Burden, etiology and predictors of visual impairment among children attending Mulago National Referral Hospital eye clinic, Uganda

Background: Childhood visual impairment (CVI) has not been given due attention. Knowledge of CVI is important in planning preventive measures. The aim of this study was determine the prevalence, etiology …

Ugandan health libraries in the 21st century: key initiatives and challenges

This article is part of a series in this regular feature which looks at new directions in health science libraries. This paper highlights new initiatives aimed at ensuring health libraries …

Utilization and uptake of the uptodate clinical decision support tool at the makerere university college of health sciences (Makchs), uganda

Background: The use of point-of-care, evidence-based tools is becoming increasingly popular. They can provide easy-to- use, high-quality information which is regularly updated and has been shown to improve clinical outcomes. …

The virus stops with me: HIV-infected Ugandansâ motivations in preventing HIV transmission

Few Positive Prevention interventions have been implemented in Africa; however, greater attention is now being paid to interventions that include messages of personal responsibility or altruism that may motivate HIV-infected …

Transfusion management of patients with sickle cell disease: the continuing dilemma

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses several articles related to patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) for partial C status using molecular testing methods …

'Pregnancy comes accidentally - Like it did with me': Reproductive decisions among women on ART and their partners in rural Uganda

Background: As highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) restores health, fertility and sexual activity among HIVinfected adults, understanding how ART influences reproductive desires and decisions could inform interventionsto reduce sexual and …

"maybe his blood is still strong": A qualitative study among HIV-sero-discordant couples on ART in rural Uganda

Background: HIV-negative members of sero-discordant couples are at high risk for HIV acquisition but fewbehavioral prevention interventions have been implemented in sub-Saharan Africa and discordance is not wellunderstood by couples …

Public health: Value of echocardiographic screening for RHD in Ugandan children

The article discusses a study conducted in Uganda, which found that echocardiographic screening can detect up to three times as many cases of rheumatic heart disease, compared with clinical examination …

Liraglutide achieves A1C targets more often than sitagliptin or exenatide when added to metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes and a baseline A1C <8.0%

Foreskins: leave them alone

The article focuses on the ritual circumcision in several African countries. Topics discussed include the study on the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection through circumcision, circumcision test trials …