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Factors associated with delayed onset of active labor following administration of vaginal Misoprostol among women at Mbarara Regional referral hospital, Uganda: A prospective cohort study
(Research square, 2019)
Background: Vaginal misoprostol has been recommended by the World Health Organization as one of the effective methods for induction of labor. Globally 9.6% of all deliveries follow induction of labor. Although the goal of ...
Registration, procurement, distribution, and use of misoprostol in Uganda: an interview-based observational study
(The Lancet, 2013)
Background: Poor access to essential medicines remains a barrier to improvement of health in low-income countries. The maternal mortality rate from post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) in Uganda is one of the highest in the world. ...
Tackling sexually transmitted infection burden in Ugandan communities living in the United Kingdom: a qualitative analysis of the socio-cultural interpretation of disease and condom use
(African Health Sciences, 2015-09)
Background: Despite being in a different country and social environment, Ugandans living in the UK still reportedly have the lowest rates of condom usage and one of the highest incidences of STIs in UK. In Uganda, STIs and ...
An Evaluation of Factors Affecting Drug Quality: Evidence from the Antimalarial Market in Uganda
(University of Massachusetts Boston, 2015-10-28)
The quality of healthcare, and specifically medicines, is reportedly low in developing countries. We purchase and test 879 antimalarial drugs from 459 outlets in 44 randomly selected parishes (131 villages) in Uganda to ...
Potential Cost-Effectiveness of Prenatal Distribution of Misoprostol for Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2016-11-11)
Background: In settings where home birth rates are high, prenatal distribution of misoprostol has been advocated as a strategy to increase access to uterotonics during the third stage of labor to prevent postpartum hemorrhage ...
Suboptimal Antiretroviral Drug Levels and Virologic Failures among PLHIV at a Rural Referral Hospital in South Western Uganda: A Descriptive Crosssectional Study.
(Research square, 2020)
Background: Achieving favorable HIV treatment outcomes is a major challenge, particularly due to non-adherence and consequent sub-therapeutic plasma antiretroviral drug levels. This is often complicated by the development ...