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Conducting Successful Focus Groups and Analysis: Experience from a Pilot Study on Family Planning and Sexual Behaviour in the Era of HIV/AIDS and STDs
(African Journal of Reproductive Health, 1998)
The pilot was a qualitative study using four focus group discussions (FGD's). It was undertaken district among sexually active men and female contraceptive users and non-users. The pilot focus discussions were conducted ...
Iron status of pregnant women at first antenatal booking in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital
(Tropical doctor, 1999)
An assessment of iron status was made on 96 pregnant
women and 29 non-pregnant, non-lactating menstruating
women of comparable age group as controls.
Anaemia (haemoglobin < 110 g/l) was present in 84.4%
of the pregnant ...
A Phase I/II Study Of The Safety And Pharmacokinetics Of Nevirapine In HIV-1-Infected Pregnant Ugandan Women And Their Neonates (HIVNET 006)
(Aids, 1999)
To determine the safety, pharmacokinetics, tolerance, antiretroviral activity, and infant HIV infection status after giving a single dose of nevirapine to HIV-1-infected pregnant women during labor and their newborns during ...
Combination Therapy with Fluconazole and Flucytosine for Cryptococcal Meningitis in Ugandan Patients with AIDS
(Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1998)
We performed a randomized trial in which combination therapy with fluconazole and shortterm flucytosine was compared with fluconazole monotherapy in 58 patients with AIDS-associated cryptococcal meningitis (CM). Thirty of ...
Cost Effectiveness Of Single-Dose Nevirapine Regimen For Mothers And Babies To Decrease Vertical HIV-1 Transmission In Sub-Saharan Africa
(The Lancet, 1999)
Identification of economical interventions to decrease HIV-1 transmission to children is an urgent public-health priority in sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed the cost effectiveness of the HIVNET 012 nevirapine regimen.We ...
Hematological Reference Ranges among Healthy Ugandans
(Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 1995)
An estimated 8 million individuals living in sub-Saharan Africa (including Uganda) are infected with the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) (2). Infection with HIV results in progressive generalized immune suppression due ...
Kaposi’s Sarcoma In Childhood: An Analysis Of 100 Cases From Uganda And Relationship To HIV Infection
(International Journal of Cancer, 1996)
We report 100 cases of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in children under 15 years of age treated at the Uganda Cancer Institute in the 6-year period 1989–1994. The incidence of childhood KS has risen more than 40-fold in the era of ...
O’Nyong-Nyong Fever in South-Central Uganda, 1996–1997: Clinical Features and Validation of a Clinical Case Definition for Surveillance Purposes
(Clinical infectious diseases, 1999)
O’nyong-nyong (ONN) fever, caused by infection with a mosquito-borne central African alphavirus, is an acute, nonfatal illness characterized by polyarthralgia. During 1996–1997, south-central Uganda experienced the second ...
Induction of the Antigen 85 Complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum: A Determinant of Outcome in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment
(The Journal of infectious diseases, 1998)
Sputum quantitative culture, acid-fast smear, days-to-positive by BACTEC, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 85 complex were monitored during therapy in 42 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). By BACTEC, 4 patients ...
Drug Tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1999)
Although Mycobacterium tuberculosis is eradicated rapidly during therapy in some patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, it can persist for many months in others. This study examined the relationship between mycobacterial ...