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Determine coverage, knowledge on immunization, immunizable diseases and attitudes of mothers towards immunization of children under five in Agik-Dak Sub County Amolatar District
(Makerere University, 2019-11-26)
Background: Research has shown that immunization has played an important role in reducing the burden of immunizeable diseases among children under five worldwide. Examples, measles, tetanus, pneumonia, polio, etc. which ...
The management of children under five faecal matter disposal in households in Nansana Division, Wakiso District, Uganda
(2019-10-16)
ABSTRACT
Background: Safe management of faeces (SMoF) and environmental contamination by faecal pathogens have been extensively researched although the SMoF in under-five children has been perennially neglected perhaps ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of children 6 to 12 years towards hand washing with soap in Nebbi Municipality, Nebbi District
(Makerere University, 2019-11-28)
Introduction: Diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections are responsible for 35% and 32% of child deaths respectively and washing hands with soap reduces the risk of acute gastrointestinal disease and respiratory illness ...
Factors associated with viral load non-suppression among children living with HIV at reach out Mbuya HIV/AIDS initiative Kampala
(Makerere University, 2020)
Introduction
Uganda has a 0.5% prevalence of HIV among children aged 0-14 years corresponding 95,000 children living with HIV. The country has adopted and scaled up the global approach to HIV treatment and control packaged ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers of children under five years on hand washing in Nombe Sub-County Ntoroko District
(Makerere University, 2022-02-22)
Background
Hand washing is the most cost effective intervention for reducing global infections like diarrhea, acute respiratory tract infections. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, 3.8 million ...
Prevalence and associated factors of visual impairment among children attending primary schools in Kawempe Division, Kampala District
(Makerere University, 2023-01)
Introduction
Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment of which half or more are preventable or correctable. Uncorrected refractive error remains the major cause of visual impairment ...
Assessing the relationship between mother's nutrition knowledge and her child's nutritional status in Naguru Parish, Nakawa Division, Kampala City
(Makerere University, 2022-08-05)
Introduction: Developing countries face a huge burden of different forms of malnutrition. Previous studies in Uganda focused on assessing the nutrition status of children leaving out an important aspect of mothers’ ...
Vision profile of the children in schools for the special needs in Kampala City
(Makerere University, 2023)
Background: Vision plays a fundamental role in the acquisition of skills such as skills requiring hand–eye coordination, language and interpreting facial expressions. In children with special needs, it is noted to play ...
Communication difficulties in children with learning disabilities aged 3-14 years having Down’s syndrome at Kampala School for the Physically Handicapped
(Makerere University, 2022)
Introduction: In Uganda, Communication difficulties in children with learning disabilities having down syndrome are existent in the communities. These difficulties are among the most common of childhood disabilities, ...
Communication difficulties in school aged with learning difficulties having cerebral palsy at Kampala School for the physically handicapped
(Makerere University, 2022-09)
Purpose; To investigate communication difficulties in school aged children with learning difficulties having cerebral palsy.
Methods; 25 children aged 6-11 years with learning difficulties having cerebral palsy were ...