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Determinants of access to HIV counselling and testing services in Kisaasi, Kampala, in the face of increasing HIV infection rates in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2016)
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that affect access of HCT services amidst reported increasing HIV prevalence country wide, especially in an urban setting in Uganda. A single urban community was ...
The role of faith-based organisations in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support in Uganda: A case study of Kamwokya Christian Caring Community (KCCC)
(Makerere University, 2010-10)
The now over two decades of the existence of the HIV/AIDS pandemic have brought into play a number of actors undertaking numerous interventions to combat its effect. Among the actors have been faith based organizations, ...
The effects of HIV/AIDS on the realization of the right to adequate food among refugees: A case study of Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Hoima District
(Makerere University, 2016)
The study was set out to investigate the effects of HIV/AIDS on the realization of the right to adequate food among refugees in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in Hoima district. The general objective of this study was to ...
The challenges of decentralized health services in Uganda: a case study of Tororo District
(Makerere University, 2009-06)
The study was conducted due to the problem of increased incidences of deaths that had continued to occur caused by failure to access health services. Therefore there was need to find out what decentralization has done in ...
Utilization of family planning services by young women living with HIV/AIDS in Kampala District
(Makerere University, 2012-12)
This study aimed at exploring utilisation of Family Planning services by young women
living with HIV/AIDS; receiving services in, and around Kampala. The purpose of the
study was to investigate the Family Planning services ...
Survival strategies for child headed households in Nakawa Division in Kampala District.
(2014-10-03)
Child headed households in Africa, have come up as a result of frequent deaths by parents that have left behind orphans without a care taker. Child headed households have been observed in areas of Africa and Uganda that ...
Assessing the coping mechanisms of HIV/AIDS-Orphaned children in Rubaga Division, Kampala District
(Makerere University, 2008-05)
The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) disease is neither solely a health problem nor can it be dealt with as such. In Uganda it has affected both rural and urban dwellers, adults and children across the country ...
Social construction of sexual risk for HIV and behavioural change among youth in Masaka and Kampala Districts
(Makerere University, 2007-02)
HIV/AIDS, a disease without cure or vaccine, is a devastating pandemic. About 40 million people are infected worldwide, 4.1 million are infected annually, and about 800,000 died from AIDS related illnesses each year. In ...
Community perception as a driver of cross-generational relationships among adolescents in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2010-10)
Cross generational relationships have been used to explain the discrepancy in HIV infections between adolescent boys and girls. There have been a number of mass media campaigns aimed at mitigating the negative outcomes of ...
Livelihood challenges faced by children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Uganda: A study of Najjembe Sub-county, Mukono District.
(Makerere University, 2010)
The number of HIV/AIDS orphans has increased tremendously and it is projected to increase further. In Uganda children depend on their parents for survival but with the increasing poverty levels and worse still with the ...