A qualitative exploration of community knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards tuberculosis in the Karamoja subregion, northeastern Uganda.

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).

Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards tuberculosis: results of a community-based survey in the Karamoja subregion, North Eastern Uganda.

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.

Low bone mass in people living with HIV on long-term anti-retroviral therapy: A single center study in Uganda.

Background: This study set out to determine the prevalence of low bone mass following long-term exposure to antiretroviral therapy in Ugandan people living with HIV.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 199 people living with HIV that had been on anti-retroviral therapy for at least 10 years. All participants had dual X-ray absorptiometry to determine their bone mineral density.

Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasonography and Urinary Retinol-Binding Protein in Antiretroviral-Treated Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Uganda: A Pilot Study.

Background: Data on bone health and renal impairment in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in resource-limited settings are limited. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of calcaneal quantitative ultrasonography (QUS) in predicting bone mineral density (BMD) reduction in a population of Ugandan HIV-infected  individuals receiving long-term antiretroviral therapy; the secondary end point was to assess the prevalence of proximal tubular dysfunction and the correlation between elevated urinary retinol-binding protein-urinary creatinine ratio (uRBP/uCr) and reduced BMD.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda.