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Factor Influencing the Health of Street Children in Kampala.
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Factors Affecting Access and Utilisation of PMTCT Services Among Antenatal Mothers in Referral Health Units in Mbale District
(International Health Sciences University, 2011-09)PMTCT was defined as prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV a program meant to prevent MTCT of HIV from HIV infected antenatal mothers to their unborn babies and infants either during pregnancy, labour and ... -
Factors Affecting Adherence to Anti-retroviral Therapy Among Adolescents (In or Out of School) Attending Nsambya Home Care and TASO Mulago Health Facilities.
(International Health Sciences University, 2012-09)Objective Whereas free ARVs are accessible to majority of HIV infected patients; adherence to ART is still a major challenge in public health especially among adolescents. Poor adherence can lead to increased viral load, ... -
Factors Affecting Adherence to ART Among Patients Attending the HIV Clinics in Makindye Division.
(International Health Sciences University, 2013-09)Evidence shows that on the worldwide scene, over 34 million people are living with HIV/AIDS of whom 68% are from the Sub-Saharan Africa region. In Uganda, at least 1.4 million of its population is infected leading to a ... -
Factors Affecting Biomedical Waste Management among Medical Laboratory Workers in Health Facilities:
(International Health Sciences University., 2014-11)Background to the study: Unsafe disposal of health-care waste poses public health risks. WHO (2004) estimated that 2000 contaminated injection syringes caused 21 million hepatitis B infections and the latest 260,000 HIV ... -
Factors Affecting Household waste Management in Soroti Municipality.
(International Health Sciences University., 2015-12)Aim: The study aimed at investigating the factors affecting household waste management in Soroti district. The study was conducted in Soroti municipality in Eastern Uganda having a population of 49,452. The main objective ... -
Factors Affecting Immunization of Children:
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Factors Affecting Implementation of Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Program in Lolwe Island, Namayingo District.
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Factors Affecting Male Involvement in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV :
(International Health Sciences University, 2012-09)Background: Over 95% of all pediatric HIV infections worldwide are accounted for by the Mother-To-Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV. (MoH, 2009) Numerous studies have shown that male participation in the antenatal care of ... -
Factors Affecting Management of Biomedical Waste in Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala District.
(International Health Sciences University, 2013-09)Introduction Biomedical waste is a by-product of health care service delivery that includes sharps, blood, body parts, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and radio-active materials (WHO, 2008).Proper management ... -
Factors Affecting the Length of Hospital Stay for Children Aged 6-59 Months Managed for Severe Acute Malnutrition at Nalufenya Children's Hospital Nutritional Unit.
(International Health Sciences University., 2016-11)Background to the study: In Uganda, 2.3 million children below the age of five years are chronically malnourished (Government of Uganda, 2011). Statistics show that nationally an estimate of 6% of children is acutely ... -
Factors Affecting the Uptake of Breast Cancer Screening Services by Women of Reproductive Age (15-49) in Machakos Country of Kenya.
(International Health Sciences University., 2015-12)Consistently breast cancer slaughters roughly 40,000 women all around (American Cancer society, 2006). Comprehensively, breast cancer rate is on the ascent, particularly in creating nations and from 2000-2006, breast cancer ... -
Factors Affecting the Uptake of Family Planning Methods Among Hiv-Infected Individuals of Reproductive Age (15-45) TASO Mulago Kampala Uganda.
(International Health Sciences University., 2014-11)BACKGROUND This study was carried out to investigate the factors that influence the uptake of family planning methods among HIV infected individuals at TASO Mulago HIV clinics. About 33.4 million people estimated to be ... -
Factors affecting the uptake of IPT for malaria among pregnant women attending Kawaala health centre in Rubaga division, KCCA.
(International Health Sciences University., 2015-12)Introduction: The study was based on the factors influencing the uptake of IPT among pregnant women attending Kawaala HC III in Lubaga division, KCCA and it involved 366 who were picked at random from the pregnant women ... -
Factors Affecting The Use of Insecticide Traeted Mosquito Nets:
(International Health Sciences University., 2015-12)Background: Malaria remains a life-threating disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected Female Anopheles Mosquito bites. An estimated 198 million cases of malaria were reported ... -
Factors Affecting Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening:
(International Health Sciences University., 2014-11)Background: The incidence of cervical cancer is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. Cervical cancer is the most common malignancy among women in Uganda. The health authorities in this country have responded by providing free ... -
Factors Affecting Utilization of Electronic Health Information System in Delivery of Health Services in Anaka Hospital, Nwoya District.
(International Health Sciences University., 2015-12)Introduction The electronic health information system is a key component of medical informatics that is increasingly being utilized in industrialized nations to improve health care. There is limited information on use of ... -
Factors Associated With Adherence to First Line Antiretroviral Therapy Among Adults in Kalungu Uganda :
(International Health Sciences University., 2014-11)Background Adherence is defined as taking medications correctly according to prescription. Poor adherence to ART has become a problemleading to poor viral suppression. Poor viral suppression is a major cause of treatment ... -
Factors Associated with Adherence to First Line Antiretroviral Therapy Among Adults in Kalungu Uganda:
(International Health Sciences University., 2014-11)Introduction/background: Adherence is defined as taking medications correctly according to prescription. Poor adherence to ART has become a problem leading to poor viral suppression. Poor viral suppression is a major cause ... -
Factors Associated with Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment Among Tuberculosis Patients in Entebbe Hospital.
(International Health Sciences University, 2013-09)Introduction The study sought to determine factors associated with adherence to TB treatment among TB patents in Entebbe hospital and associated factors like predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors. Treating ...