A5055089799- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Global Health Care Issues
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Malaria Research and Control
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies
- Insurance and Financial Risk Management
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
Makerere University
2010-2024
Universities UK
2018
Economic Policy Research Centre
2017
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
2007-2009
University of London
2009
Uganda halved its maternal mortality to 343/100,000 live births between 1990 and 2015, but did not meet the Millennium Development Goal 5. Skilled, timely good quality antenatal (ANC) delivery care can prevent majority of maternal/newborn deaths stillbirths. We examine coverage, equity, sector provision content ANC 1991 2011. conducted a repeated cross-sectional study using four Demographic Health Surveys (1995, 2000, 2006 2011).Using most recent birth adjusting for survey sampling, we...
Studies show that the burden of malaria remains huge particularly in low-income settings. Although effective control measures such as insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been promoted, relatively little is known about their equity dimension. Understanding variations use settings important for scaling up programmes ITNs. The objective this paper to measure extent and causes inequalities ownership utilisation bed across socioeconomic groups (SEGs) age Tanga District, north-eastern Tanzania. A...
Background Intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) has been shown to decrease clinical malaria by approximately 30% the first year of life and is a promising control strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa which can be delivered alongside Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI). To date, there have limited data cost-effectiveness this using sulfadoxine pyrimethamine (SP) no published other antimalarials. Methods We analysed from 5 countries sub-Saharan total different IPTi drug...
Trusted literate, or semi-literate, community drug distributors (CDDs) are the primary implementers in integrated preventive chemotherapy (IPC) programmes for Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) control. The CDDs responsible safely distributing drugs and galvanising communities to repeatedly, often over many years, receive annual treatment, create update treatment registers, monitor side-effects compile coverage reports. These individuals 'volunteers' do not remuneration their work commitment....
Diaries, as a tool for data collection, have been around some time. Lessons shared to date come from disparate settings and there remains degree of ambiguity regarding the value diaries, particularly in resource-poor where populations are often illiterate highly mobile. We recently designed pictorial diary collection on household consumption expenditure Tanzania The Gambia. A random sample 361 keepers Gambia 308 maintained diaries period 12 months. aim this paper is share lessons learnt...
Home and community-based combined treatment of malaria pneumonia has been promoted in Uganda since mid 2011. The is justified given the considerable overlap between symptoms among infants. There limited evidence about extent to which care reduces healthcare-seeking costs at household level rural urban settings. This paper assesses rural-urban differences direct indirect seeking from formal health facilities compared community medicine distributors (CMDs).Exit interviews were conducted for...
This study aims to provide a better understanding of the amounts spent on different malaria prevention products and determinants these expenditures. 1,601 households were interviewed about their expenditure mosquito nets in past five years, net re-treatments six months other expenditures two weeks. Simple random sampling was used select villages streets while convenience households. Expenditure compared across bed nets, aerosols, coils, indoor spraying, using smoke, drinking herbs cleaning...
Substantial investments have been made in clinical social franchising to improve quality of care private facilities low- and middle-income countries but concerns emerged that the benefits fail reach poorer groups. We assessed distribution franchise utilization content by socio-economic status (SES) three maternal healthcare franchises Uganda India (Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan). surveyed 2179 women who had received antenatal (ANC) and/or delivery services at clinics (in Uttar only ANC were...
Abstract Background Menstrual health is an increasingly recognised public issue, defined as complete physical, mental, and social well-being in relation to the menstrual cycle. The MENISCUS trial aims assess whether a multi-component intervention addressing physical emotional aspects of improves educational attainment, mental problems, management, self-efficacy, quality life among girls secondary school Uganda. Methods study parallel-arm cluster-randomised controlled with 60 schools...
Abstract Case management of malaria in Africa has evolved markedly over the past 20 years and updated cost estimates are needed to guide control policies. We estimated illness households public health service assessed equity these costs Uganda. From December 2021 May 2022, we conducted a costing exercise eight government-run centres covering seven sub-regions, collecting from patient observations, records review time-and-motion study. November January gathered data on households’ randomly...
Global health organizations frequently set disease-specific targets with the goal of eliciting adoption at national-level; consideration influence target setting on national policies, programme and budgets is benefit to those intended respond. In 2014, Joint United Nations Programme HIV/AIDS 'ambitious' treatment for country adoption: 90% HIV-positive persons should know their status; treatment; achieving viral suppression. Using case studies from Ghana Uganda, we explore how its associated...
Previous studies indicate that under-five mortality rates have remained stagnant and Uganda failed to meet the Millennium Development Goals target hence unlikely achieve Sustainable Goals. Although effective health reforms programs such as Immunization Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), Home Based Fever (HBMF) increasing expenditure were undertaken since1990s, outcomes especially poor. Uganda’s rate has high is 68 per 1000 live birth in relation MDGs 56 2014 .The assessment...
Abstract Background The current global situation is such that 340,000 women still die annually of avoidable maternal health-related complications. Recent statistics in Uganda indicate deaths among age 15 – 49 years are 18% translating to a mortality ratio 336 per 100,000 live births. Moreover, at least 26% deliveries not attended by professional practitioners, and 27% delivered health facility. Additionally, 40% the last Demographic survey did attend four antenatal care visits, minimum...
In the race to decrease well-to-wheels fuel consumption and improve environmental stewardship, auto-makers researchers worldwide have moved electrify vehicle powertrain for personal public transportation. The Center Research in Transportation Technologies at Makerere University is exploring electric transportation technology as a plausible solution traffic issues Uganda’s urban centers cities. Electric Africa’s cities practical due fact that most of these are on relatively small area;...
In the race to decrease well-to-wheels fuel consumption and improve environmental stewardship, automakers researchers worldwide have moved electrify vehicle powertrain for personal public transportation. The Center Research in Transportation Technologies at Makerere University is exploring electric transportation technology as a plausible solution traffic issues Uganda's urban centers cities. Electric Africa's cities practical due fact that most of these are on relatively small area;...