Browsing Maternal Newborn and Child Health Institute by Subject "Children"
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Clinical efficacy of chloroquine or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in children under five from south- western Uganda with uncomplicated falciparum malaria
(Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2002)We conducted a 14-day study (during March- May 1998) to assess the efficacy of chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda. Overall treatment failure ... -
Persistent Malnutrition among Children under five in Pastoral Communities of Aweil Centre, South Sudan
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Management (IJSRM), 2023)Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children globally, and has been linked to 60% of the 10.9M deaths annually of under-fives. High prevalence of infectious diseases contributes to ... -
Postdischarge mortality in children with acute infectious diseases: derivation of postdischarge mortality prediction models
(BMJ Open, 2015)Objectives: To derive a model of paediatric postdischarge mortality following acute infectious illness. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: 2 hospitals in South-western Uganda. Participants: 1307 children of 6 ...