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Barriers and facilitators to adherence to Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia management guidelines among health workers at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: pre-eclampsia /eclampsia is the second leading cause of maternal mortality in Uganda. WHO developed recommendations to guide health workers’ practice when managing patients with PE/E; these guidelines were ... -
Beliefs and perceptions of women towards bilateral tubal ligation; a qualitative study at Kawempe national referral hospital
(Makerere University, 2024-04)Introduction: Globally, the uptake of bilateral tubal ligation, a permanent method of contraception remains very low despite being the most effective contraceptive method. This study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding ... -
Reducing maternal deaths using maternal death surveillance with confidential enquiry in a busy African setting, at an urban national referral hospital, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024-12-16)Background: Interventions to reduce maternal deaths are urgently required, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Timely maternal death surveillance and response (MDSR) has contributed to reductions in ... -
Effect of Treatment delay of cervical cancer on quality of life of patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute
(Makerere University, 2024-12)Introduction: The burden of cervical cancer represents a major growing public health concern globally with an estimated age-standardized incidence of 56.2 cases per 100000 women years and a mortality rate of 7.2 deaths per ... -
Compliance with the WHO/WFSA standards for monitoring and associated factors during anaesthesia at Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Access to safe anaesthesia, including proper intraoperative monitoring, is a fundamental human right. Monitoring does not directly prevent adverse incidents or accidents in the perioperative period. Still, it ... -
Birth preparedness and complications readiness among pregnant women living with HIV attending antenatal care at Kawempe national referral hospital
(Makerere University, 2024-12)Background: Pregnancy in women living with HIV poses unique challenges that necessitate specialized care to ensure favourable maternal and neonatal outcomes. Birth preparedness and complications readiness (BP/CR) is a ... -
Association between Levonorgestrel emergency contraception pill use and the risk of ectopic pregnancy at Kawempe National Referral Hospital In Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024)ABSTRACT Introduction: Globally ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of maternal mortality in the first trimester, contributing 10% of the total maternal mortality. Levonorgestrel emergency contraception has been ... -
The implementation of social accountability in undergraduate medical education at Makerere University School of Medicine
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Social accountability for medical schools is the obligation to direct core activities toward the community's most important needs. The understanding, adaptation, and implementation of social accountability in ... -
Perspectives of psychiatric clinical officer students and their mentors on the use of portfolios at Butabika national mental hospital.
(Makerere university, 2024-12-13)Background Portfolios are essential clinical assessment tools for psychiatric clinical officer (PCO) students, playing a crucial role in documenting learning experiences during clinical placements. However, differing ... -
Impact of significant depression symptoms on adherence to tenofovir-based antiretroviral therapy in young women living with HIV in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: After almost forty years of the HIV pandemic, Africa is still accounting for more than two-thirds of global infections. HIV infections are more prevalent in women (54%) compared to men, making them an important ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with work apathy among nurses and mid-wives working in selected referral hospitals in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Work apathy refers to a lack of feeling or emotion, lack of interest or concern, or a syndrome of impaired motivation and consequent reduced goal-directed behaviour. The main problem associated with work apathy ... -
Role of CSF budding yeast cells in predicting culture-positive cryptococcal meningitis relapse and mortality in patients with recurrence of meningitis symptoms at three tertiary hospitals in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024)Introduction: The presence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) budding yeast cells as a predictive biomarker for culture-positive cryptococcal meningitis (CM) relapse could be a cost-effective and timely diagnostic tool, particularly ... -
Prevalence of false negative HIV results and associated factors among patients on antiretroviral therapy with a non-detectable viral load at Kisenyi Health Center IV
(Makerere University, 2024)Introduction: Studies in Sub Saharan Africa have found decreasing sensitivities of HIV diagnostic tests among people living with HIV (PLHIV) that have an undetectable viral load. This has often led to inappropriate ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with low-level viremia among PLHIV substituted to Dolutegravir from non-nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors at Kitebi Health Center III
(Makerere University, 2024)Introduction: Globally, 38.4 million people were living with HIV by the end of 2021, and about two-thirds of this population were in the sub-Saharan region. Effective adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) ... -
Concordance of data on key malaria indicators between DHIS 2 and source documents and its influencing factors at health facilities in Mayuge District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024)Introduction: Effective malaria surveillance is a key strategy for malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda rolled out the District Health Information System, version 2 (DHIS 2) to improve routine malaria surveillance ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with generalized anxiety disorder in healthcare workers at China-Uganda Friendship Hospital Naguru and Kiruddu National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024)Background: Generalized anxiety disorder is common in health workers and is associated with reduced productivity at the work place as the patients are usually restless and, on the edge, irritable with difficulty in ... -
Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) among clinicians on aetiologic management of abnormal vaginal discharge in pregnant women at Kawempe National Referral Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2024-07)Introduction: Aetiologic management of STIs to treat the curable abnormal vaginal discharge caused by bacterial vaginosis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis is a sensitive and specific tool to achieve WHO’s global ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with premarital sickle cell screening among couples at the different religious institutions in Kampala District: a cross-sectional study.
(Makerere University, 2024-10)Introduction: Premarital screening provides an opportunity for intending couples to know their phenotype or genotype and be aware of the risk of having children with genetic diseases like sickle cell disease (SCD) and adopt ... -
Knowledge, attitude and practices of preconception care amongst healthcare providers at kawempe national referral hospital
(Makerere University, 2024-12-09)Introduction: Preconception care aims to enhance a healthy physical, mental, and emotional well-being of a woman or couple before conception and has been endorsed by WHO to improve maternal outcomes. Despite acknowledged ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with failed induction of labor in Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2024-12-06)Background: Induction of labor is the artificial stimulation of uterine contractions before the spontaneous onset of labor to achieve vaginal delivery. Failed induction of labor is associated with poor maternal and neonatal ...
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