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Factors Contributing to Self-Medication Among OPD Patients at Kabwohe Health Centre Iv

ABSTRACT Self-medication is a common practice in both rural and urban settings, in old people with chronic illness and young people; Self-medication lends irrational drug use, drugs resistance, and severe disease development The study seeks to determine the factors contributing to self-medication among patients at outpatient department at Kabwohe Health Center IV. It was a cross sectional study using quantitative method of data collection. It was conducted at Kabwohe H C IV located in Sheema ...

Assessment of Factor Associated with Alcohol Abuse Among Youth Aged (15-25) Years in Acana-Taa Village, Aloi Sub-County, Alebtong District

Table of ContentsDECLARATION.........................................................................................................................iSUPERVISOR’S APPROVAL ................................................................................................... iiDEDICATION........................................................................................................................... iiiACKNOWLEDGMENT.........................................................................

Factors Hindering the Male Partners’ Involvement in Antenatal and Perinatal Care

CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction Antenatal care is one of the priority interventions in reproductive health in Uganda, which significantly contribute to the reduction of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. Antenatal care is a planned programmed management of pregnant women directed towards making pregnancy and labour a safe and satisfying experience, resulting into delivery of mature normal baby (MOH report 2004). Perinatal care is the care of a pregnant mother during labour and after de...

Phytochemical Screening, Quantification, and Fractionation of Aqueous Methanolic Extract of Spathodea Campanulata Stem Bark

ABSTRACT: Plants produce a good deal of secondary metabolites which have benefited mankind in various ways including treatment of diseases. The present study was carried out to identify and isolate the different phytochemicals present inS. campanulata stem bark aqueous methanolic extract, to quantify these phytochemicals, and to identify different fractions of the extract of S. campanulata. The study carried out was an experimental one, done at Kampala International University Western Campus...

Factors Influencing Utilization of Long Acting Contraceptive Methods Among Women Attending Mch Clinic at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital

Table of ContentsDECLARATION ............................................................................................................................. iAPPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... iiACKNOWLEDGEMENT.............................................................................................................iiiDEDICATION................................................................

Knowledge and Attitudes of Autologous Blood Transfusion Among Health Workers in Fort portal Regional Referral Hospital

Table of ContentsDECLARATION .......................................................................................................................................iAPPROVAL..............................................................................................................................................iiDEDICATION.........................................................................................................................................iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................

The Challenges Faced by Women of Reproductive Age 15-49 Years Seeking Cervical Cancer Screening at Kitagata Hospital, Sheema District Uganda

Abstract In Uganda 80% of women who are diagnosed with cervical cancer present with advanced disease that is difficult to treat. The Ministry of Health recommends that all women of reproductive age aged 15-49 years should have cervical cancer screening. The aim is to determine the challenges faced by women of reproductive age 15-49 years seeking cervical cancer screening services at Kitagata Hospital. The study design was cross sectional which employed quantitative methods of data collection...

Assessment of Practices and Factors Affecting Hiv Voluntary Counselling and Testing for Couples Among Married People in Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality

Table of Contents DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................ ii SUPERVISOR’S APPROVAL ..................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................. iv DEDICATION ........................................................................

Factors Influencing Teenagers to Practice Unsafe Abortions, A Study Done in the Gynecological Ward of Kampala International University Teaching Hospital

 TABLE OF CONTENTS  ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................... i COPYRIGHT ................................................................................................................... ii APPROVAL .................................................................................................................... iii AUTHORIZATION ..................................................................

Assessment Of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Contraception Usage Among Post Abortal Women in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital

TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ................................................................................................................................................ i APPROVAL ..................................................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................................. i...

Screening Antimalarial Drugs for Modulation of Aggressive Behaviour in Drosophila Melanogaster

 TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ................................................................ ; ........................................................... 2 APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... 3 DEDICATION ......................................................................................................................... · ....... 4 ACKNOLWEDEMENTS ..............................

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Concerning Ebola Viral Disease (Evd) Among Kiu Senior Medical Students on Placement at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital

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...

Utilization of Antenatal Care Services Among Pregnant Women in Kampala International University Teaching Hospital Bushenyi- Ishaka Municipality

Contents DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................. i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................................... ii DECLARATION. ...................................................................................................................... iii APPROVAL ................................................................................

The Use of Long Acting and Permanent Contraceptive Methods Among Women Attending Hiv Clinic at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital

Table of Contents DECLARATION ..................................................................................................................................... i APPROVAL ........................................................................................................................................... ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................................................................... iii DEDICATION .................................

A Qualitative Research Study Investigating Community Knowledge And Perception Of The Safe Motherhood Issues In Tororo District Eastern Uganda.

Table of Contents                                                     DECLARATION............................................................................................................................................. iii DEDICATION.....................................................


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