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Can citizen scientists provide a reliable geo-hydrological hazard inventory? An analysis of biases, sensitivity and precision for the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda
(Environmental Research Letters, 2022-03-21)Spatio-temporal inventory of natural hazards is a challenging task especially in rural or remote areas in the Global South where data collection at regional scale is difficult. Citizen science, i.e. involvement of no-experts ... -
Can Governance in Revenue Sharing Be a Pathway for a Win-win Situation between People’s Livelihood Improvement and Conservation?
(Journal of social science research, 2005)This paper establishes the importance of good governance in improving local livelihoods and support for conservation The study uses empirical realities from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an Afromontane Gorilla sanctuary ... -
Can Governance in Revenue Sharing Be a Pathway for a Win-win Situation between People’s Livelihood Improvement and Conservation?
(2005)This paper establishes the importance of good governance in improving local livelihoods and support for conservation. The study uses empirical realities from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an afromontne Gorilla sanctuary ... -
Can improved diagnostics reduce mortality from Tuberculous meningitis? Findings from a 6.5-year cohort in Uganda [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review]
(Wellcome Open Research, 2018-05-29)Background: Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the second most common cause of meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa and is notoriously difficult to diagnose. We describe the impact of improved TBM diagnostics over 6.5 years at ... -
Can Volunteer Community Health Workers Decrease Child Morbidity and Mortality in Southwestern Uganda? An Impact Evaluation
(PLoS ONE, 2011-12-14)Background: The potential for community health workers to improve child health in sub-Saharan Africa is not well understood. Healthy Child Uganda implemented a volunteer community health worker child health promotion model ... -
Can We Find Stable Alternatives For Unstable Eclipse Interfaces?
(International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC), 2016-05-24)The Eclipse framework is a popular and widely adopted framework that has been evolving for over a decade. Like many other evolving software systems, the Eclipse framework provides both stable and supported interfaces (APIs) ... -
Candidate Base Stations a Security Solution For Compromised Base Stations In Wireless Sensor Networks
(College of Computer and Communication, Hunan University, P. R. China, 2013)Wireless sensor networks heavily rely on base stations for data processing and routing within the network itself and the outside world. Considerably less attention has been put on the security of base stations in comparison ... -
Cannabis-Induced Mania Following COVID-19 Self-Medication: A Wake-Up Call to Improve Community Awareness
(International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2021)Context: Self-medication is becoming common during the coronavirus disease −2019 (COVID-19) pandemic due to the increasing popularity of home-based management of asymptomatic and mild cases. In this case report, we describe ... -
Capacity to provide care for common childhood infections at low-level private health facilities in Western, Uganda
(PLOS ONE, 2021)Background Low-level private health facilities (LLPHFs) handle a considerable magnitude of sick children in low-resource countries. We assessed capacity of LLPHFs to manage malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea, and, possible ... -
Cardio-metabolic abnormalities among patients with severe mental illness at a Regional Referral Hospital in southwestern Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2020-07-17)Patients with severe mental illness (SMI) have a higher burden of premature cardio-metabolic abnormalities, including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity resulting into a 3-fold increase in mortality, ... -
Caregiver Perceptions and Motivation for Disclosing or Concealing the Diagnosis of HIV Infection to Children Receiving HIV Care in Mbarara, Uganda: A Qualitative Study
(Plos, 2014-03-25)Background: Disclosure of the diagnosis of HIV to HIV-infected children is challenging for caregivers. Despite current recommendations, data suggest that levels of disclosure of HIV status to HIV-infected children receiving ... -
Caregiver Perceptions and Motivation for Disclosing or Concealing the Diagnosis of HIV Infection to Children Receiving HIV Care in Mbarara, Uganda: A Qualitative Study
(2014-03-25)Background: Disclosure of the diagnosis of HIV to HIV-infected children is challenging for caregivers. Despite current recommendations, data suggest that levels of disclosure of HIV status to HIV-infected children receiving ... -
Caregivers’ Attitudes towards HIV Testing and Disclosure of HIV Status to At-Risk Children in Rural Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2016-02-16)Caregivers of HIV-positive children were interviewed in the Mbarara and Isingiro districts of Uganda to identify current trends in practices related to HIV testing and the disclosure of HIV status to the child. A total of ... -
Caregiving burden and mental health problems among family caregivers of people with dementia in rural Uganda
(2020-04-26)Background. Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are associated with increasing health burden in low- and middle-income countries. Less well-recognized is the potential health burden experienced by other affected ... -
Caregiving burden and mental health problems among family caregivers of people with dementia in rural Uganda
(Global Mental Health, 2020)Background. Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are associated with increasing health burden in low- and middle-income countries. Less well-recognized is the potential health burden experienced by other affected ... -
Caring for people with dementia in rural Uganda: qualitative study of caregiving burden experienced by informal and formal caregivers
(Journal of global health reports, 2020)Background: The rising incidence of Alzheimer’s disease among older-age adults worldwide has been accompanied by an increase in caregiving burden. Limited work has examined the lived experiences of both formal and informal ... -
Carriage and Antibiogram of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus among Admitted Patients of a Surgical Ward in A Tertiary Hospital, South Western Uganda
(Research square, 2021)Background: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common nosocomial infections affecting post-surgery patients. Antimicrobial resistance prolongs the duration of hospitalization. We sought ... -
The cascade of HIV care among refugees and nationals in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda
(HIV medicine, 2017)Objectives Refugees living in Uganda come from HIV-endemic countries, and many remain in refugee settlements for over a decade. Our objective was to evaluate the HIV care cascade in Nakivale Refugee Settlement and to ... -
A case control study of the factors associated with occurrence of aerodigestive foreign bodies in children in a regional referral hospital in South Western Uganda
(BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, 2016)Background: Aerodigestive foreign bodies (ADFB) in children are a common emergency in ENT clinics globally. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and common types of ADFB’s presenting to a referral hospital ... -
A Causal Framework for Understanding the Effect of Losses to Follow-up on Epidemiologic Analyses in Clinic-based Cohorts: The Case of HIV-infected Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Africa
(American journal of epidemiology, 2012)Although clinic-based cohorts are most representative of the ‘‘real world,’’ they are susceptible to loss to follow-up. Strategies for managing the impact of loss to follow-up are therefore needed to maximize the value of ...
