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The Uganda Newborn Study (UNEST): An Effectiveness Study on Improving Newborn Health and Survival in Rural Uganda Through a Community-based Intervention Linked to Health Facilities - Study Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
(BioMed Central, 2012)Background Reducing neonatal-related deaths is one of the major bottlenecks to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4. Studies in Asia and South America have shown that neonatal mortality can be reduced through community-based ... -
Ugandan students' perspectives on the spread and prevention of HIV/AIDS:
(The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2015-07)My study investigated perspectives that underlie Ugandan high school students’ understandings of the spread and prevention of HIV/AIDS and how they influenced by cultural practices. I adopted an interpretive case study ... -
Uganda’s experience in Ebola virus disease outbreak preparedness, 2018–2019
(BMC, 2020)Since the declaration of the 10th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in DRC on 1st Aug 2018, several neighboring countries have been developing and implementing preparedness efforts to prevent EVD cross-border transmission ... -
Uganda’s Minimum Health Care Package: Rationing Within the Minimum?
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-04)Essential/minimum health care packages (MHCP) have appeared on the primary health care scene as a means of setting priorities for national health budgets. A technical approach of cost-effectiveness was sought to guide the ... -
Uganda’s Vision 2040 and Human Needs Promotion
(AJOL, 2015)In 2013 the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched Uganda’s Vision 2040, a thirty-year development master plan which has received both praise and criticism from Ugandans. Although Vision 2040 has received both ... -
Umuganda for Improved Health Professions Education in Rwanda: Past, Present and Future in the Training of Health Professionals at the University of Rwanda
(University of Rwanda, 2015)Background: Investing in health professions education is widely known to improve the overall health outcomes of a community, with collaboration as a strategy. Umuganda is a Rwandan concept of community collaboration. Objective: ... -
Underscoring the Gender-Actor Puzzle in Training Needs Development for Ecological Organic Agriculture Value Chains
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Understanding Cervical Cancer: An Exploration of Lay Perceptions, Beliefs and Knowledge About Cervical Cancer Among the Acholi in Northern Uganda
(Springer Nature, 2014-07-15)Background: Cervical cancer is the most common cancer affecting women in Uganda; yet community understanding of the disease is limited. We explored community perceptions, beliefs and knowledge about the local names, causes, ... -
Understanding Health-seeking and Adherence to Treatment by Patients With Esophageal Cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute: A Qualitative Study
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2021-02-18)Background: In the low- and middle-income countries, most patients with esophageal cancer present with advanced stage disease and experience poor survival. There is inadequate understanding of the factors that influence ... -
Understanding Organic Food Qualities in the Global South: An East African Perspective
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012)Quality is a major component of the process of food production, delivery and consumption because it plays an influential role in consumer acceptability of the food. It has been widely suggested that food quality consists ... -
Understanding the Higher Education Market in Africa
(Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 2022)In modern times, the nature of higher education around the world has been largely determined by the models established in influential countries such as France, Germany, Great Britain and the United States of America ... -
University Education Essential for Effective African Leadership: Archbishop Kiwanuka's Contribution to Catholic Higher Education in Uganda and Beyond
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University education for sustainable national development: Implications for University Leadership, Management and Society
(2012)This paper discusses the social and philosophical underpinnings of the role of education in economic development in Uganda. It is partly based on a study on bureaucracy and the management of the challenges facing Makerere ... -
University Examination Results Management Information System (UERMIS): A Case Study of Bishop Stuart University Mbarara, Western Uganda
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2008)ATUHAIRE MARION BANGIRANA (2008-03-MSCIS-PT-001) University Examination Results Management Information System (UERMIS): A Case Study of Bishop Stuart University Mbarara, Western Uganda The purpose of this study was to ... -
Unknotting typologies in smallholder farmers investing in seed potato production in South Western Uganda
(Taylor and Francis, 2023-12-05)Whereas several national and international efforts to increase seed potato production have been promoted in Uganda in the last decade, few farmers are participating in seed potato production despite the higher returns ... -
Unrest Over Health Sector Remuneration: What is the Problem?
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2003-12)Employee unrest over remuneration in the Ugandan health sector is an old problem. Although salaries have been increasing since 1990, the country has witnessed more strikes in this period than before. In fact, one has the ... -
Urban Open Spaces in Kampala, Uganda
(Faculty of the Built Environment, Uganda Martyrs’ University, Uganda, 2008)Kampala is one of the few cities in Africa arguably of African origin, having been the location of the capital of the Kingdom of Buganda - one of the largest and oldest kingdoms in the region - for close to a century ... -
Urban Poverty and its Effects on Children: A Case Study of Selected Families in Ruharo Ward, Kamukuzi Division, Mbarara Municipality
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2008)KAJUBI NDWADDE EVELYN (2008-M092-30042) Urban Poverty and its Effects on Children: A Case Study of Selected Families in Ruharo Ward, Kamukuzi Division, Mbarara Municipality There is a general belief that urban populations ... -
Use of face masks to limit the spread of the COVID-19 among western Ugandans: Knowledge, attitude and practices
(PLOS One, 2021-03-24)The world is grappling with an ever-changing COVID-19 pandemic using preventive measures such as personal hygiene, face masks, restrictions on travel and gatherings in communities, in addition to a race to find a vaccine. ... -
Use of Traditional and Complementary Medicines by Cancer Patients at a National Cancer Referral Facility in a Low‐Income Country
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019-08-23)Objective: The aim of this study was to describe use of traditional and complementary medicines (T&CM) and associated factors among patients with cancer. Methods: We conducted a cross‐sectional study at the Uganda Cancer ...