Perceptions of Undergraduate Students towards Utilization of Clinical Simulation in Teaching and Learning in Rural Universities in Uganda: A Mixed method study.

Background: Simulation is a new pedagogical method in Africa that underscores the need to operationalize it and generate context-specific scholarship regarding clinical simulation in Africa. Despite the superior learning outcomes of using simulation in medical education, its use in developing countries is often limited, compounded by limited scholarship on simulation especially relevant to an African context. The research aimed to explore perceptions surrounding the use of simulation among undergraduate students.

"We are actually being involved in management of the patient": A qualitative exploration of experiences of students and faculty regarding the use of clinical simulation in Busitema University and Lira University.

Introduction: Experiences regarding the use of simulation in low-resource settings like Uganda where it has not taken root have not been explored. The purpose of the study was to explore the experiences of students, clinical staff, and faculty regarding the use of clinical simulation in teaching undergraduate students.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted at Busitema and Lira Universities in Uganda.

Sustained Retention, Viral Load Suppression and their Determinants Among Clients on HAART Enrolled Under Differentiated Service Delivery Models in Eastern Uganda.

Background: Although Uganda rolled out Differentiated Service Delivery(DSD) models in June 2017 to improve retention and viral load suppression rates among clients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART), these have remained low relative to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS(UNAIDs) targets of achieving 95% population with HIV tested, 95% of tested positive clients for HIV to be on Highly active Antiretroviral therapy and 95% of clients On Antiretroviral therapy be suppressing by 2030(95-95-95 UNAIDS targets). The purpose of this study was to determine sustained retention, viral load suppression and their determinants among clients on HAART enrolled under different Differentiated service delivery models in Katakwi district in Eastern Uganda.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of clients enrolled on HAART in the different approaches of DSD who were active by 2017 and followed up to 2020 was done.

"No PBL is better than online PBL": Qualitative exploration regarding the perceived impact of online problem-based learning on nursing and medical students' learning during COVID-19 lockdown.

Unlabelled: The COVID-19 pandemic and its restrictions increased the adoption of online learning even in low-income countries. The adoption of online teaching methods may have affected teaching and learning, particularly in settings where it was used for the first time. This study was conducted to explore the perceptions of medical and nursing students regarding the impact of online delivery of problem-based learning (PBL) on students learning and academic performance during COVID-19 imposed restrictions.

Determinants of malaria testing at health facilities: the case of Uganda.

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends prompt malaria diagnosis with either microscopy or malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and treatment with an effective anti-malarial, as key interventions to control malaria. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, malaria diagnosis is still often influenced by clinical symptoms, with patients and care providers often interpreting all fevers as malaria. The Ministry of Health in Uganda defines suspected malaria cases as those with a fever.

Malaria preventive practices and delivery outcomes: A cross-sectional study of parturient women in a tertiary hospital in Eastern Uganda.

Background: Uganda ranks third in the number of deaths attributable to malaria and has some of the highest recorded malaria transmission rates in the general population. Malaria in Pregnancy is associated with detrimental effects for the mother and unborn baby and these effects seem to have long term effects and consequences on the life of the baby. Despite the preventive measures put in place by the World Health Organization in antenatal care, the burden of malaria in pregnancy is still high.

Community- based Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in Pastoralist Communities of North-Eastern Uganda.

Background: Given the global urgency to improve tuberculosis (TB) case detection, a renewed interest in active case finding (ACF) has risen. Missed TB cases pose a serious threat as they continue to fuel TB transmission in the community. We aimed to assess the feasibility of community based ACF for TB among people living in a pastoralist community in Uganda and determine its impact on case detection and treatment uptake.

Prevalence and clinical outcomes of Plasmodium falciparum and intestinal parasitic infections among children in Kiryandongo refugee camp, mid-Western Uganda: a cross sectional study.

Background: The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and Intestinal Parasitic Infections (IPIs) - with the corresponding pathogenesis among children remain uncertain. This study aimed at determining the prevalence and the outcomes (including anaemia) of the respective infections and co-infections. Anaemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells transporting oxygen to the various body parts is not sufficient to meet the needs of the body.