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    • Can Focused Trauma Education Initiatives Reduce Mortality OR Improve Resource Utilization in A Low-Resource Setting? 

      Petroze, RT; Byiringiro, JC; Ntakiyiruta, G; Riviello, R; Briggs, SM; Razek, T; Deckelbaum, D; Sawyer, RG; Kyamanywa, Patrick; Calland, JF (Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science , 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, Usa, Ca, 92101-4495, 2013)
      Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) teaches a systematic approach to the initial management of injured patients in over 60 countries. Limited data exists on the impact of ATLS or similar team-based courses on patient ...

    • Cancer Risk Studies and Priority Areas for Cancer Risk Appraisal in Uganda 

      Jatho, Alfred; Thang Tran, Binh; Marcos Cambia, Jansen; Nanyingi, Miisa; Mugume Mugisha, Noleb (Annals of Global Health, 2020)
      Research into aetiologies and prevention of the commonest cancers and implementation of primary and secondary prevention can reduce cancer risk and improve quality of life. Moreover, monitoring the prevalence of cancer ...

    • Capacity-building for Equitable Global Health Research From Africa: The Power of Two 

      Cubaka, Vincent Kalumire; Schriver, Michael; Kyamanywa, Patrick; Cotton, Philip; Kallestrup, Per (Springer, 2016)
      The editorial ‘‘Productive global health research from Africa: it takes more’’ (Waiswa 2015) is an important awakening for global health professionals to the challenges for carrying out effective research in Africa. Our ...

    • Cardiac surgery for patients with heart failure due to structural heart disease in Uganda: access to surgery and outcomes 

      Paul, G D’Arbela; Ottavio, Alfieri; Eloi, Marijon; Juergen, Freers; Mariana, Mirabel; Antonio, Grimaldi; Enrico, Ammirati; Nicole, Karam; Anna, Chiara Vermi; Annalisa, De Concilio; Giorgio, Trucco; Francesco, Aloi; Francesco, Arioli; Filippo, Figini; Santo, Ferrarello; Francesco, Maria Sacco; Renato, Grottola (2014)
      Objective: Few data are available on heart failure (HF) in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to provide a current picture of HF aetiologies in urban Uganda, access to heart surgery, and outcomes. Methods: We prospectively ...

    • Cardiac surgery for patients with heart failure due to structural heart disease in Uganda: access to surgery and outcomes: cardiovascular topic 

      Eloi, Marijon; Renato, Grottola; Grimaldi, Antonio; Vermi, Anna Chiara; De Concilio, Annalisa; D'Arbela, Paul G.; Marijon, Eloi; Ammirati, Enrico; Vermi, Anna Chiara; Trucco, Giorgio; Figini, Filippo; Ferrarello, Santo; Freers, Juergen; Sacco, Francesco Maria; Karam, Nicole; Ammirati, Enrico; Grimaldi, Antonio; Arioli, Francesco; Figini, Filippo; Ferrarello, Santo; Sacco, Francesco Maria; Mirabel, Mariana; Alfieri, Ottavio; Mirabel, Mariana; Arioli, Francesco; Aloi, Francesco (Sabinent, 2014-09)
      Few data are available on heart failure (HF) in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to provide a current picture of HF aetiologies in urban Uganda, access to heart surgery, and outcomes. We prospectively collected clinical and ...

    • Care for people living with disabilities in the West Nile region of Uganda: 

      Waelkens, Maria-Pia; Bakaitwoha, Everd Maniple; Nakiwala, Stella Regina (Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2009-12-01)
      Disability is a common occurrence in many countries and a subject of much discussion and lobby. People with disability (PWD) are frequently segregated in society and by-passed for many opportunities. Stigma hinders their ...

    • Caring for a Stroke Patient: The Burden and Experiences of Primary Caregivers in Uganda: A qualitative Study 

      Namale, Gertrude; Kawuma, Rachel; Nalukenge, Winifred; Kamacooko, Onesmus; Yperzeele, Laetitia; Cras, Patrick; Ddumba, Edward; Newton, Robert; Seeley, Janet (WILEY , 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, USA, NJ, 07030, 2019-07-15)
      Aim: We assessed the burden and experiences of caregivers looking after stroke patients in Kampala, Uganda. Design: We conducted a qualitative cross‐sectional study between May 2018–July 2018 among primary caregivers of ...

    • Cartoon drawing as a means of accessing what students know about HIV/AIDS: an alternative method 

      Mutonyi, Harriet; Kendrick, E. Maureen (Visual Communication, 2011)
      Combating the spread of HIV/AIDS in Uganda has involved massive public education campaigns. One of the challenges of these campaigns has always involved the need to simultaneously respect and transcend cultural taboos ...

