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Doctoral training in Uganda: evaluation of mentoring best practices at Makerere University College of Health Sciences
(BMC Medical Education, 2014)
Background: Good mentoring is a key variable for determining success in completing a doctoral program. We identified prevailing mentoring practices among doctoral students and their mentors, identified common challenges ...
Attitude and practice towards female genital cutting among Somali immigrant community in Kampala-Uganda
(Makerere University, 2013)
Introduction: Female genital cutting (FGC) has lifelong adverse social and health consequences on women, and its prevention will not only enhance the health of children and women, but also promote gender equality. Like ...
Subclinical atherosclerosis among HIV-infected adults attending HIV/AIDS care at two large Ambulatory HIV clinics in Uganda
(PLOS One, 2014)
Background: The increased immune activation and inflammation of chronic HIV-infection and the characteristic dyslipidemias associated with HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy (ART) contribute to an increased risk of ...
Utility of the ACTG staging criteria to predict survival in AIDS associated Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2011-05)
Introduction: Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is commonly staged using criteria established by the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG). ACTG staging is comprised of three dichotomous variables: Tumor extent (T), immune status (I) and ...
Depression symptoms and cognitive function among individuals with advanced HIV infection initiating HAART in Uganda
(BMC Psychiatry, 2010)
Background: Among patients with HIV infection, depression is the most frequently observed psychiatric disorder. The presence of depressive symptoms and cognitive dysfunction among HIV patients has not been well studied in ...
Association between androgen deprivation and serum insulin levels among Ugandan men with advanced prostate cancer in Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2013)
Background: In Uganda, cancer of the prostate is now the commonest malignancy in the male, most patients presenting with advanced disease for which the standard treatment remains androgen ablation (ADT), usually by surgical ...
A comparative analysis of client satisfaction among people receiving HIV/AIDS care from public and private health facilities in Kabale District
(Makerere University, 2010-12)
Introduction: In Uganda in 2008, about 121,218 people were on ART, which was 40% of all persons eligible for it at the time. Despite increasing availability and accessibility to
HIV/AIDS care services in Uganda, there are ...
Psychiatric disorders among the elderly on non-psychiatric wards in an African setting
(International Psychogeriatrics, 2007)
Background: The elderly are vulnerable to illness and particularly to psychiatric
illness. Many mentally ill elderly patients end up on non-psychiatric wards owing
to somatization of their illnesses. Even for these ...
Immunity to malaria
(1970)
Section I: literature is reviewed and the pattern of the development of immunity in a population exposed to high malarial endemicity is followed. This is followed by a brief discussion of specific aspects of malarial ...
Prevalence and types of chronic suppurative otitis media among children aged six months to five years in slum dwelling of Kamwokya-Kifumbira, Kampala district
(2005-06)
Chronic Suppurative Otitis media(CSOM) remains one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood in many developing countries, especially among poor communities. It is estimated to be responsible for 51,000 deaths of ...