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Anemia was an Uncommon Complication of Severe Malaria in a High-Transmission Rural Area of Western Uganda
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2018)
The clinical epidemiology of severe malaria among patients presenting to peripheral health centers has not been well described. We conducted a prospective, observational cohort study to describe the epidemiology and clinical ...
Impact of rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria at a peripheral health facility in Western Uganda: an interrupted time series analysis
(Malaria journal, 2015)
Background: The World Health Organization recommends that all suspected malaria cases receive a parasitological diagnosis prior to treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy. A recent meta-analysis of clinical ...
Who Stays and Who Goes: Predictors of Admission among Patients Presenting with Febrile Illness and a Positive Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test in a Rural Ugandan Health Center
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2018)
Not much is known about clinical decision-making in rural, low-resource settings regarding fever, a common reason for presentation to care. In this prospective cohort study of patients presenting with febrile illness to a ...
Three-band (HRP-2/pLDH) rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of severe P. falciparum malaria in Western Uganda
(2014)
Mortality among children with severe malaria who receive care at referral centers ranges from 10-30%, and is likely higher among
those presenting to peripheral health facilities.
Erratum to: Monitoring iCCM referral systems: Bugoye Integrated Community Case Management Initiative (BIMI) in Uganda
(Malaria journal, 2016)
After publication of the original article [1], it came to the authors’ attention that a sentence was inadvertently omitted from the Acknowledgments section of the published manuscript. The section should have read as ...
Using verbal autopsies to estimate under-5 mortality at household level in a rural area of southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(The Lancet Global Health,, 2018)
In rural Uganda, pediatric deaths that occur outside of health facilities often go unnoticed by the health system, and information on their magnitude and causes remains limited. We aimed to assess the causes of mortality ...
Improved maternal–fetal outcomes among emergency obstetric referrals following phone call communication at a teaching hospital in south western Uganda: a quasi-experimental study
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022)
Background: Emergency obstetric referrals develop adverse maternal–fetal outcomes partly due to delays in offering appropriate care at referral hospitals especially in resource limited settings. Referral hospitals do not ...
Completion of community health worker initiated patient referrals in integrated community case management in rural Uganda
(Malaria Journal, 2018)
Background: Uganda has sought to address leading causes of childhood mortality: malaria, pneumonia and diar rhoea, through integrated community case management (iCCM). The success of this approach relies on community ...
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 ...
Acceptability of Phone-Based Communication Intervention by Healthcare Workers as an Adjunct to Routine Referral Form: A Qualitative Study in South Western Uganda
(Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2023-02-27)
Introduction: A functional maternal referral system should encompass a feasible communication system between health facilities. In Uganda, the current paper-based patient referral form is associated with inadequate patient- ...