Yahaya Gavamukulya

Baseline Assessment of Risk Factors of Presumptive Tuberculosis among under Five Children Living with an Index Client under Treatment in Mbale District, Eastern Uganda

Rosemary Tumusiime, Charles Mukasa, Agatha K Kisakya-Maria, Irene Mildred Neumbe, Jerome Odyeny, Bernard Maube, Yahaya Gavamukulya & Rebecca Nekaka · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2020

Background and Aims: Children in contact with adults having pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) are vulnerable to TB infection and hence contact tracing and screening is important for early detection of infection. However, there are few contacts traced and the prevalence and risk factors...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2020/v30i530214

Knowledge and Perception of Caregivers about Risk Factors and Manifestations of Pneumonia among Under Five Children in Butaleja District, Eastern Uganda

Beatrice Aguti, Godfrey Kalema, Dinah Maria Lutwama, Martin Loy Mawejje, Emmanuel Mupeyi, David Okanya, Rebecca Nekaka & Yahaya Gavamukulya · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2018

Background: Despite the widespread national intervention strategies to curb its occurrence, Pneumonia remains one of the leading causes of morbidity in Butaleja district. This was a cross-sectional study carried out at Busolwe Hospital and aimed at establishing the knowledge and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2018/44179