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Breastfeeding practice and associated factors among infants 1-11 months born to HIV positive mothers attending postnatal care at Nsambya Hospital
(Makerere University, 2017-01)
Introduction:
Breastfeeding practice significantly reduces the risk of malnutrition and infectious diseases especially in the first year of life. Although the HIV pandemic has hindered breastfeeding, WHO recommends it ...
Marriage, Risk Behaviours and HIV Infection in Rural Rakai, South Western Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014-10)
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is still a global problem that is most severe in sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that over 2.1 million (1.9 – 2.7 million) people became newly infected with HIV in 2012 year (UNAIDS, 2013 and 70% ...
Willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis: risk perception among HIV uninfected individuals in serodiscordant relationships with clients attending the Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala
(2018-11-16)
Background: Scaling up efficacious evidence based HIV prevention strategies is imperative
to realizing the UNAIDS commitment to ensure access to combination prevention methods to
at least 90% of people by 2020. Pre-exposure ...
Retention in care, viral suppression and associated factors in HIV-positive key populations receiving antiretroviral therapy from Kampala Public Health Centers
(2018-10-15)
Introduction: HIV-positive Key populations (KPs) contribute about 50% of the global new HIV infection rates. We sought to compare the rates of virologic suppression, retention in care and factors associated with non-virologic ...
Universal antiretroviral therapy for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Northern Uganda
(University of Bergen, Norway, 2021-06-24)
Abstract
Background: Uganda’s decrease in mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) has
stagnated, making it almost impossible to achieve the target of zero new HIV infections.
Objectives: The aim of this study has ...
Factors associated with virological non-suppression among HIV-positive patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda, Komamboga Health Centre, Kawempe Division
(Makerere University, 2021-11-29)
Introduction
The United Nations program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 2020 A third goal targets to have 90% of all clients on Antiretroviral therapy (ART) virally suppressed by 2020. Uganda is below this target by 10%. The urban ...
Uptake and challenges in implementation of early infant diagnosis of HIV in Arua District, Northwest Uganda
(Makerere university, 2022-04-11)
Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected infants have a 35–40% risk of death in the first year of life from HIV related morbidity, if not started on lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART). The integration of ...
Comparison of semi-parametric and parametric survival analysis models for identifying predictors of virological suppression among HIV-infected adults on ART at the Joint Clinical Research Centre, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-04-29)
Background: Semi-parametric and parametric survival analysis models have been widely used to analyze the effects of covariates on survival time. The Cox proportional hazards (PH) model in particular remains the most popular ...
Simulation of clonal expansion and latent HIV reservoir size prediction using machine learning in virally suppressed individuals in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-07)
Background: HIV can survive as pro-viruses that do not undergo transcription mostly within resting memory CD4+ T cells despite prolonged antiretroviral therapy (ART). This Latent Viral Reservoir (LVR) has an extremely long ...
Role of vaginal microbiome in host susceptibility to HIV infection among pregnant Ugandan women: inflammatory response and epithelial barrier integrity
(Makerere University, 2021-10)
Background: Pregnant women are a key target population in the prevention of new HIV infections, and their protection can be extrapolated to their unborn children during pregnancy and at birth. The role of vaginal microbiota ...