Research Articles: Recent submissions
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Prediction of Risky Alcohol Use among Ugandan Youth
(2019-01-29)Background: Alcohol use imposes a significant global burden of disease among the youth. Objective: We investigated the level and risk factors of alcohol use among the youth seeking health services at Marie Stopes Uganda ... -
Tuberculosis diagnostic accuracy of stool Xpert MTB/RIF and urine AlereLAM in vulnerable children
(EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, 2022)Background Non-sputum-based diagnostic approaches are crucial in children at high risk of disseminated tuberculosis (TB) who cannot expectorate sputum. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of stool Xpert MTB/RIF and urine ... -
Antibacterial Activities of Essential Oil and Fractions of Ethanolic extract of Echinops kebericho Tuber
(Research square, 2020)Background: Echinops kebericho is an endemic medicinal plant in Ethiopia traditionally used for treatment of various infectious diseases through different routes of administration such as inhalation, orally chewed, and ... -
Annual trends of human brucellosis in pastoralist communities of south-western Uganda: a retrospective ten-year study
(Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2015-08-31)Background: Human brucellosis is prevalent in both rural and urban Uganda, yet most cases of the disease in humans go unnoticed and untreated because of inaccurate diagnosis, which is often due to the disease not manifesting ... -
STI prevalence among women at risk for HIV exposure initiating safer conception care in rural, southwestern Uganda
(HHS Public Access, 2020-08)Background: Knowledge of STI prevalence and risk factors is important to the development of tenofovir-based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and safer conception programming. We introduced STI screening among women at risk ... -
STI prevalence among men living with HIV engaged in safer conception care in rural, southwestern Uganda
(PLOS ONE, 2020-07-27)HIV care provides an opportunity to integrate comprehensive sexual and reproductive healthcare, including sexually transmitted infection (STI) management. We describe STI prevalence and correlates among men living with HIV ... -
“I beg you…breastfeed the baby, things changed”: infant feeding experiences among Ugandan mothers living with HIV in the context of evolving guidelines to prevent postnatal transmission
(BMC Public Health, 2018)Background: For women living with HIV (WLWH) in low- and middle-income countries, World Health Organization (WHO) infant feeding guidelines now recommend exclusive breastfeeding until six months followed by mixed feeding ... -
Retention in Care and Connection to Care among HIVInfected Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Africa: Estimation via a Sampling-Based Approach
(PLOS ONE, 2011-07-07)Introduction: Current estimates of retention among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Africa consider patients who are lost to follow-up (LTF) as well as those who die shortly after their last clinic ... -
A Social‑Ecological Framework to Understand Barriers to HIV Clinic Attendance in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda: a Qualitative Study
(AIDS and Behavior, 2021-12-02)The social-ecological model proposes that efforts to modify health behaviors are influenced by constraints and facilitators at multiple levels. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 47 clients in HIV care and 8 HIV ... -
Optimizing Tuberculosis Case Detection through a Novel Diagnostic Device Placement Model: The Case of Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2015)Background Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) is being widely adopted in high TB burden countries. Analysis is needed to guide the placement of devices within health systems to optimize the tuberculosis (TB) case detection rate ... -
Peer-group support intervention improves the psychosocial well-being of AIDS orphans: Cluster randomized trial
(Cluster randomized trial. Social science & medicine, 2009)Accumulating evidence suggests that AIDS orphanhood status is accompanied by increased levels of psychological distress such as anxiety, depression, intense guilt, shame, and anger. However, few studies have examined the ... -
Perceptions on preeclampsia and eclampsia among senior, older women, in rural Southwestern Uganda
(Journal of Global Health Reports, 2021)Background Eclampsia is among the leading causes of maternal mortality. It is a serious hypertensive complication of pregnancy and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease in later life. Pregnancy-related hypertension ... -
Persistence of traditional and emergence of new structural drivers and factors for the HIV epidemic in rural Uganda; A qualitative study
(PLoS ONE, 2019)Background In Uganda, the HIV epidemic is now mature and generalized. Recently, there have been reports of resurgence in the incidence of HIV after several years of successful control. The causes for this resurgence are ... -
Phytochemical and efficacy study on four herbs used in erectile dysfunction: Mondia whiteii, Cola acuminata, Urtica massaica, and Tarenna graveolens
(African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2016)There is a resurgence in the use of herbal medicine in the developed countries, with even much more in low developed Countries and especially for conditions such as erectile dysfunction. Studies thus need to be conducted ... -
Prevalence and Correlates of Gambling Disorder Among Secondary School Students in Mbarara Municipality, Uganda.
(2020)Background Over the recent years, gambling has evolved and grown substantially with new activities and facilities being introduced, making gambling products and opportunities more available in our environment than ever. ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with cryptococcal antigenemia among severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected adults in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2012)Background: Cryptococcal infection is a common opportunistic infection among severely immunosuppressed HIV patients and is associated with high mortality. Positive cryptococcal antigenemia is an independent predictor of ... -
Prevalence and risk factor for injury in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicountry study
(Injury prevention, 2018)Introduction Injury-related morbidity is a neglected health concern in many low-income and middle-income countries. Most injury data in Africa have been collected from hospital-based studies, and few studies have occurred ... -
Prevalence estimates for lower urinary tract symptom severity among men in Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa based on regional prevalence data
(Canadian Urological Association Journal, 2018)Introduction: In the absence of specific regional data, the prevalence of urinary symptoms in the developing world is currently estimated. Regional prevalence data and estimates based on them have relevance for accurate ... -
Protocol for systematic review and metaanalysis of treatment success rate among adult patients with tuberculosis in sub- Saharan Africa
(BMJ Open, 2018)Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of mortality globally. Despite being curable, treatment success rates (TSRs) among adult patients with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB (BC-PTB) in sub-Saharan ... -
Psychological distress among AIDS orphans in rural Uganda
(Social Science & Medicine, 2005)More than 11 million children under 15 years in sub-Saharan Africa have lost at least one parent to AIDS. In Uganda, about 2 million children are orphans, with one or both parents dead. The objective of this study was to ...