Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Student self-assessment after Essential Surgical Skills training for final-year medical students at Gulu University, northern Uganda
(East And Central African Journal of Surgery, 2018)Background Medical practice depends on a set of essential clinical and surgical skills, yet inadequate attention is given to training these skills in medical school. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of Essential ... -
Assessment of surgical skills training: A call for quality improvement for educators in low- and middle-income countries
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2019)We read with keen interest the article by Tom R. Okello and colleagues on the assessment of their final-year medical students after Essential Surgical Skills training.1 We commend the authors, the training institution, ... -
Factors affecting mortality after traumatic brain injury in a resource-poor setting
(BJS Open, 2019)Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of long-term disability and economic loss to society. The aim of this study was to assess the factors affecting mortality after TBI in a resource-poor setting. Methods: ... -
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 ... -
Prevalence of Major Limb Loss (MLL) in Post conflict Acholi sub-region of Northern Uganda: Cross sectional study
(BioRxiv, 2020)Background: Awareness of residual disabilities amongst people living in countries recovering from prolonged armed conflicts and their socio-economic consequences is increasing. Robust data on the prevalence of such ... -
Intrahepatic Pregnancy - A Rare Form of Abdominal Pregnancy at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Northern Uganda; a Case Report and Literature Review.
(International Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Invention, 2020)Primary intra-hepatic pregnancy is an extremely rare condition. The purpose of this study was to report a case of 24-year-old Gravida 2 para 1+0 who presented at 35 weeks of amenorrhea with vaginal bleeding and mild right ... -
Evaluation of surgical skills training: A literature review and call to quality improvement for educators in low-and middle-income countries
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2020)Background: Whereas surgical simulator skills training has been demonstrated to improve surgical skills, no gold-standard assessment tools exist for summative and formative evaluation of skills training. This study aimed ... -
Short-term outcomes of laparotomy in the two teaching hospitals of gulu university, northern uganda.
(Archives of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2020)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical indication for laparotomy, the intra-operative fi ndings and the 30 days post-operative outcome of laparotomy in Gulu university teaching hospitals. Methods: ... -
Bilateral proptosis as an early manifestation of juvenile myelomonocitic leukemia in an African child
(Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology, 2021)We report bilateral proptosis as the unusual initial presentation of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia in a Ugandan child. Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia was diagnosed with complete blood count and bone marrow aspiration ... -
Incidence of male breast carcinoma in North Uganda A survey at Lacor Hospital, Gulu, during 2009–2016
(Advance online publication, 2021)BACKGROUND:Little information is available on male breast cancer (MBC) incidence from sub-Saharan Africa. OBJECTIVE:This is a retrospective study on MBC in rural North Uganda, based on the pathology records of a private, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Depression among Out-Of-School Adolescents in Ayere Village, Northern Uganda
(International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 2021)Globally mental health conditions account for 16% of the global burden of disease to adolescents aged 10-19 years with depression ranking as one of the leading causes of illness and disability among this age group and the ... -
Depression and Associated Factors Among Refugees Amidst Covid-19 in Nakivale Refugee Camp in Uganda
(Journal of Neurology Research Review & Reports, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic and health measures to prevent it have unprecedented effects on the mental health of the refugees. However, the situation of refugees in developing countries is unclear. Thus, this study estimated the ... -
Personality and Mental Health among Lira University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(International Journal of Academic Research in Psychology, 2020)Abstract COVID-19 pandemic is one of the 21st -century major health crises affecting the world. Due to the pandemic, education activities were disrupted and examinations were postponed. This could have far-reaching effects ... -
Chronic ethanol use in alcoholic beverages by HIV-infected patients affects the therapeutic window of stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine during the 9-month follow-up period: using chronic alcohol-use biomarkers
(Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology, 2013)Background: Chronic ethanol use is a global problem including among HIV-infected patients on stavudine/ lamivudine/nevirapine (d4T/3TC/NVP) regimen. The study determined the effect of chronic ethanol use on the therapeutic ... -
Artemisia Annua L. Infusion Consumed Once a Week Reduces Risk of Multiple Episodes of Malaria: A Randomised Trial in a Ugandan Community
(Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2012)Purpose: To evaluate the protective effect of Artemisia annua infusion against malaria in a community that uses it as herbal ‘tea’ for malaria prevention. Methods: 132 flower farm workers who met the study inclusion ... -
Anti-Plasmodium falciparum activity of Aloe dawei and Justicia betonica
(African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2013)Malaria is a fatal disease caused by different Plasmodium species of parasites and has remained the major killer of humans worldwide especially the children under five years of age and pregnant women. In this study, the ... -
Antiplasmodial activity of extracts of selected medicinal plants used by local communities in western Uganda for treatment of malaria
(African Journal of Ecology, 2007)This study investigated the antiplasmodial activity of ten medicinal plants used to treat malaria in Southwestern Uganda. The study plants were Bothlioclines longpipes (Olive and Hiern), N.E.Br., Toddalia asiatica (L.) ...
