Publications by authors named "Juliet Tembe"
Background: This study responds to a rural community's concern that, despite national initiatives, malaria management in young children falls short of national guidelines in their district. This study aimed to: (1) describe caregivers' treatment-seeking behaviors in the rural district of Butaleja, (2) estimate the percentage of children who received an appropriate antimalarial, and (3) determine factors that maximized the likelihood of receiving an appropriate antimalarial. Appropriate antimalarial in this study is defined as having received only the Uganda's age-specific first-line malaria treatment for uncomplicated and severe malaria during the course of the febrile illness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The vast majority of malaria deaths in Uganda occur in children five and under and in rural areas. This study's exploratory case study approach captured unique situations to illustrate special attributes and aspects of treatment-seeking during a malaria episode.
Methods: During August 2010, a qualitative exploratory study was conducted in seven of Butaleja District's 12 sub-counties.
Objective: We aimed to evaluate clinical and immunological outcomes of paediatric patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) enrolled in The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Uganda national HIV/AIDS programme.
Design: Observational study of patients (age <14 years) enrolled in 10 clinics across Uganda for which TASO has data.
Methods: We extracted patient demographic, immunological and clinical outcomes from the TASO databases regarding age, sex, cART regimen, CD4 cell count and WHO stage at initiation, tuberculosis, mortality and adherence.