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Maternal near misses (MNM) and their determinants among women who sought obstetric care from fort portal regional referral hospital, Western Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-12-22)
Maternal near misses (MNM) involve near-death experiences and are associated with severe maternal morbidity, not limited to severe postpartum hae-morrhage, sepsis and organ dysfunction. Maternal near-misses are quite common ...
Missed Opportunity for Neonates to Live: A Cross-sectional study on Utilization of Peri-natal Death Audits to address the Causes of Peri-Natal Mortality in District Hospitals of East–Central Uganda.
(Students journal of health research Africa, 2022-09-10)
Aim:
To assess the utilization of PDAs in addressing the avoidable causes of perinatal mortality in the
eastern region of Uganda.
Methodology:
A cross-section design using a mixed method was conducted between 2014-2015 ...
Design of a Novel Online, Modular, Flipped-classroom Surgical Curriculum for East, Central, and Southern Africa
(Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications , Wolters Kluwer India Pvt Ltd , A-202, 2nd Flr, Qube, C T S No 1498a-2 Village Marol, Andheri East, Mumbai, India, Maharashtra, 400059, 2022)
Objective:
We describe a structured approach to developing a standardized curriculum for surgical trainees in East, Central, and Southern Africa (ECSA).
Summary Background Data:
Surgical education is essential to ...
Psychological Distress and Associated Factors Among Hospital Workers in Uganda During the COVID-19 Lockdown–A Multicentre Study
(Elsevier Science Inc , Ste 800, 230 Park Ave, New York, USA, NY, 10169, 2022)
Objective
To assess the prevalence of psychological distress (PD), and its associated demographic, psychosocial, hospital and health-related factors among hospital workers in Uganda during the COVID-19 related ...
Interventions to Reduce Pedestrian Road Traffic Injuries: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials, Interrupted Time-series, and Controlled Before-after Studies
(Public Library Science, 1160 Battery Street, Ste 100, San Francisco, Usa, Ca, 94111, 2022)
Background
Road traffic injuries are among the top ten causes of death globally, with the highest burden in low and middle-income countries, where over a third of deaths occur among pedestrians and cyclists. Several ...
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Different Biorationals and Acaricide on Ticks Control in Cattle
(2022)
Background
Farmers in Uganda are faced with many diseases that limit the productivity of their animals, many of these are caused by tick infestations. Years of use and overuse of available chemical ectoparasiticides have ...
Factors Affecting the Utilization of Antenatal Care 4 th Visit Among Mothers in Rubirizi District, Uganda
(July Press, 2022-05-11)
Globally, the World Health Organization recommends all women with uncomplicated pregnancies to attend up to
four ANC visits during the course of the pregnancy. However, it has been reported elsewhere that the ANC 4th ...
Situational Analysis of Abiotic and Biotic Factors Influencing Abundance of Tissue Culture and Non-Tissue Culture Bananas in Small Holder Farms in Western Uganda
(African Scholarly Science Communications Trust, 2022-04)
Bananas are, in Uganda primarily, grown for domestic consumption and regional trade.
Production is constrained by several factors such as declining soil fertility, pests and
disease, and erratic rainfall. Tissue culture ...
Palliative Care in Uganda: Quantitative Descriptive Study of Key Palliative Care Indicators 2018-2020
(BMC - Springer Nature, 2022-04-22)
The frst and most recent nationwide audit of palliative care services in Uganda was conducted in
2009. Since then, Uganda has made great strides in palliative care development, including policy, education, and
services ...
Assessing the Roles of Internet of Things in Combating the Global Spread of COVID-19 Virus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(Science and Education Publishing, 2022-03-22)
Internet of things (IoT), as the name sounds, refers to a network of physical objects called ‘things’, that
are implanted with sensors, software and other technologies to connect and exchange data with other devices ...