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Factors associted with defaulting on tuberculosis treatment among HIV infected patients at the Infectious Disease Institute Clinic, Kampala, Uganda
(2009-10)
INTRODUCTION:
Default from TB treatment poses challenges to TB control including the emergence of drug resistant TB, Higher rates of relapse and retreatment and increased treatment expense and need for human resources. ...
Assessment of the implementation of TB/HIV collaborative activities of the south east zone in Uganda.
(2009-09)
Introduction and Background:
Uganda like other sub Saharan African countries is battling with a dual epidemic of TB and HIV. About 60% of TB patients are co-infected with HIV, while about 20% of HIV patients have TB ...
Laboratory medicine in Africa: a barrier to effective health care
(University of Chicago Press, 2006)
Providing health care in sub-Saharan Africa is a complex problem. Recent reports call for more resources to assist in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases that affect this population, but policy makers, ...
The clinical, radiological and laboratory features of tuberculosis in children at Mulago Hospital.
(2002)
The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) In Uganda is 150-200/100,000 of the population and an estimated incidence of smear positive adult cases of > 110/100,000 of the population. About a half of the ugandan population was ...