Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
Now showing items 761-780 of 1988
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Anemia was an Uncommon Complication of Severe Malaria in a High-Transmission Rural Area of Western Uganda
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2018)The clinical epidemiology of severe malaria among patients presenting to peripheral health centers has not been well described. We conducted a prospective, observational cohort study to describe the epidemiology and clinical ... -
Improved maternal–fetal outcomes among emergency obstetric referrals following phone call communication at a teaching hospital in south western Uganda: a quasi-experimental study
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022)Background: Emergency obstetric referrals develop adverse maternal–fetal outcomes partly due to delays in offering appropriate care at referral hospitals especially in resource limited settings. Referral hospitals do not ... -
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori among Patients with Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT) Symptoms: A Retrospective Study at Selected Africa Air Rescue (AAR)Clinics in Kampala, Uganda, from 2015 to 2019
(Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2021)Background: Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection is extremely common worldwide, with almost half of the world’s population infected. In Uganda, no study has been done on the trends of the prevalence of H. pylori infection ... -
Unmasking Higher-than-Expected Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in Respiratory Samples from US born Patients in a Safety Net Hospital in Boston.
(2020)The recent description of sequential inflammatory stages characterizing early tuberculosis (TB) disease and reports of disease caused by differentially culturable M. tuberculosis have significantly complicated the diagnostic ... -
Three-band (HRP-2/pLDH) rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of severe P. falciparum malaria in Western Uganda
(2014)Mortality among children with severe malaria who receive care at referral centers ranges from 10-30%, and is likely higher among those presenting to peripheral health facilities. -
Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Guide Case Management of and Improve Antibiotic Stewardship for Pediatric Acute Respiratory Illnesses in Resource-Constrained Settings: a Prospective Cohort Study in Southwestern Uganda
(Microbiology spectrum, 2021)Pediatric acute respiratory illness (ARI) is one of the most common reasons for evaluation at peripheral health centers in sub-Saharan Africa and is frequently managed based on clinical syndrome alone. Although most ARI ... -
Ongoing long-lasting insecticide-treated net distribution efforts are 2 insufficient to maintain high rates of use among children in rural Uganda
(medRxiv, 2021)Background: Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) remain a cornerstone of malaria control, but optimal distribution strategies to sustain universal coverage are not well-defined Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional ... -
Malaria prevalence and long-lasting insecticidal net use in rural western Uganda: results of a cross-sectional survey conducted in an area of highly variable malaria transmission intensity
(Malaria journal, 2021)Background: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) remain a cornerstone of malaria control, but strategies to sustain universal coverage and high rates of use are not well-defined. A more complete understanding of ... -
Magnitude of Prior Teenage Pregnancy among Women Aged 18–67 Years in Rural Southwestern Uganda
(International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 2020)Objective: Teenage pregnancy is a growing health challenge among adolescents in Uganda with its magnitude varying across the different regions of Uganda. This study evaluated the magnitude and factors associated with prior ... -
Long-term quality of integrated community case management care for children in Bugoye Subcounty, Uganda: a retrospective observational study
(BMJ open, 2022)Objective: Integrated community case management (iCCM) of childhood illness in Uganda involves protocol based care of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea for children under 5 years old. This study assessed volunteer village ... -
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 ... -
Immunogenicity and safety of fractional doses of yellow fever vaccines: a randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority trial
(The Lancet, 2021)Background: Stocks of yellow fever vaccine are insufficient to cover exceptional demands for outbreak response. Fractional dosing has shown efficacy, but evidence is limited to the 17DD sub strain vaccine. We assessed the ... -
HIV epidemic and cascade of care in 12 east African rural fishing communities: results from a population-based survey in Uganda
(BMC Public Health, 2020)Background: In East Africa, fishing communities are considered most-at-risk populations for the acquisition of HIV. We estimated HIV prevalence and assessed progress towards the UNAIDS 90–90-90 targets along the HIV treatment ... -
Gaps in measles vaccination coverage in Kasese district, Western Uganda: results of a qualitative evaluation
(BMC infectious diseases, 2022)Background: Despite the availability of a highly effective vaccine, measles remains a substantial public health problem in many countries including Uganda. In this study, conducted between June–August 2020 following a local ... -
Feasibility and acceptability of home-based HIV testing among refugees: a pilot study in Nakivale refugee settlement in southwestern Uganda
(BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018)Background: Refugees in sub-Saharan Africa face both the risk of HIV infection and barriers to HIV testing. We conducted a pilot study to determine the feasibility and acceptability of home-based HIV testing in Nakivale ... -
Factors Associated with Uptake of Immunizations for Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases in a Peri-Urban Settlement; A Case Study of Nansana Municipality, Uganda
(Texila International Journal of Public Health, 2013)Immunization uptake for childhood vaccine-preventable diseases remains low in urban areas of Uganda, leading to repeated outbreaks of diseases like measles, despite easy communication and accessibility to services. The ... -
Erratum to: Monitoring iCCM referral systems: Bugoye Integrated Community Case Management Initiative (BIMI) in Uganda
(Malaria journal, 2016)After publication of the original article [1], it came to the authors’ attention that a sentence was inadvertently omitted from the Acknowledgments section of the published manuscript. The section should have read as ... -
Effectiveness of active case-finding strategies in tuberculosis control in Kampala, Uganda
(The International journal of tuberculosis and lung disease, 2013)Introduction: Passive case finding (PCF) is the strategy implemented by most developing countries to detect new cases of tuberculosis (TB), but detection rates remain low. Active case finding (ACF) is an alternative strategy, ... -
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in a High TB-HIV Environment Using Microscopy and Culture-the Example of Kakiika Prison-Kyamugorani, Mbarara, Uganda
(Journal of Science and Technology, 2016)There is growing concern about the high transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons posing a risk to the outside community. There are high levels of overcrowding in the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) with some prisons ...