Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Subject "Acute malnutrition"
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Assessing performance and factors affecting outpatient therapeutic care program for acute malnutrition in the health centres of Kabale District
(Makerere University, 2015-08)BACKGROUND Severe Acute Malnutrition is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children under five years of age in Sub Saharan Africa and Uganda in particular Kabale district it affects 0.05% of children aged ... -
Assessment of caregivers’ ability to measure wasting status of their children (6-59 Months) and the associated factors at Mwanamugimu Nutrition Unit Mulago Hospital, Kampala Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023)Background: Globally, acute malnutrition among children under 5 years is still a major challenge. Recently, it was proven that when caregivers are at the center of malnutrition screening strategies using Mid-Upper Arm ... -
Factors associated with default from the management of severe acute malnutrition among caregivers of children 6-59 months at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023)Background: The successful management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) lowers under-five morbidity and mortality. Despite this, a significant proportion of children receiving Outpatient Therapeutic Care (OTC) continue ... -
Knowledge, attitude, practices regarding infant and young child feeding among mothers engaged in artisanal mining in Moroto District, North Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023)Acute malnutrition is linked to more than a third of all child deaths globally with the most vulnerable children to acute malnutrition being those born to mothers in the artisanal mining industry. Acute malnutrition can ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with acute malnutrition among children with epilepsy attending Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-03)Background: Sub-Saharan Africa carries a significant burden of epilepsy and malnutrition. Children with epilepsy are predisposed to acute malnutrition through comorbid disorders, ongoing seizures, recurrent hospitalizations, ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with acute malnutrition in infants aged between 1 to 6 months attending Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2011)Background: Acute malnutrition is a major public health problem among children throughout the world particularly in developing countries. In Uganda the prevalence of acute malnutrition is high and is increasingly affecting ... -
Prevalence of acute malnutrition and associated factors among children 6 to 59 months that present to Assessment Centre at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2013)INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition has a number of contributing factors which may be dietary, environmental and social, or related to the child’s health. It is important that children grow up in an environment that provides adequate ... -
A review of the rehabilitation of malnourished tuberculosis adult patients using ready to use therapeutic food in Hoima and Mbale Districts: a retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2024)Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) has existed for millennia and remains a major global health problem causing ill health for about 10 million people each year. For a long period of time, TB was the leading cause of death ...