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Prevalence and associated factors of oligohydramnios in pregnancies beyond 36 weeks of gestation at a tertiary hospital in southwestern Uganda
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022)Background: Oligohydramnios is associated with poor maternal and perinatal outcomes. In low-resource countries, including Uganda, oligohydramnios is under-detected due to the scarcity of ultrasonographic services. We ... -
Thinness among children aged 5- 17 years living in Nakivale refugee settlement, South Western Uganda: A Cross-sectional study
(Research square, 2022-04-04)Background: Hunger and malnutrition are rampant among refugees and displaced populations, many of whom are infants and children. We sought to determine the prevalence and factors associated with thinness among children ... -
The Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Bacterial Profile of Cesarean Surgical Site Infections at a University Teaching Hospital in South Western Uganda
(International Journal of Women’s Health Care, 2020-02-04)Introduction: The single most important risk factor for post-partum maternal infection is Cesarean section (C/S) with a 5-20-fold greater risk for infection compared to a vaginal delivery. Post Cesarean wound infection is ... -
Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Its Associated Factors Among Women Attending the Gynecology Outpatient Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Southwestern Uganda
(International Journal of Women’s Health, 2022-04-28)Purpose: To determine the prevalence, clinical stage at presentation and factors associated with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) among women attending the gynecology outpatient clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital ... -
Factors Associated With Severe Maternal Outcomes at a Regional Referral Hospital in South-Western Uganda: A Case-Control Study
(Int J Women’s Health Care, 2020-02-13)Background: The Sustainable Development Goal target is to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. Maternal morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa remains high ... -
Prevalence, Morphological Types and Factors Associated With Anemia among Mothers Attending Antenatal Clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, South Western Uganda
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)Background: Anemia in pregnancy is defined as reduction in hemoglobin concentration of below 11.0g/dl in the first and third trimester, or hemoglobin below 10.5g/dl in the second trimester. Globally 50% of pregnant women ... -
Risk factors for recurrence of pelvic organ prolapse after vaginal surgery among Ugandan women: a prospective cohort study
(International Urogynecology Journal, 2021)Introduction and hypothesis: This study was aimed at determining the recurrence rate and risk factors for the recurrence of pelvic organ prolapse (POP), at 1-year post-vaginal reconstructive surgery in a resource-limited ... -
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 ... -
Clinical guideline utilization in Uganda: A scoping review and comparison
(Tropical Doctor, 2022)Countries such as Uganda often depend on clinical practice guidelines from developed countries, non-profit charities, and international organizations. The sources and organizations that provide most of the guidelines used ... -
Building Perinatal Pathology Research Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Frontiers in Medicine, 2022-07-08)Introduction: Over two million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) annually. Despite multilateral efforts, reducing perinatal mortality has been slow. Although targeted pathologic investigation ... -
A randomized controlled trial on mobile phone text messaging to improve sexo‑reproductive health among adolescent girls in Cameroon
(Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, 2022)Background: We conducted a single-centered randomized controlled single-blinded trial (i.e. trained interviewers; blinded to group allocation). The target population included adolescent girls in the Kumbo West Health ... -
Multidisciplinary leadership training for undergraduate health science students may improve Ugandan healthcare
(African Journal of Health Professions Education, 2016)Background. Community-based education research and service (COBERS) is a platform for embedding progressive transformative leadership and research-related medical education in Uganda. The leadership development programme ... -
The structure, function and implementation of an outcomes database at a Ugandan secondary hospital: the Mbarara Surgical Services Quality Assurance Database
(Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 2022)The Mbarara Surgical Services Quality Assurance Database (Mbarara SQUAD) is an outcomes database of surgical, obstetric and anaesthetic/critical care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, a secondary referral hospital in ... -
Knowledge and attitudes about Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination and cervical cancer screening among women in rural Uganda
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)Cervical cancer is one of the major causes of death among women worldwide. There is an established linkage,between cervical cancer and Oncogenic Human Papilloma virus (HPV) strains 16 and 18. While cervical cancer is widely ... -
Association between Contraceptive Awareness and Use, and Teenage Pregnancy among Prime Gravidas Delivering at Mbarara Hospital Regional Referral, Uganda
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)Introduction: The promotion of family planning, so that women can avoid unwanted pregnancy, is central to the World Health Organisation work on improving maternal health. This requires that women have access to safe and ... -
Boda Bodas: An Emerging and Neglected Public Health Crisis
(Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2018)Introduction: Motorcycle injuries constitute an emerging and neglected public health crisis in low- and middle-income countries, but high-quality data is scarce. The aim of this study was to analyze the epidemiology, ... -
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Non-Adherence to Antidiabetic Medication Among Patients at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda
(Patient Preference and Adherence, 2022-02-22)Background: Non-adherence is a major concern in the treatment of diabetes mellitus and undermines the goals of treatment. The objective of this study was to determine the magnitude of non-adherence and its contributing ... -
Quality of vital sign monitoring during obstetric hospitalizations at a regional referral and teaching hospital in Uganda: an opportunity for improvement
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021-03-11)Introduction: vital sign monitoring is a key component of safe facility-based obstetric care. We aimed to assess quality of care around vital sign monitoring during obstetric hospitalizations in a tertiary-care facility ... -
Maternal mortality at a referral hospital in south western uganda: a 5 year descriptive analysis
(American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2021)Objective: To determine trends in the rates and causes of maternal mortality and describe clinical features among maternal deaths at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) in South-Western, Uganda. Study design: ... -
Does screening, treatment and prevention for infectious diseases by attending 4 antenatal care visits decrease the risk of stillbirth and poor birth outcomes in rural uganda?
(American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2017-12)OBJECTIVES: Infectious causes of stillbirth, including syphilis and malaria, are prevalent in resource-limited settings. Infection screening, treatment, and prevention are pillars of antenatal care (ANC). Data are lacking ...
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