(2002-05)Introduction HIV positive (HIV+) women are more susceptible to malaria infection during pregnancy than their HIV negative (HIV-) counterparts but the actual prevalence of infection in Ugandan pregnant women is not known. ... -
Cardiac arrhythmias and underlying cardiac conditions in patients attending the Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital, Uganda.
(2001-05)BACKGROUND: Cardiac arrhythmias are an important factor for morbidity and mortality among cardiac patients in Mulago hospital. The most important underlying condition to cardiac arrhythmia is a cardiac disease. Furosemide ... -
Cardiovascular findings in patients with sickle cell disease
(1974)Fifty homozygous sicklers and ten heterozygous sickle cell patients selected from the Sickle Cell Clinic, Cardiac Clinic and inpatients on the medical wards of Mulago Hospital form the basis of this dissertation. It starts ... -
Cardiovascular findings in patients with Sickle Cell Disease
(1974)SUMMARY Fifty homozygous sicklers and ten heterozygous sick cell patients selected from the sickle cell clinic cardiac clinic and inpatients on the medical wards of Mulago Hospital from the basis of this dissertation. It ... -
Case records and commentaries
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Case records and commentaries presented in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of masters of medicine of obstetrics and gynaecology of Makerere University Kampala.
(2001)New Mulago Hospital, the national referral hospital o Uganda is situated 3 kms from the centre of the capital city Kampala. Opened in 1962 by the royal highness the Duchess of Kent, it was thereafter amalgamated with Mulago ... -
Case records and commentaries submitted in partial fulfilment for the award of masters of medicine degree (obstetrics and gynaecology) of makerere university.
(2001)GENERAL INTRODUCTION Mulago hospital complex is the national, referral and one of the teaching hospitals in Uganda. It is situated about two kilometers from the city center and has abed capacity of 1200 beds. It provides ... -
A case-control study to determine whether active plasmodium falciparum infection is a possible risk factor for pre-eclampsia/ eclampisa.
(2005)INTRODUCTION: Despite progress made towards understanding the pathophysiology of preeclampsia the precise aetiology of PET remains an enigma making primary prevention impossible and disease progression unpredictable. PET ...