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Rapid diagnostic tests versus clinical diagnosis for managing people with fever in malaria endemic settings (Review)
(JohnWiley & Sons, Ltd., 2014)In 2010, theWorld Health Organization recommended that all patients with suspected malaria are tested for malaria before treatment. In rural African settings light microscopy is often unavailable. Diagnosis has relied on ... -
Readiness of Government Hospitals to Implement Performance-Based Contract Work Strategy: A Study of Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda. Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi: Uganda Martyrs University.
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2011)TURYAGYENDA RUBATA DENNIS (2011-M191-10018) Readiness of Government Hospitals to Implement Performance-Based Contract Work Strategy: A Study of Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda This study investigated the readiness ... -
Readiness of Kampala International University Doctoral Students for Open and Distance Education
(African Journals Online, 2010)This study examined the readiness of Kampala International University Doctoral Students for open and distance education and related this readiness to gender, income and perceived user friendliness of ICT. Using a ... -
Reduction of User Fees in the Private-Not-For-Profit Hospitals in Uganda: Implications for Equity and Sustainability
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-12)While the reduction of user fees was not seriously contested as a big step towards equity and evidence of faithfulness to their mission, many private-not-for-profit (PNFP) hospitals dragged their feet in implementing these ... -
Relationship Between Management Practices and Employee Absenteeism in Public General Hospitals of East-Central Uganda
(International Journal of Public Health Research, 2015-11-17)Effective management practices play a pivotal role in influencing positive behavior among employees at the work place [1]-[2]. Absenteeism of employees signals organizational ill health. Studies indicate that management ... -
The relationship between pre-university schooling and university grades
(University of Twente, The Netherlands, 2014)Universities are concerned with selecting students with the highest potential for successfully pursuing university education. For universities in Uganda, this potential is, apparently, sufficiently indicated by student ... -
Relationship between Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Viruses and the Whitefly Vector
(African Journals Online, 2010)Tomato yellow leaf curl is prevalent in tomato growing districts of Uganda. The disease is known to be spread by a whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) in a persistent manner. Some of its symptoms are leaf curl, marginal leaf ... -
The Relevance of the Baganda Traditional Conservation Strategies to Biodiversity Conservation: A Case Study of Busimbi Sub-County Mityana District
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2008)MUTALAMBIRWA JACKSON (2008-MO92-20077) The Relevance of the Baganda Traditional Conservation Strategies to Biodiversity Conservation: A Case Study of Busimbi Sub-County Mityana District This research was concerned with ... -
Religious (de)politicisation in Uganda’s 2016 elections
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017)Religion has influenced Ugandan politics ever since colonial times. While the interrelations of religion and politics have altered since the coming to power of president Museveni’s National Resistance Movement (NRM), ... -
Removal of Public Officers from Office: Law and Justice in a Flux
(African Journals Online, 2012)This paper examined the state of the law on removal of public officers from office. It observed that there are competing interests of labour and industry to be served by the rules on disengagement from public office. ... -
Remuneration and Retention of Health Workers in Rural Health Centres in Ibanda District.
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2012)TOM MWENDE KAJUNGU (2012-MI91-1001I) Remuneration and Retention of Health Workers in Rural Health Centres in Ibanda District Introduction: this study examined the relationship between remuneration of health workers and ... -
The representation of gender in English textbooks in Uganda
(Taylor and Francis, 2012-06-29)The central role played by textbooks in children’s education in developing countries has been highlighted previously in this journal. This paper reports on how an English-language textbook used commonly in Ugandan secondary ... -
Research and the future of architecture educaton in East Africa
(2013)Research in architecture education in East Africa has for the most part been presented in what can best be described as a “silo” approach, presented in a stand alone “Research Methodology” courses that are separate from ... -
Research as a Cornerstone of Quality Assurance in University Education with specific Reference to Uganda Martyrs University
(African Journals Online, 2012)This paper discusses the nexus between research and quality assurance in contemporary higher education, with specific reference to Uganda Martyrs University. Starting with discussion of the concept of research—touching ... -
Researching the Reintegration of Formerly Abducted Children in Northern Uganda Through Action Research: Experiences and Reflection
(2010)This paper presents experiences and reflections on the use of a participatory research methodologyunder the difficult conditions of a war situation in northern Uganda. We draw from two compli-mentary approaches in action ... -
Revenue Mobilisation and Service Delivery in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case Study of Kampala City Council.
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2007)KASULE JOHN WASSWA (2007-03-MBA-PT-024) Revenue Mobilisation and Service Delivery in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case Study of Kampala City Council. The study examines the relationship of the various sources of funding, ... -
A review of enabling factors in support intervention programmes for early school leavers:
(Elsevier, 2015-02)One of the major problems facing education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa is the phenomenon of young people who leave school before completion. Research has shown that this phenomenon disadvantages young people and exposes ... -
A Review of Human Resource for Health in Uganda
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2003-12)The importance of human resources in health systems needs not to be over-emphasised. Expenditure on health workers forms a significant proportion of total health expenditure in many countries. In order to effectively ... -
Risk Factors for Helminth, Malaria, and HIV Infection in Pregnancy in Entebbe, Uganda
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2009)factors for infections informs planning of interventions and analysis of the impact of infections on health outcomes.To describe risk factors for helminths, malaria and HIV in pregnant Ugandan women before intervention in ... -
Risk Factors for Seropositivity to Kaposi Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus Among Children in Uganda
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013)Background: Determinants of Kaposi sarcoma–associated herpesvirus (KSHV) seropositivity among children living in sub-Saharan African populations where infection is endemic are not well understood. Local environmental ...
