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Need for Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Techniques in Africa
(African Journals Online, 2010)Reproductive health and population control are part of the goals developing countries are called upon to pursue as part of the millennium development goals (MDGs). Indeed, population health is one of the parameters used ... -
Neglected Outcomes of Customer Orientation in Urban Public Water Utilities in Uganda and Tanzania
(African Journals Online, 2012)We used 30 decision making units (DMUs) of National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) in Uganda and Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Corporation [DAWASCO] in Tanzania to collect data from customers and workers/regulators ... -
Neonatal Hypothermia in Uganda: Prevalence and Risk Factors
(Oxford University Press, 2005-08-01)The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of neonatal hypothermia and associated risk factors. A cross sectional, descriptive study of neonatal hypothermia was performed on 300 newborns consecutively recruited ... -
Networked texts: discourse, power and gender neutrality in Ugandan physics textbooks
(Taylor and Francis, 2018-11-15)Research within science textbooks has dominantly focused on examining explicit representations of women and men using quantitative methodology. The assumption that gendered arrangements are necessarily explicit and therefore ... -
Neurocognitive Function at the First-Line Failure and on the Second-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in Africa
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2016-04-15)Objective: To assess neurocognitive function at the first-line antiretroviral therapy failure and change on the second-line therapy. Design: Randomized controlled trial was conducted in 5 sub-Saharan African countries. Methods: ... -
'New wave' won't be a tsunami: the genesis of high HIV rates in Africa.
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Newborn Survival in Uganda: A Decade of Change and Future Implications
(Oxford University Press, 2012-06-07)Each year in Uganda 141 000 children die before reaching their fifth birthday; 26% of these children die in their first month of life. In a setting of persistently high fertility rates, a crisis in human resources for ... -
The Next Generation of Rwandan Physicians With a Primary Health Care Mindset
(AOSIS , Postnet Suite 110, Private Bag x 19, Durbanville, South Africa, 7550, 2015)Globally there is a need for well-trained primary health care physicians at the district level. Physicians who focus on ambulatory care will be in greater demand in addressing the global burden of chronic disease and ... -
Nigerian Federal Civil Service: Employee Recruitment, Retention and Performance
(African Journals Online, 2010)This study delved into the recruitment and retention of employees in the Nigerian Federal Civil Service (NFCS), to establish their impact on the effectiveness of the service. Data were collected through administration ... -
Nodding Syndrome (NS) in Northern Uganda: A Probable Metabolic Disorder
(Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 2013-07-04)Aims: To conduct an epidemiological study to establish the association between malnutrition, metabolic disorder and Onchocerciasis to Nodding Syndrome (NS) in Northern Uganda. Study Design: Case-control study design. ... -
Nodding Syndrome in Ugandan Children—Clinical Features, Brain Imaging and Complications: A Case Series
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2013-04-08)Objectives Nodding syndrome is a devastating neurological disorder of uncertain aetiology affecting children in Africa. There is no diagnostic test, and risk factors and symptoms that would allow early diagnosis are poorly ... -
Nodding Syndrome: Recent Insights into Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment
(Dove press Ltd, 2018-05-24)Nodding syndrome is an enigmatic neuropsychiatric and epileptiform disorder associated with psychomotor, mental, and physical growth retardation. The disorder affects otherwise previously normal children aged 3–18 years, ... -
Non-physician Clinicians in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Evolving Role of Physicians
(Kerman Univ Medical Sciences , Jahad Blvd, Kerman, Iran, 7619813159, 2016)Responding to critical shortages of physicians, most sub-Saharan countries have scaled up training of nonphysician clinicians (NPCs), resulting in a gradual but decisive shift to NPCs as the cornerstone of healthcare ... -
The Northern Uganda War: The “Small Conflict” That Became the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-08)Acholi land was once known as the breadbasket of Uganda, but it is now the poorest part of the country. More than 900,000 people (over 80%) in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader are displaced, living in camps and ... -
Novel Organic Fertilisers for Management of Root-Knot Disease of Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill]
(African Journals Online, 2011)Organic farming is currently receiving great impetus in Africa due to its potentials to improve nutrition, income and livelihoods of resource-poor smallholder farmers. Sustainable management of root-knot nematodes in ... -
Nsambya Community Home-Based Care Complements National HIV and TB Management Efforts and Contributes to Health Systems Strengthening in Uganda: An Observational Study
(HINDAWI LTD , ADAM HOUSE, 3RD FLR, 1 FITZROY SQ, LONDON, ENGLAND, W1T 5HF, 2014-03-06)Community Home-Based Care (CHBC) has evolved in resource-limited settings to fill the unmet needs of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). We compare HIV and tuberculosis (TB) outcomes from the Nsambya CHBC with national ... -
Nutritional Recovery Outcome among Moderately Malnourished Under-five Children in Communities Implementing Positive Deviance - Hearth or Community Health Workers’ Nutrition Promotion Approaches in Karusi and Kirundo Provinces, Burundi
(African Journals Online, 2017)The Positive Deviance - Hearth (PD-H) approach is important in controlling malnutrition; however, there is limited data on its effect in improving nutrition status. Objective: To assess the effect of PD-H and community ... -
Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans – Is the burden in today’s Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study
(BMC, 2016-10-21)Background: Rising rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are impending major threats to the health of African populations, but the extent to which they differ between rural and urban settings in Africa and upon ... -
On Development and Democracy: The Willing and Unwilling Goers
(African Journals Online, 2017)This article argues that the question of what comes first between development and democracy is a settled question: each is a standalone though not an isolated phenomenon. The analysis put forth, therefore, is an attempt ... -
On the Challenge of Adopting Standard EHR Systems in Developing Countries
(2013)Electronic health record (EHR) systems are a popular mechanism for accessing health records in the developed world and have contributed towards improved and cost-effective health care management. However, the development ...