Publications by authors named "J Peter M Masaba"
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- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major complication of diabetes, accounting for 66% of CKD cases worldwide, with severe implications for patient health and treatment accessibility, especially in developing countries.
- A study at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda revealed that 85% of 374 adult diabetic patients had low estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR) and/or proteinuria, indicating undiagnosed CKD.
- Factors such as age, duration of diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia were linked to low eGFR and proteinuria, highlighting the need for better screening and diagnostic resources in diabetes clinics.
Missed opportunities for Tuberculosis (TB) screening are key drivers of continued tuberculosis transmission. To determine the proportion of and factors associated with missing TB screening amongst patients who attended Bubulo and Butiru health facilities in the Manafwa district to inform future TB prevention and control efforts in Uganda. This was a facility-based, cross-sectional study with quantitative methods of data collection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most common complications of Diabetes Mellitus (DM). DM contributes to about 66% of CKD cases globally. CKiiiD results in increased morbidity and mortality and advanced stages often require renal replacement therapy that is unaffordable for the majority of the patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: ART failure is a growing public health problem and a major threat to the progress of HIV/AIDS control. In Uganda however, little is documented on treatment outcomes and their associated factors among individuals on second line ART regimen. The rapid scale-up of ART over the past has resulted in substantial reductions in morbidity and mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrent models for implementing electronic health records (EHRs) in resource-limited settings may not be scalable because they fail to address human-resource and cost constraints. This paper describes an implementation model which relies on shared responsibility between local sites and an external three-pronged support infrastructure consisting of: (1) a national technical expertise center, (2) an implementer's community, and (3) a developer's community. This model was used to implement an open-source EHR in three Ugandan HIV-clinics.
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