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Pain assessment following open hemorrhoidectomy under local anesthesia versus saddle block: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
(BMC Springer Nature, 2023-05-12)There is disparity in evidence on pain assessment post open hemorrhoidectomy (OH) using local anesthesia and its use in developing countries compared to developed countries. Therefore, we conducted this study to assess ... -
Rural trauma team development training amongst medical trainees and traffic law enforcement professionals in a low-income country: a protocol for a prospective multicenter interrupted time series
(National Library of Medicine - PubMed Central, 2024-02-08)Road traffic injuries and their resulting mortality disproportionately affect rural communities in low-middle-income countries (LMICs) due to limited human and infrastructural resources for postcrash care. Evidence from ... -
Local anesthesia versus saddle block for open hemorrhoidectomy: cost-analysis from a randomized, double blind controlled trial
(BMC Springer Nature, 2023-11-22)Despite the benefits attributed to the use of local anesthesia (LA) for open hemorrhoidectomy (OH) in developed countries, this technique is still not considered as the first line technique in low-income countries such ... -
Feasibility of rural trauma team development amongst medical trainees and traffic law enforcement professionals in a low-income country: a prospective multi-centre study of interrupted time series of interventional training
(Research Square Preprints, 2023-10-05)Research shows that trauma team formation could potentially improve effectiveness of injury care in rural settings. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of the use of rural medical trainees and road ... -
Factors associated with severity and anatomical distribution of diabetic foot ulcer in Uganda: a multicenter cross-sectional study
(BMC Springer Nature, 2023-03-10)Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a devastating complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) that is associated with increased mortality, morbidity, amputation rate and economic burden. This study aimed at identifying the ... -
Effect of rural trauma team development on outcomes of motorcycle related injuries: a protocol for a multi-center cluster randomized controlled clinical trial (The MOTOR trial)
(medRxiv preprint, 2023-12-09)Injury is a global health concern whose mortality disproportionately impact low-income countries. Compelling evidence from high-income countries show that rural trauma team development courses (RTTDC) increase clinicians’ ... -
Injury characteristics, severity and thirty-day mortality of non-sexual assault related injuries in Uganda
(SSRN - Elsevier, 2023-02-06)Non-sexual assault is increasingly becoming a global public health concern in the context of human rights advocacy. The objective of this study was to determine the injury characteristics, severity and factors associated ... -
Use of face masks to limit the spread of the COVID-19 among western Ugandans: Knowledge, attitude and practices
(PLOS One, 2021-03-24)The world is grappling with an ever-changing COVID-19 pandemic using preventive measures such as personal hygiene, face masks, restrictions on travel and gatherings in communities, in addition to a race to find a vaccine. ... -
Barriers to enrolment of clients into community client led anti-retroviral therapy delivery (CCLAD) in selected health facilities in Kasese District, Uganda
(African Journals Online (AJOL), 2024-04-08)Community Client Led Anti-retroviral therapy Delivery (CCLAD) Model has been associated with increased community participation and ownership, which leads to better treatment outcomes with reduced workload and increased ... -
Record-keeping and political advocacy in late colonial Uganda: the case of Abataka Abasoga, Busoga, 1940 to 1950
(Routledge - Taylor and Francis, 2024-04-07)This paper analyses the nexus between record-keeping and political advocacy in the late colonial Busoga which formed one of eastern ethno-geographical regions of the Uganda Protectorate. It illustrates the vexed position ... -
Awareness, perceptions and challenges among public transport operators during the implementation of COVID-19 preventive measures in eastern Uganda: a qualitative study
(National Library of Medicine, 2023-10-09)Public transportation plays a vital role in increasing transmission of COVID-19 due to the high-risk confined spaces in vehicles. It is therefore very crucial to employ the use of COVID-19 prevention measures during the ... -
Effect of COVID-19 lock down on teenage pregnancies in Northern Uganda: an interrupted time series analysis
(Springer Link, 2023-11-04)Pregnancy and childbirth complications are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15–19 years globally, with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) accounting for 99% of global maternal deaths of women aged 15–49 ... -
"I thought I was going to die": experiences of COVID-19 patients managed at home in Uganda
(PLOS, 2023-12-12)In Uganda, approximately 170,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3,630 deaths have been reported as of January 2023. At the start of the second COVID-19 wave, the Ugandan health system was overwhelmed with a sudden increase ... -
Rethinking the security-development nexus in the context of human security
(Everant Publishers Ltd, 2023-05-07)This paper sought to reshape the discourse on the security-development nexus. The paper indicts the former discourse that is based on the traditional conceptualization of security and development and demonstrates the extent ... -
The effects of porous borders on the security of states in the Great Lakes region: a case of Uganda
(2023-01-31)This paper is addressing the concept of porous borders and how it affects the security of a country using Uganda as a case. Borders the way we know them are associated with the concept of a state, and ... -
Cultural beliefs and practices on perinatal death: a qualitative study among the Lango community in Northern Uganda
(Springer Link, 2023-04-03)Perinatal death has profound psychosocial efects on women and their families. Sociocultural contexts infuence the burden, rituals and bereaved’s support. Little is known about cultural beliefs and practices related ... -
Prevalence and predictors of delayed initiation of breastfeeding among postnatal women at a tertiary hospital in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(Springer Link, 2023-04-14)The rates for the delayed initiation of breastfeeding in Uganda remain unacceptably high between 30% and 80%. The reasons for this are not well understood. We aimed to determine the prevalence and predictors for the delayed ... -
Contribution of human capital on poverty reduction in rural areas of Uganda. a case of Kisoro District
(International Peer Reviewed Journal and Book Publishers, 2023-03-07)The study was about the contribution of human capital onpoverty reduction in rural areas of Uganda taking Kisoro district as a case study. In Uganda, poverty in rural areas had remained a challenge as depicted by 31 ... -
High burden of neurodevelopmental delay among children born to women with obstructed labour in Eastern Uganda: a cohort study
(MDPI, 2023-02-16)Over 250 million infants in low and middle-income countries do not fulfill their neurodevelopment potential. In this study, we assessed the incidence and risk factors for neurodevelopmental delay (NDD) among children born ... -
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health workers in rural Uganda: A mixed methods study
(Science Direct-Elsevier, 2023-04-01)COVID-19 vaccination is the latest preventive intervention strategy in an attempt to control the global pandemic. Its efficacy has come under scrutiny because of break through infections among the vaccinated and need for ...