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Equitable Access to Health Professional Training in Uganda: A Cross Sectional Study
(Annals of global health, 2018)
Objective: We set out to assess inequalities to access health professional education, and the impact of an education improvement program supported by MEPI (Medical Education Partnership Initiative). Inequalities in the ...
War related sexual violence and it's medical and psychological consequences as seen in Kitgum, Northern Uganda: A cross-sectional study
(BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2009)
Background: Despite the recent adoption of the UN resolution 1820 (2008) which calls
for the cessation of war related sexual violence against civilians in conflict zones, Africa
continues to see some of the worst cases ...
Intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among HIV/AIDS patients at Gulu regional referral hospital art clinic, Northern Uganda
(National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, 2021)
Intestinal parasitic infections create a huge concern in the management and care of
HIV positive people in Uganda. Understanding the prevalence and associated factors is vital
for proper planning and patient management. ...
Promoting Psychiatry in the medical school: "The case of Uganda"
(Psychiatry Bulletin, 2002)
Uganda has a rich history of medical education Odonga, 1989) that was severely harmed by
the rise of Idi Amin and the years of internal strife. It is only over recent years that the country
has begun to rebuild itself ...
Impact of Mental Health Training on Mental Well-being of Lay Counselors in Northern Uganda
(Jacobs Journal of Community Medicine, 2018)
Data on the impact of mental health first aid training on the mental well-being of lay counselors is limited despite a wealth of research on the training of lay counselors. We tested the hypothesis that mental health first ...
The Psychological Impact of War and Abduction on Children in Northern Uganda: A Review
(International Journal of Mental Health and Psychiatry, 2015)
In more than two decades northern Uganda was affected by the war between the government and the LRA. Children were abducted and affected during the war, but what is the psychological and social impact of war on the children? ...
Anger and Bitter Hearts: The Spread of Suicide in Northern Ugandan Families
(Journal of Anthropology, 2019)
In many societies, the phenomenon of suicide provides a particularly powerful example of how something sinister might ‘run in the family’. In the Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda, concerns about its capacity to spread ...
Predictors of Unintended Pregnancy Among Adolescent Girls During the Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Oyam District in Northern Uganda
(Open Access Journal of Contraception, 2023)
Background: In Uganda, unintended pregnancies are responsible for one in three births with detrimental consequences, a situation
that worsened during COVID-19. Thus, the present examined unplanned pregnancy and its ...
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 ...
Predictors of Adherence to Routine Immunization Schedule Among Caretakers of Children Aged 10 to 18 Months in Lira City, Uganda
(Global Pediatric Health, 2022)
Background. Although the majority of nations have routine immunization programs in place as a public health strategy,
more than 1.5 million children under the age of 5 die yearly worldwide due to inadequate vaccination ...