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Who should diversify and move out of agriculture? Income portfolios and household welfare in rural Uganda
(2018)
In this paper we present empirical evidence of the welfare effects of rural income diversification and off-farm income generation. We use household survey data from two panel rounds in rural Uganda, and fixed and random ...
Viral Load Detection Using Dried Blood Spots in a Cohort of HIV-1- Infected Children in Uganda: Correlations with Clinical and Immunological Criteria for Treatment Failure
(American Society for Microbiology, 2014-04-22)
High rates of virological suppression were reported among
HIV-1-infected children of low- and middle-income countries
(LMIC) up to 5 to 6 years after receiving combined antiretroviral
treatment (cART) (1). In 2013, the ...
Contractor Monitoring and Performance of Road Infrastructure Projects in Uganda: A Management Model
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2017)
An understanding of the influence of contractor monitoring on performance
of road infrastructural projects in Uganda provided an impetus for this study.
The objectives of the study were to: assess the relationship between ...
Application and Effectiveness of New Public Management in National Water and Sewerage Corporation
(African Journals Online, 2009)
Worldwide, public uti liti es are undergoing reforms, including the adopti on of New Public
Management (NPM)—a managerial strategy that departs from monopolisti c forms of public uti liti es
to argue for the adopti on ...
Assessing Risk of HIV and Hepatitis C among People who Inject Drugs in East Africa: Findings From a Rapid Assessment
(Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2019)
Rapid assessment cross-sectional surveys and qualitative interviews were conducted among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Burundi and Uganda, as well as key informants working with drug users, to assess risk associated ...
Skin Prick Test Reactivity to Common Allergens Among Women in Entebbe, Uganda
(2008)
The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of atopic sensitization,and to identify common aeroallergens associated with atopic sensitization among women inEntebbe, Uganda, and to determine risk factors ...
Ethnocentric Tendencies in the Formation of the East African Federation on Uganda
(2018)
The study hinged on the investigation of ethnicity and the East African political, social, and economic unity. The study employed a descriptive cross- sectional research design, with qualitative and quantitative approaches. ...
Networked texts: discourse, power and gender neutrality in Ugandan physics textbooks
(Taylor and Francis, 2018-11-15)
Research within science textbooks has dominantly focused on examining explicit representations of women and men using quantitative methodology. The assumption that gendered arrangements are necessarily explicit and therefore ...
Government policy on science education in Uganda: A glass-ceiling for women’s access to higher education
(2013)
The paper assesses the Ugandan policy on science education and its implications for girls‟
access to higher education. The rationale behind this policy was to build capacity in the field
of science in Uganda. Consequently, ...
From the classroom to the hospital ward: Dr Lydia Namatende-Sakwa on gender mainstreaming in Uganda
(THEFT, 2019-08)
My interest in gender equity was largely shaped by my experience as a young English teacher in a co-educational secondary school in Uganda. I completed both my primary and secondary education in single-sex schools which ...