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Prevalence And Factors Associated With Depression Among Adults With Sickle Cell Disease at Mulago Hospital, Uganda: a Cross Sectional Study

Mubangizi I • Nakimuli-Mpungu E • Kawooya I • Sekaggya-wiltshire C (2020)

Abstract; BACKGROUND; ; Depression among patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) is under diagnosed and undertreated due to the overlap of symptoms and signs of SCD and depression. The study sought to determine the ...
Carbapenem Resistance Profiles of Pathogenic Escherichia coli in Uganda

Kenneth Ssekatawa • Denis K Byarugaba • Jesca L. Nakavuma • Charles Drago Kato • Francis Ejobi • Robert Tweyongyere • Eddie M. Wampande (2020)

Abstract; Background: Escherichia coli has been implicated as one of the main etiological agents of diarrhea, urinary tract infections, meningitis and septicemia worldwide. The ability to cause diseases is potentiated ...
Zoonotic Escherichia coli is a potential Driver of Antimicrobial Resistance among Pastoralist Communities in Uganda: A Laboratory based Cross sectional Study

Abdul Walusansa • Jacob Stanly Iramiot • Florence Najjuka • Henry Kajumbula • Benon Asiimwe (2019)

Abstract; Background Non-prescribed use of antimicrobials in Agriculture incurs a transfer risk of resistant pathogens to humans, complicating treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the potential of ...
Social innovation research checklist: A crowdsourcing open call and digital hackathon to develop a checklist for research to advance social innovation in health.

Eneyi Kpokiri • Elizabeth Chen • Jingjing Li • Sarah Payne • Priyanka Shrestha • Kaosar Afsana • Uche V. Amazigo • Phyllis Awor • Jean-Francois de Lavison • Saqif Khan • Jana D Mier-Alpaño • Alberto Ong • Shivani Subhedar • Isabelle Wachmuth • Kala M Mehta • Beatrice Halpaap • Joseph D. Tucker (medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences • 2020)

While social innovations in health have shown promise in closing the healthcare delivery gap, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), more research is needed to evaluate, scale up, and sustain social ...
Prevalence and factors associated with suicidal behavior among adolescents with epilepsy at Mulago and Butabika national referral hospitals in Uganda.

Hillary Kuteesa • Catherine Abbo • Winstons W Muhwezi (2020)

Abstract; Background Suicide is the 3 rd leading cause of death among young people. Patients with epilepsy are 2 times more likely to have suicidal ideation and 3 times more likely to plan suicide attempt. In ...
Lay persons’ perception of the requirements for research in emergency obstetric and newborn care

Daniel Kabonge Kaye (2020)

Abstract; Background: Factors that could potentially act as facilitators and barriers to successful recruitment strategies in perinatal clinical trials are not well documented. The objective was to assess lay ...
Predisposing factors associated with teenage pregnancy in Lake Victoria Islands and Mountain districts of Uganda

Richard Tuyiragize • Abel Nzabona • John Bosco Asiimwe • Christian Kakuba • John Mushomi • Fred Maniragaba (2019)

Abstract; Introduction; ; There is a high teenage pregnancy rate in Lake Victoria Island and Mountain districts of Uganda. Teenage pregnancy leads to unsafe abortions, infant and maternal mortality, high rate of ...
Multi-measure assessment of adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among children under five years living with HIV in Jinja, Uganda

Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu • Mary Nakafeero • Fred Nuwaha (2020)

Abstract; Introduction: Adherence to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) is required to achieve HIV viral load suppression. However, children under five years in Jinja, Uganda, had been shown to have low HIV suppression ...
Health System Factors Influencing Uptake Of Human Papilloma Virus (Hpv) Vaccine Among Adolescent Girls 9-15 Years In Mbale District, Uganda

JULIET NABIRYE • Okwi Livex Andrew • Rebecca Nuwematsiko • George Kiwanuka • Fiston Muneza • Kamya Carol • Juliet N Babirye (2019)

Abstract; Introduction Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women with more than 85% of the burden in developing countries. In Uganda, cervical cancer has shown an increase of 1.8% per annum ...
Chest X-ray interpretation does not complement Xpert MTB/RIF in diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis among TB-HIV co-infected adults in a resource-limited setting

Lydia Nakiyingi • John Mark Bwanika • Willy Ssengooba • Frank Mubiru • Damalie Nakanjako • Moses L Joloba • Harriet Mayanja-Kizza • Yukari C. Manabe (2020)

Abstract; Background: Chest X-ray (CXR) interpretation remains a central component of current World Health Organization recommendations as an adjuvant test in diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis (TB). With its ...
Etiology of fever in Ugandan children: identification of microbial pathogens using metagenomic next-generation sequencing and IDseq, a platform for unbiased metagenomic analysis

Akshaya Ramesh • Sara Nakielny • Jennifer Hsu • Mary Kyohere • Oswald Byaruhanga • Charles F. A. de Bourcy • Rebecca Egger • Boris Dimitrov • Yun-Fang Juan • Jonathan Sheu • James H.-C. Wang • Katrina Kalantar • Charles Langelier • Theodore Ruel • Arthur Mpimbaza • Michael R. Wilson • Philip J. Rosenthal • Joeseph L DeRisi (2018)

