ABSTRACT. Maternal mortality ratio in Uganda has been declining over the past years but has remained unacceptably high at 438 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. This is majorly accounted for by the 5 direct obstetric complications; haemorrhage, sepsis, obstructed labour, complications of abortion and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy contributing over 85% of the deaths. In light of this fact, the researcher therefore assessed health facility readiness in Arua district to deal with the...
Abstract The research study was carried out in Tiriri Health Centre IV, Katine Sub County in Soroti District. The researcher opted to identify the factors contributing to severe malaria among children aged 0 – 5 years, in which interventions can be directed to alleviate these factors for a lasting solution. Soroti is one of the districts in Uganda surrounded by several wetlands and swamps, people therefore live around swampy areas most affected by moist land with water logs. This kind of vi...
Abstract It has been proven in several randomized clinical trials that safe male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV transmission from female to male by 60%.The national target for Uganda by 2015is to circumcise 4.2 million adults’ men. There is need for a pragmatic approach and effective model to achieve this target. The objective of the study was to determine the factors hindering the scaling up of circumcision numbers in men above 18 years in Buwoya village in Iganga district , Uga...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The perspectives of Medical Students, who will later graduate to be Health Care Providers, will generally influence how often they will use/ recommend the use of the male pill to the society. The study was done in KIU-WC in 2013(September) to investigate the perspectives of Medical Students at KIU-WC on the proposed male contraceptive pill. BROAD OBJECTIVE To find out the perspective of Medical Students at KIU-WC towards the proposed male contraceptive ...
ABSTRACT Introduction Globally, abortion mortality accounts for at least 13% of all maternal mortality. Maternal mortality is 600,000 deaths per year due to pregnancy-related causes, and 99% of these deaths are in developing countries (WHO 2008). Abortions occur at a rate of 54 per 1,000 women aged 15–49 and account for one in five pregnancies. (Prada, E et al 2005). Methods It was a retrospective cross-sectional study conducted in Kampala international university teaching hospital and I...
ABSTRACT Prostate carcinoma (PCa) is the leading cancer among middle and elderly men worldwide. It accounts for 15% of all cancer cases and 6.6% of all cancer associated-deaths in men. PCa is a leading cause of cancer burden among men in Africa with Kenya reporting an incidence of 16.6/100,000. The exceedingly high burden of PCa is largely due to lack of population-based screening and delayed diagnosis in the background of genetic and environmental predisposing factors. Histopathological feat...
ABSTRACT Non-communicable diseases are on the rise globally. Hypertension is one of the most common non-communicable diseases. Globally, the prevalence of hypertension among adults was estimated to be 24.1% in men and 20.1% in women in 2015 and the global prevalence of raised cholesterol was found to be 39%. Across WHO regions, Africa was found to have the highest hypertension prevalence at 27%. Blood pressure control among hypertensive patients still continues to be a major challenge. Findi...
ABSTRACT Men who have sex with men experience a high burden of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoea infections which remain largely undiagnosed in the context of syndromic and presumptive treatment. In Kenya, limited data is available to inform on occurrence and recurrence of rectal chlamydia and gonorrhoea and antibiotic sensitivity on Neisseria gonorrhoea among Men who have sex with men who report receptive anal intercourse. The aim of this study was to determine the occurrence, ...
ABSTRACT Background: Peritonitis is a common surgical condition which can occur either primarily or secondarily to other underlying pathologies including post-operation. Studies show that the major causes of peritonitis are bowels perforations, perforated appendix, volvulus and strangulated bowel. Objective: This study aimed at describing the patterns, and early treatment outcomes of patients with peritonitis at Dodoma Regional Referral Hospital. Methods: This was a prospective cross-section...
ABSTRACT Background: Intestinal obstruction is one of the most causes of cause of surgical emergency associated with morbidity and mortality in surgical department. The study aimed to determine the causes and predictors of management outcome in postoperative patients with intestinal obstruction at IRRH. Method: A prospective hospital based study design was used. Duration of the study was six months. The collected data were checked for any inconsistency, coded and entered into SPSS version 20...
Abstract Across-sectional study was conducted from July to November 2015 to estimate the prevalence of anti-toxopalsma antibodies in sheep and goats in El-Gadarif state. Total of 400 serum samples; 200 sheep and 200 goats, were collected and tested by Toxo-latex agglutination test and iELISA. The overall sero-prevalence was 52.0% (208/400) using Toxo-latex agglutination test. Using iELISA, 45.7% (42/92) of the sheep and 27.2% (25/92), of the goats were sero.positives. The sero-prevalences am...
Abstract Introduction: There is variation in the size, shape and position of tympanic membrane perforations; the degree of conductive hearing loss depends on the size and position of perforation. Objective: To determine the pattern and causes of tympanic membrane perforation at a private health facility in Tanzania Method: A hospital-based cross-sectional study in the ENT clinic at Ekenywa Specialised Hospital was conducted from January to May 2019. Ears were examined thoroughly by an Otorhin...
Abstract : In this paper, we discuss the application of the exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) control chart for the monitoring blood glucose in type-II diabetes patients. We present tables for the practical use in healthcare. From the simulation results and a real example, the efficiency of the proposed chart in detecting a shift in diabetic level is compared with the existing chart. It is found that the proposed chart provides a strict method to monitor the diabetic levels in diab...
There is an increasing number of people in Kenya with life limiting illnesses secondary to HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Patients who suffer from these illnesses require palliative and end of life care. In developed countries such care is often given in a hospice or at home by palliative service professionals. In Kenya, there are limited such resources and opportunities and therefore care frequently ends up being offered by inpatient healthcare professionals. When this occurs,...
ABSTRACT Background Historically, medicinal plants have played an important role in healthcare maintenance as it been used by man to treat illnesses from ancient times and are one of the oldest means of disease treatment used by man. The primary aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, usage pattern and determinants of current herbal medicine use among adults in Enugu, Nigeria. Methods A questionnaire based cross-sectional study was conducted among adults in Enugu metropolis. 500 ...