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Prevalence and factors associated with hyponatraemia among patients aged sixty years and above with heart failure attending Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2014-06)
Patients with heart failure are predisposed to electrolyte abnormalities especially the older population. The most common electrolyte abnormality among these patients is hyponatraemia which is mostly dilution hyponatraemia. ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of HIV clients on the management of safe water chain: A case study for Alive Medical Services
(Makerere University, 2014-08)
Introduction:
Diarrhoea, a result of un-safe water, is one of the most common symptoms affecting People
Living with Human Immune Deficiency Virus (PLHIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS). 90% of PLHIV and ...
Unknown HIV status among women delivering in Mulago Hospital
(2014)
Mother to Child Transmission of HIV accounts for more than 90% of all paediatric HIV infections. HIV testing among pregnant women is the first step to receiving interventions that prevent Mother to Child transmission. ...
Chest radiographic findings of pulmonary tuberculosis in severely immunocompromised patients with the human immunodeficiency virus
(The British Institute of Radiology, 2012-06)
Objective: We describe chest radiograph (CXR) findings in a population with a high
prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) in order to
identify radiological features associated with TB; to ...
Determinants of health related quality of life in smear positive and smear negative adult tuberculosis patients in Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014)
Introduction/background: Smear negative Tuberculosis has been on the rise since the HIV
epidemic and is associated with poor clinical outcomes. There is limited information regarding
health related quality of life(HRQoL) ...
Prevalence and factors associated with stunting and wasting among children aged 6-59 months living along Lake Victoria landing sites in Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2015-04)
Background: Malnutrition is among the leading causes of death in children less than five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda is one of the sub-Saharan African countries with the highest number of malnourished children. ...
Non-retention of mother-baby pairs in care in elimination of mother to child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Gulu District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017)
Introduction: Poor retention in HIV care of mother-baby pairs remains a public health challenge in the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. We determined the rate of non-retention and time-to non-retention ...
Effect of repeated anthelminthic treatment on malaria in school children in Kenya: A randomized, open label, equivalence trial
(Makerere University, 2016)
Background: In Africa, malaria and soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) occur in the same populations and sometimes in the same individuals, with school-age children being at the greatest risk of coinfection. It has been ...
Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers less than 25 years attending the immunization clinic at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2016)
Introduction and background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends Exclusive Brest Feeding (EBF) for six months. The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding is still low and the duration of breastfeeding is also ...
An evaluation of community led total sanitation in Molo Subcounty, Tororo District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017)
Introduction and Background: Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is an integrated approach done to achieve and sustain open defecation free status and is focused on igniting a change in sanitation behaviour rather than ...