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Report of the PRA carried out at Mwasonge Beach, Tanzania, October 23rd - November 3rd, 2000 [PDF]

, 2000
This paper comprises part of the so-called "3-beaches Survey" of the LVFRP. In Tanzania, this study has developed to examine two landing sites (Mwasonge and Ihale), and to chart the progress of the newly established Beach Management Units (BMU) at each ...

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Compiling the First Monolingual Lusoga Dictionary

Lexikos, 2009
In this research article a study is made of the approach followed to compile the firstever monolingual dictionary for Lusoga. Lusoga is a Bantu language spoken in Uganda by slightly over two million people. Being an under-resourced language, the Lusoga orthography had to be designed, a grammar written, and a corpus built, before embarking on the ...
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Women's Perspectives on the Unique Benefits and Challenges of Self‐Injectable Contraception: A Four‐Country In‐Depth Interview Study in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Studies in Family Planning, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 269-290, December 2024.
Abstract Implementing self‐injection (SI) of subcutaneous depot‐medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA‐SC) is a key self‐care strategy for sexual and reproductive health, but SI uptake remains low, and assertions about the potential of SI to increase women's control over contraceptive use lack evidence.
Emily Himes, Lauren Suchman, Martha Kamanga, Catherine Birabwa, Serah Gitome, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Sarah Okumu, Grace Nmadu, Zachary Kwena, Jenny Liu, Sneha Challa, Dinah Amongin, Pauline Wekesa, Louisa Ndunyu, Elizabeth Bukusi, Address Malata, Lynn Atuyambe, Mandayachepa Nyando, Chioma Okoli, Aminat Tijani, Janelli Vallin, Ayobambo Jegede, Shakede Dimowo, Alfred Maluwa, Phoebe Alitubeera, Betty Kaudha, Agnes Kayego, Tamandani Jumbe, Innocencia Mtalimanja, Peter Waiswa, Beth Phillips, Kelsey Holt   +31 more
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Facilitators and constraints to family integrated care in low‐resource settings informed the adaptation in Uganda

Acta Paediatrica, Volume 113, Issue 8, Page 1845-1851, August 2024.
Abstract Aim Family Integrated Care (FICare) was developed in high‐income countries and has not been tested in resource‐poor settings. We aimed to identify the facilitators and constraints that informed the adaptation of FICare to a neonatal hospital unit in Uganda.
Olive Kabajassi, Anna Reiter, Abner Tagoola, Nathan Kenya‐Mugisha, Karel O'Brien, Matthew O. Wiens, Nancy Feeley, Jessica Duby   +7 more
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Urban climate change, livelihood vulnerability and narratives of generational responsibility in Jinja, Uganda [PDF]

, 2018
There is an urgent need to understand lived experiences of climate change in the context of African cities, where even small climate shocks can have significant implications for the livelihoods of the urban poor.
Chen, L., Diprose, K., Liu, C., McQuaid, K., Valentine, G., Vanderbeck, R.M., Zhang, M.   +6 more
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Correlates of early child development among children with stunting: A cross‐sectional study in Uganda

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 20, Issue 2, April 2024.
Abstract Many children in low‐ and middle‐income countries are not attaining their developmental potential. Stunting is associated with poor child development, but it is not known which correlates of stunting are impairing child development. We explored potential socioeconomic, nutritional, clinical, and household correlates of early child development ...
Joseph Mbabazi, Hannah Pesu, Rolland Mutumba, Kieran Bromley, Christian Ritz, Suzanne Filteau, André Briend, Ezekiel Mupere, Benedikte Grenov, Henrik Friis, Mette F. Olsen   +10 more
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Structure building and thematic constraints in Bantu inversion constructions [PDF]

, 2015
Bantu inversion constructions include locative inversion, patient inversion (also called subject–object reversal), semantic locative inversion and instrument inversion. The constructions show a high level of cross-linguistic variation, but also a core of
Ashton, Blackburn, Bokamba, Bokamba, Bowers, Bresnan, Buell, Cann, Cann, Creissels, De Guzman, Duranti, Givón, HANNAH GIBSON, Hawkinson, Julien, Kavari, Kempson, Kempson, Kempson, Khumalo, Kimenyi, Krifka, LUTZ MARTEN, Marten, Marten, Marten, Marten, Morimoto, Möhlig, Pak, Petzell, Rooth, Russell, Sasse, Siewierska, Sperber, Ura, Vallduví, Visser, Wald, Whiteley, Whiteley, Woolford, Wu, Zeller, Zerbian   +46 more
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The burden of travelling for cervical cancer treatment in Uganda: A mixed‐method study

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 137-143, February 2024.
Abstract Background Uganda has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world. Many women are diagnosed and treated with advanced stages of the disease. With only one facility offering comprehensive cervical cancer care in Uganda, many women are required to travel significant distances and spend time away from their homes to receive cervical ...
Hallie Dau, Chuanlin Zhou, Esther Nankya, Priscilla Naguti, Miriam Basemera, Beth A. Payne, Marianne Vidler, Joel Singer, Avery McNair, Maryam AboMoslim, Nadia Mithani, Laurie Smith, Jackson Orem, Carolyn Nakisige, Gina Ogilvie   +14 more
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Reproductive health and lifestyle factors associated with health-related quality of life among perinatally HIV-infected adolescents in Uganda [PDF]

, 2015
Background With increased survival of perinatally HIV - infected adolescents due to antiretroviral therapy (ART), the focus of HIV care has shifted to health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as a measure of disease progression, effects of ART co ...
A Alibhai, A Biddlecom, A Douaihy, A Mhalu, A Miners, A Pfeiffer, A Tesfay, A-D-A Hea, AW Wu, AW Wu, B Aranda-Naranjo, B Roberts, B Turan, C Foster, C Nzioka, CA Nyamukapa, Dan K. Kaye, DW Hosmer, E Kang, E Vigneshwaran, Fund UNCs, G Mburu, GJ Domek, GJ Domek, H Birungi, H Birungi, HA Grossman, I Hodgson, I Petersen, J Jelsma, J Wamoyi, J Wamoyi, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, KD Larrabee, KH Basavaraj, Lars E. Eriksson, LL Rydstrom, LM Hill, M Bomba, M Helleberg, M Kwalombota, M Pereira, M Wiklander, MD Nglazi, MH Kutner, MK Hattori, Noah Kiwanuka, O Awiti Ujiji, PI Opara, PO Bridevaux, QC Ogbuji, R Feldman, RD Hays, RM Kaplan, RW Burgoyne, S Bakeera-Kitaka, S Dorz, S Flicker, S Kanniappan, SB Brogly, Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda, Services. USDoHaH, Services. USDoHaH, SG Weeks, SM Wood, T Bush-Parker, TC Mast, Uganda Ministry of Health and ICF International, World Health Organisation, WT Chen, Y Lafort   +71 more
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Intersectionality of HIV stigma and masculinity in eastern Uganda:implications for involving men in HIV programmes [PDF]

, 2014
Background Stigma is a determinant of social and health inequalities. In addition, some notions of masculinity can disadvantage men in terms of health outcomes.
Bitira, David, Holland, Paula, Mburu, Gitau, Ram, Mala, Siu, Godfrey, Skovdal, Morten   +5 more
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