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Neonatal prevalence of the sickle cell gene at mulago hospital.
(2008-06)
BACKGROUND:
Sickle cell anaemia is a public health problem in Uganda. It contributes significantly to childhood deaths most of which occur during the first year of life. Uganda has one of the highest adult frequencies of ...
Factors associated with fresh stillbirths and low apgarscore in selected health units in Kiboga district, Uganda.
(2008-03)
Each year, thousands of new born babies arebeing born in the world with low apgarscore while others are fresh stillbirths. These two conditions are among the contributors of perinatal mortality and poor pregnancy outcomes ...
Factors associated with poor outcome in new born babies born before arrival (BBA) admitted in mulago hospital.
(2009-06)
BACKGROUND:
New born care practices in sub-saharan Africa and Uganda in particular have proved to be suboptimal especially if the child is born before arrival (BBA). Neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in Uganda is at 27/1000 ...
Prevalence and factors associated with external congenital anomalies in new born babies at Mulago hospital.
(2008-05)
BACKGROUND:
Congenital anomalies are defects present at birth. Congenital anomalies have emerged as a problem in developed countries occurring in about 2-3% of all newborn babies. The problem of congenital anomalies in ...