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Lifestyle and Health:Understanding the prevalence of hypertension among the elderly persons in Kiruddu Referral Hospital, Kampala District
(Makerere University, 2021-11)
This study examined health and lifestyle of the elderly persons with hypertension in Kiruddu Referral Hospital in Kampala district. It assessed the prevalence and trend of hypertension, examined how individual lifestyle ...
Resilience in mobilising and sustaining access to resources for managing HIV: A study of clients on antiretroviral therapy in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
Since the early 2000s, free antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been scaled up in Uganda and other resource-poor settings. However, socio-economic limitations continue making it difficult for people living with HIV (PLHIV) ...
The role of community based-organizations in improving the welfare of women in Kawempe Division, Kampala City
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
This study examined the role of Kawempe Home-Based Caregivers Alliance (KHBCA), a Community-Based Organization (CBO) in improving the wellbeing of its female members. Specifically, the study aimed to: analyze the recruitment ...
The constructions of Ebola and the struggle against the epidemic in Bundibugyo District
(Makerere University, 2021-03)
There was an Ebola outbreak in Western Uganda in the Bundibugyo. The outbreak which started in 2007, never received biomedical response for three months. However, as the national and international response teams arrived ...
The role of information and communication technology in improving security in Kenyan urban local governments : the case of Nairobi city county
(Makerere University, 2020-12-14)
There is evidence both at the global, regional, and local level on the positive effects of information technology on security of countries. Despite the existence of the integrated public safety communication and surveillance ...
The contribution of public policy initiatives in addressing unemployment In Kampala
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
The study looked at the contribution of public policy in addressing unemployment in Kampala located in the Central part of Uganda. The research was guided by four specific objectives; ascertaining what sort of entrepreneurial ...
Contracting out of solid waste collection and management by KCCA
(Makerere University, 2020-08)
Private waste collecting companies affect the waste collection service majorly positively. With the much workload the Kampala Capital City Authority has, contracting out several services to Private contractors to assist ...
Resisting resettlement : factors underlying the return of the Bududa 2010 mudslide survivors resettled in Kiryandongo Bududa district
(Makerere University, 2021-02-26)
The main objective of the study was to analyze the factors underlying the return of the Bududa mudslide survivors resettled in Kiryandongo following the 2010 mudslide in Bukalasi Sub-County in Bududa district. The study ...
Assessment of the performance of the national identification and registration exercise in Nakawa Division; Kampala, Uganda
(2020-05)
Uganda launched a massive national identification and registration exercise in 2014 aimed at issuing all citizens aged 16 years and above with National Identification Numbers, National Identity Cards and building a National ...
General elections and violence in Kenya: Special reference to Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia Counties
(Makerere University, 2020)
In developed countries, elections are relatively orderly and peaceful. However, the same cannot be said of developing countries especially in Africa where election violence have been rampant. The purpose of this study was ...