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Safe recovery after cesarean in rural Africa: Technical consensus guidelines for post-discharge care
(International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2022)Despite increasing cesarean rates in Africa, there remain extensive gaps in the standard provision of care after cesarean birth. We present recommendations for discharge instructions to be provided to women following ... -
Safety and antidiarrheal activity of Priva adhaerens aqueous leaf extract in a murine model
(Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2014)Ethnopharmacological relevance: Priva adhaerens (Forssk.) Chiov., a wildly growing plant, is reported in central Uganda to be. An effective traditional remedy for diarrhea. The objective of this study was to provide a ... -
Safety and Efficacy of Medicinal Plants Used to Manufacture Herbal Products with Regulatory Approval in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2022)Introduction: Uganda National Drug Authority requires phytochemical screening, freedom from microbial contamination, and evidence of safety and efficacy of the constituent plants to register herbal products. Since Uganda ... -
The safety and efficacy of Momordica charantia L. in animal models of type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(Phytotherapy Research, 2021)Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic hyperglycemic condition due to progressively impaired glucose regulation. Momordica charantia L. could potentially improve hyperglycemia because its fruit extracts can alleviate insulin ... -
Safety and efficacy of Momordica charantiaLinnaeus in pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
(Systematic Reviews, 2018)Background: Momordica charantiaLinnaeus (Cucurbitaceae) has been used traditionally as a nutritious food and asa herbal medicine for type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, human studies that investigated its glycemic control ... -
Scheduled Follow-Up Referrals and Simple Prevention Kits Including Counseling to Improve Post-Discharge Outcomes Among Children in Uganda: A Proof-of-Concept Study
(Global Health: Science and Practice, 2016)Background: Recurrent illness following hospital discharge is a major contributor to childhood mortality in resource poor countries. Yet post-discharge care is largely ignored by health care workers and policy makers due ... -
Scheduling and optimization of traffic lights on a T junction using a wireless sensor network
(International Journal of Scientific Knowledge Computing and Information Technology, 2013)This paper provides an overview of how to schedule and optimize traffic lights using Intelligent Transport Systems. In this work we present the scheduling and optimization algorithms that we developed and how we tested ... -
Science-based health innovation in Rwanda:unlocking the potential of a late bloomer
(BMC, 2010-12-13)This paper describes and analyses Rwanda’s science-based health product‘innovation system’,highlighting examples of indigenous innovation and good practice. We use an innovation systems framework,which takes into account ... -
A scoping study of the Hydrological Systems for Lake Edward Basin- Bwindi Impenetrable and Queen Elizabeth National Parks, Southwestern Uganda
(Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration, 2015)The Greater Virunga Landscape (GVL) is an interconnected chain of eleven protected areas (PAs) straddling the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with endemic and endangered flora and fauna. ... -
A screening tool for psychological difficulties in children aged 6 to 36 months: cross-cultural validation in Kenya, Cambodia and Uganda
(BMC Pediatrics, 2019-04-12)Background: In low-resource settings, the lack of mental health professionals and cross-culturally validated screening instruments complicates mental health care delivery. This is especially the case for very young children. ... -
Sedentary Lifestyle and Hypertension in a Periurban Area of Mbarara, South Western Uganda: A Population Based Cross Sectional Survey
(International journal of hypertension, 2018)Introduction. Globally, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetes constitute over 50% of the noncommunicable disease (NCD) burden and projections indicate Sub-Saharan Africa will experience a larger burden. Urbanization ... -
Seizure vulnerability and anxiety responses following chronic co-administration and acute withdrawal of caffeine and ethanol in a rat model
(Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology, 2018)Background: Caffeine antagonizes the intoxicating effects of alcohol. Consequently, there has been a dramatic global increase in the consumption of caffeinated drinks together with alcohol, especially among young adults. ... -
Seizures in HIV-associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: Predictors and Outcomes
(In Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2019)Background: Seizures commonly occur in patients with cryptococcal meningitis, yet risk factors and outcomes related to seizures are not well described. Methods: We performed post-hoc analyses on participants prospectively ... -
Selecting candidate predictor variables for the modelling of post-discharge mortality from sepsis: a protocol development project
(African health sciences, 2016)Background: Post-discharge mortality is a frequent but poorly recognized contributor to child mortality in resource limited countries. The identification of children at high risk for post-discharge mortality is a critically ... -
The Self Reliance Strategy and Refugee Livelihoods: Evidence from Oruchinga Refugee Settlement, South Western Uganda
(International Journal of Research In Social Sciences, 2014)The self-reliance strategy in Uganda has very good aims of empowering refugees become self -reliant and reduce on their dependence on humanitarian agencies among other reasons. By focusing on Oruchinga refugee settlement, ... -
Self reported risk reduction behavior associated with HIV counseling and testing:
(AIDS care, 2013)Home-based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) in Uganda is being promoted to increase coverage, in addition to main stay approach of service provision through health facilities. The ... -
Self-regulated learning among teacher education students
(Journal of Psychology in Africa, 2017-12-06)Effective learning requires both skill and will on the part of the learner (Zusho, Pintrich, & Coppola, 2003) Skill and will in learning is premised on use of self-regulation strategies (Zimmerman, 2000) As applied to ... -
Self-reported alcohol abstinence associated with ART initiation among HIV-infected persons in rural Uganda
(Drug and alcohol dependence, 2014)BACKGROUND—There is limited data on the impact of anti-retroviral treatment (ART) initiation on alcohol consumption. We characterized predictors of abstaining from alcohol among HIV-infected individuals following ART ... -
Sensitive Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay for Low-Level Detection of Nevirapine Resistance Mutations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Quasispecies
(Journal of clinical microbiology, 2007)This study has adapted the oligonucleotide ligation assay (OLA) to probe for low-level nevirapine (NVP) resistance mutations K103N and Y181C in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) population of infected ... -
Separating Putative Pathogens from Background Contamination with Principal Orthogonal Decomposition: Evidence for Leptospira in the Ugandan Neonatal Septisome
(Frontiers in Medicine, 2016-06-09)Neonatal sepsis (NS) is responsible for over a 1 million yearly deaths worldwide. In the developing world NS is often treated without an identified microbial pathogen. Amplicon sequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene can ...
