Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Author "Ndeezi, Grace"
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Adherence to malaria management guidelines by health care workers in the Busoga Sub-region, Eastern Uganda
Mpimbaza, Arthur; Babikako, Harriet; Rutazanna, Damian; Karamagi, Charles; Ndeezi, Grace; Katahoire, Anne; Opigo, Jimmy; Snow, Robert W. (BMC, 2022)Background: Appropriate malaria management is a key malaria control strategy. The objective of this study was to determine health care worker adherence levels to malaria case management guidelines in the Busoga sub-region, ... -
Challenges faced by health workers in providing counselling services to HIV-positive children in Uganda: a descriptive study
Rujumba, Joseph; Mbasaalaki-Mwaka, Cissy L; Ndeezi, Grace (BioMed Central, 2010)Background: The delivery of HIV counselling and testing services for children remains an uphill task for many health workers in HIV-endemic countries, including Uganda. We conducted a descriptive study to explore the ... -
Community based peer counsellors for support of exclusive breastfeeding: experiences from rural Uganda
Nankunda, Jolly; Tumwine, James K; Soltvedt, Åshild; Semiyaga, Nulu; Ndeezi, Grace; Tylleskär, Thorkild (BioMed Central, 2006-10-20)Background: Universal exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months could reduce infant mortality by 13%. Although 99% women initiate breastfeeding in Uganda, exclusive breastfeeding rates remain low. Although peer ... -
Cryptosproridiosis and microsporidiosis in Ugandan children with persistent diarrhea with and without concurrent infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Tumwine, James K.; Kekitiinwa, Addy; Bakeera-Kitaka, Sabrina; Ndeezi, Grace; Downing, Robert; Feng, Xiaochuan; Akiyoshi, Donna E.; Tzipori, Saul (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2005)Cryptosporidium spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi are enteric pathogens that have emerged as significant causes of persistent diarrhea (PD) in immunologically compromised individuals particularly in association with HIV/AIDS. ... -
Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on survival of HIV-infected children in Uganda: a randomized, controlled trial
Ndeezi, Grace; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Ndugwa, Christopher M.; Tumwine, James K. (BioMed Central, 2010)Background: Micronutrient deficiencies compromise the survival of HIV-infected children in low-income countries. We assessed the effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on the mortality of HIV-infected children ... -
Factors associated with birth asphyxia among term singleton births at two referral hospitals in Northern Uganda: A cross sectional study
Ayebare, Elizabeth; Hanson, Claudia; Nankunda, Jolly; Hjelmstedt, Anna; Nantanda, Rebecca; Jonas, Wibke; Tumwine, James K.; Ndeezi, Grace (BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022)Background: Birth asphyxia is one of the leading causes of neonatal mortality worldwide. In Uganda, it accounts for 28.9% of all neonatal deaths. With a view to inform policy and practice interventions to reduce adverse ... -
Fetal heart rate monitoring practices at a public hospital in Northern Uganda – what health workers document, do and say
Ayebare, Elizabeth; Jonas, Wibke; Ndeezi, Grace; Nankunda, Jolly; Hanson, Claudia; Tumwine, James K.; Hjelmstedt, Anna (Global Health Action, 2020-01-20)Background: In Uganda, perinatal mortality is 38 per 1000 pregnancies. One-third of these deaths are due to birth asphyxia. Adequate fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring during labor may detect birth asphyxia but little is ... -
Health care workers’ experiences of managing foetal distress and birth asphyxia at health facilities in Northern Uganda
Ayebare, Elizabeth; Ndeezi, Grace; Hjelmstedt, Anna; Nankunda, Jolly; Tumwine, James K.; Hanson, Claudia; Jonas, Wibke (BMC, 2021-01)Background: Birth asphyxia is one of the leading causes of intrapartum stillbirth and neonatal mortality worldwide. We sought to explore the experiences of health care workers in managing foetal distress and birth asphyxia ... -
Mannitol as adjunct therapy for childhood cerebral malaria in Uganda: a randomized clinical trial
Namutangula, Beatrice; Ndeezi, Grace; Byarugaba, Justus S. Justus S.; Tumwine, James K (BioMed Central, 2007-10-24)Background: Several reports have suggested that raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is a major contributor to death among children with cerebral malaria. Mannitol, an osmotic diuretic, effectively lowers ICP and is used to ... -
Microsporidiosis and malnutrition in children with persistent diarrhea, Uganda
Tumwine, James K; Ndeezi, Grace; Naumova, Elena N.; Mor, Siobhan M; Tzipori, Saul (National Center for Infectious Diseases, 2009-01)We show that the microsporidian fungus Enterocytozoon bieneusi is associated with lower rates of weight gain in children in Uganda with persistent diarrhea. This relationship remained after controlling for HIV and concurrent ... -
Presumptive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine versus weekly chloroquine for malaria prophylaxis in children with sickle cell anaemia in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial
Nakibuuka, Victoria; Ndeezi, Grace; Nakiboneka, Deborah; Ndugwa, Christopher M.; Tumwine, James K. (BioMed Central, 2009-10-24)Background: Malaria carries high case fatality among children with sickle cell anaemia. In Uganda, chloroquine is used for prophylaxis in these children despite unacceptably high levels of resistance. Intermittent presumptive ... -
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, ... -
Zinc status in HIV infected Ugandan children aged 1-5 years: a cross sectional baseline survey
Tylleskär, Thorkild; Ndugwa, Christopher M.; Christopher, M.; Tumwine, James K.; Ndeezi, Grace (BioMed Central, 2010)Background: Low concentrations of serum zinc have been reported in HIV infected adults and are associated with disease progression and an increased risk of death. Few studies have been conducted in HIV infected children ...