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Effect of Life skills on youth empowerment to practice entrepreneurship In Uganda:

Mpaata, Kaziba Abdul; Musenze, Ibrahim Abaasi (NSP, 2023)

The study investigated the effect of life skills on youth empowerment to practice entrepreneurship in Uganda. It focused on 12 community-based associations recognized by the Community Development Offices in Busoga Region ...
Sudan Ebola virus (SUDV) outbreak in Uganda, 2022:

Bwire, Godfrey; Sartorius, Benn; Guerin, Philippe; Tegegne, Merawi Aragaw; Okware, Sam I.; Talisuna, Ambrose O. (BMC Medicine, 2023)

On 20th September 2022, the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH) declared an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever caused by the Sudan Ebola virus (SUDV) following laboratory confirmation of a patient from a village in Madudu sub-county, ...
Thermal comfort in a residential house in Kampala.

Wafula, Simon Peter; Kamulegeya, Obed; Buyondo, Andrew Kasumba; Mutebi, Solomon; Ogwang, Isaac; Mutambo, Michael; Kateu, James; Buyondo, Andrew Kasumba (Science publishing group, 2023-01)

Global warming and climate change has been a challenge in the last decades. Buildings are major contributors to energy consumption. This is due to the rise in human comfort needs and services. The residential sector consumes ...
High Burden of Neurodevelopmental Delay among Children Born to Women with Obstructed Labour in Eastern Uganda:

Chebet, Martin; Musaba, Milton W.; Mukunya, David; Makoko, Brian; Napyo, Agnes; Nantale, Ritah; Auma, Proscovia; Atim, Ketty; Nahurira, Doreck; Lee, Seungwon; Okello, Dedan; Ssegawa, Lawrence; Bromley, Kieran; Burgoine, Kathy; Ndeezi, Grace; Tumwine, James K.; Wandabwa, Julius; Kiguli, Sarah (MDPI, 2023)

Over 250 million infants in low and middle-income countries do not fulfill their neurodevelopment potential. In this study, we assessed the incidence and risk factors for neurodevelopmental delay (NDD) among children born ...
Using mobile audiometry (Wulira App) to assess noise induced hearing loss among industrial workers in Kampala, Uganda:

Atukunda, Immaculate; Batte, Charles; Semulimi, Andrew Weil; Nakabuye, Mariam; Bwambale, Festo; Mumbere, Joab; Twinamasiko, Nelson; Mukunya, David; Nyarubeli, Israel Paul; Mukisa, John (Plos one, 2023)

Background Occupational noise is a common cause of hearing loss in low-income countries. Unfortunately, screening for hearing loss is rarely done due to technical and logistical challenges associated with pure tone ...
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health workers in rural Uganda:

Ouni, Patrick Diox; Namulondo, Racheal; Wanume, Benon; Okia, David; Olupot-Olupot, Peter; Nantale, Ritah; Matovu, Joseph K.B.; Napyo, Agnes; Lubaale, Yovani A. Moses; Nshakira, Nathan; Mukunya, David (Elsevier Inc., 2023)

Background: COVID-19 vaccination is the latest preventive intervention strategy in an attempt to control the global pandemic. Its efficacy has come under scrutiny because of break through infections among the vaccinated ...
Integrated malaria prevention in low and middle-income countries:

Musoke, David; Atusingwize, Edwinah; Namata, Carol; Ndejjo, Rawlance; Wanyenze, Rhoda K.; Kamya, Moses R. (BMC, 2023)

As many countries aim to eliminate malaria, use of comprehensive approaches targeting the mosquito vector and environment are needed. Integrated malaria prevention advocates the use of several malaria prevention measures ...
Women and climate change impacts in Uganda:

Nakiyemba, Alice; Arayo, I.; Kennedy, W.; Joseph, K.; L. J., Branda; M. N., Nandi; Phillipson, M.; Dayoub, M. (Busitema University, 2022)

Climate change becomes the universally a major challenge facing humanity. The effects occur at global, regional, and local levels. It threatens the community, but not equally because women have limitations to access ...
The impact of agricultural activities on the livelihood of riparian communities of Nalwekomba wetland ecosystem along River Nile, Namasagali, Kamuli District Uganda

Nakiyemba, Alice; Musobya, M.; Dayoub, M. (Busitema University, 2021)

Land degradation in Uganda is becoming a major constraint to growth and development of rural livelihoods. The socioeconomic impacts of agricultural land use to the degraded Nalwekomba wetland ecosystem were investigated ...
Ethyl acetate fraction of tamarindus indica leaf ameliorates aluminium chloride induced neural damage in neonatal wistar rats.