Background: Febrile illness is a major burden in African children, and non-malarial causes of fever are uncertain. We built and employed IDseq, a cloud-based, open access, bioinformatics platform and service to identify ...
Doctors experiences on the quality of care for pesticide poisoning patients in hospitals in Kampala, Uganda: a qualitative exploration using donabedian’s model

Charles Ssemugabo • Sarah Nalinya MPH • Abdullah Ali Halage • Ruth Mubeezi Neebye • David Musoke • Erik Jørs (2019)

Abstract; Background Pesticide poisoning is a major public health problem in many Low-and-Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Pesticides are responsible for a significant percentage of deaths globally with majority ...
Predicting Low Birth Weight: A comparison of Anthropometric Measurements taken by Midwives and Community Health Workers in Uganda

Savino Ayesiga • Catherine Abaasa • David Ayebare • Gakenia Wamuyu-Maina (2019)

Abstract; Background: In many resource constrained countries, Uganda inclusive, women continue to give birth at home/in the community where there are no weighing scales to measure and record birth weight, and ...
Oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis increases expression of type I/III interferon-stimulated factors in the gastrointestinal tract but not in the blood

Sean M. Hughes • Claire N. Levy • Fernanda Calienes • Joanne D. Stekler • Urvashi Pandey • Lucia Vojtech • Alicia R. Berard • Kenzie Birse • Laura Noël-Romas • Brian Richardson • Jackelyn B. Golden • Michael Cartwright • Ann C. Collier • Claire E. Stevens • Marcel E. Curlin • Timothy H. Holtz • Nelly Mugo • Elizabeth Irungu • Elly Katabira • Timothy Muwonge • Javier R. Lama • Jared M. Baeten • Adam Burgener • Jairam R. Lingappa • M. Juliana McElrath • Romel D. Mackelprang • Ian McGowan • Ross D. Cranston • Mark J. Cameron • Florian Hladik (2019)

Abstract Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine are used for HIV treatment and pre-exposure prophylaxis. Previously, we found that topical rectal application of tenofovir 1% gel caused many gene expression changes. ...
Tsetse fly distribution and occurrence of Trypanosoma species among cattle and goats around Queen Elizabeth National park, Uganda

Mallion Kangume • Denis Muhangi • Joseph Byaruhanga • Aggrey Agaba • Joachim Sserunkuma • Stallon Justus Kisembo • Paul Bogere • Patrick Vudriko • Innocent Bidason Rwego (2020)

Abstract; Background: African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) is an infectious disease of economic and veterinary importance in Sub-Saharan Africa. The current study aimed at providing baseline information on tsetse ...
‘’They took us to the community to die from there’’: Patients’ and HIV service managers’ experiences of Differentiated ART delivery following national scale-up in Uganda

Henry Zakumumpa • Joseph Rujumba • Japheth Kwiringira • Cordelia Katureebe • Neil Spicer (2019)

Abstract; Background Although Differentiated Service Delivery (DSD) for anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has been rolled-out nationally in several countries since World Health Organization (WHO)’s landmark 2016 ...
Cross-Sectional Analysis of Cognitive And Functional Difficulties Among Adolescents Living With HIV In Low-Resourced Settings: Can A Simple Screening Algorithm Identify Adolescents For Support?

Helen Natukunda • Elona Toska • Mark Boyes • Lorraine Sherr • Jaqueline Hoare • Sam Nightingale • Lucie D Cluver (2020)

Abstract; Background: Comprehensive neuropsychological testing for adolescents living with HIV is rare and often impractical for overstretched healthcare systems in low-resourced settings. This study aimed to 1) ...
The difference between actual and perceived body weight association with mental wellbeing in a sample of 10-11 year old children in England: a cross sectional survey

Lawrence Achilles Nnyanzi • Edward Kunonga • Brian Mujuni • Patrick Wamala • Anthony M Muwagga • Joseph Kabanda • Charles Ibingira (2020)

Abstract; Background; ; In a society, where the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity is relatively high, making childhood overweight the ‘norm’, some children view themselves as being of ideal weight when ...
Caries experience and oral health related quality of life in a cohort of Ugandan HIV-1 exposed uninfected children compared with a matched cohort of HIV unexposed uninfected children

NANCY BIRUNGI • Lars Thore Fadnes • Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen • Stein Atle Lie • James Kashugyera Tumwine • Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm (2019)

Abstract; Background: Very few studies consider the oral health status and quality of life in HIV-1 exposed uninfected (HEU) children. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of caries in primary teeth ...
Access to and use of sexual and reproductive health services among street children in Uganda: Does Migration matter?

Mulekya Francis Bwambale • Paul Bukuluki • Cheryl A. Moyer • Bart H.W Van den Borne (2020)

Abstract; Background; ; While the nexus of migration and health outcomes is well acknowledged, the effect of rural-urban migration on uptake of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services has received less ...

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