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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 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 ...
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 ...
Voluntary repatriation choices among south Sudanese refugees in Palorinya refugee settlement in Moyo district in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
This research was about voluntary repatriation choices among South Sudanese refugees, in Palorinya Refugee Settlement in Moyo District. The study aimed at investigating refugee’s perceptions about returning to their home ...
Feeding practices for children aged 0-24 months in Rwamwanja refugee settlement, Kamwenge District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-05-28)
The failure to adopt appropriate feeding practices by care givers in early childhood is a major risk factor for ill-health throughout the course of life. The life-long impact may include poor school performance, reduced ...
Child trafficking and unemployment in Uganda : a case study of Kampala Capital City
(Makerere University, 2021-01)
This study is on the implications of unemployment on child trafficking in Kampala capital city. Child trafficking is one of the most prevalent vices and an age-long, borderless crime of global proportions whose current ...
The use of artificial intelligence to fight neonatal mortality in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
The purpose of this paper was to examine whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) enhances health service delivery, especially reducing neonatal mortality. This paper is derived from reviewing of various documents including ...