Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1741-1760 of 1992
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The Impact of Disease Stage on Early Gaps in ART in the “Treatment for All” Era—A Multisite Cohort Study
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2021-04-15)Background: Adoption of “Treat All” policies has increased antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in sub-Saharan Africa; however, unexplained early losses continue to occur. More information is needed to understand why ... -
Group B Streptococcus Colonization among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Tertiary Hospital in Rural Southwestern Uganda
(International journal of microbiology, 2016)Objectives. This study sought to determine the prevalence and factors associated with group B streptococcal anogenital colonization among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, a ... -
A Randomized Controlled Trial on Mobile Phone Text Messaging to Improve Sexo-Reproductive Health Among Adolescent Girls in Cameroon
(2020)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 District ... -
Functionality and acceptability of a wireless fetal heart rate monitoring device in term pregnant women in rural Southwestern Uganda
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017)Background: Over 3 million stillbirths occur annually in sub Saharan Africa; most occur intrapartum and are largely preventable. The standard of care for fetal heart rate (FHR) assessment in most sub-Saharan African settings ... -
A Consortium Approach to Competency‑based Undergraduate Medical Education in Uganda: Process, Opportunities and Challenges
(Education for Health, 2014)Background: Uganda, like the rest of Africa, is faced with serious health challenges including human immunodeficiency virus infection/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), other infectious diseases and increasing ... -
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 ... -
Estimating the costs of induced abortion in Uganda: A model-based analysis
(BMC public health, 2011)Background: The demand for induced abortions in Uganda is high despite legal and moral proscriptions. Abortion seekers usually go to illegal, hidden clinics where procedures are performed in unhygienic environments by ... -
Cytomegalovirus Infections in Ugandan Infants: Newborns, Neonates with Sepsis and Infants with Hydrocephalus
(2019)Background: Congenital and postnatal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in Uganda is prevalent and may compromise the health of Ugandan children. The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of CMV infections ... -
A 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Patients with Severe Mental Illness at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Southwestern Uganda
(BioMed Research International, 2020-07-24)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Patients with severe mental illness (SMI) are at a higher risk for developing CVD and have a higher risk for harboring factors related ... -
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 ... -
Circumstances of child deaths in Mali and Uganda: a community-based confidential enquiry
(The Lancet Global Health, 2009)Background Interventions to reduce child deaths in Africa have often underachieved, causing the Millennium Development Goal targets to be missed. We assessed whether a community enquiry into the circumstances of death could ... -
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 ... -
Acute and repeated-dose toxicity of Echinops kebericho Mesfin essential oil
(Toxicology Reports, 2021)Echinops kebericho Mesfin is used for the management of various diseases and fumigation during child birth. This study investigated acute and repeated-dose toxicity of E. kebericho M. essential oils (EOs). The study was ... -
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 ... -
Access to Health Care Services by Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (Dhh) in Botswana: Francistown and Tati
(2020)Background: Individuals who are Deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) face a lot of challenges when accessing health care services. The main barrier that they face is communication. Despite this, not much research had been carried ... -
Facility-Level Factors Influencing Retention of Patients in HIV Care in East Africa
(PLOS ONE, 2016-08-10)Losses to follow-up (LTFU) remain an important programmatic challenge. While numerous patient-level factors have been associated with LTFU, less is known about facility-level factors. Data from the East African International ... -
Antenatal Care Visit Attendance Frequency and Birth Outcomes in Rural Uganda: A Prospective Cohort Study
(Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2021)Objectives Antenatal care (ANC) is designed to improve pregnancy outcomes by providing screening and treatment for preventable and treatable diseases. However, data are lacking on whether ANC affects stillbirth risk. We ... -
A Functionality and Acceptability Study of Wireless Maternal Vital Sign Monitor in a Tertiary University Teaching Hospital in Rural Uganda
(Journal of Women’s Health and Gynecology, 2017)Background: He emergence of wireless technologies and advancements in on-body sensor design can provide continuous physiological data with the potential to reduce the need for human resources. Objective: To test the ... -
Prevalence and risk factors for youth suicidality among perinatally infected youths living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda: the CHAKA study
(Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health, 2020)Background: Research from high income countries indicates that suicide is a major mental health care concern and a leading cause of preventable deaths among children and adolescents. Proper assessment and management of ...