ABSTRACT A retrospective study was carried out. Carried out in Kitagata hospital in Bushenyi district October 2013. The study’s main objective as assessment of morbidity pattern of post natal clinic in Kitagata hospital. A total of 100 respondents reports/records were randomly chosen from already existing records, analyzed manually in excel and calculators and presented in tables and figures. The researcher concluded that despite most mothers attend post natal clinic but they still have pos...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND People with advanced HIV I AIDS are vulnerable to infections and malignancies that are called opportunistic infections because they have a weakened immune system. Opportunistic infections continue to cause morbidity and mortality in patients with Human Immune Deficiency Virns (HIV)-1 infection. Some Ois only affect women or affect women more than men.Potent combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) has reduced the incidence of Ols for certain patients with access to care. H...
Abstract A study was conducted in Kampala International University- Teaching Hospital accident and emergency department between July 2013 to October 2013 to assess the awareness and practises of infection prevention amongst health care workers at their work place. The specific objectives of this study were to assess the practices of the staff in emergency rooms on the standard protocols observed in infections prevention, to identify the roles played by the admi...
ABSTRACT Background: World over, surgical site infections (SSIs) are one of the most commonly encountered complications after surgery. No study had been done in Jinja regional referral hospital (JRRH) regarding SSIs. Therefore, this study was intended to determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with surgical site infections among patients in surgical ward at JRRH. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional was done. A pretested checklist was used to collect data from 120 files of pa...
ABSTRACT Introduction Typhoid fever (TF) continues to be a major public health problem in many developing countries. In Uganda, an outbreak of typhoid fever in Kasese District sickened 8092 persons from 27 December 2007 to 30 July 2009, resulting in at least 249 intestinal perforations and 47 deaths. Objectives The study was aimed at assessing risk factors contributing to the prevalence of typhoid fever among patients attending to Kiryandongo General Hospital in Kiryandongo district. Specifi...
ABSTRACT Globally childhood anaemia poses a big health problem to less than five years of age. Anaemia affects nearly 2 billion people worldwide and about 50% of all children less than 5 years old. The prevalence of anaemia in children less than 5 years is 67% in Africa, about, 28% anaemia is found in sub- Saharan Africa. Purpose of the study was to establish knowledge and practices of mothers towards prevention of anaemia among children under five years of age i...
ABSTRACT. The study assessed the prevalence of peptic ulcer disease among patients attending of Kampala International University Teaching Hospital and the objectives of study were to find out the gender distribution of peptic ulcer disease and to find out which age group is more affected by peptic ulcer disease among patients attending of Kampala International University Teaching Hospital It was a retrospective study in which quantitative methods were used to collect data from the patients an...
ABSTRACT Introduction In Uganda, under nutrition remains a serious health and welfare problem affecting the under-five children to whom it contributes significantly to mortality and morbidity. General objective To assess factors associated with under nutrition in children under- five years in Bangaladesh parish, Namasale sub-county, Amolatar district. Methodology The study was a descriptive cross sectional study to determine the factors associated with under nutrition in children less than fi...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major public health problem, especially in developing countries like Uganda. They are highly prevalent among pregnant women in and cause significant maternal and perinatal morbidity. STIs and other reproductive tract infections (RTIs) have been associated with a number of adverse pregnancy outcomes including abortion, stillbirth, preterm delivery, low birth weight, postpartum sepsis, neonatal pneumonia, neonatal blindness & ...
ABSTRACTBackground- STD does still remain a great public health problem of major significance in mostpart of the world. Incidence of acute STD is believed to be high among sexually activeadolescents worldwide due to changes and development in their lives.[UNAIDS 1997)Objectives: The study aims at establishing the attitude, knowledge and practices on STDSamong students studying at Kampala International University Western Campus in Ishaka town.Methods – The study aims at establishing the atti...
AbstractPreeclampsia is a syndrome characterized by the onset of hypertension and proteinuria after 20weeks of gestation. Additional signs and symptoms that can occur including visual disturbances,headache, epigastric pain, thrombocytopenia, and abnormal liver function(Bulletins--Obstetrics,2002) There are a wide range of risk factors associated with preeclampsia in pregnancy, varying fromthe history of previous preeclampsia, parity, age and comorbidities according to the WHO A retr...
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Medicinal plants have been of great important to the health of individual and communities. The medicinal value of these plants had some chemical active substances that produce a definite physiological action on the human body. Nature has served as a rich repository of medicinal plants for thousands of years and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural sources, notably of plant origin (Cowan, 1999) .Herbal medicine. based on their tradi...
Abstract HIV/ AIDs is a global problem with estimated 33 million persons infected worldwide in 2007 and with 2.7 million new infections (UNAIDS/Global AIDs epidemic report 2008). 60% of this lives in Sub Saharan Africa. Exposure occur through needle sticks or cuts from other sharp instruments contaminated with an infected patient’s blood or through contact of the eye, nose, mouth, or skin with a patient’s blood. PEP of HIV if initiated within 72 hours of exposure have been shown to ...
ABSTRACT Introduction The increasing population of overweight and obese women world-wide is a major public health concern now reaching epidemic proportions. Two thirds of these women are in the reproductive age which has critical consequences for fetal and maternal health. Maternal obesity has been shown to be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as hypertension, diabetes , infections such a urinary tract infections (UTI), preterm labor, increased cesarean delivery; and poor neonat...
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