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Food security and coping strategies among refugees in Adjumani District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-01)
Introduction: Refugees are vulnerable to household food insecurity owing to up rootedness. Displacement is a major shock for people and is often associated with breakdown in livelihoods and loss of entitlements leading to ...
Quality of newborn care at birth in health facilities in Iganga District, Uganda: Client–provider perspectives
(Makerere University, 2017-11)
Introduction
Every year more than four million babies die during first week of life due to inadequate care. This has resulted into an important global call for every newborn to receive quality health care. In Eastern ...
Prevalence of soil transmitted helminths, schistosoma infection and associated factors among school children in Mpigi town council.
(Makerere University, 2017-11-29)
Introduction: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) and Schistosoma infections are important neglected tropical iseases that can have devastating effects in both children and adults. They have been implicated in causing severe ...
Risk factors associated with couple HIV status. The case of clients at AIDS Information Centre - Mengo, Kisenyi, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2017-01)
The study was guided by two objectives: namely, to examine the socio-economic factors associated with Couple HIV status among HCT clients and to establish the socio-demographic and behavioral factors associated with Couple ...
Quality of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Soroti District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-07)
Abstract
Introduction: Pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV have a high risk of transmitting HIV to their babies during pregnancy, labor/delivery, and postpartum through breastfeeding. With the provision of ...
Factors associated with the final HIV status among infants born to HIV postive women in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-11)
This was a retrospective cohort study which investigated factors associated with the final HIV
status among infants born to HIV positive women at Regional Referral Hospitals (RRH) in
Uganda. The assessment was made by ...
Exposure to tobacco during pregnancy among mothers with low birth weight new borns in Arua District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017)
Introduction
Exposure to tobacco during pregnancy is a risk to the mothers’ health and their unborn babies. It has been observed to be an important independent risk factor for the low birth-weight of newborns which may ...
Breast cancer knowledge, practice of preventive measures and associated factors among rural women aged 20 – 49 years in Kigulu County, Iganga District
(Makerere University, 2017)
Background: In Uganda 1,100 women die of breast cancer every year, with a patient peak age of 30 -39 years, majority of patients present late at stage III and IV. Early detection remains a major effective approach to combat ...
Risk factors associated with couple HIV status. The case of clients at AIDS Information Centre-Mengo Kisenyi, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2017-01)
The study was guided by two objectives: namely, to examine the socio-economic factors associated with Couple HIV status among HCT clients and to establish the socio-demographic and behavioral factors associated with Couple ...
Factors associated with recurrence of plague in endemic villages in Vurra County, Arua District
(Makerere University, 2017)
Background
Plague epidemics have continued to occur in West Nile in Uganda an area with persistent wild rodent infection. The study was conducted to determine the factors associated with plague endemicity in Vurra County, ...