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Late diagnosis of HIV among elderly persons attending Kampala Capital City Authority HIV clinics
(Makerere University, 2019)
Background: Late diagnosis of HIV infection is associated with unfavourable clinical outcomes especially among the elderly because the disease progresses faster and their survival is shorter compared to their younger ...
A text mining approach for automated structuring of patient – doctor interactions for improved decision making
(2019)
Over 80% of information captured in healthcare environments is currently stored as text. Manual efforts to extract meaningful information from textual healthcare data are very labor intensive, tedious and time consuming. ...
Significance of minority HIV-1 X-4-tropic variants, Host CCR5 promoter genotype in predicting paediatric Virological failure
(Makerere University, 2019-11-04)
Background
By Sept 2018, only 59.3% of all HIV positive children on cART under 5 years were achieving virological suppression compared to 88.4% in the general population in Uganda. However, while its known that a tropism ...
Youth Friendliness and Utilization of Reproductive Health Services provided by the University of Nairobi
(Makerere University, 2019)
Background: The period ages 10-24 (youth) is associated with physical and psychological changes which come with various social and developmental challenges. One of the major challenges that youth face is in the area of ...
Incidence and predictors of two months’ sputum non follow-up and patients’ perceived quality of care among tuberculosis patients, Hoima District
(Makerere University, 2019-06)
Introduction: The World Health Organization and Ministry of health recommend monitoring of
tuberculosis patients on treatment for progress. Provision of sufficiently high tuberculosis care
quality is necessary to achieve ...
Factors Associated with High Rates of Caesarean Deliveries in Mengo Hospital Kampala.
(Makerere university, 2019-09)
Caesarean section (CS) rates continue to increase globally. When used appropriately CS can improve infant and/or maternal outcomes. However, when used inappropriately the potential harm may exceed the potential benefit. ...
Prevalence and factors associated with multinodular goitre in patients attending Mulago hospital surgical outpatient department Thyroid clinic.
(Makerere University, 2019-11-11)
Introduction: Thyroid disease is estimated to affect 5% of the general population worldwide. Multinodular Goiter (MNG) is the commonest cause of Thyroid disease accounting for 15% of these patients. The burden of the ...
Barriers to partner HIV serostatus disclosure among postnatal mothers on option b+ in Rukungiri district
(Makerere University, 2019-12-02)
Introduction; Self-disclosure of one’s positive HIV serostatus to partners is an important step in the pathway of transmission prevention through sexual risk reduction and uptake of treatment and support services. Disclosure ...
Prevalence and factors associated with HIV testing among Young People in Wakiso District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-11)
Background
HIV testing is the entry point for all HIV related care and treatment and reducing new infections but 30% of all new HIV infections occur among young people (15-24 years). HIV testing among young people in ...
Incidence rate and predictors of loss to follow-up of newly diagnosed adult cancer patients at uganda cancer institute.
(2019)
Introduction: Loss to follow-up (LTFU) in cancer patients is a serious problem, yet there is little data on its incidence and on the underlying reasons.
General objective: The study aimed to determine the incidence rate, ...