Usman, Ibe Michael; Agbon, Abel Nosereme; Ivang, Andrew Ekpeyong; Akwu, Bala Peter; Afodun, Adam Moyosore; Okesina, Akeem Ayodeji; Fischer, Victor; Sunday, Bot Yakubu; Aigbogun Jr., Eric Osamu; Onanuga, Ismail; Asekenye, Caroline; Kasozi, Keneth Iceland (Elsevier B.V., 2023-01)

Background: Tamarindus indica (TI) extract is known to possess important phytochemical composition. The study aimed to assess the effects of ethyl acetate fraction of TI leaves (EATI) on memory and learning, traced element ...
How internationalised is your curriculum? university graduate students speak out.

Ayebare, Justin; Kaweesi, Muhamadi (The National Council for Higher Education, 2022)

Internationalisation of the curriculum has created changes to the traditional curriculum but little attention in research has been paid to the student perspective on these changes, and how they experience them. This paper ...
Overcoming policy and practice fragility and enhancing security of science, technology and innovation educational achievement for females in Uganda.

Okwakol, Mary N.; Ujeyo, Margaret Stella Suubi; Atibuni, Dennis Zami; Biira, Saphina; Waako, Paul (The National Council for Higher Education, 2022)

The Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDG 4 and 5) provide for the attainment of quality education for all, including women. Africa Agenda 2063, Uganda Vision 2040, the Third National Development Plan (NDP III) similarly ...
Information communication technologies and implementation of education for sustainable development in higher education in Uganda:

Ujeyo, Margaret Stella; Najjuma, Rovincer; Bisaso, Ronald (The National Council for Higher Education, 2022)

Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) play an important role in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), one of the multiple approaches advanced in the last two decades to address the global sustainability ...
Enhancing research output in higher institutions of learning:

Muhumuza, Asaph Keikara; Mbabazi, Fulgensia Kamugisha; Nalule, Rebecca Muhumuza; Mwasa, Abubakar; Kyomuhangi, Annet; Kadedesya, Stephen (The National Council for Higher Education, 2021)

University rankings have become a standard criterion of characterising higher institutions of learning irrespective of their specialisation, be it social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences or technology. The ...
The Uganda Higher Education Review.

National Council for Higher Education (The National Council for Higher Education, 2022)

The Uganda Higher Education Review: Journal of the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) provides a visible outlet for definitive articles that discuss the theory, practice and policies relating to the role, ...
Psycho-social challenges faced by caretakers of children and adolescents aged 0–19 years with sickle cell disease admitted in a tertiary hospital in Eastern Uganda.

Atim, Christine Atoku; Nekaka, Rebecca; Kagoya, Enid Kawala; Ssenyonga, Lydia V. N.; Iramiot, Jacob Stanley; Tegu, Crispus (Elsevier Inc., 2022)

Background: Families of children and adolescents living with sickle cell disease face several challenges ranging from psycho-social to social-economic challenges. This study aimed to explore psycho-social challenges ...
Bottlenecks and opportunities towards achieving the targeted 95-95-95 HIV services in a rural district in Eastern Uganda [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]

Namenkere, Monkya Samuel; Ayaa, Mary Stella; Sukuku, Linda; Kharono, Juliet; Mugabi, Charles; Chelangat, Benina; Olwedo, Mary Abwola; Nabasumba, Carol; Oboth, Paul; Osele, Julius; Nekaka, Rebecca; Iramiot, Jacob Stanley (f1000research, 2022-12)

Background: Uganda has made progress in reducing its HIV prevalence from 7.3% in 2011 to 6% in 2017, however, more needs to be done to meet the World Health Organization (WHO) target of 95% of the population knowing their ...
Modelling the influence of evaporation on residual chlorine in water storage tanks using CFD.

Tulirinya, John; Awichi, Richard O.; Mbabazi, Fulgensia Kamugisha; Nagulama, Moses (EANSO, 2021-07)

Water storage tanks are usually utilized in water distribution systems (WDS) to meet the water demand fluctuations. Chlorine is the most common disinfectant used to disinfect water supplies. However, variations in the rate ...
Investigation of system design criteria and the capital cost of varying design return periods for soil and water conservation structures highlights.

Otim, Daniel; Smithers, Jeffrey C.; Senzanje, Aidan; van Antwerpen, Rianto (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2020)

Design of conservation structures includes both hydrologic and hydraulic designs. Hydrologic design involves the estimation of design floods which are required for the sizing of the hydraulic structures. The minimum ...
Design norms for soil and water conservation structures in the sugar industry of South Africa

Otim, Daniel; Smithers, Jeff; Senzanje, Aidan; van Antwerpen, Rianto (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2019-01)

This paper contains a critical review of the norms employed in the design of soil and water conservation structures in the South African sugar industry and highlights research needs in order to update them. Sugarcane in ...

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