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Chronic stress and its correlates among nurses: A case of Central Uganda
(Avicenna J Neuro Psycho Physiology, 2023)
Background: Despite an overwhelming disease burden, nursing shortages are evident in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the potential for significant healthcare crises. Nurses face increased work demands and chronic stress due to a ...
The spectrum of disease and tau pathology of nodding syndrome in Uganda
(Brain, 2021)
Nodding syndrome is an enigmatic recurrent epidemic neurologic disease that affects children in East Africa. The illness
begins with vertical nodding of the head and can progress to grand mal seizures and death after ...
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 ...
Utilization of antiretroviral therapy services and associated factors among adolescents living with HIV in northern Uganda: A cross-sectional study
(PLoS ONE, 2023)
Background
Suboptimal utilization of antiretroviral therapy (ART) services remains a problem among
adolescents in low- and middle-income countries, which has a negative impact on their
response to treatment and increases ...
Impact of a Cryptococcal meningitis diagnosis and treatment program at Lira Regional Referral Hospital in rural, Northern Uganda
(PLOS global public health, 2022)
Abstract
In rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, infrastructure and resources for treatment of crypto coccal meningitis (CM) are often lacking. We introduced a CM diagnosis and treatment pro gram (CM-DTP) at Lira Regional ...
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 ...
High Burden of Cryptococcal Meningitis Among Antiretroviral Therapy–Experienced Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Patients in Northern Uganda in the Era of “Test and Treat”: Implications for Cryptococcal Screening Programs
(Open forum infectious diseases, 2022)
Background. The impact of the “test and treat” program for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment in rural areas of
Uganda on cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) screening or cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is poorly ...
Challenges associated with the roll-out of HCC surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa - the case of Uganda
(Journal of Hepatology, 2020)
In sub-Saharan Africa, where HBV infections are the main
cause of HCC, surveillance programs are mostly not available.2
Nonetheless, with an incidence rate of 8.9 cases per 100,000
inhabitants per year, which is likely ...
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 ...
Prevalence of neonatal sepsis and associated factors among neonates admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit at Lira regional referral hospital, northern Uganda
(Research Square, 2023)
BACKGROUND: Sepsis is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity among neonates. Neonatal
sepsis (NS) contributes to 44% of 5.4 million under-5 mortalities globally, and 12% of neonatal deaths in
Uganda in 2020 ...