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MOS HIP: McMaster outcome study of hypertension in pregnancy
(Elsevier, 2001-05-08)
Background: The offspring of women with hypertension during pregnancy are at increased risk of low birth weight, preterm birth, diseases of prematurity and death. The risk of developing these outcomes among women with ...
Psychiatric disorders among the elderly on non-psychiatric wards in an African setting
(International Psychogeriatrics, 2007)
Background: The elderly are vulnerable to illness and particularly to psychiatric
illness. Many mentally ill elderly patients end up on non-psychiatric wards owing
to somatization of their illnesses. Even for these ...
Oral manifestations and their relationship to immunesuppression in HIV positive children at Mildmay Uganda
(Makerere University, 2009-11)
Introduction: HIV/AIDS is a major global health problem affecting both low and high- income countries. Oral manifestations of HIV infection further threaten the usually poor health of HIV- positive children and lower their ...
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 ...
Assessment of health workers and volunteers performance levels in the Onchocercias Control Program in Mulanje District, Southern Malawi
(Makerere University, 2009-09)
Introduction: This is an intervention study entitled ‘Assessment of Health
Workers and Volunteers Performance Levels in the Onchocerciasis Control
Program in Mulanje District – Southern Malawi.’ Its aim was to identify ...
A comparison of the behavioral and emotional disorders of primary school-going orphans and non-orphans in Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2007)
Background: This study investigated the emotional and behavioral problems of orphans in Rakai District, Uganda, and to suggest interventions. Studies, elsewhere, have shown orphans to have high levels of psychological ...
Factors associated with loss to follow up in HIV positive clients on ARVs at Infectious Disease Clinic, Mulago Hospital from 2005 to 2007
(Makerere University, 2009-06)
Background: Worldwide there approximately 40.3 million people with HIV of which 25.8million are in the sub Saharan region of Africa. In Uganda over 1million ( 100,000 children under 15years) people are infected with HIV(MOH ...
Assessment of level at which safe water chain is interrupted and associated factors in Rukungiri District
(Makerere University, 2009-05)
Introduction: Contaminated drinking water is a risk to diseases in developing and developed countries. A water quality survey done in two sub-counties in Rukungiri found a higher level of coliforms in the water at household ...
Prevalence and factors associated with utilisation of insecticide treated bednets among pregnant women in Gulu District Internally Displaced Persons’ camps
(Makerere University, 2009-09)
Background. Nearly 500 million people suffer a malaria episode every year and about 90% of all malaria deaths in the world today occur in sub-Sahara Africa. In Uganda, malaria accounts for about 30 - 50% of the outpatient ...
Prevalence of adverse neonatal outcome and association with HIV infection among postnatal women in Mtwara regional hospital, Tanzania.
(Makerere University, 2009-05)
Background
It is estimated that a global average of NMR is 30 neonatal deaths per 1000 live births. In 1995, 20.5million LBW were born and 16% of all new born in developing countries had LBW. Tanzania’s NMR is 32 deaths ...