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The Malaria-Poverty Dilemma in Peri-Urban University Communities in Eastern Uganda

Warsame, Abdishakur E.; Ssenku, Jamilu E.; Mpagi, Joseph L.; Iramiot, Stanley J; Okurut, Shaban A; Kudamba, Ali; Nkambo, Mujibu; Namuli, Aidah; Nakizito, Joweria; Gidudu, George; Nabuuma, Hawa; Kafeero, Hussein M; Nachuha, Sarah; Walusansa, Abdul (Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 2021-04-28)

Description Introduction: Malaria remains the world’s leading vector-born cause of mortality and morbidity, and Eastern Uganda contains some of the country’s highest prevalence rates. Though academic societies, such as ...

Disproportionate Distribution of HBV Genotypes A and D and the Recombinant Genotype D/E in the High and Low HBV Endemic Regions of Uganda: A Wake-Up Call for Regional Specific HBV Management

Mukasa Kafeero, Hussein; Ndagire, Dorothy; Ocama, Ponsiano; Kato, Charles Drago; Wampande, Eddie; Kajumbula, Henry; Kateete, David; Walusansa, Abdul; Kudamba, Ali; Kigozi, Edgar; Katabazi, Fred Ashaba; Namaganda, Maria Magdalene; Ssenku, Jamilu E.; Sendagire, Hakim (Hindawi, 2022-01-11)

Background. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the leading cause of liver-related diseases. In Uganda, there is a regional disparity in the HBV burden. Our study was aimed at establishing the circulating genotypes in a low and a ...

COVID-19 in the Eyes of Community Leaders in Selected Rural Districts in Eastern Uganda

Walusansa, Abdul; Iramiot, Jacob S.; Mpagi, Joseph L; Kudamba, Ali; Okurut, Shaban A.; Namuli, Aidah; Wasige, Godfrey; Nabuuma, Hawa; Kafeero, Hussein M.; Lubowa, Muhammad; Ssenku, Jamilu E. (Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021-05-14)

Introduction: Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is one of the topmost global hindrances to human existence. Rural settings have been reported to be more vulnerable in some parts of the world. In Uganda, community leaders in ...

Assessment of the Adherence to Standard Operating Procedures of Covid-19 among Market Vendors in Sironko District

Kudamba, Ali; Walusansa, Abdul; Ssenku, Jamil E.; Okurut, Shaban A.; Namagembe, Habib; Nakitende, Sumayah; Mubajje, Muhamad Shaban; Kafero, Hussein Mukasa (Asian Journal of Medicine and Health, 2021-08-24)

Introduction: Coronavirus disease is one of leading causes of deaths in recent times that has surpassed cardiovascular and other respiratory diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) setup Standard Operating Procedures ...

Market Vendor’s Poor Adherence to Sops for COVID-19: A Potential Source for Transmission of the Virus to the Local Communities. A Case Study of Sironko District

Kudamba, Ali; Walusansa, Abdul; Ssenku, Jamil E.; Okurut, Shaban A.; Namagembe, Habib; Nakitende, Sumayah; Wanda, Duncan; Wasangayi, Jabin; Mubajje, Muhamad Shaban; Kafero, Hussein M. (Asian Journal of Medicine and Health, 2021-12-19)

Abstract:Introduction: COVID-19 is one of the huge health burdens on the earth in the recent times. Massive campaigns on the adherence to standard operation procedures (SOPs) have been emphasized by the Government of Uganda ...

TREAT-B Algorithm for Treatment Eligibility Among Chronically Infected Hepatitis B Virus Persons in a Low and a High Endemic Region: A Potential Strategy Towards Virus Elimination by 2030

Kafeero, Hussein Mukasa; Ndagire, Dorothy; Ocama, Ponsiano; Drago, Charles; Wampande, Eddie; Kajumbula, Henry; Kateete, David Patrick; Walusansa, Abdul; Kudamba, Ali; Ssenku, Jamilu E.; Sendagire, Hakim (Frontiers in Virology, 2022-04-11)

Background: Little is known about treatment eligibility in Africa for the hepatitis B virus (TREAT-B) algorithm. We investigated the treatment eligibility among the HBV chronically infected patients in a low and a high ...