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2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 1-5
Placental malaria is the primary mechanism through which malaria in pregnancy causes adverse perinatal outcomes.Malaria in pregnancy poses a great health risk to mother and her fetus and results into complications, such asabortion, still birth, intra uterine...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 13-27
Uganda Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2016 asserted that only 26% of adult malesin Uganda were circumcised and HIV prevalence among uncircumcised males was higher (6.7%)than in circumcised males (4.5%). Safe male circumcision could reduce the risk...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY | Pp. 45-56
In Uganda, diarrhea is the second killer of children after malaria. Uganda’s diarrhea prevalence rate in childrenunder five was 26% according to World Health Organization (WHO). This study was designed to assess theknowledge, attitudes, and practices of mothe...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 118-128
One of the main contributors to relapse in psychological disorders is highly expressed emotion (H.E.E.), which iscomprised of the critical, hostile, and emotionally over-involved attitude that caretakers have toward a patient witha mental illness. Caretakers...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY ( | Pp. 57-63
Globally, Autologous blood transfusion (ABT) programs are not well developed and reasons differ from differentcountries. In East Africa including Uganda, Autologous transfusion has not exerted a significant impact on thetransfusion requirements in our Centres...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 80-93
The study was aimed at assessing the factors that have contributed to the occurrence of malnutrition among childrenbelow five years in the pediatric ward of Itojo Hospital, Ntungamo District, Uganda. A descriptive cross-sectionalstudy design was used where bo...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY | Pp. 12-19
A traditional birth attendant (TBA) is a person who provides basic health care, support, and advice during and afterpregnancy and childbirth based on experience and knowledge acquired informally through the traditions andpractices of communities. The aim of t...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 70-79
Complications of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortion are the leading causes of disability and death amongadolescents especially girls between ages 15-19 years. The study focused on assessing the factors influencing theutilization of Reproductive Health S...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 58-69
More than one in five hundred women die of pregnancy or pregnancy related causes which are preventable throughproper utilization of family planning services. Among married women, 34.3% have an unmet need for family planningand yet are in need of limiting and...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY | Pp. 31-44
Male involvement in antenatal care as one of the major aspects of maternal health care is an important strategy inreducing preventable maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Due to the low male involvement in antenatalcare among other factors, the countr...