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2023 | INOSR APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 21-31
Postnatal care can help identify common life-threatening complications and reduce infectionafter child mortality. Despite the significant role postnatal care services play in improvingmaternal health, services are underutilized in most developing countries in...
2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | Pp. 70-82
World Health Organization (WHO) defines malaria as a life-threatening parasitic disease caused by a bite of an infectedAnopheles mosquito. Malaria can kill within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms and whereas it affects all the people,most affected are childr...
2023 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 48-61
The study was conducted at Kalagala Health Centre IV and aimed at establishing the level ofeffectiveness of contraceptive use by men, factors influencing their access and use of familyplanning and the strategies that can be used to increase their level of par...
2023 | INOSR Scientific Research | Pp. 46-55
In Africa, Uganda in particular, the decision depends mainly on man. If we have to improvecontraceptive prevalence rates, we need to look into obstacles to male participation in FamilyPlanning. Available data in Uganda indicates that most males have a positiv...
2023 | IAA Journal of Applied Sciences | Pp. 1-10
According to the WHO, breast milk has many benefits to the infant as it is a main source ofenergy and nutrients required by infants in the first 6 months of life for good health anddevelopment. The study was a simple random sampling technique and was deployed...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 79-100
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, which has a high morbidity and mortality rate as well as a high societalcost, is rising quickly worldwide. Due to a rapid increase in elements connected to lifestyle, socio-demographics, andhealth systems, it has be...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 25-34
Hypertension is a primary cause of early adult mortality globally and one of the most important risk factors forcardiovascular disease. Only 33 to 66 % of individuals with hypertension in low- and middle-income countries like Ugandatake antihypertensive medic...
2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | Pp. 10-18
Diarrhea is passing of three or more loose stools per day or more frequent passage than is normal for an individual.The study was done to assess factors contributing to the occurrence of diarrhea in children under the age of fiveattending Jinja Regional Refer...
2023 | INOSR APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 58-63
According to World Health Organization estimates, more than half of all medicines areprescribed, dispensed or sold inappropriately, and half of all patients fail to take medicinesprescribed to them correctly. In relation to this, of the world's seven billion...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 50-61
In Uganda, only 25% of pregnant women-initiated ANC before 20 weeks gestation, and 48% of pregnant women didnot complete 4 ANC visits. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of late initiation ofANC and associated factors among p...