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30 day in-hospital patient mortality after ICU discharge and associated factors : a retrospective cohort study in selected tertiary hospitals in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2021-01-25)Background: Intensive care medicine is rapidly growing because critical illness is a major component of the global burden of disease especially in LMICs. We retrospectively evaluated the 30 day In-hospital patient mortality ... -
Abdominal sonographic changes among HIV-TB co-infected adult patients initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy at Mulago Hospital Complex.
(Makerere University, 2014)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection increases the risk for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB). In HIV-TB co-infected patients, abdominal tuberculosis accounts for 11-16% of extra pulmonary cases. ... -
Acceptability and perceptions of contraceptives among young HIV positive women in KCCA Art Clinics
(Makerere University, 2019-09)Introduction There are about 7000 new HIV infections among young women in Sub Saharan Africa. Forty- three percent of pregnancies among young HIV positive women in Uganda are either unwanted or mistimed and this accounts ... -
Acceptability and satisfaction of male partners with antenatal clinic-based HIV testing for PMTCT at Old-Mulago Hospital, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2010-12)Introduction: Despite benefits of and strategies to increase male partner participation in AHCT at Old-Mulago ANC, their attendance has remained very low (15.8% tested). It is not clear whether they accept AHCT and how ... -
ACCEPTABILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR UGANDA’S PROPOSED NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME AMONG INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS IN IGANGA AND MAYUGE DISTRICTS
(Makerere University, 2019)Introduction: Access to health care remains a challenge especially among the informal sector in most of the low-income countries due to out of pocket (OOP) expenditures, with Uganda spending over 40.0% out of pocket on ... -
Acceptability of healthy lifestyle recommendations for blood pressure reduction, and its associated factors, among hypertensive people living with HIV in a tertiary HIV clinic in Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-11)Introduction: Hypertension is a significant public health problem with a prevalence ranging between 11% and 29% among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Uganda. Healthy lifestyle recommendations are essential in the prevention ... -
Acceptability of integration of cervical cancer screening into routine HIV care, associated factors and perceptions among HIV-infected women: a mixed methods study at Mbarara regional referral hospital
(Makerere University, 2021-05-07)Background: Integrating Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS) into routine HIV care has been endorsed as an effective strategy for increasing uptake of CCS, and facilitating early detection and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions ... -
Acceptability of male infant medical circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy among patients attending a Health Centre IV in Kampala District
(Makerere University, 2011)Background: Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection by 50-60%. UNAIDS has recommended that MMC be integrated into prevention strategies in countries of high prevalence. Circumcision ... -
Acceptability of modified directly observed therapy for Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and associated factors among HIV patients in Arua Hospital
(Makerere University, 2010-10)Introduction: Combination ART has led to dramatic reductions in morbidity and mortality among patients with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Successful treatment with ART requires the patient to maintain consistent adherence to the ... -
Acceptability of SMS reminders as an HIV PREP adherence support tool and associated factors among adolescent girls and young women in Mukono District
(Makerere University, 2022-12)Background: Young Women in Uganda contributed 29% of new HIV infections despite representing only 10% of the total population and are priority beneficiaries of PrEP, yet they have been found to have low adherence. SMS ... -
Acceptability of TeleMental Health and its influencing factors among adolescent patients, caretakers, and mental health professionals at Butabika Hospital
(Makerere University, 2023-11)Background: Mental disorders are a significant cause of disability worldwide, Uganda inclusive. In 2019, they accounted for 4.92% and 3.94% of the disease burden in the world and Uganda, respectively. Adolescents are at a ... -
Access to anti-hypertensive and anti-diabetic medications amongst people living with HIV in Soroti District, Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-12)Background: Access to anti-diabetic and anti-hypertensive medicines is one of the factors that needs to be addressed so as to ensure continuous availability of affordable quality of care to HIV clients living with ... -
Access to improved sanitation among households in peri urban area in Bwaise II Parish, Kawempe Division: A cross sectional study
(Makerere University, 2023)Introduction: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 6.2 aims at achieving universal access to sanitation, leaving no one behind by 2030. To enhance this achievement, SDG target 1.4 aims at basic sanitation for all ... -
Access to mental health services by refugees in Imvepi Refugee Settlement, Arua District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-12)Background: Uganda continues to have an influx of refugees who are exposed to multiple traumatic events that put them at a higher risk of developing mental disorders as compared to the general population. The availability ... -
Access to selected sexual reproductive health services among adolescent refugees in Rhino camp refugee settlement in Arua district.
(Makerere University, 2023-01-17)Introduction: Uganda hosts 1.4 million refugees and conflict-affected people. Widely regarded as the best place in Africa to be a refuge. Adolescents in refugee camps in West Nile Region face challenges that can be ... -
Accessibility of essential maternal health related in-vitro point-of-care diagnostic tests at the primary health care level in Luwero district central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-03-02)Background: Poor maternal outcomes at the Primary Health Care (PHC) level of Low-Income Countries such as Uganda are partly attributed to poor maternal health services including inaccessibility of appropriate maternal ... -
Accountability mechanisms in results based financing and their implementation in Lira District Northern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-12)Introduction: Results-based financing has been proposed as an innovative reform to enhance systems performance in Uganda. Lira District is one of the districts implementing the national results-based financing (RBF) scheme ... -
ACCURACY OF CHEST ULTRASOUND IN DIAGNOSING PNEUMONIA IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AT MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL, KAMPALA, UGANDA.
(Makerere University, 2019-08)ackground. Pneumonia is a major health threat worldwide and a leading infectious cause of death in children under 5 years causing more deaths than AIDS, malaria, and measles. The current guidelines suggest that the diagnosis ... -
Accuracy of lung ultrasound in diagnosing respiratory distress syndrome in very low birth weight neonates at Kawempe national referral hospital and Mulago specialized women and neonatal hospital
(Makerere Univeristy, 2022-11)ABSTRACT Introduction Globally, prematurity and its complications, including low birth weight are a leading cause of death in children under the age of 5 years. In Uganda, neonatal deaths represent 42% of under 5 deaths; ... -
Accuracy of Spectral Doppler in evaluation of diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive patients in Mulago Hospital Complex
(MAKERERE UNIVERSITY, 2018)ABSTRACT Background: Hypertension is major risk factor for heart failure, coronary artery disease, kidney injury and stroke worldwide. Uncontrolled hypertension leads to structural changes in the heart which eventually ...