Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
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Challenges and facilitators of public engagement with water, sanitation, hygiene and other environmental health issues in Ghana and Uganda:
(Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2020)Despite many water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and other environmental health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about interactions involving scientists, journalists and the public to aid public understanding ... -
A case control study of the factors associated with occurrence of aerodigestive foreign bodies in children in a regional referral hospital in South Western Uganda
(BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, 2016)Background: Aerodigestive foreign bodies (ADFB) in children are a common emergency in ENT clinics globally. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and common types of ADFB’s presenting to a referral hospital ... -
Health facilities’ readiness to provide friendly reproductive health services to young people aged 10-24 years in Wakiso district, Uganda
(Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2017)Background: While adolescents aged 10-19 years make up to 23.3% of Uganda’s population, health facilities offering adolescent sexual and reproductive health services are few and do not fully address young people’s needs. ... -
Adherence and Treatment Response Among HIV-1-Infected Adults Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in a Rural Government Hospital in Southwestern Uganda
(Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, 2009)Background. Large-scale, government-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs in rural areas of resource-poor countries remain largely unevaluated. Methods. We conducted a retrospective review of all patients receiving ... -
Lowenstein-Jensen Selective Medium for Reducing Contamination in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture
(2014-04-03)We compared Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum culture recovery and contamination rates between Lowenstein-Jensen medium (LJ) containing the following decontaminants and LJ alone: (i) PANTA (n = 299), (ii) Selectatab-MB (n ... -
Caregiving burden and mental health problems among family caregivers of people with dementia in rural Uganda
(2020-04-26)Background. Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are associated with increasing health burden in low- and middle-income countries. Less well-recognized is the potential health burden experienced by other affected ... -
Association between HRP–2/pLDH rapid diagnostic test band positivity and malaria– related anemia at a peripheral health facility in Western Uganda
(journal of global health, 2015-12)The detection of severe malaria in resource–constrained settings is often difficult because of requirements for laboratory infrastructure and/or clinical expertise. The aim of this study, therefore, was to explore the ... -
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Service Availability at Rural Health Care Facilities in Southwestern Uganda
(Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2018-08-27)There is a paucity of information on the state of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at health care facilities in Uganda. A survey on WASH service availability was conducted at 50 health care facilities across 4 districts ... -
Rubella IgM epidemiology in the prerubella vaccination era in Uganda
(BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020-03-12)Background: Control of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome using vaccination has shown great success in the America’s. Uganda is due to introduce the Rubella vaccine however the magnitude of transmission is not well ... -
Quality of water sources in Southwestern Uganda using the compartment bag test (CBT): a cross-sectional descriptive study
(Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2019-10-09)The aim of this study was to assess the bacteriological quality of water sources in the two rural areas of Uganda using the compartment bag test (CBT). In total, 200 water samples were collected from 69 different water ... -
Money was the problem”: Caregivers’ self-reported reasons for abandoning their children’s cancer treatment in southwest Uganda
(WILEY, 2021-08-02)Introduction: Treatment abandonment contributes significantly to poor survival of children with cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). In order to inform an approach to this problem, we investigated why ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of brucellosis among febrile patients attending a community hospital in south western Uganda
(Scientific Reports, 2018-10-18)Human brucellosis, a chronic disease contracted through contact with animals and consumption of unpasteurized dairy products is underreported in limited-resource countries. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine ... -
Predictors of sleeping under cost-free mosquito bed nets among children under-five years in Mbarara, Uganda: a household survey
(African Health Sciences, 2019-03-01)Background: In 2010, Uganda Malaria Control Program distributed cost-free mosquito bed nets to households with children under-five years and pregnant women in selected sub-counties. We assessed the factors associated with ... -
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Maintaining quality of health services after abolition of user fees: A Uganda case study
(BMC Health Services Research, 2008-05-09)Background: It has been argued that quality improvements that result from user charges reduce their negative impact on utilization especially of the poor. In Uganda, because there was no concrete evidence for improvements ... -
Proximity to a community health worker is associated with utilization of malaria treatment services in the community among under-five children: a cross-sectional study in rural Uganda
(International health, 2019)Background: In rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, health facilities are difficult to access for prompt treatment of malaria. Community health workers (CHWs) have been trained and equipped to treat malaria. Utilization of ... -
Health Training Needs at Primary Care Level Health Facilities in Rural Western Uganda
(Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020-06-04)Introduction: Continual education is recognized worldwide as a tool for the professional development of health care practitioners. It is however effective when the training targets the appropriate needs of the target ... -
Geographic location of health facility and immunization program performance in Hoima district, western Uganda: A health facility level assessment
(Research square, 2020)Background: Globally, immunization coverage for childhood vaccines is below the immunization target of achieving at least 90% coverage with the pentavalent vaccine. In Uganda, a recent survey shows 80% of districts had ... -
Effect of Male Involvement on the Nutritional Status of Children Less Than 5 Years: A Cross Sectional Study in a Rural Southwestern District of Uganda
(Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2017)Background. Undernutrition among children less than 5 years is still a public health concern in most developing countries. Fathers play a critical role in providing support in improving maternal and child health. There is ... -
Contraceptive use among in and out of school adolescents in rural Southwest Uganda
(East African Medical Journal, 2006-01)Objective: To compare the level of contraceptive use among in and out of school rural Ugandan adolescents. Design: Cross sectional survey. Setting: Mbarara district. Subjects: Five hundred in-school and 220 out of ...