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Assessment of quality of care among in-patients with postpartum haemorrhage and severe pre-eclampsia at st. Francis hospital nsambya: a criteria-based audit
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2017-01-13)
Background: The maternal mortality ratio of Uganda is still high and the leading causes of maternal mortality are postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Criteria-based audit (CBA) is a way of ...
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 ...
Improving the Quality of Maternity Services in Uganda Through Accelerated Implementation of Essential Interventions by Healthcare Professional Associations
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017-06-20)
Objective
To assess whether the implementation of a package of activities through the joint action of the three international healthcare professionals associations (HCPAs) increased the use of intrapartum and postnatal ...
HIV seroprevalence and its effect on outcome of moderate to severe burn injuries: A Ugandan experience
(Springer Nature, 2011-06-09)
Background: HIV infection in a patient with burn injuries complicates the care of both the patient and the treating burn team. This study was conducted to establish the prevalence of HIV among burn patients in our setting ...
Our Medical Colleges: A Reflection On The Past, Present and Future
(The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), 2004-12-02)
“The medical student’s present education is badly fragmented because his professors are not teaching him clinical medicine as should be taught – mainly because they themselves are not usually clinical doctors” Dr. J. ...
Long-Term Experience Providing Antiretroviral Drugs in a Fee-for-Service HIV Clinic in Uganda
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2005-04-15)
Objective:
To describe the long-term experience of providing anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy, including CD4+ cell count and virologic response, at St. Francis Hospital, Nsambya, Uganda.
Methods:
The HIV clinic established ...
Development of Phenotypic and Genotypic Resistance to Antiretroviral Therapy in the UNAIDS HIV Drug Access Initiative – Uganda
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2003-07)
Objective: We describe phenotypic drug resistance, response to therapy, and geno-typic mutations among HIV-infected patients in Uganda taking antiretroviral medica-tions for ≥ 90 days who had a viral load ≥ 1000 ...
Therapeutic Responses to AZT 1 3TC 1 EFV in Advanced Antiretroviral Naive HIV Type 1-Infected Ugandan Patients
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2004-07-05)
Convenient, non-food-dependent dosing, low tablet volume, and relatively low cost have made nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors a first choice for both clinicians and patients in Uganda. Concerns exist as to ...
Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Associated With Moderate Elevations in Blood Pressure or Blood Glucose in Ugandan Women: A Prospective Cohort Study
(Elsevier, 2021-05)
BACKGROUND: The association between overt hypertension and diabetes and adverse pregnancy outcomes is well documented. Recentevidence suggests that even moderate elevations in blood pressure or blood glucose may confer a ...
Access to Affordable Medicines and Diagnostic Tests for Asthma and COPD in Sub Saharan Africa
(Springer, 2017-12-08)
Background: Equitable access to affordable medicines and diagnostic tests is an integral component of optimal clinical care of patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In Uganda, we lack ...