Publications by authors named "Julian Abeso"
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- Malaria is a major health threat in Uganda, especially for children under five, and following WHO guidelines can significantly reduce mortality rates in hospitalized cases.
- The study evaluated how targeted interventions, like changes in workflow and using admission checklists, improved adherence to these guidelines in a Ugandan hospital setting.
- Results showed that adherence to the WHO guidelines increased from 3% to 10% post-intervention, and there was a substantial rise in appropriate malaria diagnostic testing from 66% to 85%.
Introduction: Blackwater fever (BWF), a complication of malaria, has in the past been considered as a rare complication of malaria in children living in high transmission settings. More recently, however, a growing number of paediatric clusters of BWF cases have been reported predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The aim of this study is to map evidence on BWF among children in SSA from 1 January 1960 to 31 December 2021.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Good hand hygiene (HH) practice is crucial to reducing healthcare associated infections (HAIs). Use of alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) at health facilities is strongly recommended but it is limited in Uganda. Data on the practice of HH and the incidence of HAIs is sparse in resource-limited settings.
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