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Factors associated with participation of private medical practitioners in integrated disease surveillance in Butaleja District
(Makerere University, 2010-07)
Background: Communicable diseases are the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality in the developing world, and their proper control requires effective surveillance. Although Private Health Practitioners (PHPs) attend ...
Unmet obstetric needs in post-conflict settings in Kitgum and Pader Districts, Northern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2011-11)
Introduction: The two decades of civil war of the Lord’s Resistant Army rebels led to the displacement of over 1.6 million people in internally displaced persons camps in Northern and Eastern Uganda. Displacement greatly ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices on cervical cancer prevention among adult female residents of Kampala Central Division, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2012-09)
Background: Knowledge and awareness about cancer of the cervix on the African continent is very poor; yet related mortality is very high. It is the leading cause of female malignancy with 40% in Uganda. However, cytological ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of breast cancer screening among rural women in Bubaare Sub-County, Rubanda District
(Makerere University, 2018-08-30)
Introduction: Breast cancer in women is a major public health burden and the most common cancer among women Worldwide. Though its incidence is greater in high income countries, in sharp contrast, mortality rates are greatest ...
Factors affecting performance of village health team members in Bukwo District
(Makerere University, 2014-06)
Background: Village Health Teams (VHTs) are community based structures whose members promote health and wellbeing of people in the community on a voluntary basis. The performance of the VHT members in Bukwo district was ...
High HIV-1 prevalence, risk behaviours, and willingness to participate in HIV vaccine trials in fishing communities on Lake Victoria, Uganda.
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Abstract
Introduction: HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa are generalized, but high-risk subgroups exist within these epidemics.
A recent study among fisher-folk communities (FFC) in Uganda showed high HIV prevalence ...
Risk factors for non return for postnatal care among HIV positive mothers at Kampala capital city authority health facilities
(Makerere University, 2012)
Background: Despite scale up of Perinatal prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV interventions, postnatal continuity of comprehensive HIV/AIDS care, for both the mother and baby remains a challenge in ...
Factors associated with participation of private medical practitioners in integrated disease surveillance in Butaleja District
(2011-03-17)
Background: Communicable diseases are the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality in the developing world, and their proper control requires effective surveillance. Although Private Health Practitioners (PHPs) attend ...
Utilization of HIV counseling and testing services among adolescents in Arua Municipality, Arua district: a case control study
(Makerere University, 2014-11)
Introduction and Background: An estimated 35 million people were living with HIV worldwide in 2012. Almost 40% of the 6,800 new HIV infections each day are among adolescents. HIV counseling and testing remains low as only ...
An Empiric Risk Scoring Tool for Identifying High-Risk Heterosexual HIV-1–Serodiscordant Couples for Targeted HIV-1 Prevention
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013)
Background and objectives: Heterosexual HIV-1–serodiscordant
couples are increasingly recognized as an important source of
new HIV-1 infections in sub-Saharan Africa. A simple risk assessment
tool could be useful for ...