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Health-profession students’ teaching and learning expectations in Ugandan medical schools: pre- and postcommunity placement comparison
(Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2015)Purpose: The benefits of community-based medical education for both students and teachers are becoming increasingly clear. However, there is paucity of information about the importance of incorporating students’ thoughts ... -
Habitat selection by elephants in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, south-western Uganda
(African Journal of Ecology, 2000)Elephants’ preference for certain habitats of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is discussed in relation to seasonality in plant production. Bamboo forest is favoured during the wet seasons because of the presence of young ... -
Hair-on-End Sign in a 9-Year-Old Girl Presenting with Acute Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease
(International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2022)The hair-on-end (HOE) sign is a rare finding seen in the diploic space on skull radiographs, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the appearance of long, thin vertical striations of calcified ... -
Handheld Point-of-Care Cerebrospinal Fluid Lactate Testing Predicts Bacterial Meningitis in Uganda
(The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013)We validated a handheld point-of-care lactate (POCL) monitor’s ability to measure lactate in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and diagnose bacterial meningitis in Uganda. There was a strong linear correspondence between POCL and ... -
Harnessing the nutritional benefits of pineapple pulp fiber to enhance antioxidant potential of wheat flour
(Research square, 2022)Pineapple pulp fiber is highly palatable but is usually wasted during the processing of pineapple juice resulting in a loss in the pineapple value chain. It is known to contain both soluble and insoluble dietary fiber, ... -
Harnessing the Power of Light to Treat Staphylococcal Infections Focusing on MRSA
(Current pharmaceutical design, 2015)Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become the most important drug-resistant microbial pathogen in countries throughout the world. Morbidity and mortality due to MRSA infections continue to increase ... -
Harvesting of non-timber forest products and implications for conservation in two montane forests of East Africa
(Biological Conservation, 2007)Plant species-level research that comprises inventories, impact studies and monitoring is necessary if plant resources are to be harvested sustainably by human populations living adjacent to protected areas in sub-Saharan ... -
Harvesting of wild climbers, food security and ecological implications in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, S.W uganda
(Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust, 2019-01)Humans have harvested wild climbers from forests for subsistence and commercial use for thousands of years. In the early four decades, wild climbers were considered a “nuisance” by foresters claiming they suppressed timber ... -
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Western Uganda: Disease of Uncertainty and Poor Prognosis
(Sage, 2018)Objectives Patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) have symptoms that masquerade as benign conditions, resulting in late presentations. The objective is to describe characteristics and stages of patients ... -
Health and sustainable development; strengthening peri-operative care in low income countries to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes
(Reproductive health, 2018)Background: Uganda is far from meeting the sustainable development goals on maternal and neonatal mortality with a maternal mortality ratio of 383/100,000 live births, and 33% of the women gave birth by 18 years. The ... -
Health care workers' perceptions of point-of care testing in a low-income country -A qualitative study in Southwestern Uganda
(PLoS One, 2017-07-27)Background Point-of-care (POC) tests have become increasingly available and more widely used in recent years. They have been of particular importance to low-income settings, enabling them with clinical capacities that had ... -
Health Care Workers’ Experiences, Challenges of Obstetric Referral Processes and Self-Reported Solutions in South Western Uganda: Mixed Methods Study
(Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2022)Introduction: In resource limited settings, the highest burden of adverse maternal-fetal outcomes at referral hospitals is registered from emergency obstetric referrals from lower health facilities. Implementation of ... -
Health facilities’ readiness to provide friendly reproductive health services to young people aged 10-24 years in Wakiso district, Uganda
(Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2017)Background: While adolescents aged 10-19 years make up to 23.3% of Uganda’s population, health facilities offering adolescent sexual and reproductive health services are few and do not fully address young people’s needs. ... -
Health hackathons: theatre or substance? A survey assessment of outcomes from healthcare-focused hackathons in three countries
(BMJ innovations, 2017-01-04)Background: Healthcare-focused hackathons are 48-hour platforms intended to accelerate novel medical technology. However, debate exists about how much they contribute to medical technology innovation. The Consortium for ... -
Health hackathons: theatre or substance? A survey assessment of outcomes from healthcare-focused hackathons in three countries
(BMJ innovations, 2017)Background: Healthcare-focused hackathons are 48-hour platforms intended to accelerate novel medical technology. However, debate exists about how much they contribute to medical technology innovation. The Consortium for ... -
Health information seeking among Mbararan adolescents: results from the Uganda Media and You survey
(Health education research, 2008)To maximize scarce intervention dollars, pediatricians and other adolescent health professionals must position health promotion efforts in mediums that most effectively reach youth. This may be especially true in ... -
Health professionals’ knowledge and attitudes to healthcare-seeking practices and complementary alternative medicine usage in Ugandans with diabetes: a cross-sectional survey
(Pan African Medical Journa, 2017-11-22)Introduction: Healthcare-seeking behaviour among persons with diabetes has been investigated to a limited extent, and not from professionals’ perspective. The aim of the study was to describe healthcare professionals’ ... -
A health research collaboration cloud Architecture.
(International Journal on Cloud Computing: Services and Architecture., 2018-10-21)Cloud computing platforms used for research collaborations within public health domains are limited in terms of how service components are organized and provisioned. This challenge is intensified by platform level challenges ... -
Health Risks from Intake and Contact with Toxic Metal-ContaminatedWater from Pager River, Uganda
(Journal of Xenobiotics, 2023)Pollution of water resources is one of the major impediments to the realization of Sustainable Development Goals, especially in developing countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the physicochemical quality and ... -
Health system constraints in integrating mental health services into primary healthcare in rural Uganda: perspectives of primary care providers
(International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2019-03-22)Background: The World Health Organization issued recommendations to guide the process of integrating mental health services into primary healthcare. However, there has been general as well as context specific shortcomings ...