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The Quality of Tuberculosis Services in Health Care Centres in a Rural District in Uganda: The Providers’ and Clients’ Perspective
(Tuberculosis Research and Treatment, 2014-09)Quality of care plays an important role in the status of tuberculosis (TB) control, by influencing timely diagnosis, treatment adherence, and treatment completion. In this study, we aimed at establishing the quality of TB ... -
Quantitative process evaluation of a community-based HIV/AIDS behavioural intervention in rural Uganda.
(2002)This paper describes the implementation of a large community-based HIV/AIDS behavioural intervention in rural Uganda and presents 4 years' worth of quantitative process data. The intervention involved 560 field-based workers ... -
Quantitative trait loci controlling cyanogenic glucoside and dry matter content in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) roots
(Hereditas, 2007)Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a starchy root crop grown in the tropics mainly by small-scale farmers even though agro-industrial processing is rapidly increasing. For this processing market improved varieties with ... -
Rapid reduction of malaria following introduction of vector control interventions in Tororo District, Uganda: a descriptive study
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background: In 2012, Tororo District had the highest malaria burden in Uganda with community Plasmodium prevalence of 48%. To control malaria in the district, the Ministry of Health introduced universal distribution of ... -
Rapid scale-up and deployment of a district-wide emergency maternal-child referral network during a national medical strike
(2018-02-23)Background: In November 2017, a nationwide strike of healthcare workers commenced to protest unfavourable working conditions in Uganda’s public healthcare system. The strike left many hospitals abandoned and life-saving ... -
Rapid water sample screening for estrogenic activity using live yeast cells
(2007)Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are substances that influence the endocrine system in living organisms. They include natural hormones, medicinal drugs, chemical compounds in industry, and pesticides in agriculture. ... -
Rates of virological failure in patients treated in a home-based versus a facility-based HIV-care model in Jinja, southeast Uganda: a cluster-randomised equivalence trial
(Elsevier, 2009-12-19)Background: Identification of new ways to increase access to antiretroviral therapy in Africa is an urgent priority. We assessed whether home-based HIV care was as effective as was facility-based care. Methods: We undertook ... -
Real-Time Molecular Monitoring of Chemical Environment in Obligate Anaerobes during Oxygen Adaptive Response
(California Digital Library, University of California, 2009-08-26)Determining the transient chemical properties of the intracellular environment can elucidate the paths through which a biological system adapts to changes in its environment, for example, the mechanisms which enable some ... -
Realizing Public Accountability In Uganda's Public Service Delivery System - A Myth or Reality?
(Uganda Christian University, 2018-10)Corruption can be defined as misuse of office for personal gain. It includes; Offering, giving, promising, solicitation or acceptance of any goods of monetary value or benefit or undue advantage in exchange for any act or ... -
Reduced uptake of mass treatment for schistosomiasis control in absence of food: beyond a randomized trial
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2015-10)Backgroud: Sustaining high uptake of praziquantel is key for long-term control of schistosomiasis. During mass treatment in 2013, we randomized 12 primary schools into two groups; one group received education messages for ... -
Reflections on the impact of developing an oil and gas industry on society
(2018-03-07)This presentation highlights elements that are key in the development process of engaging in oil and gas mining; the impact of the activities on industry in society and the environment. Relevant examples are drawn from the ... -
Religious Pluralism and Conflict as Issues in Religious Education in Uganda
(School of Theology and Religious Studies University of Leeds, 2003-11)This study investigates the complications raised in teaching a confessional Religious Education in a multi-religious context pertaining in Ugandan religiously founded public schools, government and private founded schools. The ... -
Repeat Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing (VCT), Sexual Risk Behavior and HIV Incidence in Rakai, Uganda
(Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2006)We examined the effects of repeat Voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) on sexual risk behaviors and HIV incidence in 6,377 initially HIV-negative subjects enrolled in a prospective STD control for HIV prevention trial ... -
Resource mobilization for Universities
(The Uganda Vice Chancellors’ Forum Kampala, 2015)Higher education, the world over, is dogged with the challenge of inadequate resources. Public universities, which receive Government subventions, have over the years experienced declining public funding both in actual ... -
Retention in care among HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women on lifelong antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: A retrospective cohort study.
(PLoS ONE, 2017-12-22)Background: In 2013, Uganda updated its prevention of maternal-to-child transmission of HIV program to Option B+, which requires that all HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women be started on lifelong antiretroviral ... -
Revealed comparative advantage and competitiveness of Uganda’s exports with the rest of the world
(2008-04)This paper examined the comparative advantage and competitiveness of Uganda’s exports with the rest world and how this has changed over the period between 2000 and 2005 with a trade-based index of the Revealed Comparative ... -
Reverse Logistics Related to Waste Management with Emphasis on Developing Countries—A Review Paper
(2012-09-20)This paper provides an overview of the state of art of reverse logistics and current status of waste management problems with special emphasis on developing countries. Logistics activities have been practiced and played a ... -
Revisiting impediments to women’s land decision-making Processes in Uganda
(2012)Decision-making for women is a necessary condition for them to participate in various aspects of their social lives as individuals. Demand for women to participate in land decision-making processes is justifiable considering ... -
The Riddle of Yayeri the Great by Michael Ogutti
(Uganda Christian University, 2018-09)The story, Lwaki Yayeri Muzira? (Ogutti 2013), translated as Why is Yayeri Great? (Gulere 2014), takes the form of a riddle whose answers are left to the reader to reflect and articulate. It is one of the Uganda Community ...
