Healthcare Workers' Perspectives on the Utilization of the International HIV Dementia Scale for the Screening HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders: A Qualitative Study at TASO Centres in Central and Southwestern Uganda.

Introduction: HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) are becoming a significant public health concern in the continuum of human immune virus (HIV) treatment. These disorders range from subtle cognitive impairments to severe dementia. Despite many early-stage HAND cases being asymptomatic, healthcare workers (HCWs) rarely perform routine neurocognitive assessments.

Validation of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire for Assessing Patient Safety Culture in Critical Care Settings of Three Selected Ugandan Hospitals.

Background: The safety attitudes questionnaire (SAQ) short form (2006) is important for assessing patient safety culture in clinical environments. However, little is known about its validity and applicability in Uganda. This study validated the SAQ short form (2006) for use in assessing patient safety culture in critical care settings of hospitals in the Ugandan context.

An Evaluation of Antibiotic Prescription Rationality at Lower Primary Healthcare Facilities in Three Districts of South-Western Uganda.

Purpose: Antimicrobial resistance is now one of the leading five causes of death globally. This study evaluated the rationality of antibiotic prescriptions at lower primary care levels in three districts of Southwestern Uganda.

Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study reviewed 9899 antibiotic prescriptions at 39 health centers following a drug delivery cycle by National Medical Stores in three phases (19 days each on average).

Application of the anatomical chemical system/defined daily doses: Challenges and way forward for resource-limited countries.

What Is Known And Objective: The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification/Defined Daily Doses (ATC/DDD) methodology is a WHO gold standard for ensuring systematic Drug Utilization Research (DUR) and has been mainly used in the developed world. This article examines the challenges and way forward for using this methodology in resource-limited countries.

Content: The ATC/DDD is superior over other methods employed in DUR as it offers a unified medicines regulation and management system at all care levels.