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Prevalence and factors associated with non-adherence to anti-epileptic drugs among epileptic individuals attending at Butabika National Referral Hospital, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021)
Background: Epilepsy, a neurological condition affects people of all ages around the world and was ranked the second leading contributor of global burden of disease responsible for 0.5% of the overall disease burden. Over ...
Severe anemia in Ugandan children under 5 years : Implementation research on its prevalence, management and outcomes
(Makerere University, 2020-12-10)
Background: Severe anemia (SA) is a common clinical condition that is a public health problem in children less than 5 years of age in resource limited countries. Although management of SA is known, inpatient mortality is ...
Availability of cold chain products and systems, and factors associated with adherence to essential cold chain requirements among community pharmacies in Kampala and Gulu districts
(Makerere University, 2022-03-15)
Background: Ensuring effectiveness of vaccines and other cold chain items, requires appropriate storage from the manufacturing process to their administration. Cold chain systems maintain the potency of cold chain items ...
Assessment of the compliance of public health facilities with essential medicines and health supplies redistribution guidelines in Mbale district, Eastern Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2022-03-29)
Introduction: Redistribution is a mechanism used in stock management to move unused stock to where it is most needed. To ensure that redistribution is done in a harmonized manner, the Ministry of Health (MOH) in 2012 ...
The impact of maternal soluble human leukocyte Antigen-G levels on risk to malaria in infants at Masafu, Busia, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04-29)
Background: HLA-G is known to play a vital role in protection of the fetus in utero against maternal natural killer cells, but it is associated with progression of both viral and parasitic infection such as Plasmodium ...
Knowledge, perception and factors associated with preference of anaesthesia techniques among women in antenatal ward, Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2020-12-23)
Introduction: Caesarean Section (CS) rates in Uganda are increasing and the preferred technique for CS are general anaesthesia (GA) or regional anaesthesia (RA). Among the many myths about anaesthesia in Uganda are “fear ...
Women’s experiences of living with involuntary childlessness at Kawempe National Referral Hospital, Kampala Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02-19)
Involuntary childlessness is a global phenomenon that has a negative impact on the couple or the family involved. The experiences of women living with involuntary childlessness have not been well documented in the literature, ...
Therapeutic potential of an anti-diabetic formulation developed from bioactive plant extracts of Mangifera indica, Syzygium cumini and Balanites aegyptiaca in Uganda using Albino Rats
(Makerere University, 2021-08)
The prevalence of diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly on the rise, being up to 9% in Uganda. Efforts to reduce these incidences majorly rely on changes in lifestyle, diet and treatment using synthetic drugs. However, ...
Genetic blood disorders and malaria presentation in individuals from Kalisizo and Kabira villages, Rakai, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-01-06)
INTRODUCTION: Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum parasite, is a major public health concern in Sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 229 million cases each year (1). Malaria parasites have exerted the strongest ...
30 day in-hospital patient mortality after ICU discharge and associated factors : a retrospective cohort study in selected tertiary hospitals in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2021-01-25)
Background: Intensive care medicine is rapidly growing because critical illness is a major component of the global burden of disease especially in LMICs. We retrospectively evaluated the 30 day In-hospital patient mortality ...