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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
AimCurrently, there is very little information from Uganda as to the range and prevalence of oral diseases in children. Most of these studies focus on prevalence of caries, periodontal disease, …