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2023 | IAA Journal of Scientific Research | Pp. 115-124
Malnutrition, is a deficiency, excess or imbalance in a person’s intake of energy and/ornutrients to ensure growth and maintain specific functions. It covers both over (Obesity) andundernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight, and micronutrient deficiency)....
2023 | IAA Journal of Scientific Research | Pp. 89-101
Drug resistance, inaccessibility, unaffordability and side effects of conventional medicinesused for malaria treatment require that new drugs be developed. Plants like Maesalanceolata are a potential source of new drugs. Maesa lanceolata which is one of the m...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 177-184
Postnatal care (PNC) is defined as care given to the mother and her newborn immediately after the birth of theplacenta and for the first six weeks of life. There has been no research carried out on the utilization of PNC servicesat Jinja Regional Referral Hos...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES | Pp. 149-158
Anaemia is a condition in which the number of Red blood cells or their oxygen carrying capacity is insufficient tomeet physiologic needs which vary by age, sex, altitude, smoking and pregnancy status.The study specific objectiveswere to determine the prevalen...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES | Pp. 72-79
Sexual violence occurs throughout the whole world with about 35.6% women have experienced intimate partnerviolence and/ or non-partner sexual violence especially those in low-income countries. This study determined theprevalence and forms of sexual violence a...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 107-127
Electronic diagnosis management system is intended to help medics and clinicians in diagnosing clinical cases. Mostof the clinicians are still relying on manual clinical diagnosis process. A manual clinical diagnosis is a very complex,cumbersome and error pro...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 1-9
Premenstrual syndrome is used to describe physical, cognitive, affective, and behavioural symptoms that occurcyclically during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and resolve quickly at or within a few days of the onset ofmenstruation. This study determin...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 18-37
Alcohol is the most commonly used psychoactive substance and, globally, causes 1.8 million or 3.2% of all deathsand accounts for 4.0% of the disease burden (WHO, 2007). To determine the prevalence of alcohol use disordersamong medical students at KIU-WC Ishak...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES | Pp. 107-115
Several factors contribute to the non-utilization of contraceptives, leading to the risk of unwanted pregnancy andunsafe abortions. The major objective of this study therefore was to assess the prevalence factors associated withunmet need for family planning...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 218-227
Hypertension in pregnancy is a significant public health issue affecting a large number of pregnant womenworldwide. In Uganda, the prevalence of hypertension in pregnancy is not well understood, and little is known aboutthe factors associated with hypertensio...