Abstract Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) causes a major health problem worldwide and more than half of the world population are infected with this pathogen. The diagnosis of infection was initially made through invasive methods but now non- invasive methods were develop to make diagnosis easier. This is cross sectional study was conducted in Tamboul City, Gazira State, during the period from March 2016 to December 2019 to compare between antigens and antibodies tests results used for diagnosis...
ABSTRACTBackground: Urinary tract infections represent the most common bacterial infection inpregnancy. Screening for and treatment of UTI in pregnancy has become a standard of obstetriccare and most antenatal guidelines include routine screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria.The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalance and risk factors of Urinary Tract Infectionsamong pregnant mothers attending antenatal care at Kampala International University -Teaching Hospital.Materials and...
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 & ...
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...
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Pneumonia is a life threateni;ig lower respiratory tract infection caused by a variety of microorganisms that include viruses, bacteria, or fungi. In Uganda, pneumonia, along with malaria and diarrhea, is a leading cause of death among children. STUDY OBJECTIVE: The main objective was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with pneumonia among Children below 5 years attending Pediatrics ward at Bushenyi Health Center IV between the months of April and May 20...
ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Adherence and attitude of pregnant women towards oral iron and folic acid supplements is the evaluation of compliance and knowledge of mothers towards IFA, which is a WHO recommended supplement for curbing iron deficiency anaemia. This is because anemia is the leading cause of maternal death.METHODS: A prospective crossectional survey was conducted among pregnant women attending MCH clinic in KIU-TH. The sample size of this study was determined using Yamane formula and d...
ABSTRACT;Introduction; Malnutrition or nutritional deficiency according to world health organizationis the cellular imbalance between the supply of nutrients and energy and the body‘s demandfor them to ensure growth, and maintenance of specific functions. (World HealthOrganization 2005)Objective; To establish the knowledge regarding malnutrition among mothers of childrenzero to five years admitted on pediatric ward of Kilembe Mines Hospital, in Kasese District.Methodology; A cross-section q...
ABSTRACT Introduction; the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS) epidemic is the greatest challenge to human kind in the 21st century, over 35.5 million people are infected with human immune deficiency syndrome(HIV) worldwide and the majority of the infections are in the reproductive age group, mother to child transmission(MTCT) of HIV infection is high especially in the Sub-Saharan Africa, despite improvements in PMTCT services over the years, there were approximately 240,000 children in ...
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ABSTRACT Puerperal sepsis is serious form of septicemia contracted by women during or soon after child birth or miscarriage. Globally it’s documented that the first recorded epidemic of puerperal fever occurred at the Hotel-Dieude Paris in 1646. Hospitals throughout Europe and America consistently reported death rates of 20% to 25%. During 18th and 19th centuries, it was the single most common cause of maternal mortality, accounting for about half of all deaths related to child birth. Howe...
ABSTRACT Introduction: HIV is a viral infection that is primarily transmitted by sexual contact or sharing needles, or from an infected pregnant woman to her newborn. Despite the PMTCT services that involve screening of mothers with HIV and administration of Anti-retroviral drugs to HIV-infected mothers and exposed infants coupled with early infant diagnosis of HIV/AIDS and care of diagnosed infants with HIV children continue to die of the epidemic. Broad objective: To determine the HIV prev...
Abstract This is a case control study carried out to assess the activity of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and alkaline phosphataes (AST, ALT and ALP) liver enzymes. The study was conducted in Omdurman Teaching Hospital from August to October 2014. A hundred type 2 diabetic patients and forty apparently healthy individuals were included in the study. Age of selected group ranged between 30−60 years, both males and females were included. Five ml of venous blood was col...
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ABSTRACT Background: Diabetes and hypertension are among the most common diseases in developed countries, and the frequency of both diseases tends to rise with age. According to JNC 8 criteria, the target Blood pressure control among diabetes patients is below 140/90 mmHg. Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was carried out of 498 type 2 diabetic hypertensive patients who were attending hypertensive diabetic type 2 patients clinic at DRRH. The structured questionnaire was used to ...
ABSTRACT Police officers while maintaining law and order may experience psychosocial hazards which adversely affect their health. Work conditions can influence psychosocial well being, which in turn could influence their work performance, therefore affecting their attitude to the public. As there is little information on this subject, this study was conducted to determine the psychosocial hazards and health status of police officers in Ibadan, Nigeria. A cross-sectional study was conducted, w...