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Prevalence, patterns and factors associated with ocular manifestations of type 1 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescents attending Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2021-12)
Background; Diabetes mellitus is a growing public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda inclusive, with an annual incidence of 6% in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, 3% in many countries and 77% in the European ...
Treatment outcome and factors affecting time to recovery among children with severe acute malnutrition receiving outpatient therapeutic care in Nakivale refugee settlement
(Makerere University, 2021-02-17)
Introduction: Outpatient therapeutic care (OTC) has been decentralized to the health centre level in Uganda. In order to facilitate assessment, care and support of children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition ...
Assessment of the drivers to a persistent measles outbreak among under five - year old children in Wakiso district Central Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2021-04-01)
Introduction and Background
Regardless of the availability of a safe and efficacious vaccine for the last three decades which has been protective to many lives, measles has continuously been the major cause of morbidity ...
Prevalance and factors associated with stunting among children aged 6-59 months in Bala sub-county, Kole district.
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
Introduction:
Stunting is the most prevalent form of malnutrition. It is associated with prolonged under nutrition in most developing countries including Uganda. Malnutrition contributes to more than 50 percent of the ...
Shortterm outcomes of supracondylar fractures of humerus and their associated factors in children managed at Mulago National Refferal Hospital
(Makerere University, 2021)
Background:
Supracondylar fractures (SCF) of the humerus is one of the commonest global health concerns among children and need a rigorous management process in order to get satisfactory outcomes. In ensuring so, it is ...
Clinical-pathologic characterisation and survival of children with Urinary Bladder Tumors at Uganda Cancer Institute.
(Makerere University, 2021-11)
Introduction: Pediatric bladder tumors are rare worldwide and their clinical-pathological characteristics differ from those in adults. In Uganda, these characteristics have not been studied in this age group yet survival ...
Association between introduction of Integrated Community Case Management and utilisation of selected facility-based health services among children one year of age in Amolataar district, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-11-07)
BACKGROUND: Scale-up of Integrated Community Case Management of common
childhood illnesses (ICCM) is a growing focus to address health care access barriers.
Assessment of ICCM programming has paid little attention to ...