Background:The Ministry of Health is drafting a policy that aims at integrating health services delivery for people above 60 years within the existing delivery structures in Uganda. To inform their …
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering …
Annually, influenza virus infects over 5% of the world population and remains a pressing issue for global health. Current seasonal vaccines provide strain-specific immunity, and the vaccinated population remains vulnerable …
Fresh and pasteurized milk samples from Kampala markets were analyzed for organochlorine pesticides using a gas chromatograph equipped with an electron capture detector. Five organochlorine pesticides, namely; aldrin, dieldrin, endosulfan, …
Developing countries have 25% of the global disease burden but only 1.3% of the health care professionals. While donor research focuses on important diagnostic and treatment advances, efforts to build …
We evaluated the efficacy of oral glutamine supplementation inchildren 2 to 60 months of age with persistent diarrhea by 1:1 randomiza-tion to standard treatment alone or together with twice daily …
MEDLINE Abstract: The artemisinin based combination therapy (ACT) of artemether and lumefantrine (Co-artem) has recently replaced chloroquine and fansidar as the first line treatment policy drug in Uganda. It is …
Kironde F,
Kaddumukasa M,
Naiwumbwe H,
Kiwuwa S,
Kamugisha E,
Bujila I,
Lahdo M,
Pello-Esso S,
Minde M,
Kongola G
and others...
2012
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background: Malaria is still a major public health problem in the world and sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most affected areas. Efforts to control malaria are highly affected by …
Mupere E,
Grenov B,
Lanyero B,
Nabukeera-Barungi N,
Ritz C,
Mølgaard C,
Friis H,
Michaelsen K F,
Kamugisha J G.K,
Nambuya-Lakor H
and others...
2021
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background: Weight gain is routinely monitored to assess hydration and growth during treatment of children withcomplicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM). However, changes in weight and mid-upper arm circumference(MUAC) gain velocities …
Kamulegeya A.,
Muwazi L.,
Kasaganki A.,
Rwenyonyi C. M.,
Kuteesa A.
2010
Journal,
Article
Health Research
This was a retrospective study describing the clinical and demographic characteristics of Burkitt's lymphoma patients diagnosed at the Department of Pathology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences over a period …
Kamulegeya Adriane,
William Buwembo,
Rwenyonyi Charles Mugisha
2011
Journal,
Article
Health Research
MEDLINE Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Irrational prescription of antibiotics by clinicians might lead to drug resistance. Clinicians do prescribe antibiotics for either prophylactic or therapeutic reasons. The decision of when …
