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State of Pedestrian Road Safety in Uganda: Are Interventions Failing or Absent?
(2019)
Background In Uganda, pedestrians are the most frequently injured category of road users, accounting for 40% of road traffic fatalities and 25% of serious injuries every year. There is paucity of information on existing ...
Sexual and Reproductive Health Problems Among Ugandan Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: An Online Cross-sectional Study
(2020)
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens access to sexual and reproductive health services. With global health emergencies, there is often a total reversal of priorities and access to sexual and reproductive health ...
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 ...
Knowledge, Attitude, and Self-reported Practice Toward Measures for Prevention of the Spread of COVID-19 Among Ugandans: A Nationwide Online Cross-sectional Survey
(Frontiers Media SA , Avenue Du Tribunal Federal 34, Lausanne, Switzerland, Ch-1015, 2020)
Background: The world is facing the Coronavirus pandemic, which is highly infectious. Several measures have been put in place to prevent its spread among the population. However, for these preventive measures to be effective, ...
Malnutrition Amongst HIV Adult Patients in Selected Hospitals of Bushenyi District in Southwestern Uganda
(Makerere Univ, Coll Health Sciences,Sch Med , Po Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda, 00000, 2020)
Background: Malnutrition is an important clinical outcome amongst HIV patients in developing countries and in Uganda, there is scarcity of information on its prevalence and risk factors amongst HIV adult patients.
Methods: ...
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Cancellation and Deferment of Elective Surgical Cases at a Rural Private Tertiary Hospital in Western Uganda: A Cross-sectional Study
(African Field Epidemiology Network-Afenet , Po Box 12874, Kampala, Uganda, 00000, 2021)
Introduction: the cancellation of elective surgery is still a worldwide challenge and this is associated
with emotional and economical trauma for the patients and their families as well as a decrease in
the efficiency ...
State of Pedestrian Road Safety in Uganda: A Qualitative Study of Existing Interventions
(Makerere Univ, Coll Health Sciences,Sch Med , Po Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda, 00000, 2021)
Background: Pedestrians in Uganda account for 40% of road traffic fatalities and 25% of serious injuries annually. We explored the current pedestrian road traffic injury interventions in Uganda to understand why pedestrian ...
Epidemiology of Injuries Presenting to the National Hospital in Kampala, Uganda: Implications for Research and Policy
(BMC , Campus, 4 Crinan St, London, England, N1 9XW, 2010-07-20)
Background
Despite the growing burden of injuries in LMICs, there are still limited primary epidemiologic data to guide health policy and health system development. Understanding the epidemiology of injury in developing ...
A Comparison of Kampala Trauma Score II with the New Injury Severity Score in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital in Uganda
(The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), 2010-03)
Background: Road traffic injury is of growing public health importance because of its significant contribution to the global disease burden. The need to predict outcome of injuries has led to the development of injury ...
The Double Burden of Ebola and COVID-19 Viral Infections and the Readiness for Safe Surgical Care Provision in Uganda and the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: an Online Cross-sectional Survey
(Research Square, 2021)
Objective: This study aimed at highlighting the extent to which Uganda and the Eastern DR Congo are
ready for safe surgical care provision during the double burden of Ebola and COVID-19.
Methods: An online cross-sectional ...