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Overcoming barriers to anti-epileptic treatment:
(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 ...
Interaction of continuing professional development, organisational culture and performance in health service organisations:
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2009-04-01)
Whereas Continuing Professional Development (CPD) has been acknowledged as a tool for improving performance through updating and widening of professionals' knowledge and skills, there is no concrete evidence to support ...
The impact of helminths on the response to immunization and on the incidence of infection and disease in childhood in Uganda: design of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, factorial trial of deworming interventions delivered in pregnancy and early childhood [ISRCTN32849447]
(Society for Clinical Trials, 2007)
Helminths have profound effects on the immune response, allowing long-term survival of parasites with minimal damage to the host. Some of these effects “spill-over”, altering responses to non-helminth antigens or allergens. ...
Effect of Praziquantel Treatment during Pregnancy on Cytokine Responses to Schistosome Antigens: Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
(Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2008)
Praziquantel treatment of schistosomiasis boosts antischistosome responses, with type 2 helper T cell bias that may contribute to immunologically mediated killing and to protection against reinfection. Praziquantel treatment ...
The Challenges of Managing Government-seconded Health Workers in Private Not-for-profit Health Facilities of Kibaale District, Uganda
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2008-12)
Private health care providers are an important component of pluralistic national health systems. In
Uganda, the public-private partnership for health (PPPH) has led to the government assisting the
private health sector ...
Do Ugandan Medical Students Intend to Work in Rural Health Facilities After Training?
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2009-12)
There is a persistent shortage of qualified health workers globally, but worse in developing countries,
where it is even worse in rural areas than urban and peri-urban areas. Health workers refuse
to be deployed in rural ...
Poor Understanding of Health Promotion Related to Underdeployment of Qualified Health Promoters in Uganda
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2009-12)
Health promotion is a relatively new field in the health sector. Having been born as a result of observed weaknesses in the implementation of primary health care (PHC) strategies, it has been slow to pick up in many ...
Factors Realated to the Uptake of Natural Family Planning by Clients of Catholic Health Units in Masaka Diocese, Uganda
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2008-12)
Globally and locally in Uganda, family planning (FP) is promoted to enable individuals and couples
to space and limit childbirth. FP promotion is based on demographic and health concerns and basic
human rights. Clients ...
Using the workload indicator of staffing needs (WISN) methodology to assess work pressure among the nursing staff of Lacor hospital.
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2008-04-01)
In their effort to provide adequate and quality health services, health systems in both developed and the developing countries have to confront the challenges of an ever increasing population with limited or diminishing ...
Technical efficiency in the presence of desirable and undesirable outputs: a case study of selected district referral hospitals in Uganda.
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2008-04)
The general practice in technical efficiency measurement for health providers has been to ignore additional products of most transformation processes that can be classified as “undesirable outputs” — which are a subset of ...