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Timing of malaria messages for target audience on radio airwaves
(Bio Med Central, 2012)Background: Due to the limitations of face-to-face communication to teach families how to manage, control and prevent malaria, national and local malaria programmes try to reach people through the radio. However, information ... -
Transactional sex and HIV risks – evidence froma cross-sectional national survey among youngpeople in Uganda.
(Global Health Action, 2015)Transactional sex is associated with sexual coercion and HIV risk behaviors such as multipleconcurrent sexual partnerships among young people in Uganda. In addition, transactional sex appears toplace ... -
Trimester-Specific Population Pharmacokinetics and Other Correlates of Variability in Sulphadoxine–Pyrimethamine Disposition Among Ugandan Pregnant Women
(Drugs in R&D, 2015)Background: Sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP) is widely used as an intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy (IPTp). However, pharmacokinetic studies in pregnancy show variable and often contradictory findings. ... -
Uganda’s rangeland policy: intentions,consequences and opportunities.
(CrossMark, 2018)This paper analyses Uganda’s rangeland policies and their ecological and socio-economic consequences, beginningin pre-colonial times. The paper interrogates what informed these policies, their objectives and outcomes that ... -
Universal Primary Education Performance In Uganda:A Critical Analysis
(Researchjournali’s Journal of Management, 2017)The aim of this study is a critical analysis of Universal Primary Education (UPE) performance in Uganda basing on to the attainment of the overall objectives of primary education as set in 1996. The core inclination for ... -
Use of antibacterials in the management of symptoms of acute respiratory tract infections among children under five years in Gulu, northern Uganda: Prevalence and determinants
(PLOS ONE, 2020-05-23)Inappropriate use of antibacterials is a major public health challenge as it can promote emergence of resistance, wastage of financial resources, morbidity and mortality. In this study, we determined the prevalence and ... -
Using antibiotics responsibly: are we there yet?
(Future microbiology, 2016)Problems of antibiotic access and excess coexist in the world today and are compounded by rising rates of antibiotic resistance. We introduce two dimensions of responsibility to this context: responsible individual practices ... -
Utilization of antiretroviral therapy services and associated factors among adolescents living with HIV in northern Uganda: A crosssectional study
(PLoS ONE, 2023)Background: Suboptimal utilization of antiretroviral therapy (ART) services remains a problem among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries, which has a negative impact on them response to treatment and increases ... -
Validity of caregivers’ reports on prior use of antibacterials in children under five years presenting to health facilities in Gulu, northern Uganda
(PLOS ONE, 2021-09-16)Introduction Given the frequent initiation of antibacterial treatment at home by caregivers of children under five years in low-income countries, there is a need to find out whether caregivers’ reports of prior antibacterial ... -
World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and SustainableDevelopmen
(Emerald Publishing Limited., 2018)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of interest rate in emerging markets,focusing on banking financial institutions in Uganda.Design/methodology/approach–Using the net interest margin model, interest ...