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 …
Introduction: On reproductive phase of women appear symptoms related to menstrual cycle. Premenstrual tension (PMT) is the junction of disturbances that appear before the monthly menstruation and affecting the woman's …
Worodria W,
Meya D,
HIV-Associated Opportunistic,
Andama AO,
den Boon S,
Cattamanchi A,
Davis JL,
Walter ND,
Yoo SD,
Kalema N
and others...
2013
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Background: Cryptococcal infection occurs in HIV-seropositive patients and is associated with high mortality. However, limited information is available on the prevalence and outcomes of cryptococcal antigenemia among hospitalized HIV-seropositive patients …
This study examined the relationship between HIV-related shame, stigma and the mental health of adolescents (10-14 years) living with HIV in Uganda. Cross sectional data from a 2-year pilot study …
Background: Healthcare-seeking behaviour in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) has been investigated to a limited extent, and not in developing countries. Switches between different health sectors may interrupt glycaemic control, …
BackgroundBreast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. Considerable funding and efforts are invested in breast cancer research and healthcare, but only a fraction of this reaches women …
Background: Suicide was investigated in the urban setting of Kampala; Uganda. Objectives: Firstly; to explore the use of two research methodologies; a retrospective review of patient records and the psychological …
Attempted suicide is still criminalized in Uganda. However, the Ministry of Health has asked the psychiatric community to help in the work to abolish this law. The purpose of this …
Background. Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is endemic in Uganda and transmissible by blood. We evaluated mortality following transfusion of HHV-8 antibody-positive blood.Methods. In a hospital-based, observational, prospective cohort study with …
Hladik Wolfgang,
Olara Dennis,
Mermin Jonathan,
Moore David,
Were Willy,
Alexander Lorraine,
Downing Robert
2012
Journal,
Article
Health Research
MEDLINE Abstract: Serological assays are increasingly being used to measure HIV incidence in cross-sectional studies, but their specificity to determine incident infections remains problematic. We estimated the specificity of the …
