Browsing by Subject "Immunization"
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Assessing the role of communication in childhood vaccination uptake in Kampala, Uganda: case study of Kisenyi Health Center IV
(Makerere University, 2022-03-13)This was an exploratory study undertaken to document the perspectives of communication about childhood vaccination in Kampala City. The objectives of the study were to identify the vaccination communication interventions; ... -
The contribution of communication in measles immunization in rural Uganda: A case study of Bugabula County, Kamuli District
(Makerere University, 2006-02)Informed by the Diffusion of Innovation Theory as advanced by Everett Rogers (1995), this study sought to explore the appropriate communication campaigns in measles immunisation and their contribution to the successful ... -
Effect of COVID-19 on utilization of routine immunisation services among children below 1 year in Wakiso District, Uganda: Challenges and adaptations
(Makerere University, 2022-08)Background: COVID -19 pandemic disrupted utilization of routine immunization services in Uganda. While the stringent measures to mitigate its spread helped curb effects of the pandemic, they also likely impacted the ... -
Effect of Devolution on Health Care Delivery in Kenya
(Makerere Univsersity, 2018-12)The introduction of devolution in Kenya after the promulgation of the new constitution in 2010 was touted as the panacea to the social, political and economic problems the country had faced since independence. The objectives ... -
Ethical challenges in the implementation of immunization programme in Uganda: a case study of Kitagata Sub county, Bushenyi District
(Makerere University, 2009-07)The research study explored the ethical challenges in the implementation of the Immunization programme in Uganda using Kitagata Sub County, Bushenyi district as a case study. The study set to establish: the community ... -
Factors associated with antenatal care dropout among pregnant women in Tororo district, Uganda
(2007-10)Antenatal care is care that is given to a pregnant woman in order to attain best possible health outcome for her and her baby Antenatal health services help to detect and treat pregnancy related complications which if ... -
Understanding determinants of utilization of outreach immunization services among immunized children in Hoima District, Uganda: A cross sectional study
(Makerere University, 2013-07)Background: Routine immunization coverage in Hoima district remains sub-optimal with frequent outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in-spite of delivery of outreach immunization services in areas underserved ...