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Factors associated with birth asphyxia among term singleton births at two referral hospitals in Northern Uganda: A cross sectional study
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022)Background: Birth asphyxia is one of the leading causes of neonatal mortality worldwide. In Uganda, it accounts for 28.9% of all neonatal deaths. With a view to inform policy and practice interventions to reduce adverse ... -
Fetal heart rate monitoring practices at a public hospital in Northern Uganda – what health workers document, do and say
(Global Health Action, 2020-01-20)Background: In Uganda, perinatal mortality is 38 per 1000 pregnancies. One-third of these deaths are due to birth asphyxia. Adequate fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring during labor may detect birth asphyxia but little is ... -
Health care workers’ experiences of managing foetal distress and birth asphyxia at health facilities in Northern Uganda
(BMC, 2021-01)Background: Birth asphyxia is one of the leading causes of intrapartum stillbirth and neonatal mortality worldwide. We sought to explore the experiences of health care workers in managing foetal distress and birth asphyxia ... -
Improved efficacy with amodiaquine instead of chloroquine in sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine combination treatment of falciparum malaria in Uganda: Experience with fixed-dose formulation
(Acta Tropica, 2006)Amodiaquine (AQ) is an affordable compound, chemically related to chloroquine (CQ) but often effective against CQ resistant Plasmodium falciparum. In Uganda, a pre-packed fixed-dose combination of CQ plus sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine ... -
Knowledge about the research and ethics committee at Makerere University, Kampala
(African Health Sciences, 2013)Background: All research involving human participants should be reviewed by a competent and independent institutional research and ethics committee. Research conducted at Makerere University College of Health Sciences ... -
Pharmacokinetic interactions between chloroquine, sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine and their bioequivalence in a generic fixed-dose combination in healthy volunteers in Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2006)Background: A pre-packaged fixed-dose formulation of chloroquine (CQ) and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (S/P) combination (Homapak) is widely used for the treatment of falciparum malaria in Ugandan children. It is however a ... -
Prevalence, nature and characteristics of external congenital anomalies at Mulago Hospital
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2011)Background: Congenital anomalies may be structural, behavioral, functional or metabolic defects acquired before a baby is born and their nature and type are highly dependent on the causative agent as well as the time when ... -
Value and importance of informed consent to researchers at Makerere University.
(Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health., 2012)Background: Respect for persons requires that research participants be given the opportunity to make choices about what should be done to them. Many times, the process of informed consent is abused to the benefit of ...