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Relationship between school feeding and academic performance of primary three children in Busia District, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2013-10)
Introduction and background:.Good nutrition plays a major role in good academic performance in school going children. Despite the good staffing ratios, Busia district still faces challenges related to academic performance. ...
Patterns of skeletal trauma in children seen at the Orthopaedic Department of Mulago Hospital, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2011)
Skeletal trauma is very common in children constituting 10 – 25% of all pediatric trauma worldwide. In developed countries, except for the first year of life, mortality from accidents is the leading cause of death in ...
Prevalence, patterns and factors associated with ocular manifestations of type 1 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescents attending Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2021-12)
Background; Diabetes mellitus is a growing public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda inclusive, with an annual incidence of 6% in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, 3% in many countries and 77% in the European ...
Severe malnutrition with and without HIV-1 infection in hospitalised children in Kampala, Uganda: differences in clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ cell counts
(BioMed Central, 2006-10-16)
Background: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ and CD8+ cell counts of severely malnourished children in relation to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. ...
Presumptive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine versus weekly chloroquine for malaria prophylaxis in children with sickle cell anaemia in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2009-10-24)
Background: Malaria carries high case fatality among children with sickle cell anaemia. In Uganda, chloroquine is used for prophylaxis in these children despite unacceptably high levels of resistance. Intermittent presumptive ...
Safety and effectiveness of systematic liquid predeposit autologous blood transfusion for major elective orthopaedic surgery at Mulago Hospital, Uganda
(2002-07)
Liquid predeposit autologous blood transfusion in major orthopaedic surgery had gained prominence over the years as indisputably the safest and best matched blood available as it eliminates all the risks associated with ...
Prevalence and outcome of community acquired Clostridium Difficile infection among children admitted with diarrhoea at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Background: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a potentially serious emerging infectious disease. CDI is usually considered to be hospital acquired, causing diarrhoea in as high as 15% of children in health care ...
Azithromycin for treating uncomplicated typhoid and paratyphoid fever (enteric fever) (Review)
(John Wiley, 2008)
Background Enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid fever) is potentially fatal. Infection with drug-resistant strains of the causative organism Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi or Paratyphi increases morbidity and mortality. ...
Complexity of plasmodium falciparum clinical samples from Uganda during short-term culture.
(University of Chicago Press, 2008-08-22)
We cultured Plasmodium falciparum parasites from 98 Ugandan children with malaria and determined the complexity of infection (COI) on the basis of msp-2 polymorphisms daily for 9 days. The mean COI decreased during culture ...
Pertussis prevalence and its determinants among children with persistent cough in urban Uganda.
(PLOS ONE, 2015)
Background
We determined prevalence of pertussis infection and its associated host and environmental
factors to generate information that would guide strategies for disease control.
Methods
In a cross-sectional study, ...