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Restructuring learning management systems for Mobile phone use: A case of Mbarara University of Science and Technology.
(2016-10)
As universities in Uganda strive to satisfy their students' needs, they are facing various challenges ranging from educational to economic challenges. Some challenges require that universities have to adopt to new mechanisms ...
“The research assistants kept coming to follow me up; I counted myself as a lucky person”: Social support arising from a longitudinal HIV cohort study in Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2022-01-25)
Background: Participation in longitudinal research studies in resource-limited settings often involves frequent interactions with study staff and other participants, as well as receipt of incentives and transportation ...
An algorithm to detect overlapping red blood cells for sickle cell disease diagnosis
(IET Image Processing, 2022)
In Africa, Uganda is among the countries with a high number of babies (20,000 babies) born with sickle cell, contributing between 6.8% of the children born with sickle cell every year worldwide and approximately 4.5% of ...
Electronic Adherence Monitoring May Facilitate Intentional HIV Status Disclosure Among People Living with HIV in Rural Southwestern Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2021-01-02)
HIV status disclosure remains one of the major challenges to effective HIV prevention. Given the complexities and low rates of disclosure, new innovative strategies are needed. Since electronic adherence monitoring (EAM) ...
Evaluating the computer-assisted HIV/AIDs education intervention implemented in school’s in Uganda
(University of Manchester, 2011)
Over 29 years into the epidemic, fighting HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired, Immune, Deficiency, Syndrome) continues to be a global concern. School-based computer-assisted HIV/AIDS ...
Challenges in accessing maternal and child health services during COVID-19 and the potential role of social networking technologies
(Digital Health, 2022)
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic causes new challenges to women and their babies who still need to access postnatal care amidst the crisis. The novel application of social network technologies (SNTs) could potentially ...
Understanding Patterns of Social Support and Their Relationship to an ART Adherence Intervention Among Adults in Rural Southwestern Uganda
(open access at Springerlink.com, 2006-09-26)
Abstract SMS is a widely used technology globally and
may also improve ART adherence, yet SMS notifications to
social supporters following real-time detection of missed
doses showed no clear benefit in a recent pilot ...
Ugandan Study Participants Experience Electronic Monitoring of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence as Welcomed Pressure to Adhere
(AIDS and Behavior, 2018-06-20)
Many new technologies monitor patients’ and study participants’ medical adherence. Some have cautioned that these devices
transgress personal autonomy and ethics. But do they? This qualitative study explored how Ugandan ...
Factors Influencing District Health Information Software Version 2 Success – A Case of the Greater Bushenyi Districts, Uganda
(American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS), 2016)
Evaluating success factors of District Health information software version2 (DHIS2) is an essential in the field of information systems in a developing country context. DHIS2is vital for Uganda health care system particularly ...
Evaluating the Adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) in Referral Hospitals, Uganda
(International Journal of Scientific Knowledge Computing and Information Technology, 2012)
Electronic health record is a response that covers the need of all engaged parties including patients,
doctors, clinical staff, insurance companies, health care providers and policy makers by providing timely information. ...