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Participatory media for a non-participating community: Western media for Southern communities
(Sage publications, 2014)This paper draws on the contrast between community media and the nature of its communities in Africa that are not participatory but use participatory media. The general contention is that participatory media in Africa ... -
Participatory planning for the transformation of the Faculty of Medicine into a College of Health Sciences
(African Health Sciences, 2003-08)The study is about Participatory planning for the transformation of the Faculty of Medicine into a College of Health Sciences -
The passionate mukiga teacher
(Pratham Books’ Story Weaver, 2017)This book talks about a passionate teacher. -
Patient satisfaction, feasibility and reliability of satisfaction questionnaire among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in urban Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(Health Research Policy and Systems, 2011-01)Background A comprehensive understanding of the barriers to and facilitators of poor tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcome is still lacking; posing a major obstacle to finding effective solutions. Assessment of patient ... -
Pediatric Inpatient Antibiotic Prescription Practices in the Chain Network Hospitals at Baseline
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global concern. Antibiotic stewardship is being promoted to reduce AMR. However, few studies have documented inpatient antibiotic prescription practices in low resource settings. ... -
‘People say that we are already dead much as we can still walk’: a qualitative investigation of community and couples’ understanding of HIV serodiscordance in rural Uganda
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2016)Background: Stable, co-habiting HIV serodiscordant couples are a key population in terms of heterosexual transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the wide availability of antiretroviral treatment and HIV educational ... -
Performance of an open source facial recognition system for unique patient matching in a resource-limited setting
(International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2020)Background: The lack of unique patient identifiers is a challenge to patient care in developing countries. Probabilistic and deterministic matching approaches remain sub-optimal. However, affordable and scalable biometric ... -
Performance of Lateritic Soils Stabilized with Both Crushed Rock Aggregates and Carbon Black as a Pavement Base Layer
(Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, 2019)The increased crushed rock aggregate consumption resulting from road construction has greatly contributed to the depletion of national rocks in Uganda, hence environmental degradation. The purpose of this study was therefore ... -
Performance of Solanum aethiopicum Shum group accessions under repetitive drought stress.
(2018-01)Drought is a serious climatic hazard to crop production, more especially when it occurs repeatedly. This created a need to identify repetitive drought tolerant varieties that recover following exposure to drought. Twenty ... -
Pertussis Prevalence and Its Determinants among Children with Persistent Cough in Urban Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2015-04)Background We determined prevalence of pertussis infection and its associated host and environmental factors to generate information that would guide strategies for disease control. Methods In a cross-sectional study, ... -
Pervasive and non-random recombination in near full-length HIV genomes from Uganda
(Virus Evolution, 2020)Recombination is an important feature of HIV evolution, occurring both within and between the major branches of diversity (subtypes). The Ugandan epidemic is primarily composed of two subtypes, A1 and D that have been ... -
A Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Recombinant HIV Type 1 Vaccine Basedon Adeno-Associated Virus.
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2010-08-12)The recombinant vaccine, tgAAC09, based on an adeno-associated virus serotype 2 (AAV2) vector encoding HIV-1 subtype C Gag, protease, and part of reverse transcriptase, induced robust T cell and antibody responses in ... -
Phylogenetic Networks and Parameters Inferred from HIV Nucleotide Sequences of High-Risk and General Population Groups in Uganda: Implications for Epidemic Control
(Viruses, 2021)Phylogenetic inference is useful in characterising HIV transmission networks and assessing where prevention is likely to have the greatest impact. However, estimating parameters that influence the network structure is still ... -
Physiological and molecular characterization of drought responses and identification of candidate tolerance genes in cassava
(aobplants.oxfordjournals.org, 2013-02)Cassava is an important root crop to resource-poor farmers in marginal areas, where its production faces drought stress constraints. Given the difficulties associated with cassava breeding, a molecular understanding of ... -
Piloting a Developmental Screening Tool Adapted for East African Children
(MDPI, Children, 2018-07)There is a need for developmental screening that is easily administered in resource-poor settings. We hypothesized that known risk factors would predict failed developmental screening on an adapted screening tool in East ... -
Policies and Practices Towards Women's Empowerment: Policy advocacy by Gender focused NGOs and the realities of grassroots women in Uganda
(University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2001-08)This is an exploratory study that sought to analyze the causes of the gaps between the policy advocacy work of gender focussed NGOs at the national level and the realities of the grassroots women in Uganda. The study was ... -
Politicization of land law and gender Relations in Uganda: a case study
(Makerere University, 2011)This article explores the impact of custom on the right of women to effectively participate in land decision-making processes in Uganda based on a case study of Ibanda Town Council (ITC). It makes an analysis of issues of ... -
Population structure and regeneration status of prunus Africana (Hoof.f.) Kalkm. after selective and clear felling in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
(2014-12)Prunus Africana is aglobally threatened indigenous medicinal tree species, and food for many primates. Its population has declined in sub-Saharan Africa due to unsustainable harvest and poor protection. In this study, we ... -
Pore pressure development in hybrid fibre – reinforced high strength concrete at elevated temperatures
(2011-11)The present experimental work investigates the build – up of pore pressure at different depths of High Strength Concrete (HSC) and Hybrid-Fibre-Reinforced High Strength Concrete (HFRHSC) when exposed to different heating ... -
Positioning Library and Information Services to Achieve Sustainable Development: Innovations and Partnerships.
(Uganda Christian University, 2018-04)As Library Information Services providers we have the obligation to innovate, renovate and activate new and old partnerships. You have to reach out to individuals, communities, nations and corporations in the global village ...
