Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
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Understanding Patterns of Social Support and Their Relationship to an ART Adherence Intervention Among Adults in Rural Southwestern Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2016-09-26)Abstract SMS is a widely used technology globally and may also improve ART adherence, yet SMS notifications to social supporters following real-time detection of missed doses showed no clear benefit in a recent pilot trial. ... -
When Women Deliver at Home Without a Skilled Birth Attendant: A Qualitative Study on the Role of Health Care Systems in the Increasing Home Births Among Rural Women in Southwestern Uganda
(International Journal of Women's Health, 2020)Background: Uganda’s maternal mortality remains unacceptably high, with thousands of women and newborns still dying of preventable deaths from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. Globally, Antenatal care (ANC) ... -
Health care workers' perceptions of point-of care testing in a low-income country -A qualitative study in Southwestern Uganda
(PLoS One, 2017-07-27)Background Point-of-care (POC) tests have become increasingly available and more widely used in recent years. They have been of particular importance to low-income settings, enabling them with clinical capacities that had ... -
A systematic review of the risk factors for suicidal ideation, suicidal attempt and completed suicide among children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa between 1986 and 2018: protocol for a systematic review of observational studies
(Systematic Reviews, 2018)Background: Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among children and adolescents. Most studies about the burden and risk factors for suicide have been conducted in high-income countries. However, there is a dearth ... -
Cost-effectiveness of malaria microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests versus presumptive diagnosis: implications for malaria control in Uganda
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2011)Current Uganda National Malaria treatment guidelines recommend parasitological confirmation either by microscopy or rapid diagnostic test (RDT) before treatment with artemether-lumefantrine (AL). However, the cost-effectiveness ... -
Antibiotic use among patients with febrile illness in a low malaria endemicity setting in Uganda.
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2011)Uganda embraced the World Health Organization guidelines that recommend a universal ‘test and treat’ strategy for malaria, mainly by use of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and microscopy. However, little is known how increased ... -
Social norms, misperceptions, and mosquito net use: a population-based, cross-sectional study in rural Uganda
(BMC, 2019)Mosquito net use is an essential part of malaria prevention. Although previous research has shown that many people sleep under a mosquito net in endemic areas, it is unknown whether people underestimate how common it is ... -
Determinants of treatment completion among rural smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional survey conducted in south-western Uganda
(CrossMark, 2017)Treatment completion among tuberculosis patients remains low across various regions of Uganda,despite implementation of directly observed treatment short course. This study evaluated the determinants of treatment completion ... -
Retention of HIV exposed infants in care at Arua regional referral hospital, Uganda: a retrospective cohort study.
(BMC Public Health, 2019)Retention of HIV Exposed Infants (HEIs) in care ensures adequate care. Data on retention of HEIs at large referral hospitals in Uganda is limited. We investigated the retention level of HEIs and associated factors. -
High Baseline CD4 Count and Exclusive Breastfeeding Are Associated with Lower Rates of Mother to Child HIV Transmission in Northwestern Uganda: A Two-Year Retrospective Cohort Study
(Hindawi, 2018-06-03)Under Option B plus, the transmission of Human Immunodefciency Virus (HIV) along the Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) of HIV cascade remains unknown. We described HIV transmission along the EID cascade and determined associated ... -
Describing Community Understanding of Male Involvement in Antenatal, Delivery and Postnatal care; “rural context of Ibanda District, Southwest Uganda”
(Research Square, 2021)Male involvement in the reproductive health of their partners has been shown to have positive outcomes of health. However male involvement description varies within communities due to different social and gender contexts. ... -
Challenges to implementation of artemisinin combination therapy policy in Uganda.
(Elsevier Ltd, 2010-08-07)Uganda launched an artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) policy in 2006, using artemether-lumefantrine (AL) as first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria, but insufficient information is available regarding its ... -
Chromatographic, Mass and Cytotoxicity analysis of Isolates from Eichhornia crassipes’ Roots and Leaves against HepG2 and MCF7 cell lines
(Cogent Biology, 2021-01-29)Cancers remain one of the leading causes of death in the world. However, known conventional cancer medicines remain scarce, expensive and out of reach to many patients. To provide an alternative for the expensive therapies, ... -
Prevalence and correlates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in rural Uganda: cross-sectional, population-based study
(BMC Geriatrics, 2020)Abstract Background: There is a paucity of data on the prevalence and correlates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and correlates of ... -
Community perceptions about dementia in southwestern Uganda
(BMC Geriatrics, 2020)Background: With the increasing number of people surviving into older age in Africa, dementia is becoming a public health concern. Understanding the social dynamics of dementia in resource-limited settings is critical ... -
Incidence and predictors of early loss to follow up among patients initiated on protease inhibitor-based second-line antiretroviral therapy in southwestern Uganda
(AIDS Research and Therapy, 2021-03-20)Abstract Background: Good adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and retention in care are essential for the efectiveness of an HIV care program. With the current increase in numbers of people living with HIV taking ... -
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Western Uganda: Disease of Uncertainty and Poor Prognosis
(Sage, 2018)Objectives Patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) have symptoms that masquerade as benign conditions, resulting in late presentations. The objective is to describe characteristics and stages of patients ... -
Gaps and gains from engaging districts stakeholders for community-based health professions education in Uganda
(Springerlink, 2015)Abstract Community-based education research and service (COBERS) is a brand of community-based education that has been adopted by the Medical Education and Service for All Ugandans consortium. The COBERS programme is aimed ... -
Community beliefs, HIV stigma, and depression among adolescents living with HIV in rural Uganda
(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited, 2019)The availability of and increased access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV. As a result, perinatally infected youth are increasingly able to reach ... -
Undergraduate students’ contributions to health service delivery through communitybased education
(Bio Med Central, 2016)Abstract Background: It has been realised that there is need to have medical training closer to communities where the majority of the population lives in order to orient the trainees’ attitudes towards future practice ...