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2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 35-38
Malarial infection, occupation, urinary tract infection, place of residence and alcohol consumption are associatedwith anaemia among pregnant women. There is prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women. Anaemia duringpregnancy is a public health problem in develo...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 44-46
Urinary tract infection is the third most common cause of febrile illness among children. UTI carries aconsiderable morbidity among this vulnerable age group because of its potential complications (e.g.hypertension and renal failure) Because diagnosis of UTI...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 47-54
Haematological derangements accompany breast cancer management particularly in our local settingwhere such derangements appear to be common within the general population. Anaemia, leucopeniaand thrombocytosis arising from possible tumour-mediated immunosuppre...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 61-68
The research was carried out at Mbarara Army Senior Secondary School, Mbarara district- Uganda. The study wasmainly carried out in the department of academics. The academic department uses a manual filing system for thestorage of students’ results. The design...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES | Pp. 42-55
Mobile Money Services were perceived as high-value, high-volume payment systems intended to link the bottomof-the-pyramid clientele to the national payment system. Due to the success of mobile money services in Kenya,mobile network operators set up these serv...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 6-12
This study was carried out to evaluate the expression of microsatellite protein (MSH2) on colorectal cancerspecimen. A total of 32 tissue specimens of colorectal carcinoma from Meena Histopathological and Papsmear Screening Centre Jos and Federal staff Hospit...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 94-102
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s most common cause of death in the era of human immunodeficiency virus(HIV). TB and HIV are called a “deadly duo” as HIV weakens the immune system and makes them more susceptiblefor TB infection. Uganda is ranked 20th am...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 1-5
Placental malaria is the primary mechanism through which malaria in pregnancy causes adverse perinatal outcomes.Malaria in pregnancy poses a great health risk to mother and her fetus and results into complications, such asabortion, still birth, intra uterine...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 13-27
Uganda Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2016 asserted that only 26% of adult malesin Uganda were circumcised and HIV prevalence among uncircumcised males was higher (6.7%)than in circumcised males (4.5%). Safe male circumcision could reduce the risk...
2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY | Pp. 45-56
In Uganda, diarrhea is the second killer of children after malaria. Uganda’s diarrhea prevalence rate in childrenunder five was 26% according to World Health Organization (WHO). This study was designed to assess theknowledge, attitudes, and practices of mothe...