Browsing by Author "Odaga, John"

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    • Costing Health Services in Lacor Hospital 

      Murru, Maurizio; Corrado, Bruno; Odaga, John; Ahairwe, Denis; Akulu, Ernesta; Bavcar, Alessandro; Bonane, Emmanuel; Kirunda, David; Mwesezi, Henry; Nagujja, Angela; Ndindayino, Kalire (Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2003-12)
      Health institutions all over the world are troubled by the intractable problems of shrinking resources and increasing demands for good quality services. Private-Not-For-Profit (PNFP) health units face even more serious ...

    • Economic Impact of Lacor Hospital on the Surrounding Area 

      Maniple, Everd; Akello, Evelyn; Asio, Salome; Auma, Vento; Kazibwe, Francis; Lule, Haruna; Corrado, Bruno; Odaga, John (Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2003-12)
      The health care industry is an important contributor to the economy, especially to that of the area surrounding health institutions. This effect is even more marked in the case of rural facilities. At national level, it ...

    • From Alma Ata to Millennium Development Goals: To What Extent Has Equity Been Achieved? 

      Odaga, John (Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-04)
      Equity was a core value in the Alma Ata declaration on PHC. However, the interpretation of equity varied and its application became difficult. Equity goals and objectives have often been rhetoric rather than practical. ...

    • Overcoming barriers to anti-epileptic treatment: 

      Odaga, John; Cicciò, Luigi; Bakaitwoha, Everd Maniple (Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2008-04-01)
      Epilepsy, like many other mental illnesses, is more prevalent than is commonly acknowledged. Moreover, its social and economic burden is excessive for the individual, family, health system and country at large. People with ...

    • The quality and use of maternal health care in Oyam district, Uganda: 

      Birungi, Sixtus; Odaga, John; Lochoro, John Peter; Santini, Stefano; Owiny, Vincent; De Vivo, Emmanuela (Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2009-04-01)
      Despite the availability of technically sound approaches, maternal mortality and other reproductive health problems persist in Uganda and other developing countries. Utilisation of maternal health services remains very ...

    • The Quality and Use of Maternal Health Care in Oyam District, Uganda: A baseline survey for an intervention 

      Birungi, Sixtus; Odaga, John; Santini, Stefano (Department of Health Sciences of Uganda Martyrs University, 2015-11-15)
      Despite the availability of technically sound approaches, maternal mortality and other reproductive health problems persist in Uganda and other developing countries. Utilisation of maternal health services remains very ...

    • Rapid diagnostic tests versus clinical diagnosis for managing people with fever in malaria endemic settings (Review) 

      Odaga, John; Sinclair, D; Lokong, J. A.; Donegan, S; Hopkins, H; Garner, P (JohnWiley & Sons, Ltd., 2014)
      In 2010, theWorld Health Organization recommended that all patients with suspected malaria are tested for malaria before treatment. In rural African settings light microscopy is often unavailable. Diagnosis has relied on ...