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Assessment of dietary intake and nutritional status of children (under five years) who are HIV positive attending The Aids Support Organization (TASO) Entebbe
(Makerere University, 2010-11)
BACKGROUND: HIV/AIDS still remains a challenging pandemic worldwide, with Sub-Saharan African being the most affected region. In Uganda, the impact of the disease at household, community and national level has been enormous. ...
Effect of vitamin A-mineral supplementation on serum retinol and overall nutritional status of school children aged 6-10 years in Wakiso District, Uganda: A randomized controlled trial
(Makerere University, 2010-11)
Introduction: School aged children are faced by many nutritional problems including deficiencies of major micronutrients such as Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc. Vitamin A Deficiency is a public health problem in Uganda and efforts ...
Optimization of biogas production from banana peels: Effect of particle size on methane yield
(Makerere University, 2010-10)
The cooking banana cultivars (matooke) in Uganda have so long been considered to have weak linkages to upstream processing. However, the work of the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) has shown ...
Effect of supplementation with zinc, zinc plus, vitamin A and iron on nutritional status of school children (6-10 years) in Uganda: A randomized controlled study
(Makerere University, 2010)
Background: The nutritional status for the school-aged child is largely unknown. Unlike for children under five years of age, few studies have been conducted the age group of 6-10 years. Hence there is a paucity of information ...
Reliability of scored patient-generated subjective global assessment in determining nutritional status of HIV infected adults attending TASO Mulago Clinic
(Makerere University, 2010-07)
Background: Early identification of risk for malnutrition in people living with HIV (PLHIV) is needed so as to determine nutritional deficits and appropriate interventions. Malnutrition in many PLHIV in Uganda is frequently ...
Changes in body composition and dietary patterns among HIV positive adults on first line Antiretroviral treatment at The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) Mulago, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2010-11)
Background: There is lack of documented information on changes in body
composition along with dietary patterns among PLHIV on first line ART in Uganda.
In most HIV clinics in Kampala, patients are weighed almost at every ...
Factors influencing the nutritional status of women of reproductive age in Erute internally displaced persons' camp, Lira District
(2010-08)
Introduction: More than 1.5 million Ugandans were displaced and lived in camps from 1996 to 2005. The camp conditions were associated with poor sanitary facilities, disease and malnutrition among women and children (WFP ...
Reliability of scored patient-generated subjective global assessment in determining nutritional status of HIV infected adults attending TASO Mulago Clinic
(Makerere University, 2010-07)
Background: Early identification of risk for malnutrition in people living with HIV (PLHIV) is needed so as to determine nutritional deficits and appropriate interventions. Malnutrition in many PLHIV in Uganda is frequently ...