Publications by authors named "Fred Kirumira"
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- The research looks at how many people in Africa experience psychological distress, which includes feelings of anxiety and depression.
- The study focused on participants from clinics in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Africa to gather data and find patterns.
- They discovered different levels of distress among participants, with results showing various factors like age, gender, and education level can affect mental health.
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- - Genetics research has the potential to improve mental health treatment in low- and middle-income countries by identifying new drug targets, but there's a lack of genetic data from Africa, which the Uganda Genome Resource aims to address.
- - In a study of 985 Ugandan participants, the prevalence rates for various mental disorders were established, revealing significant findings: 19.3% current Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and 10.6% suicidality, among others, marking the first assessment of probable ADHD in this population.
- - Notable associations were found linking demographic and health factors to mental disorders; for example, sex correlated with alcohol abuse and Generalized Anxiety Disorder, while issues such as body mass index and high
Uganda, like much of Sub-Saharan Africa and other underserved regions continues to face the challenge of high neonatal and maternal mortality. The Helping Babies Survive (HBS) course and the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) provide hands on education to train providers in key life-saving interventions. A uterine balloon tamponade (UBT) procedure can be life-saving in the event of uterine bleeding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe preponderance of global maternal and neonatal deaths occurs in low-resource countries. The risk factors that lead to these deaths are often detectable with ultrasound (US) and potentially preventable. We assessed the impact of performing US scanning during antenatal care (ANC) on reproductive health service utilization in a rural Ugandan district.
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