Prevention of the mother to child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (PMTCT) plays a major role in the reduction of both maternal and child mortality rate. GENERAL OBJECTIVE, To assess the factors affecting low utilization of PMTCT services program by pregnant women in Ishaka Town. STUDY DESIGN: Data was collected by Cross- sectional method where by the questionnaires were availed to the respondents to fill. The participants were women between 16 – 49 years of age. The women...
ABSTRACT Background: Globally, diarrheal disease is one of the leading causes of worldwide childhood morbidity and mortality resulting into 1.4 to 2.5 million deaths annually. Loss of intestinal fluid caused by gastroenteritis may lead to severe hypovolemia, shock and death particularly in children younger than five years of age (WHO, September 2012). A descriptive and cross-sectional study was done and it employed both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection among caretakers...
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ABSTRACT Introduction: Cervical cancer remains a leading cause of death among women in low-resource settings, and virtually every case of cervical cancer is caused by HPV (Ferlay et. al; 2004). It is the third most common cancer in women worldwide and according to WHO (2008), 275 000 deaths were recorded out of the estimated 529 000 new cases. Specific objective of this study was to determine the practices of females aged 21-50 years towards the prevention approach, early detection and manag...
Abstract The objective of the study was to determine factors contributing to anemia among antenatal mothers in Garissa County, Kenya. It was a cross-sectional study carried out in the study area and one hundred respondents were interviewed and the majority (62%) were in the age group between 18-27 years with 95% married and the major religion being Islam. The study finding shows that 54% and 12% had moderate and severe anemia respectively with 38% having a positive malaria parasite on slide ...
Abstract Malnutrition Continues To Affect The Large Number Of Children Under The Age Of Five, Particularly In Developing Countries. A Cross Sectional Study Was Carried Out In Kitale Distict Hospital Hospital In Transzoia County August 2013. The Study’s Main Objective Was Assessment Of Nutritional Status Of Children Under Five Years Of Age In Kitale Distict Hospital. A Total Of 100 Respondents Were Interviewed/ Total Of 150 Questionnaires Issued And Data Analyzed Manually In Excel And Calcu...
ABSTRACT The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic, at Iftin sub-District Hospital. The study design was a retrospective study where data was collected from patient’s records in the health records department and the laboratory department and the results presented in tables, pie charts, and graphs. All cases of malaria in pregnancy in that period were considered. A total of 131 cases had malaria in pregnancy out of ...
ABSTRACT This research was done to determine the sero-status and frequency of ill health of HIV exposed infants in Ishaka Adventist hospital. it was a cross sectional descriptive study design in which a convenience sampling (opportunity or grab sampling) technique was used in that interviewer administered questionnaires was given to any available respondent who meets the required inclusion criteria at that particular time of day, this was done until a saturation point of 100 respondents is r...
ABSTRACT. Introduction Diarrhea is the most important public health problem connected to water and sanitation and can be both “waterborne” and “water-washed”. In recent decades, a consensus developed that the key factors for the prevention of diarrhea are sanitation, personal hygiene, availability of water and good quality drinking water; and that the quantity of water that people have available for hygiene is of equal or greater importance for the prevention of diarrhea as the b...
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Abstract Globally, an estimated 211 million pregnancies and 136 million births occur every year. While they are natural and usual processes, pregnancy and childbirth put every woman at risk of complications. Improving utilization of antenatal care is a critical strategy for reducing the high mortality rate and achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of decreasing the maternal mortality ratio (MMR). While overall utilization has increased recently in Uganda, disparity in access, pr...
ABSTRACT Knowledge: is familiarity or understanding of something such as facts, information, description, or skills which are acquired by experience, education, perceiving discovering and learning. (Edward bliss 2013) Attitude: this is the positive or negative evaluation of people, objects, events, activities ideas or environment. (Richard, 2013) Immunization: is the cornerstone of diseases prevention worldwide, however, despite the advantages; immunization has still remained a major pro...
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...