School of Health Sciences (Health-Sciences) Collections: Recent submissions
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Frontloading versus standard sputum smears for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Mulago Hospital, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2011-04)Introduction: In Uganda, the prevalence of smear positive TB is 4.4 per 1000. Diagnosis of TB in resource limited settings depends on smear microscopy of 2 samples. Frontloading is the examination of two sputum sample ... -
Nutritional status and food habits of adolescents in public and private boarding secondary schools in Hoima District
(Makerere University, 2012)Background: Good nutrition is essential during adolescence as it supports the increased growth spurt that characterized puberty and teen years. Adolescence nutritional problems are common in the developing countries and ... -
Knowledge of first time mothers about postpartum care
(Makerere University, 2013)Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality rates in the postnatal period have been noted to be very high. In most hospital settings in Uganda, the mother who delivers by spontaneous vertex delivery is discharged within ... -
Male partner willingness to participate in couple HIV counselling and testing for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Dodoma-Tanzania
(Makerere University, 2013)Introduction: Mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) is a serious problem in both developing and developed countries regardless of the availability of PMTCT program. Couple HIV Counseling and Testing as a method of ... -
Value and importance of informed consent to researchers at Makerere University.
(Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health., 2012)Background: Respect for persons requires that research participants be given the opportunity to make choices about what should be done to them. Many times, the process of informed consent is abused to the benefit of ... -
Improved efficacy with amodiaquine instead of chloroquine in sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine combination treatment of falciparum malaria in Uganda: Experience with fixed-dose formulation
(Acta Tropica, 2006)Amodiaquine (AQ) is an affordable compound, chemically related to chloroquine (CQ) but often effective against CQ resistant Plasmodium falciparum. In Uganda, a pre-packed fixed-dose combination of CQ plus sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine ... -
Pharmacokinetic interactions between chloroquine, sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine and their bioequivalence in a generic fixed-dose combination in healthy volunteers in Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2006)Background: A pre-packaged fixed-dose formulation of chloroquine (CQ) and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (S/P) combination (Homapak) is widely used for the treatment of falciparum malaria in Ugandan children. It is however a ... -
Knowledge about the research and ethics committee at Makerere University, Kampala
(African Health Sciences, 2013)Background: All research involving human participants should be reviewed by a competent and independent institutional research and ethics committee. Research conducted at Makerere University College of Health Sciences ... -
Prevalence, nature and characteristics of external congenital anomalies at Mulago Hospital
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2011)Background: Congenital anomalies may be structural, behavioral, functional or metabolic defects acquired before a baby is born and their nature and type are highly dependent on the causative agent as well as the time when ... -
Non-linear mixed effects modeling of liver function biomarkers in TB-HIV patients co-treated with Rifampicin and Efavirenz based regimens
(2013-11)Introduction Survival has improved as a result of improved HIV therapy but liver disease remains a critical problem in HIV patients. HIV disease, ART and Tuberculosis treatments have all been documented to cause liver ... -
Knowledge of danger signs during pregnancy and subsequent health seeking actions among women in Kinondoni municipality, Tanzania
(Makerere University, 2013-11)Background: Tanzania is among countries with a high maternal mortality rate. Every pregnant woman is at risk of developing pregnancy related complication. It is not understood if and how the information and education on ... -
Antibacterial activity of the root extracts of draceana laxissima and draceana fragrans on selected urinary tract pathogens
(Makerere University, 2012-01)Introduction: Over 150 million people are diagnosed with urinary tract infections (UTI) each year. The prevalence rate for UTIs in the Ugandan population was estimated to be at 1 in 33 or 3.03%. The main causal organisms ... -
The prevalence and predictors of health unit delivery among HIV positive pregnant women who attend ANC at Mulago Hospital
(2012-05)About 700,000 children in 2005 were infected with HIV worldwide virtually all of them through mother to child transmission (MTCT). About 90% of them occurred in sub-Saharan Africa due to a continuation of the high prevalence ... -
Perceptions of health care providers in Mulago hospital on prevention and management of domestic violence
(Makerere University Medical School, 2005)Objective: To explore knowledge, attitudes and practices of health workers in Mulago hospital towards domestic violence prevention and management, especially violence during pregnancy. Methods: From 5th to 25th March 2000, ... -
Life events associated with major depression in Ugandan Primary Healthcare (PHC) patients: issues of cultural specificity
(SAGE Publications, 2008)Objective: The study compared life events experienced by depressed patients seen at primary healthcare (PHC) centres with those among healthy community controls. Method: Data was collected from 74 depressed patients and ... -
The prevalence and clinical pattern of mastalgia in women attending Mulago breast clinic.
(2005)Background/Introduction Mastalgia is a common breast condition in women referred to breast clinics worldwide. The prevalence is known in the Western world and Asia. The level of the disease is yet to be documented from any ... -
Targeting persistent HIV infection: where and how, if possible?
(Elsevier, 2011)Sanctuaries of persistent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, which are diverse and stillincompletely resolved, account for the incomplete clearance of HIV among infected persons with a long-standing history of ... -
Perceptions about human rights, sexual and reproductive health services by Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda
(Makerere University Medical School, 2009-10)Background: About 1.6 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) from northern Uganda have been living in encampments since the late 1980s. In conflict settings such as northern Uganda women are disproportionately affected ... -
Linkage to HIV care and survival following inpatient HIV counseling and testing
(Springer, 2010)Linkage to HIV care and survival in sub-Saharan Africa is not well documented. In 2004 we conducted a randomized trial among medical inpatients in Mulago Hospital to assess the impact of HIV counseling and testing (HCT) ... -
Life events and depression in the context of the changing African family: the case of Uganda
(2007)Introduction: Traditionally, the African extended family gave psychosocial support to all members, which cushioned any illness effects including depression. Recent changes in the African family, notably urbanization and ...