Mid-level managers' perspectives on implementing isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV in Ugandan health districts: a qualitative study.

Background: Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) works to prevent tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV), but uptake remains low in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this analysis, we sought to identify barriers mid-level managers face in scaling IPT in Uganda and the mechanisms by which the SEARCH-IPT trial intervention influenced their abilities to increase IPT uptake.

Methods: The SEARCH-IPT study was a cluster randomized trial conducted from 2017-2021.

Septic shock, acute renal and liver failure following unsafe abortion using bitter leaves and wandering jew in northern Uganda: A case series.

Unsafe abortion is a major problem in Uganda, being one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Abortions are performed mostly under unsafe conditions, by people without medical training. In rural areas in northern Uganda, women often resort to traditional providers, who use local herbs as abortion remedies, usually with adverse outcomes.

Refractory convulsive syncope in pregnancy: a rare presentation of Takayasu's arteritis - a case report and literature review.

Background: Neurological manifestation of Takayasu's Arteritis (TA) in pregnancy presenting as convulsive syncope is extremely rare, and poses a serious diagnostic dilemma due to other vast causes of fits in pregnancy.

Objective: We aimed to present and shed more light on a case of TA with convulsive syncope in pregnancy refractory to anticonvulsants for seven weeks, and review the literature on the management of TA in pregnancy.

Case Presentation: A gravida 4 para 3+0 at 28 weeks of amenorrhea presented with repeated episodes of the sudden loss of consciousness, followed by a fall and jerking of the limbs.

Why women die after reaching the hospital: a qualitative critical incident analysis of the 'third delay' in postconflict northern Uganda.

Objectives: To critically explore and describe the pathways that women who require emergency obstetrics and newborn care (EmONC) go through and to understand the delays in accessing EmONC after reaching a health facility in a conflict-affected setting.

Design: This was a qualitative study with two units of analysis: (1) critical incident technique (CIT) and (2) key informant interviews with health workers, patients and attendants.

Setting: Thirteen primary healthcare centres, one general private-not-for-profit hospital, one regional referral hospital and one teaching hospital in northern Uganda.

Neonatal small bowel perforation in ileal atresia in a low resource setting: A case report.

Jejunoileal atresia is a common cause of neonatal intestinal obstruction with high mortality and morbidity in a low resource setting where surgical care is lacking. Herein, a 4-day-old presented with features of acute abdomen and septicemia, managed with ileostomy diversion, and recovered uneventfully.