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Knowledge and compliance with Covid-19 infection prevention and control measures among health workers in regional referral hospitals in northern Uganda: a cross sectional online survey [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
(F1000Research, 2021)Background: Infection prevention and control (IPC) has increasingly been underscored as a key tool for limiting the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and safeguarding health workers from infections ... -
Knowledge, Practice of Health Workers and Surgical Site Infections at Lira Regional Referral Hospital (LRRH) And Lira University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)
(International Journal of Science Academic Research, 2022)Purpose: The effect of knowledge and practice of health workers (HWs) on surgical site infection (SSI) has never been documented in our area and such knowledge gaps has made advocating for allocation of resources to tackle ... -
Lack of education, knowledge, and supplies are barriers to cryptococcal meningitis care among nurses and other healthcare providers in rural Uganda: A mixed methods study
(Nurse Education Today, 2023)Abstract Background Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is one of the deadliest opportunistic infections related to HIV/AIDS. A research gap exists surrounding the barriers to CM diagnosis, treatment delivery, and care from ... -
Lactate clearance as a prognostic marker of mortality in severely ill febrile children in East Africa
(BMC Medicine, 2018)Background: Hyperlactataemia (HL) is a biomarker of disease severity that predicts mortality in patients with sepsis and malaria. Lactate clearance (LC) during resuscitation has been shown to be a prognostic factor of ... -
Lactose intolerance among severely malnourished children with diarrhoea admitted to the nutrition unit, Mulago hospital, Uganda
(BMC Pediatrics, 2010)Background: Lactose intolerance is a common complication of diarrhoea in infants with malnutrition and a cause of treatment failure. A combination of nutritional injury and infectious insults in severe protein energy ... -
Landslide disasters in eastern Uganda: post‑traumatic stress disorder and its correlates among survivors in Bududa district
(BMC Psychology, 2022)Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder is the commonly reported psychiatric morbidity among the survivors of natural disasters. However, its prevalence particularly in Bududa, Eastern Uganda is largely unknown. Aims ... -
Learners’ Attitudes and Performance in Science Subjects in A-Level in Secondary Schools, in Mbarara, Uganda
(Journal Of Educational Research, 2018)This research study aimed at investigating the learners’ attitudes and performance in science. The main objective of the study was to establish the relationship between learner’s attitudes and performance in science ... -
Major limb loss (MLL): An overview of etiology, outcomes, experiences and challenges faced by amputees and service providers in the post-conflict period in Northern Uganda
(Journal of Global Health Reports, 2019)Background Trauma is a leading cause for major limb loss (MLL) during war. As societies transition into peace other factors become important. The voluntary sector plays a diminishing role in service delivery as countries ... -
Major Limb Loss and Prosthesis Use in the Post Conflict era in Acholi Sub-Region, Northern Uganda
(International Journal of Science Academic Research, 2022)Introduction: This study assessed amputees’ residual limb stump in the post war era of Acholi sub-region for suitability of prosthetic fit use and associated challenges with their current prosthesis and psycho-socio ... -
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 ... -
Mental Health during COVID-19 Pandemic: Does Social Support Count? A Cross-Sectional Survey among Lira University Students, Northern Uganda
(PQ Neurology and Psychology, 2021)COVID-19 pandemic that began in Wuhan, China towards the end of 2019 is the world’s catastrophe of the 21st-century. As a result, the pandemic has disrupted all sectors of the world’s economies including the education ... -
Mortality after Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection
(New England Journal of Medicine, 2011)Background The role of fluid resuscitation in the treatment of children with shock and lifethreatening infections who live in resource-limited settings is not established. Methods We randomly assigned children with ... -
Mortality risk over time after early fluid resuscitation in African children
(Clinical care, 2019)Background: African children hospitalised with severe febrile illness have a high risk of mortality. The Fluid Expansion As Supportive Therapy (FEAST) trial (ISCRTN 69856593) demonstrated increased mortality risk ... -
Mothers’ perceptions of the practice of kangaroo mother care for preterm neonates in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative systematic review protocol
(JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 2019)Objective: The objective of this review is to explore the experiences of mothers with the practice of kangaroo mother care (KMC) for preterm neonates at home in sub-Saharan Africa. Introduction: About 7000 newborn babies ... -
Neuroinflammation and Not Tauopathy Is a Predominant Pathological Signature of Nodding Syndrome
(Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, 2019)Nodding syndrome (NS) is an epileptic disorder occurring in chil dren in African onchocerciasis endemic regions. Here, we describe the pathological changes in 9 individuals from northern Uganda who died with NS (n ¼ 5) ... -
Neuropathological Changes in Nakalanga Syndrome—A Case Report
(Pathogens, 2021)Nakalanga syndrome is a clinical manifestation of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy characterized by stunting, delayed or absent secondary sexual development and skeletal deformities, and is often accompanied by epileptic ... -
Nodding syndrome in Uganda is a tauopathy
(Acta neuropathologica, 2018)Nodding syndrome is an epidemic neurologic disorder of unknown cause that affects children in the subsistence-farming communities of East Africa. We report the neuropathologic findings in five fatal cases (13–18 years of ... -
A novel polymorphism in ABCB1 gene, CYP2B6*6 and sex predict single-dose efavirenz population pharmacokinetics in Ugandans.
(British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2009)AIMS Efavirenz exhibits pharmacokinetic variability causing varied clinical response. The aim was to develop an integrated population pharmacokinetic/pharmacogenetic model and investigate the impact of genetic variations, ... -
Obstetric Referrals to a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Uganda - A One Year Experience
(Jemds.com, 2020)BACKGROUND Delay in referral adversely affects maternal and neonatal outcome. We wanted to review the obstetric referrals, source of referrals, appropriateness of referrals and document the maternal and perinatal outcomes ... -
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 ...