Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
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Ligand-protein interactions of plant-isolated (9z,12z)-octadeca-9,12-dienoic acid with B-ketoacyl-Acp synthase (KasA) in potential anti-tubercular drug designing
(Scientific African, 2021)Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains one of the world’s contributors to mortality. With the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 coinfections, patients with TB are predisposed to being more heavily weighed down by COVID-19 disease and ... -
Prevalence of depression in Uganda: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(Plos one, 2022-10-20)Background Depression is one of the most studied mental health disorders, with varying prevalence rates reported across study populations in Uganda. A systematic review and meta-analysis was carried out to determine the ... -
Effect of Spice form and Extraction Period on Total Phenolic Content of Selected Ugandan Spices
(European Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2022-04-08)Introduction: Spice consumption is one of the globally recognized healthy nutritional practices. Most spices contain phenolic compounds that may prevent or prolong the onset of noncommunicable diseases. The harvesting, ... -
In vitro acaricidal activity of Azadirachta indica and Phytolacca dodecandra leaves and their combination on Rhipicephalus (boophilus) decoloratus
(J Med Herbs Ethnomed, 2022-09-27)Rhipicephalus (boophilus) decoloratus (ticks) are causing great economic loss among the cattle rearers from cattle mortalities and costs during the treatments. Synthetic acaricides have been used for a long time in the ... -
Factors Associated With Medical Students’ Career Choices Regarding Internal Medicine In Uganda
(Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2022-10-14)Background: There is an unmet need for internal medicine physicians in Uganda owing to the growing burden of diseases. This study aimed at evaluating the factors associated with career choices of undergraduate medical ... -
An Evaluation of Antibiotic Prescription Rationality at Lower Primary Healthcare Facilities in Three Districts of South-Western Uganda
(Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2022)Purpose: Antimicrobial resistance is now one of the leading five causes of death globally. This study evaluated the rationality of antibiotic prescriptions at lower primary care levels in three districts of Southwestern ... -
Protocol Optimization for in vitro Micro Propagation of Dioscorea bulbifera Linn. Germplasm
(Journal of Plant Sciences and Crop Protection, 2020-12-23)Dioscorea bulbifera is a wild, underutilized yam species of nutritional and medicinal importance. It is known to treat ulcers, sores, wounds, spasms, dysentery, diabetes, and cancer and its bioactive component known as ... -
Providing Education and Tools Increases Nurses’ and Midwives’ Assessment for Puerperal Sepsis in a Regional Referral Hospital in South Western Uganda
(International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2022)Background: Puerperal sepsis causes at least 75,000 maternal deaths every year, mostly in low-income countries. Early identification of sepsis and initiation of sepsis care bundles are crucial the survival of patients. ... -
Health Care Workers’ Experiences, Challenges of Obstetric Referral Processes and Self-Reported Solutions in South Western Uganda: Mixed Methods Study
(Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2022)Introduction: In resource limited settings, the highest burden of adverse maternal-fetal outcomes at referral hospitals is registered from emergency obstetric referrals from lower health facilities. Implementation of ... -
Self‑transfers and factors associated with successful tracing among persons lost to follow‑up from HIV care, Sheema District, Southwestern Uganda: retrospective medical records review, 2017–2021
(AIDS Research and Therapy, 2022)Background: Due to improved coverage and scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART), patients are increasingly transferring between ART-providing sites. Self-transfers may constitute a high proportion of patients considered ... -
Safety profile of Colocasia esculenta tuber extracts in benign prostate hyperplasia
(Research square, 2022)Introduction: This study was motivated by the increasing global incidence of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and the promising potential of nutraceuticals as complementary therapies in ameliorating its burden. We report ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, and experiences in suicide assessment and management: a qualitative study among primary health care workers in southwestern Uganda
(BMC psychiatry, 2022)Background: Suicide is one of the leading causes of death globally, with over 75% of all suicides occurring in low and middle-income Countries. Although 25% of people have contact with their health care workers before ... -
Cigarette smoking is associated with an increase in blood monocytes in people with tuberculosis A cross-sectional study
(Medicine, 2022)The effect of smoking on immune responses in people with tuberculosis (TB) is not well elucidated. We aimed to compare peripheral blood counts of CD4+ and CD87 + T-lymphocytes, monocytes, and neutrophils and the CD4:CD8 ... -
Who Stays and Who Goes: Predictors of Admission among Patients Presenting with Febrile Illness and a Positive Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test in a Rural Ugandan Health Center
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2018)Not much is known about clinical decision-making in rural, low-resource settings regarding fever, a common reason for presentation to care. In this prospective cohort study of patients presenting with febrile illness to a ... -
Where there is no doctor: can volunteer community health workers in rural Uganda provide integrated community case management?
(African health sciences, 2017)Introduction: Integrated community case management (iCCM) involves assessment and treatment of common childhood ill nesses by community health workers (CHWs). Evaluation of a new Ugandan iCCM program is needed. Objectives: ... -
Using blood pressure height index to define hypertension among secondary school adolescents in southwestern Uganda
(Journal of Human Hypertension, 2020)Hypertension is the number one risk factor for cardiovascular diseases worldwide and yet its diagnosis among adolescents, based on blood pressure percentiles which are age, height, and sex-specific, is complex. Our study ... -
Knowledge and Health Care Seeking Behaviours on Cancer of the Cervix among Rural Women- A Case Study of Isingiro District
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2015)Cervical cancer is an abnormal growth of cells in the cervical region of the uterus. Cancer of the cervix occurs when the cells of the cervix change in a way that leads to unregulated growth and invasion of other tissues ... -
Impact of rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria at a peripheral health facility in Western Uganda: an interrupted time series analysis
(Malaria journal, 2015)Background: The World Health Organization recommends that all suspected malaria cases receive a parasitological diagnosis prior to treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy. A recent meta-analysis of clinical ... -
Effi cacy and safety of artemether–lumefantrine compared with quinine in pregnant women with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial
(The Lancet infectious diseases, 2010)Background: Malaria in pregnancy is associated with maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. In 2006, WHO recommended use of artemisinin-based combination treatments during the second or third trimesters, but data on ... -
Consumer Perspectives on a Pericoital Contraceptive Pill In India and Uganda
(International perspectives on sexual and reproductive health, 2013)Context: Studies suggest that women in some countries have adopted emergency contraceptive pills as a routine method of family planning. This practice indicates there may be latent demand for a pericoital contraceptive ...