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Time to and factors associated with incident tuberculosis among PLHIV on ART and isoniazid preventive therapy in selected Kampala public health facilities
(Makerere University, 2023-07-03)
Introduction: People Living with HIV (PLHIV) are treated with Isoniazid to lower the risk of incident Tuberculosis disease. In Uganda, routine HIV program data in DHIS2, showed a rising trend of new TB cases in this ...
Fetal outcomes in HIV positive mothers on Antiretroviral Therapy compared to HIV negative mothers at Kawempe National Referral Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2023-09-26)
Background: The initiation of lifelong ART in all HIV-infected pregnant women has the potential to make perinatal HIV infection a rare event, as well as to improve maternal health and survival. However, it will also lead ...
Prevalence of high CSF fungal burden and its estimation using CSF glucose among HIV-infected adults with cryptococcal meningitis admitted to Masaka and Entebbe hospitals
(Makerere University, 2023-11-07)
Globally, cryptococcal meningitis (CM) was responsible for 19% of AIDS-related deaths and of these, sub-Saharan Africa contributed 75% in 2020. It is the leading central nervous system (CNS) fungal infection worldwide. In ...
Prevalence and factors associated with depression among young adults living with HIV attending the Infectious Diseases Institute
(Makerere University, 2023-09-20)
Introduction: Depression among young adults living with HIV increases their risk of complications from HIV and has been consistently associated with disruption of the important developmental process, subsequently leading ...