• Factors associated with tobacco use among commercial motorcyclists in Arua Municipality, Arua District, Uganda 

  Apolot, Rebecca Racheal (Makerere University, 2015-08)

  Tobacco use is a public health threat that contributes to global burden of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that approximately one person dies every six seconds due to tobacco ...
• Assessing the relationship of caregivers' knowledge, attitudes and practices with the nutrition status of their under five year children in Nakapiripirit district - Uganda 

  Ngolobe, Martin (2015-12)

  Introduction: Karamoja region a home of about 1.0 million Karamojong people (UBOS 2014) has high prevalence of malnutrition among children under 5 years of age. In Nakapiripirit district alone, malnutrition is responsible ...
• Assessing performance of village health team (VHT) members in promoting maternal and neonatal health programmes in Soroti District Uganda 

  Kayiwa, Denis (Makerere University, 2015-06)

  Background: Maternal mortality is still unacceptably high in Uganda at 438 per 100,000 live births (UDHS 2011).Uganda adopted the Village Health Teams (VHTs) strategy in 2001 as a bridge in health service delivery between ...
• Performance of community health workers in community based management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea among children under 5 years in Lira district 

  Wanduru, Phillip (2015-07)

  Introduction: Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are failing to achieve their millennium development goal 4 of which Uganda is not an exception. Evidence shows that using the CHWs strategy can reduce child mortality by ...
• Utilization of modern family planning methods among rural women of reproductive aged (15-49 yrs), Kasese District 

  Muhindo, Joshua (Makerere University, 2016)

  Introduction: Utilization of family planning services and contraception is critical with the world population currently at seven billion inhabitants. Unfortunately, too many people (250 million) do not have the means to ...
• An assessment of essential newborn care practices among adolescent mothers in Hoima District, Uganda 

  Kabwijamu, Lydia (Makerere University, 2015-09)

  Introduction and background: Adolescent motherhood remains a challenge to improving child survival in countries like Uganda still struggling with high neonatal mortality rates. Although Ministry of Health Uganda has ...
• Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among children aged 6 to 59 months in Namutumba district, Uganda 

  Kuziga, Fiona (Makerere University, 2014-11-10)

  Anaemia is one of the major causes of deaths among children under five years in Uganda where 50% of children under five years have anaemia. Childhood anaemia has both short and long term adverse consequences if not attended ...
• Factors associated with paediatric anti retroviral therapy enrolment in Gomba district 

  Mukasa, Hajra (Makerere University, 2013-06-03)

  Back ground Paediatric HIV/AIDS is on the rise among children globally. Currently children account for 14% of new HIV infections and 18% of HIV/AIDS related deaths. However, if diagnosed and treatment initiated early; ...
• Knowledge and Practices of Secondary School Students towards Prevention of Teenage Pregnancies in Kabarole District, Western Uganda 

  Gatete, Edgar (Makerere University, 2014-05-07)

  Background: Teenage pregnancy is a major concern in Uganda. Teenage pregnancy is high in Uganda rated at 25% and 35% in Kabarole district respectively. Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge and practices towards ...
• Assessment of the implementation of maternal death audits in Arua district, Uganda 

  Munduru, Christine (School of Public Health, 2014-11-11)

  Background: Maternal death audits (MDA) have existed in Uganda since 2000 but data on their performance is limited. This study assessed knowledge, attitudes and practices; structure, processes, enhancers, and barriers ...
• Prevalence and factors associated with brucellosis in humans and animals in Kajiado county, Kenya 

  Ogola, Eric Ogeu (Makerere University, 2009-11-06)

  Introduction: Brucellosis is one of the world’s most widespread zoonosis. It is caused by gram-negative bacilli of the genus Brucella. A strategy for brucellosis control would greatly benefit from detailed knowledge of ...
• Factors affecting participation of HIV positive mothers in the early infant diagnosis program in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital 

  Kisakye, Fiona (Makerere University, 2017)

  Introduction Children infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have a high risk of death. In infants, these deaths can be avoided by Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) of HIV so that those who are found to be ...
• The effect of HIV testing and instant antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation on long term patients’ attrition: A retrospective cohort study in Masaka, Uganda 

  Kiwanuka, Julius (Makerere University, 2015)

  Introduction: By June 2013, an estimated 35 million people were living with HIV/AIDS of which, about 13.6 million had been put on antiretroviral drugs (ART). The World Health Organization (WHO) through UNAIDS set the ...
• Exposure to tobacco during pregnancy among mothers with low birth weight new borns in Arua District, Uganda 

  Asiimwe, Alex Kamugisha (Makerere University, 2017)

  Introduction Exposure to tobacco during pregnancy is a risk to the mothers’ health and their unborn babies. It has been observed to be an important independent risk factor for the low birth-weight of newborns which may ...
• Breast cancer knowledge, practice of preventive measures and associated factors among rural women aged 20 – 49 years in Kigulu County, Iganga District 

  Naitala, Ronald Andrew (Makerere University, 2017)

  Background: In Uganda 1,100 women die of breast cancer every year, with a patient peak age of 30 -39 years, majority of patients present late at stage III and IV. Early detection remains a major effective approach to combat ...
• Depression, psycho-social covariates and glycemic control among people with Type II Diabetes at Mulago Hospital 

  Mutyaba, Katamba (Makerere University, 2014-03)

  Co morbid depression among people with Type II diabetes is twice as prevalent as in the general population. Moreover, there is scanty literature on depression among people with Type II diabetes in the context of Uganda. ...
• Assessing the disparity between health workers’ salaries and expenditures, and coping mechanisms adopted in hard to reach health facilities: A case of Kanungu District 

  Miyonga, Jonathan (Makerere University, 2016)

  Background: Globally, studies have shown that HWs suffer from low wages and poor working conditions, and therefore dissatisfied with their jobs. In Uganda, it is common for HWs to go unpaid for up to three months, and ...
• Factors associated with recurrence of plague in endemic villages in Vurra County, Arua District 

  Namukose, Esther M. (Makerere University, 2017)

  Background Plague epidemics have continued to occur in West Nile in Uganda an area with persistent wild rodent infection. The study was conducted to determine the factors associated with plague endemicity in Vurra County, ...
• Differentials In HIV testing and receipt of results between adolescent and non-adolescent women in Uganda: Application of non-linear Oaxaca Decomposition 

  Ediru, Stephen (Makerere University, 2016-02)

  ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to assess differences in HIV Testing and receipt of Results (HTR) between adolescent and non-adolescent women in Uganda. The differences were decomposed into components attributed ...
• Prevalence and factors associated with soil-transmitted helminth infections among preschool age children in Nyabyeya Parish, Budongo Sub-County, Masindi District, Uganda 

  Asiimwe, Caroline (Makerere University, 2016-11)

  Background: Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), though classified among the neglected tropical diseases, are a major public health concern in Uganda among other sub-Saharan African countries. Poor sanitation and hygiene, ...

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