OBJECTIVE To establish dietary and socio-economic factors and their association with the nutritional status of pre-school children in a poor suburb of Kampala city, Uganda. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Three nursery schools in a low income suburb of Kampala city, Uganda. SUBJECTS A sub-sample of forty one randomly selected pre-school children (three to six years of age) from a ...

Antibiotics are a routine part of everyday life in many contexts, contributing to the development antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Our ethnographic research documents ways that antibiotics have become key for precariously employed urban day-wage workers living large informal settlement Kampala, Uganda. We found people, their daily work and ongoing health was entangled with antibiotic use; is, pe...

BACKGROUND Use of antimicrobials like sulfonamides in production of layers is a public health risk since it inevitably results in sulfonamide residues in eggs. The presence of the residues may be influenced by knowledge, attitudes and practices of farmers regarding use of sulfonamides (and other antimicrobials) in poultry. OBJECTIVE The study aimed at assessing the possible contribution of th...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori, a widespread infection particularly in developing countries has been associated with many adverse effects during pregnancy including hyperemesis gravidarum, neural tube defects in newborns, intrauterine fetal growth restriction and miscarriage. We sought to document the effects of H. pylori infection on birth weight in a low-income setting in Kampala, Uganda. M...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) Uganda family, a sub-lineage of the MTB Lineage 4, is the main cause of tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. Using a well characterized patient population, this study sought to determine whether there are clinical and patient characteristics associated with the success of the MTB Uganda family in Kampala. METHODS A total of ...

BACKGROUND Access to antiretroviral therapy and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care is increasing in resource-limited settings. We evaluated clinical, behavioral, and demographic risk factors associated with virologic suppression in a public, urban clinic in Kampala, Uganda. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional, observational study of 137 HIV-infected patients who were receiving antiret...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and incidence of tuberculosis in one of Uganda's poor peri-urban areas. METHODS Multi-stage sampling was used to select a sample of households whose members were evaluated for presence of signs and/or symptoms of active tuberculosis; history of tuberculosis treatment; and relevant demographic, socioeconomic, and household environment characteristics. Pati...