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Utilization of HIV and tuberculosis services by Health Care Workers in Uganda: Implications for occupational health policies and implementation
(PLOS One, 2012)
infection control measures for HCWs. Challenges to and gaps in access to HIV services among HCWs may thus compromise TB infection control. This study assessed HCWs HIV and TB screening uptake and explored their preferences ...
Client-provider interactions in provider-initiated and voluntary HIV counseling and testing services in Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Background: Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) is based on information-giving while voluntary
counselling and testing (VCT) includes individualised client-centered counseling. It is not known if the ...
Factors associated with prevention of malaria and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes at household level in Wakiso District, Uganda
(Journal of Environmental Health Research, 2013)
Malaria, and other diseases transmitted by mosquito vectors, can be reduced by appropriate measures at household level. These include: installing screening in windows and ventilators; removing stagnant water around homes; ...
Prevalence and factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis among adults in fishing communities of Lake Victoria, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2012-06)
Background: Although TB is both a treatable and immunizable disease, it still causes a lot of morbidity and mortality globally, and particularly in the developing world. With a national TB incidence of 330 cases of all ...
Has Uganda experienced any stalled fertility transitions? Reflecting on the last four decades (1973–2011)
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Background: Persistent high fertility is associated with mother and child mortality. While most regions in the world
have experienced declines in fertility rates, there are conflicting views as to whether Uganda has entered ...
Health seeking behaviour and challenges in utilising health facilities in Wakiso district, Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2014)
Background: The health seeking behaviour of a community determines how they use health services. Utilisation of health
facilities can be influenced by the cost of services, distance to health facilities, cultural beliefs, ...
Factors influencing the use of personal protective equipment by employees of Kinyara Sugar Limited Masindi District, Uganda
(2011-11)
Introduction
Workers in every workplace are faced with several health hazards. To reduce the effect of hazards, personal protective equipments are provided to employees though as the last line of defense.
Objectives
The ...
Coverage and effect of intensive adherence counseling on viral load suppression in a public HIV Care Center, Kampala, Uganda: A mixed methods retrospective study January 2015 to October 2018
(Makerere University, 2022-02)
Background: Intensive adherence counseling (IAC) is fundamental to enhance adherence and increase durability of ART regimens among ART treated unsuppressed people living with HIV (PLWH). This study evaluated coverage, ...
An Android application for healthcare seekers to facilitate informed decision making: a case of general national referral hospitals in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-03-28)
Background: There is delayed health seeking by the health seekers to the general national referral hospitals and this may be due to lack of convenient adequate information about the health services offered by the facility. ...
Quality of essential newborn care at China-Uganda Friendship Regional Referral Hospital Naguru, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
(Makerere University, 2022)
Introduction: Uganda is one of the countries that committed to reducing neonatal mortality to at worst 12 deaths per 1000 live births by 2030 and owing to this, a number of strategies are being implemented to increase the ...