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ABSTRACT Uganda is among the countries that border the north-eastern provinces of DRC where the most recent EVD outbreak by the deadliest of Ebola strains (Zaire) is currently ongoing. Uganda has also been put on high alert by the WHO on possible spread of the disease from DRC (Donald G. McNeil Jr., 2018). Inter-border traffic between DRC and Uganda is enormous, with Uganda harbouring a large number of refugees from the war-torn country. Threat of spread to Uganda has become so real tha...
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ABSTRACT The study was aimed at establishing the factors that contribute to high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among the youth in Mbarara district. Across sectional study was used to establish the above factor using questionnaires, observation, personal interviews, and documentations. During the study, the findings were; most of the individuals 28 (50%) interviewed suggested that they would not die alone while students preferred joining NGO’s if tested positive. 28 (50%) of the individuals were in...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Worldwide, approximately 16 million mothers aged 15-19 years give birth annually; 95% of these births occur in low and middle income countries (WHO, 2016). In Uganda, a slight increase in the number of teenage mothers from 24% in 2011 to 25% in 2016 was observed (UBOS, 2016).Bunyoro region has a high level of teenage pregnancy of 29% (Uganda Population Secretariat, 2013).The prevalence and possible factors associated with teenage pregnancies have not been systematically...
ABSTRACT In Uganda about 755,000 women get unintended pregnancies each year, many of which end up in abortion and about 6,000 women die as a result of pregnancy related complications. A significant proportion of these deaths occur because women are not able to have healthy planned pregnancies and according to the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey, 41% of married women wish to space their pregnancies or want to stop child bearing altogether but are not using family planning methods because ...
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ABSTRACT Background; Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death, and the principal cause from a single infectious agent (above HIV/AIDS); millions of people continue to fall sick with the disease to each year, HIV and TB alone or as coinfections, are a significant public health problem in the world with the biggest contribution to morbidity and mortality felt in sub-Saharan Africa. The immunosuppressive state caused by the decline in immunity as a result of HIV enables ...
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ABSTRACT Background: Pneumonia is the leading cause of mortality in children under five years. Many predisposing factors do exist and can be avoided to reduce its prevalence in Uganda, and Kiryandongo where data is scarce concerning this subject. Method: a descriptive questionnaire-based cross-sectional study that involved a total of 220 under-fives admitted at Kiryandongo General Hospital that set out to determine the prevalence and factors associated with community-acquired pneumonia was co...
ABSTRACTThe study aimed at determining factors responsible for underutilization of modern familyplanning methods by mothers attending antenantal clinic at KIU-TH.The study was a cross sectional retrospective, descriptive study. Different variable weremeasured including awareness on modern contraception’s, level of knowledge of mothers onmodern family planning methods, perception of mothers on modern contraception’s, availabilityof modern contraception’s to mothers for use and identify a...
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