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    • Community perceptions about dementia in southwestern Uganda 

      Owokuhaisa, Judith; Rukundo, Godfrey Zari; Wakida, Edith; Obua, Celestino; Buss, Stephanie (BMC Geriatrics, 2020)
      Background: With the increasing number of people surviving into older age in Africa, dementia is becoming a public health concern. Understanding the social dynamics of dementia in resource-limited settings is critical ...
    • Global healthcare fairness: We should be sharing more, not less, data 

      Seastedt, Kenneth P.; Schwab, Patrick; O’Brien, Zach; Wakida, Edith; Herrera, Karen; Marcelo, Portia Grace F.; Agha-Mir-Salim, Louis; Frigola, Xavier Borrat; Ndulue, Emily Boardman; Marcelo, Alvin; Celi, Leo Anthony (PLOS Digital Health, 2022)
      The availability of large, deidentified health datasets has enabled significant innovation in using machine learning (ML) to better understand patients and their diseases. However, questions remain regarding the true privacy ...
    • Mbarara University Research Training Initiative: a spin-off of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative in Uganda 

      Wakida, Edith; Maling, Samuel; Obua, Celestino (Advances in medical education and practice, 2017-07-27)
      Scientific productivity in Africa is insignificant compared to that in the rest of the world. This has been attributed to the fact that, in spite of academic qualifications, junior faculty, who form the majority of academics ...
    • Mental Health Challenges Among Children and Adolescents Associated With HIV Status Disclosure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocol 

      Kirabira, Joseph; Zanoni, Christopher Brian; Etoko, Christine Atala; Katongole, Fauz; Etoko, Naume Akello; Rukundo, Godfrey Zari; Kinengyere, Alison Annet; Lwere, Kamada; Byakwaga, Helen; Wakida, Edith; Ashaba, Scholastic; Obua, Celestino (Qeios, 2024)
      Background: Prenatally acquired HIV is highly prevalent among children and adolescents globally. HIV status disclosure to children is recommended to start from 8 years and older and has shown several benefits. However, HIV ...