Rural Uganda
High parity predicts use of long-acting reversible contraceptives in the extended postpartum period among women in rural Uganda
... Background: The use of implants and Intra-uterine devices (IUD) during the post-partum period is very low in Uganda especially in rural settings. Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) are known to be ...
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Assessment Of The Value Of X Ray Pelvimetry In Predicting The Outcome Of Labour In Rural Uganda
... Regardless of the procedure, pelvimetry is very important in assessing mothers who are at risk of obstructed labour, because its outcome may save the child and even the mother’s life during delivery (O'Brien et al., ...
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Adverse pregnancy outcomes in rural Uganda (1996–2013): trends and associated factors from serial cross sectional surveys
... the Uganda Virus Research Institute to study the population dynamics of HIV transmission in rural Uganda, and now provides a platform to investigate deter- minants of other diseases, and health ...
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Complex agricultural livelihoods and aflatoxin exposure in rural Uganda
... well as external sources of food. Reductions in aflatoxin levels within locally produced food may not correlate with reductions in levels detected in people. As the findings presented in this paper show, people do not ...
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Patients’ worries before starting antiretroviral therapy and their association with treatment adherence and outcomes: a prospective study in rural Uganda, 2004 2009
... In January 2004, free ART was introduced for eligible participants in a prospective HIV-1 clinical cohort and general population cohort in rural Uganda [13-15]. Par- ticipants’ assessment for ART ...
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The development of trust and social capital in rural Uganda: An experimental approach
... eastern Uganda, and in particular whether trust can be ‘built’ by offering insurance to people as a protection against the possibility that the trust they offer will not be ...
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Health system constraints in integrating mental health services into primary healthcare in rural Uganda: perspectives of primary care providers
... The study was approved by the Gulu University Research Ethics committee (GUREC-006/09/2017), and registered with the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (UNCST-HS126ES). Permission to conduct ...
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Gender-related mortality for HIV-infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in rural Uganda
... Our study shows that, as in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, female HIV-patients in Western Uganda on HAART have lower mortality rates than male patients, though this is not conclusive. Evidence from sub-Saharan ...
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Saving and borrowing in rural Uganda
... The other key factor in the development equation is international trade. In common with other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda has traditionally relied on primary commodities for exports. In particular, ...
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Increasing the power of the poor? NGO led social accountability initiatives and political capabilities in rural Uganda
... This article responds to calls for more politicised assessments of demand-side initiatives, in particular political economies, by applying a political capabilities analysis to qualitative data about a series of ...
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The impact of community health worker led home delivery of antiretroviral therapy on virological suppression: a non inferiority cluster randomized health systems trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
... in rural Uganda and random- ized areas to either home delivery of ART by field officers, or standard facility-based ART ...of Uganda [26, ...in rural Kenya and, similar to the Uganda ...
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A qualitative understanding of the effects of reusable sanitary pads and puberty education: implications for future research and practice
... The effective management of menstruation has been iden- tified as an under-recognised challenge for girls in low in- come contexts. In response, there has been increasing emphasis on the potential for interventions ...
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Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of stroke: a cross sectional survey in rural and urban Uganda
... and rural Uganda found that many individu- als have extremely limited knowledge of risk factors for stroke, are not aware that stroke is a brain disease, and are not familiar with many of the common early ...
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Financial literacy and development experimental insights from rural micro and small entrepreneurs (mses) in Western Uganda
... in rural Uganda are non-regulated MFIs and mobile money ...Western Uganda, both regulated (M)FIs and non- regulated MFIs and mobile money services drove financial inclusion ...Western Uganda, ...
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The contribution of rural institutions to rural development: Study of smallholder farmer groups and NGOs in Uganda
... in Uganda requires the empowerment of smallholder farmers to adapt to new technologies, add value and access market which can all be informed properly by conducting successful agricultural research and effectively ...
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Shedding light on quality of care: a study protocol for a randomized trial evaluating the impact of the Solar Suitcase in rural health facilities on maternal and newborn care quality in Uganda
... Methods: We are conducting a study with 30 maternity care facilities in rural Uganda that lack access to a reliable, bright light source. The study is a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. ...
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Burden of tuberculosis disease among adolescents in a rural cohort in Eastern Uganda
... Conclusion: The TB incidence among adolescents in this rural part of Uganda seemed too low for a phase III TB vaccine trial. However, the study site demonstrated capability to handle a large number of ...
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Prevalence, intensity and factors associated with soil transmitted helminths infections among preschool age children in Hoima district, rural western Uganda
... Although our study focused on the preschool-age chil- dren, the 26.5% prevalence reported is higher than the 17.2% prevalence that Standley and colleagues reported in their study of intenstinal schistosomiasis and STH ...
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Factors associated with utilization of motorcycle ambulances by pregnant women in rural eastern Uganda: a cross sectional study
... a need for a re-evaluation of the importance of trad- itional birth attendants in convincing women with ob- stetric conditions to deliver at health facilities. An earlier study in Guatemala [42], and findings of a ...
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Simple Food Group Diversity as a Proxy Indicator for Iron and Vitamin A Status of Rural Primary School Children in Uganda
... Children in resource poor settings are at a high risk of inadequate iron and vitamin A intake when diets lack diversity and are dominated by staple foods. Yet comparative information on diet quality among school children ...
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