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2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 10-17
Birth asphyxia also called perinatal asphyxia describes a condition of prolonged lack of oxygen leading to brainhypoxia. The World Health Organisation defines Birth Asphyxia as the failure to initiate and sustain spontaneousbreathing at birth. However, in res...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 70-85
The ability of women to choose whether and when to have children improves their health, education, andemployment opportunities. The factors that influence contraceptive use are critical variables in the evaluation offamily planning programs. The study looked...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 185-200
Cesarean section is a recognized intervention in complicated births when the safety of the mother or baby iscompromised. In Uganda, post-operative caesarean care has seen an ascending trend where out of the mothers whodeliver by Cesarean section a number of t...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 128-143
Universities are exploring pedagogical approaches to learning in order to deal with challenges such as increasedclass sizes, limited funding support, and difficulties in facilitating and encouraging active participation and learningamong a diverse cohort of s...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 60-69
Blood transfusion is an indispensable component of health care. It contributes to saving millions of lives each yearin both routine and emergency situations. The present study determined the knowledge, attitude and practice ofprospective blood donors aged bet...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES | Pp. 141-148
Introduction: Globally, it is known for the last four decades, that the majority of Health Care- Associated Infections(HCAIs) can be prevented by adequate, though not necessarily sophisticated, surveillance and control measures. Anumber of international initi...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 152-163
Starch is one of the most important pharmaceutical excipients used as a disintegrant, binder, diluent, absorbent,glidant and sweetener. Other applications may include increasing viscosity, defoaming and acting as an emulsifyingagent. However, starch used for...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES | Pp. 124-131
Globally, approximately 151 million children under 5 suffer from stunting and in 2017, nearly 51 million childrenunder 5 were wasted. In Uganda, child malnutrition is one of the most serious public health problems and amongthe highest in the world with about...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 7-17
The study assessed the factors associated with the timely immunization of HIV-exposed infants attending the HIV/AIDS clinic at Ishaka Adventist Hospital. The specific objectives were to establish the pattern of timelyimmunization and determine the association...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 86-99
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a sexually transmitted infection. HPV vaccine since its first licensure in2006 has proven to be safe, highly immunogenic, and induces strong direct and indirect protection against HPV andits sequelae. The study was desi...