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Citywide trauma experience in Kampala, Uganda: a call for intervention
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2002)
Objectives: To describe injuries and their emergency care at five city hospitals. Setting: Data were collected between January and December 1998 from casualty departments of the five largest hospitals of Kampala city, ...
Total lymphocyte count: not a surrogate marker for risk of death in HIV infected Ugandan children
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2008-10-01)
Objectives—To determine the utility of Total Lymphocyte Count (TLC) in predicting the 12 month mortality in HIV infected Ugandan children; to correlate TLC and CD4 cell %. Design—This is a retrospective data analysis of ...
Nutritional status and its determinants in children under five years of age in Rweibaare Parish, Bushenyi District.
(2005)
Under-nutrition and infection are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the developing world. These two problems are interrelated. Under-nutrition compromises barrier function, allowing easier access by pathogens, ...
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus chloroquine or amodiaquine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a randomized, multisite trial to guide national policy in Uganda
(2005)
The use of combinations of inexpensive drugs for the treatment of malaria in Africa has been proposed as an interim policy while awaiting the widespread availability of more effective regimens. We compared sulfadoxinepyrimethamine ...
The liver in HIV in Africa
(International Medical Press, 2005)
As access to antiretroviral therapy improves across the African continent, liver disease is emerging as an important cause of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected individuals. Although coinfection with hepatitis B ...