Browsing by Author "Kiguli, Sarah"
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A consortium approach to competency‑based undergraduate medical education in Uganda: Process, opportunities and challenges.
Kiguli, Sarah; Mubuuke, Roy; Baingana, Rhona; Kijjambu, Stephen; Maling, Samuel; Waako, Paul; Obua, Celestino; Ovuga, Emilio; Kaawa‑Mafigiri, David; Nshaho, Jonathan; Kiguli‑Malwadde, Elsie; Bollinger, Robert; Sewankambo, Nelson (Medknow Publications, 2014)ABSTRACT Background: Uganda, like the rest of Africa, is faced with serious health challenges including human immunodeficiency virus infection/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), other infectious diseases and ... -
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is elevated in children with acute kidney injury and sickle cell anemia, and predicts mortality
Batte, Anthony; Menon, Sahit; Ssenkusu, John M.; Kiguli, Sarah; Kalyesubula, Robert; Lubega, Joseph; Berrens, Zachary; Mutebi, Edrisa Ibrahim; Ogwang, Rodney; Opoka, Robert O.; John, Chandy C.; Conroy, Andrea L. (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 ... -
Standardizing assessment practices of undergraduate medical competencies across medical schools: Challenges, opportunities and lessons learned from a consortium of medical schools in Uganda.
Mubuuke, Aloysius Gonzaga; Mwesigwa, Catherine; Maling, Samuel; Rukundo, Godfrey; Kagawa, Mike; Kitara, David Lagoro; Kiguli, Sarah (African Field Epidemiology Network, 2014)Abstract Introduction: Health professions education is gradually moving away from the more traditional approaches to new innovative ways of training aimed at producing professionals with the necessary competencies to ... -
Zinc adjunct therapy reduces case fatality in severe childhood pneumonia: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial
Srinivasan, Maheswari G.; Ndeezi, Grace; Mboijana, Cordelia Katureebe; Kiguli, Sarah; Bimenya, Gabriel S.; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Tumwine, James K. (BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Pneumonia is a leading cause of children’s deaths in developing countries and hinders achievement of the fourth Millennium Development Goal. This goal aims to reduce the under-five mortality rate, by two thirds, ...