Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Towards Responsible Self-Medication Among Pharmacy Students: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey in Uganda.

Purpose: Rational self-medication (SM) practice among healthcare students is essential to promote the safe, effective, and economical use of medicines for self-diagnosed conditions. The study aimed to assess pharmacy students' knowledge, attitude, and practice about responsible self-medication.

Methodology: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among Ugandan pharmacy students for one month from March 1 to March 31, 2024.

KNOWLEDGE AND PREDICTORS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD PRECAUTIONS FOR INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL AMONG HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS.

Background: Infection prevention and control involve health care practitioners, who are saddled with the duty of ensuring implementation of standard preventive measures to prevent healthcare associated infections.

Objectives: To assess the knowledge and predictors of implementation of standard precautions for infection prevention and control among health care practitioners (HCPs).

Material And Method: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional design was employed in assessing HCPs in Uganda in from April - October 2023.

Association between hemoglobin variants and laboratory outcomes in patients infected with from South West Uganda.

Aims: We assess the relationship between various hemoglobin variants and some hematological parameters packed cell volume, white blood cells (PCV, WBC) and parasitemia level of patients with malaria in the southwestern, Uganda.

Methods: Patient were enrolled by rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), confirmed by microscopy, and laboratory outcomes were determined.

Results: Patients positive for malaria RDTs were 155, microscopic-confirmed parasites were 95 (61.

Effectiveness of a pharmacist-led educational intervention on health outcomes in hypertension management at community pharmacies in Nigeria: A two-arm parallel single-blind randomized controlled trial.

Aims: This study determined the impact of a pharmacist-led educational intervention on the health outcomes of hypertensive patients in community pharmacies.

Methods: A 2-arm parallel single-blind randomized trial design was adopted among hypertensive patients in 4 pharmacies in Abuja and Lokoja, Nigeria. A pharmacist-led educational intervention was provided to the patients in the intervention group.

Evaluation of the hepatic effect of concomitant administration of ciprofloxacin and some antimalarial drugs in Plasmodium berghei infected mice: An in vivo study.

This study evaluated the hepatotoxic effects of artesunate (AS), artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) co-administration with ciprofloxacin (CIP) using animal model. Chloroquine sensitive Plasmodium berghei NK65 strain infected albino mice (120) were utilized for this study, carried out in three phases. Phase 1 comprised eleven groups treated with different doses of either AS, AL, ASAQ or CIP alone.