Browsing by Author "Tusuubira, Sharifu K"
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Knowledge, perception and practices towards sickle cell disease:
Tusuubira, Sharifu K; Nakayinga, Ritah; Mwambi, Bashir; Odda, John; Kiconco, Sylvia; Komuhangi, Alimah (BMC Public Health, 2018)Background: Worldwide, the burden of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) has not been amply addressed. In Africa, Uganda has the 5th highest burden, a situation aggravated by limited and inaccessible formal social support structures ... -
To test or not: occurrence of sickle cell trait and assessment of the awareness toward its screening among patients attending Magale Health Center IV, Namisindwa District, Eastern Uganda
Mandu, Keneth; Tusuubira, Sharifu K; Mwambi, Bashir; Webbo, Fred; Atuhairwe, Christine; Taremwa, Ivan Mugisha (Dove Press, 2018-11-21)Purpose: To evaluate the occurrence of sickle cell trait (SCT), assess patient awareness and evaluate the performance of a sickle cell hemoglobin-S (dithionate-qualitative solubility) point- of-care test among patients ...