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Health seeking behaviour of small income market vendors: Diabetes primary care in Gulu Municipality, northern Uganda
(South Sudan Medical Journal, 2020)
Introduction: Uganda faces a serious threat of non-communicable diseases
including type 2 diabetes; sedentary lifestyles predispose people to these
diseases.
Objective: To understand the diabetes health seeking behaviour ...
Why women die after reaching the hospital: a qualitative critical incident analysis of the ‘third delay’ in postconflict northern Uganda
(BMJ open, 2021)
Objectives To critically explore and describe the
pathways that women who require emergency obstetrics
and newborn care (EmONC) go through and to understand
the delays in accessing EmONC after reaching a health
facility ...
Perinatal death in Northern Uganda: incidence and risk factors in a community-based prospective cohort study
(Global Health Action, 2021)
Background: Perinatal mortality in Uganda remains high at 38 deaths/1,000 births, an
estimate greater than the every newborn action plan (ENAP) target of ≤24/1,000 births by
2030. To improve perinatal survival, there is ...
Prevalence and predictors for unintended pregnancy among HIV‑infected pregnant women in Lira, Northern Uganda: a cross‑sectional study
(Scientific Reports, 2020)
Prevention of unintended pregnancies is a global strategy to eliminate mother-to-child transmission
of HIV. Factors surrounding unintended pregnancy among women living with HIV are not well
understood. We aimed to determine ...
Prevalence and contextual factors associated with compassion fatigue among nurses in northern Uganda
(PLOS ONE, 2021)
Background
Compassion fatigue is associated with negative consequences that undermine workplace
performance. However, literature is scarce on compassion fatigue among nurses in the context
of Uganda who are at higher ...
Antibiotic prescription practices among prescribers for children under five at public health centers III and IV in Mbarara district
(PLOS ONE, 2020)
Introduction
Rational use of medicines requires that patients receive medications appropriate to their clinical
needs. Irrational prescription of antibiotics has been reported in many health systems across
the world. ...
Off-label antibiotic use among paediatric in-patients: a mixed-method prospective study at a tertiary hospital in southwestern Uganda
(International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 2020)
Background The off-label use of drugs to treat children is a global practice attributed to the traditional exclusion of children from clinical trials mainly due to practical and ethical reasons. Off-label drug use carries ...
Medical Foods and Infant Formulas
(Springer, 2020)
Medical foods are foods that are formulated specifically to help in the management of diseases with particular dietary needs hardly met singly by normal diet. They are taken under medical prescription or supervision. On ...
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding schistosomiasis infection and prevention: A mixed-methods study among endemic communities of western Uganda
(PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2022)
Schistosomiasis is one of the leading neglected tropical diseases, second to malaria in prevalence.
In Uganda, more than 10 million people (25.6%) are currently infected, with prevalence
in some areas as high as 90%, and ...
The Potential of Citizen- Driven Monitoring of Freshwater Snails in Schistosomiasis Research
(Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2021)
Schistosomiasis is a tropical parasitic disease affecting more than 200 million people
worldwide, predominantly in Africa. The World Health Organization recently highlighted
the importance of targeted control of the ...