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Assessment of antimicrobial stewardship programs and barriers to effective implementation in Ugandan Intensive Care Units
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Background: Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are at the epicenter of the war against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Therefore, quality improvement strategies like Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) that mitigate AMR are ...
Prevalence, clinicoradiological patterns and influencing factors of acute distal femur fractures among adults presenting with femur fractures at Mulago hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-10-06)
Background: Distal femur fractures (DFFs) account for 3% to 6% of all femur fractures. They usually result from high energy trauma in the young and low energy trauma in the old. DFFs have a bimodal distribution based on ...
Evaluation of survival models in examining factors associated with antenatal visits initiation among pregnant women in Nebbi district, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-01-19)
Introduction and background: The timing of antenatal (ANC) visits initiation is paramount in ensuring optimal maternal health outcomes. Both parametric and semi-parametric survival analysis models have been used to identify ...
Incidence of and Factors Influencing Complete Postnatal Care Uptake among Mothers Delivering at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere university, 2022-04-01)
Background: The postnatal period is the first 6 weeks after delivery of the baby. Half of the postnatal deaths of both mother and babies occur within the first day and two-thirds of postnatal deaths occur within the first ...
Service Availability and readiness to provide emergency Obstetric care among health facilities that refer to Kawempe National Referral Hospital: A situational analysis
(Makerere University, 2022-01-02)
Introduction: According to World Health Organization (WHO), 99% of global deaths that arise from pregnancy and its complications occur in the developing world, and 50% of these, occur in sub-Saharan Africa, due to weak ...
Knowledge and practice of screening for gestational diabetes of pregnant women among midwives and doctors at Kawempe National Referral Hospital and Kisenyi Health Centre IV
(Makerere University, 2022)
Background: Gestational diabetes is the commonest endocrine and metabolic disease encountered during pregnancy and is associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes such as fetal macrosomia, perinatal death, and future ...
Risky sexual behaviour and associated factors among HIV positive people on ART at Uganda Cares - St Balikuddembe Clinic : a cross sectional study
(Makerere University, 2022)
Introduction: ART has enabled PLHIV to live as close to normal lives as the rest of the global population. The initial anti-retroviral drugs in a way deterred individuals from risky sexual behaviors because data didn’t ...
Prevalence and factors associated with substance abuse among people aged 10-24 in Malaba Town, Tororo District, Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022)
Background: Research has demonstrated that substance abuse among young people has increased considerably in the recent years and Uganda is no exception. Besides the economic burden, some communities in Uganda face a rapidly ...
Factors affecting the level of adherence to Standard Operating Procedures to COVID 19 preventive measures among health care workers in Mayuge District.
(Makerere University, 2022-01-30)
Introduction
In Africa, majority of health care workers have been infected with COVID-19. This high infection rate of COVID-19 may be attributed to low adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs). However, there ...
Prevalence and factors associated with undiagnosed chronic hypertension in pregnancy among women attending antenatal clinic in Kawempe national referal hospital.
(Makerere University, 2022-03-14)
Undiagnosed chronic hypertension in pregnancy refers to high blood pressures of 140/90 mmhg and above detected before pregnancy or present before 20 weeks of gestation and has never been diagnosed or treated before.Chronic ...