College of Health Sciences (CHS): Recent submissions
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Knowledge, attitudes and barriers to adherence of the COVID-19 preventive measures among vendors in food markets in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2022-01)Background: The increased number of COVID-19 cases following the second wave of the pandemic which started in June, 2021 made food markets key risk places for COVID-19 transmission. Despite the fact that several preventive ... -
Prevalence of non-adherence to prescribed antihypertensive medication and associated factors among out patients at Uganda Heart Institute
(Makerere University, 2020-11)Background: Hypertension is a major public health problem both in the developed and developing countries, but with a much bigger burden in developing countries including the Sub Saharan Africa. Non-adherence to pharmacological ... -
Awareness and knowledge of risks associated with ionizing radiation among patients presenting at the radiology department of Mulago hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-09)Background Many outpatient and inpatient departments broadly utilize imaging during assessment and have become a standard procedure in the field of medicine. However, there are increasing concerns recently expressed that ... -
Challenges faced by cancer patients during their course of radiotherapy treatment at Radiotherapy Department of Uganda Cancer Institute, Mulago
(Makerere University, 2022)Background: Cancer is a condition in which cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled proliferation. Radiotherapy is one of the treatment strategies for cancer that involves irradiating the tumor beds with high-voltage radiation ... -
Self-medication practices and associated factors among undergraduate students at Makerere University
(Makerere University, 2022)Self-medication is defined as the use of drugs without consultation, prescription from medical personnel to treat self-diagnosed symptoms or diseases (M. E. Ruiz, 2010) .The practice of self-medication extends through the ... -
Occupational health and safety and safety among waste scavengers at Kiteezi Landfill, Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2022-10)Introduction In low income countries such as Uganda, some of the urban poor and unemployed people survive on scavenging waste disposed of at landfills to earn a living. Scavengers are involved in sorting and cleaning of ... -
The challenges and mitigation strategies to mental health caused by COVID-19 pandemic among school going children in Uganda: A case study of world Ahead senior secondary school Matugga
(Makerere University, 2022-09)The World Health Organization (WHO) was established 60 years ago based on a constitution that in its first paragraph stressed that its principles are basic to the “happiness, harmonious relations and security to all people. ... -
Cost of illness analysis for typhoid patients in bwaise subcounty.
(Makerere University, 2021-12-17)ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION. Typhoid affects approximately 27 million people annually of whom 277,000 succumb to the disease and 5.6 billion people are at risk of infection globally. PROBLEM STATEMENT.Recent studies on typhoid ... -
Relationship between hyperglycemia and dolutegravir based HAART and the associated factors at Mbale regional referral hospital: A case-control study.
(Makerere University, 2022-11-18)Background: In Uganda, the current 2018 HIV treatment guidelines recommend Dolutegravir(DTG)-based therapy as the first line antiretroviral therapy(ART) instead of Efavirenz(EFV)-based therapy due to its better safety and ... -
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, ... -
The COVID-19 preventive measures among vendors in food markets in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District.
(Makerere University, 2022-11-20)Background: The increased number of COVID-19 cases following the second wave of the pandemic which started in June, 2021 made food markets key risk places for COVID-19 transmission. Despite the fact that several preventive ... -
Prevalence of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection and susceptibility of urine isolates to Cephalosporins among women diagnosed with urinary track infection in China-Uganda Friendship Hospital Naguru.
(Makerere University, 2021-12-16)Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are one of the most frequent clinical bacterial infections in women, accounting for nearly 25% of all infections. An estimate of 50%-60% of women report having suffered UTI in their lives ... -
Cost of illness analysis for typhoid patients in Bwaise subcounty
(Makerere University, 2021-12)Typhoid affects approximately 27 million people annually of whom 277,000 succumb to the disease and 5.6 billion people are at risk of infection globally. Recent studies on typhoid have focused on epidemiology, risk ... -
Assessment of the status of handwashing in households of kateebwa sub county, Bunyangabu district
(Makerere University, 2021-12-15)Handwashing has been recognized as the most important,convenient and cost-effective public health measure for preventing infectious diseases. It has been found out that communities inadequately wash their hands which ... -
Hand washing knowledge attitudes and practices of breastfeeding mothers of Karangura sub county Kabarole district
(Makerere university, 2022-02-13)Poor hand washing among breastfeeding mothers is one of the underlying factors that lead to spread of communicable diseases to their breastfeeding children, as most of these children are hardly able to do anything on their ... -
Designing a low cost upper limb prosthesis for people living with upper limb disabilities in low and middle income countries using locally available materials
(Makerere University, 2020-12)The human hand is considered to be a very powerful tool for operating in any environment, and a very important means for physical and social interaction. It allows people to accomplish sophisticated movements, like abduction, ... -
Expression and purification of an in-house Phusion DNA Polymerase using Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) cells
(Makerere University, 2022)Introduction: DNA polymerases are enzymes that play a major role in enabling scientists to replicate DNA from organisms for a variety of studies in Molecular Biology. For years these polymerases have been isolated from a ... -
Prevalence and factors contributing to concurrent use of herbal and conventional antidiabetic medicines in patients attending diabetic clinic in Naguru Hospital, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2021-12-15)Background: Diabetes mellitus is a progressive chronic disease marked by an elevated blood sugar level. Its management involves the use of conventional medicines/allopathic and traditional/ herbal medicines. The use of ... -
Patterns and factors associated with antibiotic self medication among resident undergraduate students at makerere university.
(Makerere University, 2021-12)Background Self-medication among university students is common globally. This has been variably attributed to; highly prevalent minor illnesses within this group that are perceived to not require professional medical ...