1 National Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda, 2 National Onchocerciasis Control Program, Ministry of Health, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 3 Disease Prevention and Control Cluster, World Health Organization, Kampala, Uganda, 4 ROC Consulting, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, 5 Evolutionary Biology Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, ...

BACKGROUND The global tuberculosis (TB) estimate in 2011 was 500,000 cases among children under 15 years representing 5.7 % of all cases and 64, 000 deaths among HIV negative children representing 6.5 % of the total deaths. In Uganda, the child TB cases reported in 2012 made up less than 3 % of the total cases while recent modelling estimates it at 15-20 % of adult cases. Mapping of these cases...

Interview guide and interview excerpts on perceptions of HIV self-testing in Kampala, organised by major themes sub-themes (English Luganda version).

this paper presents future trends of urban wastes and their impacts on the environment of african cities using plausible mitigation scenarios. to accomplish this, an integrated dynamic model for urban waste flows was developed, tested, calibrated and validated. its parameter sensitivity was analyzed. using population projection up to 2052 with different levels of technological implementation, p...

BACKGROUND The road map for childhood tuberculosis launched in 2013 provided strong renewed efforts focused towards zero deaths due to tuberculosis in children. From 2010, there were efforts to improve childhood tuberculosis diagnosis in Kampala and this study aimed to document the trend and outcome of tuberculosis in children over the period. METHODS This was a retrospective study of tubercu...

In Kampala, Uganda, about 28,000 tonnes of waste are collected and delivered to landfill every month. Kampala Capital City Authority records show that this represents approximately 40 % of the waste generated in the city. The remaining uncollected waste is normally burnt and/or dumped in unauthorised sites, causing health and environmental problems. However, the organic fraction of domestic was...

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence of and risk factors for engaging in sex work among youth living in Kampala, Uganda. Methods. Analyses are based on a cross-sectional study (N = 1,134) of youth aged 12-18 years, living in the slums of Kampala, conducted in Spring of 2014. The analytic sample consisted of only sexually active youth (n = 590). Youth who reported enga...

We conducted a population-based, cross-sectional study among pregnant women in Kampala, Uganda, to determine ABO and D blood types and to determine the percentage who have unexpected red blood cell (RBC) antibodies and their specificities. De-identified blood samples from routine testing of 1001 pregnant women at the Mulago Hospital antenatal clinics in Kampala were typed for ABO and D and scre...

OBJECTIVES To describe injuries and their emergency care at five city hospitals. SETTING Data were collected between January and December 1998 from casualty departments of the five largest hospitals of Kampala city, Uganda, with bed capacity ranging from 60 to 1200. METHODS Registry forms were completed on trauma patients. All patients with injuries were eligible. Outcome at two weeks was d...