Publications by authors named "Mary G Nabukenya-Mudiope"
Background: The Karamoja subregion is a high TB burden pastoralist community that previously had limited access to public health services. We explored the community's perceptions towards TB to better understand how healthcare services should be structured to meet the needs of the persons with TB and their households.
Methods: From September to October 2022, we conducted 12 focus group discussions (FGDs) and interviewed 95 persons (48 community members and 47 health workers).
Background: The Karamoja subregion in north-eastern Uganda has very high Tuberculosis (TB)case notification rates and, until recently, had suboptimal treatment completion rates among patients diagnosed with TB. We evaluated community knowledge, attitudes and practices towards Tuberculosis in order to identify barriers to TB control in this region.
Methods: From September to October 2022, we conducted a community-based survey in four districts in the Karamoja subregion.
Objectives: To determine the incidence of mortality and its predictors among pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) survivors treated at a rural Ugandan tertiary hospital.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of data between 2013 and 2023. We included all people that met the World Health Organisation's definition of tuberculosis cure and traced them or their next of kin to determine vital status (alive/deceased).
Background: Households of children with tuberculosis (TB) experience financial and social hardships, but TB-specific social protection initiatives primarily focus on adults.
Methods: We conducted a single-arm, pilot study of multi-component supportive benefits for children with pulmonary TB in Kampala, Uganda. At diagnosis, participants received in-kind coverage of direct medical costs, a cash transfer, and patient navigation.
Background: C-reactive protein (CRP) has shown promise as a triage tool for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in adults living with the human immunodeficiency virus. We performed the first assessment of CRP for TB triage in children.
Methods: Symptomatic children less than 15 years old were prospectively enrolled in Kampala, Uganda.
Background: Many of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa are still largely dependent on microscopy as the mainstay for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) including patients with previous history of TB treatment. The available guidance in management of TB retreatment cases is focused on bacteriologically confirmed TB retreatment cases leaving out those classified as retreatment 'others'. Retreatment 'others' refer to all TB cases who were previously treated but with unknown outcome of that previous treatment or who have returned to treatment with bacteriologically negative pulmonary or extra-pulmonary TB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To establish the categories of pre-service health training institutions in Uganda that still maintain leprosy in their curricula and how leprosy training is organised.
Materials And Methods: A structured questionnaire was administered to the heads of 42 health training institutions including universities, paramedical and nurses' training schools.
Results: Leprosy was included in the curricula of 33 (78%) of the institutions studied but only 50% of them had organised leprosy training in the 2 years prior to the study.