Child mortality rate is the highest in low-income countries, such as countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNICEF 2012). In 2011, 6.9 million children under five died (UN 2012), down from 7.6 million in 2010, 8.1 million in 2009, and 12.4 million in 1990 (UNICEF 2011). About half of child deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. Reduction of child mortality is the fourth United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals: the goal is to reduce under-five mortality by twothirds between 1900 and 2015. Of the...
As the spread of SARS-CoV2 continues to increase globally, newer information gets reported every day. We are learning more and more about the presentation, symptoms and treatment of this infection. Earlier cardinal symptoms of COVID-19 had been fever, cough, and shortness of breath. New findings in its symptoms are now being reported some of which includes neurological symptoms, dizziness and diarrhoea. Of recent skin manifestations due to COVID-19 have drawn the attention of medical experts....
Introduction: COVID-19 has become a global threat to the human population. The virus which originated from China in December, 2019 has swept across continents in the world. Cameroon has been one of the countries with a high infectious rate. Lack of awareness play a major role in the rise of COVID-19 cases. Studies have shown that there exist a strong correlation between the perception of a disease and a ready compliance to health recommendations. Objective: This paper studied the awareness an...
The coronavirus health crises is really changing the way people say goodbye to their loved ones. This is because corpses of victims who died as a result COVID-19 disease are recognized to be highly infectious and contagious with a great risk of the virus being transmitted by direct contact with the dead bodies. Memorial services are not allowed to be carried out with the presence of the corpse that resulted from the disease. Safety precautions are needed by the funeral homes when wor...
ABSTRACT The research was conducted to study the effects of pollution its prevention, and challenges in urban environment in case study of Kampala central division The following forms of pollution were studied (Air, Water, and Land). Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Within the Kampala Central Division there are a good number human activiti...
ABSTRACT Unlike many areas of the world where agricultural producers exhibit the physical, economic and social resources to moderate, or adapt, subsistence agriculture in the Juba County South Sudan is seem to be particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climatic variability. This is in part due to the fact that the majority of the population depends on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood. J-dapting to climate change in the subsistence agricultural sector is therefore very imperative i...
ABSTRACT Background: Tuberculosis is a chronic communicable disease caused by acid fast bacilli Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The impact of tuberculosis in the developing world has been magnified in past 20 years by the emergence of HIV pandemic. The treatment of tuberculosis is based on anti – tuberculosis drug combination therapy because the mycobacterium can easily become resistant to one drug. Objective: To determine factors responsible for the ineffective treatment of tuberculosis in Sh...
ABSTRACT Background: Irrational use of medicines is a maJor problem worldwide. Studies conducted in several countries, including Uganda, indicate that more than 50% of all medicines used globally are used irrationally. Irrational use of medicines results in increased risk of adverse reactions, wastage of the scarce resources, and development of preventable resistance of organisms to commonly used antibiotics. To be able design appropriate interventions, there is need to carry out drug use stu...
BACKGROUND: Internship is an important program in the medical field, were new graduate doctors are mentored into the clinical fraternity. This study was intended to explore the good and challenging experiences interns face in Kampala International University- Teaching Hospital. This was in view of internship having been going on for the past couple of years and yet no research has been done to asses it Uganda. METHODOLOGY: This study was conducted through a cross sectional survey, data was co...
ABSTRACT Malaria is a major public health challenge especially in the African region. It does not only affect maternal-child health but also hinders economic development where by a lot of money is wasted in combarting its prevalence hence this study will possibly be helpful to policy makers in different faculties of health as far as decision making is concerned. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of Malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Mukono Healt...
ABSTRACT Hippocampus functions have been reported to be affected by diabetes mellitus. Studies suggest that within diabetic rats, garlic (A.sativum) improves different forms of memory that depend on the hippocampus. However, the neuroprotective mechanisms of garlic (A.sativum) extract possibly mediated by the Na+/K+ ATPase, Ca2+ATPase and glutamine synthetase (GS) in the hippocampus of type II diabetic Wistar rats has not been fully demonstrated. Therefore, the present study determined the e...
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) is a major public health problem in endemic areas of sub-Saharan Africa and has important consequences on birth outcome. Because MiP is a complex phenomenon and malaria epidemiology is rapidly changing, additional evidence is still required to understand how best to control malaria. OBJECTIVE: The study was conducted to find out the prevalence and risk factors associated with malaria amongst pregnant women who presented from July 2013 to July...
ABSTRACT Male involvement is necessary for the increase in the utilization of maternal child health services by the mothers and the pregnant women. The aim of the study was to establish the factors associated with low male involvement in maternal and child health services in Iganga municipality. It also was aimed aimed at establishing whether economic, socio-cultural factors, lack of knowledge and the level of male involvement in Iganga municipality are responsible for low male involvement i...
ABSTRACT Introduction With high prevalence of infectious diseases such as; HIV, HBV, HCV among others; especially in sub-Saharan Africa, health workers find themselves at the brunt of acquiring these diseases while they are working. In order to ensure safety within the auspice of their work, infection prevention and control policies implementation as regards to accidental exposure to bloodborne viruses are therefore vital. Prevention of blood exposure, through safer practices, barrier precau...
ABSTRACT. Prevention of irrational use of medicines may reduce healthcare costs and potentially save I ives. In line with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation, a retrospective, cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out to obtain information on prescribing in the general outpatient department of Kampala International University Teaching Hospital in Ishaka-Bushenyi, Uganda. A sample of 884 prescriptions was selected by systematic random sampling using an interval of 27 from ...