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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Serum zinc status of children with persistent diarrhoea admitted to the diarrhoea management unit of Mulago Hospital, Uganda   

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Edward Bitarakwate, Edison Mworozi, Addy Kekitiinwa

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Effect of chloroquine on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vertical transmission  

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Michael Neely, Israel Kalyesubula, Danstan Bagenda, Carolyn Myers, Karen Olness

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Control of Taenia saginata by post-mortem examination of carcasses                            

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Wanzala W., Onyango-Abuje J.A., Kang’ethe E.K., K.H. Zessin, N. M Kyule, M.P.O^. Baumann, Ochanda H, Harrison L.J.S.

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The cardiotonic effect of the crude ethanolic extract of Nerium oleander in the isolated guinea pig hearts                                            

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R. O. Adome, J. W. Gachihi, B. Onegi, J. Tamale and S.O Apio

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Ocular manifestations in paediatric HIV/AIDS patients in Mulago Hospital, Uganda     

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Erick Ikoona^, Israel Kalyesubula, Medi Kawuma

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Community pharmaceutical care: an 8-month critical review of two pharmacies in Kampala     

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Norbert Anyama  and R.O. Adome

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SPECIAL ARTICLE

Participatory planning for the transformation of the Faculty of Medicine into a College of Health Sciences 

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Cole P. Dodge, Nelson Sewankambo, Edward Kanyesigye

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PRACTICE POINTS

Scaling the frontier – should traditional birth attendants also be used to provide nevirapine for PMTCT in Uganda?  

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Samson Kironde, John Lukwago, Richard Ssenyonga

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