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Listening to health workers: lessons from Eastern Uganda for strengthening the programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIVJoseph Rujumba
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
BMC Health Serv Res 12:3. 2012..We explored the lessons learnt by health workers involved in the provision of PMTCT services in eastern Uganda to better understand what more needs to be done to strengthen the PMTCT programme...- Determinants of male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional surveyRobert Byamugisha
Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, PO Box 921, Mbale, Uganda
Reprod Health 7:12. 2010..abstract:.. - Multiple micronutrient supplementation improves vitamin B₁₂ and folate concentrations of HIV infected children in Uganda: a randomized controlled trialGrace Ndeezi
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Nutr J 10:56. 2011..This paper describes vitamin B₁₂ and folate status of Ugandan HIV infected children aged 1-5 years and reports the effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on serum vitamin B12 and folate concentrations... - Severe malnutrition with and without HIV-1 infection in hospitalised children in Kampala, Uganda: differences in clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ cell countsHanifa Bachou
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University Medical School, P O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda
Nutr J 5:27. 2006..The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+ and CD8+ cell counts of severely malnourished children in relation to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection... - Male partner antenatal attendance and HIV testing in eastern Uganda: a randomized facility-based intervention trialRobert Byamugisha
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Uganda
J Int AIDS Soc 14:43. 2011.... - Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on survival of HIV-infected children in Uganda: a randomized, controlled trialGrace Ndeezi
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
J Int AIDS Soc 13:18. 2010..Micronutrient deficiencies compromise the survival of HIV-infected children in low-income countries. We assessed the effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on the mortality of HIV-infected children in Uganda... - Attitudes to routine HIV counselling and testing, and knowledge about prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey among antenatal attendeesRobert Byamugisha
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, PO Box 921, Mbale, Uganda
J Int AIDS Soc 13:52. 2010..We also assessed their knowledge about mother to child transmission of HIV and infant feeding options for HIV-infected mothers... - Infant feeding modalities addressed in two different ways in Eastern UgandaIngunn Ms Engebretsen
University of Bergen, Centre for International Health, Bergen, Norway
Int Breastfeed J 5:2. 2010..TRIAL REGISTRATION: The study was part of formative studies for the ongoing study PROMISE EBF registered at http://clinicaltrials.gov, NCT00397150... - "She would sit with me": mothers' experiences of individual peer support for exclusive breastfeeding in UgandaJolly Nankunda
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, P, O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda
Int Breastfeed J 5:16. 2010..In this paper we describe women's experiences of peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeding in an East African setting... - Tanzania national survey on iodine deficiency: impact after twelve years of salt iodationVincent D Assey
Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BMC Public Health 9:319. 2009..In the early 1990s, Tanzania, a country that previously suffered from moderate to severe iodine deficiency, adopted universal salt iodation (USI) as an intervention strategy, but its impact remained unknown... - Improved salt iodation methods for small-scale salt producers in low-resource settings in TanzaniaVincent D Assey
Food Science and Nutrition Department, Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre TFNC, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BMC Public Health 9:187. 2009..Since most producers in low-income countries are small-scale, we examined and improved the performance of hand and knapsack-sprayers used locally in Tanzania... - Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV preventionCharles A S Karamagi
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
BMC Public Health 6:284. 2006.... - Perinatal mortality in rural Burkina Faso: a prospective community-based cohort studyAbdoulaye Hama Diallo
Centre MURAZ Research Institute, Ministry of Health Burkina Faso, PO Box 390, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 10:45. 2010..The PROMISE-EBF trial, during which we promoted exclusive breastfeeding, gave us the opportunity to describe the epidemiology of PNM in Banfora Health District, South-West in Burkina Faso... - Intimate partner violence and infant morbidity: evidence of an association from a population-based study in eastern Uganda in 2003Charles A S Karamagi
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University, P O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda
BMC Pediatr 7:34. 2007..It is against this background that as a secondary objective, we set out to explore whether an association exists between intimate partner violence and illness in infants... - Zinc status in HIV infected Ugandan children aged 1-5 years: a cross sectional baseline surveyGrace Ndeezi
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
BMC Pediatr 10:68. 2010..Few studies have been conducted in HIV infected children in Africa. We determined serum zinc levels and factors associated with zinc deficiency in HIV infected Ugandan children... - Risk factors in hospital deaths in severely malnourished children in Kampala, UgandaHanifa Bachou
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University, P O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda
BMC Pediatr 6:7. 2006..The aim of this study has been to establish the risk factors for excess deaths among hospitalized severely malnourished children of below five years of age... - Growth, immune and viral responses in HIV infected African children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort studyPhilippa M Musoke
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
BMC Pediatr 10:56. 2010..We documented the weight and height responses in HIV infected Ugandan children on highly active antiretroviral therapy and determined clinical factors associated with successful treatment outcomes... - Maternal education is associated with vaccination status of infants less than 6 months in Eastern Uganda: a cohort studyVictoria Nankabirwa
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
BMC Pediatr 10:92. 2010..This study compares women with some secondary schooling to those with only primary schooling with regard to their infants' vaccination status... - Audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) may avert socially desirable responses about infant feeding in the context of HIVAnthony K Waruru
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 5:24. 2005..We compared ACASI with FTF interviewing and explored its feasibility, usability, and acceptability in a PMTCT program in Kenya... - Bacteraemia among severely malnourished children infected and uninfected with the human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Kampala, UgandaHanifa Bachou
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Makerere University Medical School P O Box 7072, Kampala Uganda
BMC Infect Dis 6:160. 2006..To establish the magnitude of bacteraemia in severely malnourished children, and describe the types of bacteria and antimicrobial sensitivity by HIV status... - Dramatic and sustained increase in HIV-testing rates among antenatal attendees in Eastern Uganda after a policy change from voluntary counselling and testing to routine counselling and testing for HIV: a retrospective analysis of hospital records, 2002-20Robert Byamugisha
Referral Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Uganda
BMC Health Serv Res 10:290. 2010.... 
Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trialThorkild Tylleskar
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, PO Box 7800, 5020 Bergen, Norway
Lancet 378:420-7. 2011..Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is reported to be a life-saving intervention in low-income settings. The effect of breastfeeding counselling by peer counsellors was assessed in Africa...
[The difficult choice of mothers]Thorkild Tylleskaer
Senter for internasjonal helse, Universitetet i Bergen, Armauer Hansens Hus
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 124:73-4. 2004- Faecal calprotectin concentrations in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based surveyElin Hestvik
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Arstadveien 21, N 5009 Bergen, Norway
BMC Pediatr 11:9. 2011..The objective of this study was to determine the concentration of faecal calprotectin in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda... - Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in HIV-infected, HAART-naïve Ugandan children: a hospital-based surveyElin Hestvik
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
J Int AIDS Soc 14:34. 2011..The aim of this survey was to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) colonization in HIV-infected, highly active antiretroviral therapy-naïve Ugandan children aged 0-12 years... - Determinants of infant growth in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional studyIngunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway
BMC Public Health 8:418. 2008.... - Vaccination coverage and timeliness in three South African areas: a prospective studyLars T Fadnes
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway
BMC Public Health 11:404. 2011..Timely vaccination is important to induce adequate protective immunity. We measured vaccination timeliness and vaccination coverage in three geographical areas in South Africa... - Need to optimise infant feeding counselling: a cross-sectional survey among HIV-positive mothers in Eastern UgandaLars T Fadnes
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
BMC Pediatr 9:2. 2009..The aim of this study was to investigate feeding practices, including breastfeeding, in the context of PMTCT for infants and children under two years of age born to HIV-positive mothers in Uganda... - The potential role of mother-in-law in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a mixed methods study from the Kilimanjaro region, northern TanzaniaEli Fjeld Falnes
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Postboks 7804, N 5020 Bergen, Norway
BMC Public Health 11:551. 2011..The aim of this study was to explore the role of the mothers-in-law in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) service utilization and adherence to infant feeding guidelines... - Infant feeding counselling in Uganda in a changing environment with focus on the general population and HIV-positive mothers - a mixed method approachLars T Fadnes
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
BMC Health Serv Res 10:260. 2010..This has implications for implementation of the new infant feeding guidelines from 2009... - "It is her responsibility": partner involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programmes, northern TanzaniaEli Fjeld Falnes
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
J Int AIDS Soc 14:21. 2011..This study aimed to explore acceptability of the PMTCT programme components and to identify structural and cultural challenges to male involvement... - Infant feeding among HIV-positive mothers and the general population mothers: comparison of two cross-sectional surveys in Eastern UgandaLars T Fadnes
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
BMC Public Health 9:124. 2009..The aim of this study was to compare feeding practices, including breastfeeding, between infants and young children of HIV-positive mothers and infants of mothers in the general population of Uganda... - Is vaccination coverage a good indicator of age-appropriate vaccination? A prospective study from UgandaLars T Fadnes
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, 5018 Bergen, Norway
Vaccine 29:3564-70. 2011..Timely vaccination is important to protect children from common infectious diseases. We assessed vaccination timeliness and vaccination coverage as well as coverage of vitamin A supplementation in a Ugandan setting... - Periodontal status, tooth loss and self-reported periodontal problems effects on oral impacts on daily performances, OIDP, in pregnant women in Uganda: a cross-sectional studyMargaret N Wandera
Institute of Clinical Odontology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Norway
Health Qual Life Outcomes 7:89. 2009.... - Mothers' knowledge and utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services in northern TanzaniaEli Fjeld Falnes
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway
J Int AIDS Soc 13:36. 2010.... - Helicobacter pylori in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based cross sectional surveyElin Hestvik
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway
BMC Gastroenterol 10:62. 2010..The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with Helicobacter pylori colonization in apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda... - [Is information and communication technology harmful for the poor?]Thorkild Tylleskar
Senter for internasjonal helse, Universitetet i Bergen
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 123:2750-1. 2003 - Low adherence to exclusive breastfeeding in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study comparing dietary recall since birth with 24-hour recallIngunn Marie S Engebretsen
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway
BMC Pediatr 7:10. 2007..It also seems to lower HIV-1 transmission compared to mixed feeding. We studied infant feeding practices comparing dietary recall since birth with 24-hour dietary recall... - Gendered perceptions on infant feeding in Eastern Uganda: continued need for exclusive breastfeeding supportIngunn Ms Engebretsen
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway
Int Breastfeed J 5:13. 2010..But, even if EBF has been recommended for a decade, few mothers are practicing it. We set out to understand fathers' and mothers' infant feeding perceptions and the degree to which EBF and ERF were 'AFASS.'.. - Boys are more stunted than girls in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of 16 demographic and health surveysHenry Wamani
Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Armauer Hansen Building, N 5021 Bergen, Norway
BMC Pediatr 7:17. 2007..This study examined whether there are systematic sex differences in stunting rates in children under-five years of age, and how the sex differences in stunting rates vary with household socio-economic status...