Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
Now showing items 821-840 of 1988
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Individual, maternal and household risk factors for anaemia among young children in sub-Saharan Africa: a crosssectional study
(BMJ open, 2018)Objective: Anaemia affects the majority of children in sub- Saharan Africa (SSA). Previous studies of risk factors for anaemia have been limited by sample size, geography and the association of many risk factors with ... -
Health hackathons: theatre or substance? A survey assessment of outcomes from healthcare-focused hackathons in three countries
(BMJ innovations, 2017-01-04)Background: Healthcare-focused hackathons are 48-hour platforms intended to accelerate novel medical technology. However, debate exists about how much they contribute to medical technology innovation. The Consortium for ... -
Development and Impact of Helping Babies Breathe Educational Methodology
(Pediatrics, 2020)The educational pedagogy surrounding Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) has been transformative in going beyond a curriculum focused only on basic neonatal resuscitation; indeed, it created the framework for an educational program ... -
Antibiotic prescription rationality and associated in‑patient treatment outcomes in children under‑five with severe pneumonia at Bwizibwera health center IV, Mbarara District, South‑Western Uganda
(Pneumonia, 2022)Background: Pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children under five. Antibiotic treatment must be started immediately in children with pneumonia. The irrational use of antibiotics may increase morbidity ... -
A qualitative study of the perspectives of health workers and policy makers on external support provided to low-level private health facilities in a Ugandan rural district, in management of childhood infections
(Global Health Action, 2021)Background: With the under-five child mortality rate of 46.4 deaths per 1000 live births, Uganda should accelerate measures to reduce child deaths to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3. While 60–70% of frontline ... -
Informal support for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in rural Uganda: a qualitative study
(International journal of mental health systems, 2020)Background: The generation of people getting older has become a public health concern worldwide. People aged 65 and above are the most at risk for Alzheimer’s disease which is associated with physical and behavioral changes. ... -
The development and implementation of a theory-informed, integrated mother-child intervention in rural Uganda
(Social Science & Medicine, 2015)Rationale: A randomised cluster effectiveness trial of a parenting intervention in rural Uganda found benefits to child development among children 12e36 months, relevant parenting practices related to stimulation, hygiene ... -
Sexual Relationship Power and Depression among HIVInfected Women in Rural Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2012)Background: Depression is associated with increased HIV transmission risk, increased morbidity, and higher risk of HIV related death among HIV-infected women. Low sexual relationship power also contributes to HIV risk, but ... -
Retrospective Descriptive Study of an Intensive Care Unit at a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital
(World journal of surgery, 2016)Background: We describe delivery and outcomes of critical care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, a Ugandan secondary referral hospital serving a large, widely dispersed rural population. Methods: Retrospective ... -
Prospective study of the mental health consequences of sexual violence among women living with HIV in rural Uganda
(Journal of interpersonal violence, 2016)The association between sexual violence and depression is well known, but the temporal aspects of the association have not been well established. We analyzed data from a cohort of 173 HIV-positive women in rural Uganda who ... -
Point-of-Care Approaches for Meningitis Diagnosis in a Low-Resource Setting (Southwestern Uganda): Observational Cohort Study Protocol of the “PI-POC” Trial
(JMIR Research Protocols, 2020)Background: A timely differential diagnostic is essential to identify the etiology of central nervous system (CNS) infections in children, in order to facilitate targeted treatment, manage patients, and improve clinical ... -
Pediatric Post-Discharge Mortality in Resource Poor Countries: A Systematic Review
(PLoS ONE, 2013-06-25)Objectives: Mortality following hospital discharge is an important and under-recognized contributor to overall child mortality in developing countries. The primary objective of this systematic review was to identify all ... -
Outcome of Children with Presumptive Tuberculosis in Mbarara, Rural Uganda
(The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2018)Background: Mortality among children with presumptive tuberculosis (TB) empiric TB treatment can be high. We describe the predictors of death among children with presumptive TB, and the relation between treatment and ... -
How Does Antiretroviral Treatment Attenuate the Stigma of HIV? Evidence from a Cohort Study in Rural Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2013)Program implementers and qualitative researchers have described how increasing availability of HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) is associated with improvements in psychosocial health and internalized stigma. To determine ... -
Good Utilization, Low Completion Rates of Early Infant HIV Diagnostic Services at a District Hospital in Rural South Western Uganda
(Research square, 2022-03-02)Introduction: Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) using DNA PCR has been utilized in the diagnosis of HIV worldwide. This study aimed to determine the utilization of EID using DNA PCR. Methods: A mixed methods study involving ... -
Effects of a parenting intervention to address maternal psychological wellbeing and child development and growth in rural Uganda: a community-based, cluster-randomised trial
(The Lancet Global Health, 2015-07-03)Background: Parenting interventions have been implemented to improve the compromised developmental potential among 39% of children younger than 5 years living in low-income and middle-income countries. Maternal wellbeing ... -
Detection Yield and Tolerability of String Test for Diagnosis of Childhood Intrathoracic Tuberculosis
(The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 2016)Background: Difficulty to obtain sputum in children complicates diagnosis of intrathoracic tuberculosis (TB). The intragastric string test (ST) used for retrieval of enteric pathogens might be an alternative specimen ... -
Treatment outcomes and tolerability of the revised WHO anti-tuberculosis drug dosages for children
(The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2018)Background: In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) revised the paediatric dosages of antituberculosis drugs, increasing rifampicin to 15 mg/kg, isoniazid to 10 mg/kg and pyrazinamide to 35 mg/kg. We assessed treatment ... -
The outbreak and control of Ebola viral haemorrhagic fever in a Ugandan medical school
(Tropical Doctor, 2002)Uganda has just experienced the largest outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) ever recorded'. Mbarara UniversityTeaching Hospital (MUTH) is responsible for training approximately one-third of Uganda's doctors. Mbarara ... -
Toxicology and Health Benefits of Plant Alkaloids
(Poisonous Plants and Phytochemicals in Drug Discovery, 2020)Alkaloids are a class of natural products containing carbon (C), hydrogen (H), nitrogen (N), and usually oxygen (O). These compounds have been categorized into different classes based on their sources, pharmacokinetics, ...