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Plasma levels of DDE/DDT and liver function in malaria control personnel 6 months after indoor residual spraying with DDT in Northern Uganda, 2008
(The South African Medical Journal, 2010-02)
Objective. We investigated the relationship between plasma levels of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and liver function in malaria control personnel 6 months after one round of DDT indoor residual spraying (IRS).
Method. ...
Underweight and mortality among children 0 to 60 months hospitalized with malaria in regions of varying malaria endemicity in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014-10)
Background:
Malaria and underweight have contributed to high morbidity and mortality in children. The two conditions have the potential to co-exist, but their relationship is not well understood in Uganda. The objective ...
Health workers’ compliance to treatment guidelines for uncomplicated malaria under the artemether-lumefantrine drug policy in Hoima District.
(Makerere University, 2013-03)
Introduction: In June 2004, the Uganda Ministry of Health changed the antimalarial drug policy from chloroquine and fansidar to a fixed combination of artemether-lumefantrine. Consequently, new case management guidelines ...
Intermittent use of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria prevention: A cross-sectional study of knowledge and practices among Ugandan women attending an urban antenatal clinic.
(Malaria Journal, 2014)
Abstract
Background: The WHO recommends supervised administration of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) as intermittent
preventive treatment for malaria (IPTp) during pregnancy. Logistical constraints have however favoured ...
Performance of community health workers in community based management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea among children under 5 years in Lira district
(2015-07)
Introduction: Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are failing to achieve their millennium development goal 4 of which Uganda is not an exception. Evidence shows that using the CHWs strategy can reduce child mortality by ...
Prevalence and factors associated with malaria misdiagnosis among children in Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2015)
Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda especially among children under five years of age. Reliable diagnosis is essential to reduce this burden. World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines recommend ...
Performance, attitudes and beliefs of village health teams regarding management of severe malaria using rectal artesunate for children under five in Mpigi district, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014-11)
Introduction and background: Malaria is still a complex public health problem in the African region, where most cases and deaths are due to the disease occurrence (UNICEF, 2007). The study main objective was to assess the ...
Factors affecting utilization of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in bukanga health sub district - isingiro district- Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2016-06)
Background: Intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) using Sulphadoxine/Pyrimethamine is a strategy recommended for preventing malaria in Pregnancy worldwide (WHO 2014 ), however utilisation of IPTp services was low, (49% ...
Parasite-based diagnosis for malaria in Uganda: feasibility and cost-effectiveness
(Makerere University, 2012)
From 2006 the first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Uganda was with
artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). In 2010, Uganda adopted the universal
parasite-based diagnosis for malaria before treatment ...
Artemether-Lumefantrine combination therapy for treatment of uncomplicated malaria: The potential for complex interactions with antiretroviral drugs in HIV-infected individuals
(Malaria Research and Treatment, 2011-02-14)
Treatment of malaria in HIV-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) poses significant challenges. Artemether-lumefantrine (AL) is one of the artemisisnin-based combination therapies recommended for ...