• Food security and coping strategies among refugees in Adjumani District, Uganda 

  Nambuya, Esther (Makerere University, 2017-01)

  Introduction: Refugees are vulnerable to household food insecurity owing to up rootedness. Displacement is a major shock for people and is often associated with breakdown in livelihoods and loss of entitlements leading to ...
• Knowledge, attitudes and practices of primary health care workers on zoonotic diseases in Bukonzo County, Kasese District 

  Asiimwe, Benon B. (Makerere University, 2015-11)

  Background Many factors, including lack of knowledge, have been mentioned as contributing to underdiagnosis and underreporting of zoonotic diseases particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. It is important to understand what ...
• Adherence to community prescribed antimalarial drugs among caregivers of U5 children and factors associated with their treatment seeking behaviour in Nadunget and Rupa sub-counties in Moroto District, Uganda 

  Opio, Chono Alex (Makerere University, 2015-09)

  Background: Malaria is the leading cause of child mortality in Moroto district. Through iCCM, VHTs treat children under five years of age for malaria at community level. Poor adherence to antimalarial drugs can result into ...
• Nutritional status of secondary school adolescents and associated factors in Gulu district, Uganda 

  Akello, Bibiana (Makerere University, 2015-09)

  Introduction: Many adolescents in Uganda have a poor nutritional status with the prevalence of wasting being at 32.9% and 14.3% for boys and girls respectively. The national adolescent health policy advocates for a nutritional ...
• Adherence to complementary feeding guidelines and associated factors among caregivers of children 6-23 months in Lamwo District 

  Aber, Harriet (Makerere University, 2015)

  Introduction: Undernutrition is unacceptably high in developing countries such as Uganda. For instance, stunting levels were at 33% in 2011 and were worse in rural areas such as Lamwo district with an even higher prevalence ...
• Knowledge, attitudes and practices of shisha smoking among youths in Kampala, Uganda 

  Aanyu, Christine (Makerere University, 2015-06)

  Tobacco use in various forms is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide and so is exposure to secondhand smoke. Despite the various strategies put in place to control cigarette smoking, alternative methods of ...
• Effect of the eQuality health Bwindi scheme on utilisation of health services at Bwindi community hospital 

  Agasha, Doreen (Makerere University, 2017)

  eQuality Health Bwindi is a Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) scheme that was initiated to increase access to health care at Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH). This research sought to determine the effect of the scheme ...
• Factors associated with loss to follow up of HIV-exposed infants-caretaker pairs enrolled in the early infant diagnosis clinic: A case study of Lira Regional Referral Hospital 

  Elang, Margret (Makerere University, 2015)

  Loss to follow up (LTFU) of HIV-exposed infants remains a major barrier to controlling HIV/AIDS in the Elimination of Mother To Child Transmission of HIV/Early Infant Diagnosis (EMTCT/EID) programmes in Uganda. Uganda’s ...
• Quality of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Soroti District, Uganda 

  Okello, Gerald (Makerere University, 2017-07)

  Abstract Introduction: Pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV have a high risk of transmitting HIV to their babies during pregnancy, labor/delivery, and postpartum through breastfeeding. With the provision of ...
• Prevalence and factors associated with disclosure of HIV serostatus to sexual partners among HIV positive breastfeeding women attending eMTCT clinics in Jinja District, Uganda 

  Atwongyeire, Dickens (Makerere University, 2017)

  Introduction There is a low proportion of HIV positive individuals who disclose their HIV positive status to their sexual partners globally ranging between 16.7 - 46%. This results into poor adherence and poor appointments ...
• Risk factors associated with couple HIV status. The case of clients at AIDS Information Centre-Mengo Kisenyi, Kampala 

  Waswa, Bright Laban (Makerere University, 2017-01)

  The study was guided by two objectives: namely, to examine the socio-economic factors associated with Couple HIV status among HCT clients and to establish the socio-demographic and behavioral factors associated with Couple ...
• Level of partograph completeness in Kyenjojo District health facilities, Mid-Western Uganda 

  Isabirye, Paul (Makerere University, 2017)

  Introduction: A partograph is one of the most valuable decision making tools that helps to detect complications during labor for timely intervention. However, most health care workers do not document their findings on a ...
• Willingness to screen for breast cancer among adult females attending Mulago National Referal Hospital 

  Nsubuga, Pheona (Makerere University, 2016-11)

  Background Breast cancer incidence has increased worldwide, with exceptionally high mortality in Sub-Saharan African women, mostly due to late disease diagnosis. Breast cancer screening is crucial to identifying cancer ...
• Assessing quality of HIV Counselling services offered in public health facilities in Kampala 

  Kyobutungi, Victo (Makerere University, 2016)

  Introduction: HIV counselling has increasingly become available in public health facilities in Uganda. Counselling is a key component in HIV/AIDS prevention programs as an entry point into care, treatment and support ...
• Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers less than 25 years attending the immunization clinic at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital 

  Nakitto, Julliet (Makerere University, 2016)

  Introduction and background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends Exclusive Brest Feeding (EBF) for six months. The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding is still low and the duration of breastfeeding is also ...
• Association of dietary nutrient intake and body mass index among newly diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes patients attending diabetic clinics in Kampala District 

  Matovu, Nicholas (Makerere University, 2016)

  Background: Overweight and obesity are significant risk factors for majority of complications among type 2 diabetes patients. With the need of prevention of diabetes related complications, dietary measures for body mass ...
• Non-retention of mother-baby pairs in care in elimination of mother to child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Gulu District, Uganda 

  Obai, Gerald (Makerere University, 2017)

  Introduction: Poor retention in HIV care of mother-baby pairs remains a public health challenge in the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. We determined the rate of non-retention and time-to non-retention ...
• Assessment of the implementation of intensified tuberculosis case finding among HIV positive clients attending Kampala Capital City Authority public health facilities in Uganda 

  Okello, David (Makerere University, 2016)

  Background: Uganda is among the 22 high TB burden countries in the world. Kampala district has the highest TB burden among all districts in Uganda,with its health facilities reporting up to 20 percent of the tuberculosis ...
• A cost effectiveness analysis of pulmonary tuberculosis case finding strategies among high risk communities in Kampala 

  Ssebagereka, Anthony (Makerere University, 2017)

  Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major global health risk and Sub-Saharan Africa carries the greatest TB burden. Prompt identification and treatment of new TB cases are important in TB control. To improve TB case ...
• A comparison of sexual risk behaviours and HIV seroprevalence among circumcised and uncircumcised men before and after implementation of the safe male circumcision programme in Uganda 

  Kibira, Simon Peter; Sandoy, Ingvild; Daniel, Marguerite; Atuyambe, Lynn; Makumbi, Fredrick (BioMed Central, 2016-01)

  Background: Although male circumcision reduces the heterosexual HIV transmission risk, its effect may be attenuated if circumcised men increase sexual risk behaviours (SRB) due to perceived low risk. In Uganda information ...

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