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2024 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 95-105
Diabetes mellitus often referred to simply as diabetes, is defined as a chronic disease that occurs either when thepancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin produced. Insulin is ahormone that is needed to con...
2024 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 79-94
This study aimed to determine the factors affecting the utilization of PMTCT services among mothers attendingthe ART clinic at Kiryandongo General Hospital. This was a facility-based cross-sectional which recruited a totalof 185 pregnant and lactating mothers...
2024 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 68-78
According to the 2015 WHO Family Planning report, approximately 225 million women in developing countriesexpress a desire to delay or cease childbearing but do not utilize any contraceptive methods. This study aimed toidentify the factors influencing contrace...
2024 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 87-93
Substandard, counterfeit and falsified antimalarial agents are a big challenge to effective malaria eliminationinterventions mainly in developing countries. In low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), the quality ofantimalarial agents inclusive of AL is affec...
2024 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Pp. 43-50
Substandard, counterfeit and falsified antimalarial agents are a big challenge to effective malaria eliminationinterventions mainly in developing countries. In low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), the quality ofantimalarial agents inclusive of AL is affec...
2024 | IAA Journal of Scientific Research | Pp. 38-49
This study aimed to assess the factors associated with the utilization of LARCM among women attending a familyplanning clinic at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. A cross-sectional descriptive study design was used for this study.The data were collected using...
2024 | IAA Journal of Scientific Research | Pp. 7-15
Autophagy, an evolutionarily conserved cellular process, intricately regulates the degradation and recycling ofcellular components, ensuring cellular homeostasis. The molecular orchestration of autophagy involves asophisticated network of signaling pathways a...
2024 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 8-19
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects about 290 million patients worldwide. Children agedbetween 5 and 14 years represent 45.8% of the affected patients, in addition, schistosomiasis has been reported inSchistosoma-free areas, mostly be...
2024 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Pp. 37-42
Bath towels are designed to assimilate profuse amount of moisture and in the process may also absorbmicroorganisms that are present. These microorganisms remain viable and multiply within the moist towel tobecome vehicles for the transmission of infectious ag...
2024 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 1-7
Public toilets are an essential means of sanitation in some developed countries and have been the only possiblealternative for many people living in low-income, heavily populated, and informal settlements. The aim of this studywas to assess the problems assoc...