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Assessing Food Hygiene using the rating System in the eating houses of Makerere- Kikoni, Kampala City
(Makerere university, 2022-02-21)Introduction: Foodborne diseases are one of the most wide-spread health problems in the contemporary world and they have implications both on health and development. In 2010, the Food Standards Agency introduced the ... -
Assessing irrational medicine use in community pharmacies: A case study in Kawempe Division, Kampala.
(Makerere University, 2021-06-10)Irrational medicine use remains a major global health problem which mostly affects developing countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than half of all medicines are inappropriately prescribed, ... -
Assessing knowledge and perceptions towards the covid-19 vaccine among the community of kalerwe-besina slum
(Makerere University, 2021-12)The corona virus disease-2019 (Covid-19) caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome-corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the 11th March 2020. Since then, ... -
Assessing knowledge, attitudes and practices of commercial motorcyclists towards compliance with road traffic lights in Nakawa Division, Kampala City, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-08)Introduction: Globally, road traffic crashes (RTCs) account for 1.25 million deaths and about 20 to 50 million injuries per year. In Uganda, road traffic crashes (RTCs) majorly affect the economically productive age group ... -
Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices about eye health among people of Katanga Slum in Kawempe Division, Kampala District
(Makerere University, 2023-01-16)Background: In Uganda, primary eye care is largely challenged in its organizational structure, availability of human and other resources, and clinical competency. This study seeks to assess the levels of knowledge, ... -
Assessing nipple abnormalities among women who come for breast cancer screening at MAKCHS Pathology Department
(Makerere University, 2018-08)Background: The breast is a highly sensitive organ especially in the females. Many physiological and pathological processes can lead to visible morphological changes of the breast. Among these are the non-lump changes that ... -
Assessing occupational hazards and factors contributing to the health effects faced by female market traders in Nakasero Market, Central Kampala Uganda (unpublised undergraduate dissertation). Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2022-10-10)BACKGROUND: Informal sector workplaces in Uganda that include: public markets, street side and roadside trade display a wide range of poorly controlled workplace hazards to mostly female traders who dominates the business. ... -
Assessing risk factors for indoor air pollution exposure in households in Bulamu Ward, Kasangati Town Council, Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2019-10-22)Abstract Background: Globally, indoor air pollution from various forms of pollutants is an increasing problem. The most common form of indoor air pollution is that caused by inefficient burning of solid and fossil fuels ... -
Assessing the antifungal effect of a combination of fluconazole and tithon a diversifolia leaf extract against candida albicans
(Makerere University, 2020-11-02)Background: Candida albicans remains the most common cause of candidiasis of the 30 species that have the ability to infect humans. It affects the oral and vaginal mucosa as well disseminated blood stream and deep tissue ... -
Assessing the effect of exposure to Mangifera indica extract on Staphylococcus aureus antimicrobial susceptibility.
(Makerere University, 2021-12)BACKGROUND Medicinal plants such as the Mangifera indica have been shown to have activity against bacteria, fungi and viruses and are considered safe which may result underuse or overuse of the herbal products. However ... -
Assessing the knowledge of risk factors for most common cancers in Uganda and the practices for cancer risk reduction among residents of Kawempe Division
(Makerere University, 2020-11)Background: The number of cases of cancer in Uganda is rising on a yearly basis. Studies carried out in Uganda and in other third world countries reveal low knowledge on some known risk factors for cancer and no studies ... -
Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of nonresident students of Makerere University towards fire prevention
(Makerere University, 2021-11-04)Background: Fire outbreak is still posing a great challenge to public health globally with greater challenge in developing countries where less capital is invested in fire prevention. Objective: This study was to assess ... -
Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practices of households towards cholera outbreak preparedness and prevention in Kalerwe Village, Kawempe Division, Kampala City
(Makerere University, 2019-05)Background: Cholera is still a great public health threat to the global community and more particularly in the developing countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Asia. It is endemic in areas where access to ... -
Assessing the knowledge, attitudes and practices of hand washing among pupils in private and public school in Pader Town Council.
(Makerere University, 2022-01-14)ABSTRACT Background Globally, hand washing is low despite the fact that it would prevent communicable diseases like pneumonia and diarrhea which annually results in the death of 2 million children as well the loss of 300 ... -
Assessing the knowledge, attitudes and practices of hand washing at household level in Sindi ward, Mparo town council, Rukiga district
(Makerere University, 2020-10-09)Introduction: and washing is the act of cleaning hands for the purpose of removing soil, dirt and micro-organisms; which results into reduction of the burden of diseases due to poor Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). ... -
Assessing the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to use of helmets among commercial motorcycle passengers in Mbarara Municipality, Mbarara District
(2019-12-02)Introduction: Motorcycles are associated with the increase of road traffic injuries. Motorcycle related injuries are a cause of head injury, and disability in case of a crash. These head injuries are more severe if passengers ... -
Assessing the knowledge, attitudes and practices towards maintenance of safe water chain among community members of Western Ward in Butogota Town Council, Kanungu District in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-10)Introduction: Maintenance of safe water chain is still a challenge both in the developing and under developed world leading to numerous waterborne diseases that account for 80% of all the diseases in the world (WHO, 2019). ... -
Assessing the prevalence and associated factors of premenstrual syndrome in adolescents in Jinja District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021)Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a collection of physical, cognitive, affective and behavioral cyclically occurring symptoms during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. The signs and symptoms which include; headache, ... -
Assessing the prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension and associated risk factors among patients at the Out- Patient Department, Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2022-03)Background; Hypertension or high blood pressure is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is elevated. Hypertension has been described as the “silent killer” because initially, the disease ... -
Assessing the prevalence of malaria among children under 5 years, attending to treatment in Kamuli general hospital- Kamuli Municipality
(Makerere University, 2021-01)Malaria is a life threatening disease typically transmitted to humans through female anopheles mosquito carrying the parasite and remains one of the top killers of children below five years despite of the nationwide mosquito ...