Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
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Perspectives on linkage to care for patients diagnosed with HIV: A qualitative study at a rural health center in South Western Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2022)Linkage to care for newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients is important to ensure that patients have good access to care. However, there is little information about factors influencing linkage to care ... -
Pediatric in-Hospital Death from Infectious Disease in Uganda: Derivation of Clinical Prediction Models
(PLoS ONE, 2016-03-10)Background: Pediatric hospital mortality from infectious diseases in resource constrained countries remains unacceptably high. Improved methods of risk-stratification can assist in referral decision making and resource ... -
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 ... -
Poor retention does not have to be the rule: retention of volunteer community health workers in Uganda
(Health policy and planning, 2014)Globally, health worker shortages continue to plague developing countries. Community health workers are increasingly being promoted to extend primary health care to underserved populations. Since 2004, Healthy Child Uganda ... -
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, ... -
The Chemical and Biological Properties of Propolis
(In Bee products-chemical and biological properties, 2017)Bees produce several different products which have health benefits. There is no doubt that honey has a highly significant status in medical treatments, while other apian materials, such as wax, royal jelly and propolis, ... -
A method for the analysis of sugars in biological systems using reductive amination in combination with hydrophilic interaction chromatography and high resolution mass spectrometry
(Talanta, 2017)Separation of sugar isomers extracted from biological samples is challenging because of their natural occurrence as alpha and beta anomers and, in the case of hexoses, in their pyranose and furanose forms. A reductive ... -
Registration and local production of essential medicines in Uganda
(Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2020)Background: Universal access to high quality essential medicines is critical to sustainable development (SDG 3.8). However low- and middle-income countries struggle to ensure access to all medicines on their national ... -
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 ... -
Phytochemical constituents found in Physalis peruviana L. leaf extracts and their ability to inhibit alpha-glucosidase and scavenge DPPH free radicals in vitro
(Trends in Phytochemical Research (TPR, 2022-03-28)Physalis peruviana L. is widely used in folk medicines to manage diabetes. This study aimed to identify new chemical constituents and explore in vitro antioxidant ability and alpha-glucosidase inhibition activity to explain ... -
Metabolomic Profiling of the Effects of Melittin on Cisplatin Resistant and Cisplatin Sensitive Ovarian Cancer Cells Using Mass Spectrometry and Biolog Microarray Technology
(Metabolites, 2017)In the present study, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) was employed to characterise the metabolic profiles of two human ovarian cancer cell lines A2780 (cisplatin-sensitive) and A2780CR (cisplatin-resistant) ... -
Factors Associated With Non-Adherence To Antidiabetic Medication Among Patients at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda
(Research square, 2021)Background: Non–adherence is a major concern in 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 factors ... -
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 ... -
Bridging the data gap in global health: an electronic surgical outcomes database at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
(The Lancet Global Health, 2018-03-15)Background: Annually, an estimated 17 million lives are lost from conditions requiring surgical care and at least 77・2 million disability-adjusted life-years could be averted through provision of basic surgical services. ... -
Natural Vaccine Adjuvants and Immunopotentiators Derived From Plants, Fungi, Marine Organisms, and Insects
(In Immunopotentiators in Modern Vaccines, 2017)Secondary metabolites from natural sources have made a significant contribution to medicine for millennia. In modern medicine, drugs developed from natural products have been used to treat infectious diseases, cancer, ... -
A Study of the Biological Activity of Bee Venom and its Fractions With Regard to Cosmetic Science and Immunology
(University of Strathclyde Science, 2016)Apis mellifera venom has been used since antiquity to treat various ailments but sci-entific evidence to justify its therapeutic claims is incomplete. The venom has recent-ly entered cosmetic usage as a mimetic ingredient ...