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Prevalence, patterns and factors associated with ocular manifestations of type 1 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescents attending Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2021-12)
Background; Diabetes mellitus is a growing public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda inclusive, with an annual incidence of 6% in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, 3% in many countries and 77% in the European ...
Treatment outcome and factors affecting time to recovery among children with severe acute malnutrition receiving outpatient therapeutic care in Nakivale refugee settlement
(Makerere University, 2021-02-17)
Introduction: Outpatient therapeutic care (OTC) has been decentralized to the health centre level in Uganda. In order to facilitate assessment, care and support of children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition ...
Severe anemia in Ugandan children under 5 years : Implementation research on its prevalence, management and outcomes
(Makerere University, 2020-12-10)
Background: Severe anemia (SA) is a common clinical condition that is a public health problem in children less than 5 years of age in resource limited countries. Although management of SA is known, inpatient mortality is ...
Assessment of the drivers to a persistent measles outbreak among under five - year old children in Wakiso district Central Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2021-04-01)
Introduction and Background
Regardless of the availability of a safe and efficacious vaccine for the last three decades which has been protective to many lives, measles has continuously been the major cause of morbidity ...
Prevalance and factors associated with stunting among children aged 6-59 months in Bala sub-county, Kole district.
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
Introduction:
Stunting is the most prevalent form of malnutrition. It is associated with prolonged under nutrition in most developing countries including Uganda. Malnutrition contributes to more than 50 percent of the ...
Shortterm outcomes of supracondylar fractures of humerus and their associated factors in children managed at Mulago National Refferal Hospital
(Makerere University, 2021)
Background:
Supracondylar fractures (SCF) of the humerus is one of the commonest global health concerns among children and need a rigorous management process in order to get satisfactory outcomes. In ensuring so, it is ...
Clinical-pathologic characterisation and survival of children with Urinary Bladder Tumors at Uganda Cancer Institute.
(Makerere University, 2021-11)
Introduction: Pediatric bladder tumors are rare worldwide and their clinical-pathological characteristics differ from those in adults. In Uganda, these characteristics have not been studied in this age group yet survival ...
Prevalence, factors associated and immediate outcomes of delirium among children admitted at Acute Care Unit, Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022)
Background: Delirium is one of the medical/psychiatric emergencies that is often unrecognized and undermanaged hence being associated with increased mortality and morbidity rates. Delirium is independently associated with ...
Mortality among children under five years admitted for routine care of severe acute malnutrition: a prospective cohort study from Kampala, Uganda
(BMC, 2020)
Background: Mortality among children under 5 years of age admitted to malnutrition units in sub-Saharan Africa remains high. The burden of HIV infection, a major risk factor for mortality among patients with severe acute ...
Prevalence of diarrhoea and associated factors among children under five years in Lubombo region, Eswatini
(Makerere University, 2022-06-22)
Introduction
Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children under five
years of age, with the highest number of deaths being reported in sub-Saharan Africa and South
Asia. The available ...