School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.): Recent submissions
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Microbial characteristics of dental caries in HIV positive individuals
(2022)Background: Dental caries is a multifactorial disease that affects many people. Even though microorganisms play a crucial role in causing dental caries, diagnosis is routinely macroscopic. In order to improve early detection ... -
Longitudinal patients’ cohorts for impactful research and HIV care at the Infectious Diseases Institute
(2022)Introduction Observational studies provide important evidence supporting the feasibility and effectiveness of health interventions. The 20-year-old Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) established to respond to infectious ... -
Makerere University-Uganda Heart Institute collaborative cardiovascular disease training and research since 1988
(2022)Background Makerere University College of Health Sciences has been collaborating with the Uganda Heart Institute to build capacity for research, training and clinical care in cardiovascular medicine for the last 34 years ... -
Mobile Phone-based intervention to promote un-interrupted HIV treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2022)Introduction: Keeping HIV-infected adults away from the health care system during the COVID-19 travel restrictions, presents a challenge to HIV treatment adherence. Methods: This study focused on the initial two phases ... -
Disability and technology in Africa: Introduction
(Cambridge University press, 2022)An elderly lady with a limp selects her longest walking stick to help her through the mud to her garden. Deaf people watch attentively as a pastor delivers a sermon in sign language. Refugees with disabilities sit on their ... -
A century of health professions’ education, training, academic research and service at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
(DOI, 2022)The Makerere University College of Health Sciences traces its history to 1924, when Makerere University Medical School was established as a medical training University unit in East and Central Africa; drawing trainees from ... -
Low-level viraemia: An emerging concern among people living with HIV in Uganda and across sub-Saharan Africa
(AOSIS, 2022)Attaining viral load (VL) suppression for over 95% of the people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy is a fundamental step in enabling Uganda and other sub-Saharan African countries to achieve global Sustainable ... -
Association between indoor residual spraying and pregnancy outcomes: a quasi-experimental study from Uganda
(Oxford University Press, 2022)Background: Malaria is a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Indoor residual spraying with insecticide (IRS) reduces malaria infections, yet the effects of IRS on pregnancy outcomes are not well established. We ... -
Adherence to malaria management guidelines by health care workers in the Busoga Sub-region, Eastern Uganda
(BMC, 2022)Background: Appropriate malaria management is a key malaria control strategy. The objective of this study was to determine health care worker adherence levels to malaria case management guidelines in the Busoga sub-region, ... -
A quasi-experimental study estimating the impact of long-lasting insecticidal nets with and without piperonyl butoxide on pregnancy outcomes
(BMC, 2022)Background: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are the main vector control tool for pregnant women, but their efficacy may be compromised, in part, due to pyrethroid resistance. In 2017, the Ugandan Ministry of Health ... -
Malaria hospitalisation in East Africa: age, phenotype and transmission intensity
(BMC, 2022)Background: Understanding the age patterns of disease is necessary to target interventions to maximize cost-effective impact. New malaria chemoprevention and vaccine initiatives target young children attending routine ... -
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is elevated in children with acute kidney injury and sickle cell anemia, and predicts mortality
(Elsevier, 2022)Urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a biomarker of acute kidney injury that has been adapted to a urine dipstick test. However, there is limited data on its use in low and-middle-income countries ... -
The prevalence and clinical presentation of inpatient malaria in children between five and fifteen years old in a malaria endemic area after the scale up of malaria control interventions
(Makerere University, 2022)Introduction: Malaria is a disease that affects all age groups but more especially children under five years’ old, pregnant women, and school going children of all ages. Increasing success in lowering the level of malaria ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with low birth weight among women with short interpregnancy interval delivering at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2023)Introduction: According to many studies, neonates born to pregnant women with Short Interpregnancy Interval (SIPI) are at higher risk of adverse perinatal outcomes like Low birth weight LBW, prematurity, birth asphyxia. ... -
Survey to Assess Knowledge and Reported Practices Regarding Blood Transfusion Among Cancer Physicians in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-10)Purpose Optimal decision making regarding blood transfusion for patients with cancer requires appropriate knowledge of transfusion medicine among physicians. We assessed blood transfusion knowledge, attitudes, and ... -
Transfusion Challenges in Patients with Hematological Malignancies in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Prospective Observational Study from the Uganda Cancer Institute
(Makerere University, 2020)Blood transfusion is fundamental in managing hematologic malignancies. We sought to evaluate the need and availability of blood products for patients with hematological malignancies at Uganda Cancer Institute. We prospectively ... -
How low can you go: What is the safe threshold for platelet transfusions in patients with hematologic malignancy in sub-Saharan Africa
(Makerere University, 2019)Background Despite the importance of platelet transfusions in treatment of hematologic cancer patients, the optimal platelet count threshold for prophylactic transfusion is unknown in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods We followed ... -
Optimal use of blood and platelet support transfusion in patients with Hematological Cancers in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-10-05)Globally, cancer incidence and mortality are growing rapidly especially in emerging economies. Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Transfusion of blood and blood components plays ... -
Predicting asthma severity and control using YKL-40 biomarker at Kiruddu General Referral Hospital: a cross-sectional and retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022-12-19)Introduction: Asthma affects about 11% of Ugandans and about 67% of these have uncontrolled disease. The complexity of classifying asthma severity and predicting asthma control with the current guidelines calls for ... -
Loss to follow-up and associated factors among adult people living with HIV at public health facilities in Wakiso district, Uganda: a retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2018)Background: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immune deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic is still a major global public health challenge, particularly to resource constrained countries like Uganda. The ...