Mak IR Repository
Welcome to Makerere University's Institutional Repository (Mak IR). Mak IR was formerly called Uganda Scholarly Digital Library (USDL). Mak IR is a collection of scholarly output of by researchers of Makerere University, including scholarly articles and books, electronic theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, technical reports and digitised library collections. It is the official Institutional Repository (IR) of Makerere University. If you have any questions regarding MAKIR, please feel free to contact us on makir.mulib@mak.ac.ug.
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Marginal men, respectable masculinity and access to HIV services through intimate relationships with female sex workers in Kampala, Uganda
(Elsevier, 2022)Masculinity influences men’s sexual risk-taking behaviour and affects uptake of HIV services. We draw on data from a year-long (2019) ethnographic study focusing on men in relationships with female sex workers (FSW) in ... -
Development of solar thermal energy storage technology for off-grid cooking applications
(Makerere University, 2025)This study presents the design and development of a solar photovoltaic (PV) cooker integrated with an energy storage system (TES). Thermic AXCL heat transfer oil and rock pebbles were used as sensible energy storage ... -
Foreign aid inflow, domestic savings, fungibility and economic growth in Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2024-12)Uganda set an ambitious economic growth target of 8.2% per annum in order to achieve middle income status by 2040. Domestic Savings target was set at 35% but it has stagnated at 16.7%, and revenue to GDP has remained below ... -
The proliferation of small arms and light weapons and security in South-Eastern Sudan and North-Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2008)The proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) is one of the most lethal security threats that face Africa today. It sustains and escalates conflict and violence and undermines development. The literature about ... -
Health care insurance seeking patterns in South Africa in 2005 : a case study of civil servants
(Makerere University, 2007)This study investigated the influence of six background characteristics - age, Gender, marital status, province, race and salary level - on civil servants’ health insurance seeking patterns in South Africa in 2005 i.e. the ...
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