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Contraceptive utilization and associated factors among HIV positive women in Mulago Hospital ISS Clinic
(Makerere University, 2009-05)
Introduction: Although HIV prevalence in Uganda has reduced from over 30% in the early 1980s to 6.4% in 2006, many people still suffer from HIV and many more are still getting infected with the disease. For the unborn ...
Factors influencing uptake of antiretroviral drugs in Rakai District, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2009-03)
Introduction: About 75% of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who need treatment with anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in low income countries have no access. The Uganda government’s distribution of free antiretroviral drugs ...
Oral manifestations and their relationship to immunesuppression in HIV positive children at Mildmay Uganda
(Makerere University, 2009-11)
Introduction: HIV/AIDS is a major global health problem affecting both low and high- income countries. Oral manifestations of HIV infection further threaten the usually poor health of HIV- positive children and lower their ...
Factors influencing implementation of infection control measures in health units in Arua district, uganda.
(2009-06)
BACKGROUND:
According to the yellow star program, less than 60% of the health units in Arua district, Uganda, were adequately observing infection control measures inspite of the presence of guidelines on how to do ...
Prevalence and factors associated with utilisation of insecticide treated bednets among pregnant women in Gulu District Internally Displaced Persons’ camps
(Makerere University, 2009-09)
Background. Nearly 500 million people suffer a malaria episode every year and about 90% of all malaria deaths in the world today occur in sub-Sahara Africa. In Uganda, malaria accounts for about 30 - 50% of the outpatient ...
Factors associated with loss to follow up in HIV positive clients on ARVs at Infectious Disease Clinic, Mulago Hospital from 2005 to 2007
(Makerere University, 2009-06)
Background: Worldwide there approximately 40.3 million people with HIV of which 25.8million are in the sub Saharan region of Africa. In Uganda over 1million ( 100,000 children under 15years) people are infected with HIV(MOH ...
Assessment of health workers and volunteers performance levels in the Onchocercias Control Program in Mulanje District, Southern Malawi
(Makerere University, 2009-09)
Introduction: This is an intervention study entitled ‘Assessment of Health
Workers and Volunteers Performance Levels in the Onchocerciasis Control
Program in Mulanje District – Southern Malawi.’ Its aim was to identify ...
Assessment of level at which safe water chain is interrupted and associated factors in Rukungiri District
(Makerere University, 2009-05)
Introduction: Contaminated drinking water is a risk to diseases in developing and developed countries. A water quality survey done in two sub-counties in Rukungiri found a higher level of coliforms in the water at household ...
Access to health care for febrile children in Uganda: symptom recognition, care seeking practices and provider choice
(Karolinska Institutet and Makerere University, 2009)
Background: Febrile illnesses including malaria and pneumonia are leading causes of death among children under five in Uganda. Despite government efforts to increase health care access by offering free services at government ...
Oral manifestations and their relationship to immunesuppression in HIV positive children at Mildmay Uganda
(2009-11)
HIV/AIDS is a major global health problem affecting both low and high- income countries. Oral manifestations of HIV infection further threaten the usually poor health of HIV- positive children and lower their quality of ...