    • The Case for an African Solution to Cybercrime: 

      Nkongho, Eno-Akpa, Rene (Uganda Martyrs University, 2016)
      Currently, Africa hosts 4 of 10 countries with the highest cybercrime levels in the world. To augment the inadequacy of municipal cyber legislations in Africa, the African Union Convention on Security in Cyberspace and ...

    • A Case of Abdominal Cocoon Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction At Aber Hospital in Northern Uganda 

      Omona, Kizito; Ssewanyana, Yasin; Ssekitooleko, Badru; Ongaro, Daniel (Science Publishing Corporation, 2021)
      Abdominal cocoon syndrome (ACS) is a rare cause of small bowel obstruction characterized by partial or complete encasement of small bowel loops in a thick fibro-collagenous sac. It poses diagnostic difficulties due to the ...

    • Cash Management and Performance of Small Scale Businesses in Mbale Municipality, Uganda 

      Nalela, Kizitod; Okware, Samuel; Kutosi, Godfrey; Phinnehas, Kuka; Eric, Mabongaa (2017)
      Abstract This paper intended to determine the relationship between cash management and profitability in small businesses in Mbale municipality. Mixed methods were employed; survey design was employed with a sample of 167 ...

    • The cause of endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda 

      Connor, Daniel Henry; Somers, Krishna; Nelson, Anne Marie; D'Arbela, Paul G.; Lukande, Robert (Sage Journals, 2012)
      The cause of endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda remains unknown in spite of studies dating back to 1948. Herbal decoctions have been used by traditional healers for countless generations to treat many complaints, especially ...

    • Centrality of the family in the pursuit of sustainable development 

      Luswata, Albert (Uganda Martyrs University, 2012)
      The complex nature of the concept of sustainable development requires an integration of knowledge, other than basing on a particular science or model. This article widens the horizon by bringing onboard an approach based ...

    • Cervical Cancer in Rwanda: Why do Women Consult in Late Stages? 

      Manirakiza, A; Longombe, AN; Kyamanywa, Patrick; Rulisa, S (Rwanda Health Communication Center-Rwanda Biomedical Center (RHCC-RBC), 2016)
      Introduction: Cervical cancer remains among the most common and a serious cause of cancer-related mortality across the world. Many patients consult in late stages and this account to numerous reasons. We report here the ...

    • Challenges and Counselling Needs of Sickle Cell Patients Attending University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital 

      Yahaya, L. A.; Durosaro, A.; Nuhu, M. A. (African Journals Online, 2012)
      This study investigated the challenges and counselling needs of sickle cell patients attending the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) Kwara State, Nigeria. Purposive sampling was used to select 120 literate ...

    • The Challenges of Managing Government-seconded Health Workers in Private Not-for-profit Health Facilities of Kibaale District, Uganda 

      Bikaitwoha, Everd Maniple; Barugahara, Peter; Mugisha, John Francis (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 ...

    • Challenges to Ebola preparedness during an ongoing outbreak: An analysis of borderland livelihoods and trust in Uganda 

      Schmidt-SaneI, Megan M.; Nielsen, Jannie O.; Chikombero, Mandi; Lubowa, Douglas; Lwanga, Miriam; Gamusi, Jonathan; Kabanda, Richard; Kaawa-Mafigiri, David (PLoS ONE, 2020-03-26)
      Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was declared a public health emergency of international concern on July 17, 2019. The first case to cross the border into Uganda in June 2019 demonstrates the ...

    • Changing Income Portfolios and Household Welfare in Rural Uganda 

      Kakungulu, Moses; Isabirye, Moses; Akoyi, Kevin Teopista; Hoyweghen, Kaat Van; Vranken, Liesbet; Maertens, Miet (Routledge Taylor and Francis, 2021-06-17)
      This paper provides evidence on the heterogeneous welfare implications of rural income portfolios in eastern Uganda. We use household survey data from two-panel rounds, and fixed and random effects estimation and quantile ...

    • Child soldiers or war affected children? Why the formerly abducted children of northern Uganda are not child soldiers 

      Angucia, Margaret (Intervention, 2014)
      In many places around the globe, over many centuries, adults have forcibly involved children in war. In more recent times, these forcibly involved children have come to be collectively referred to as ‘child soldiers’, ...

    • Children and War in Africa: The Crisis Continues in Northern Uganda 

      Angucia, Margaret (Professors World Peace Academy, 2009)
      Since the 1990s when the nature of conflict changed from interstate to intrastate, the use of children in the battlefronts and related places has become unprecedented. This paper discusses issues on children and war based ...