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Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial
(Elsevier, 2011)
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is reported to be a life-saving intervention in low-income settings. The
effect of breastfeeding counselling by peer counsellors was assessed in Africa.
Methods:24 communities ...
Reflecting strategic and conforming gendered experiences of community health workers using photovoice in rural Wakiso district, Uganda
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in Uganda as they are the first
contact of the population with the health system. Understanding gendered roles of CHWs is important in
establishing ...
Maternal and newborn health implementation research: programme outcomes, pathways of change and partnerships for equitable health systems in Uganda
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2018)
Nestled in eastern and southern Africa, with a population
of just over 39 million, Uganda reported a maternal
mortality ratio of 360 per 100,000 live births, a neonatal
mortality rate of 19 per 1000 live births and an ...
Using Theories of Change to inform implementation of health systems research and innovation: experiences of Future Health Systems consortium partners in Bangladesh, India and Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: The Theory of Change (ToC) is a management and evaluation tool supporting critical thinking in the
design, implementation and evaluation of development programmes. We document the experience of Future ...
A participatory action research approach to strengthening health managers’ capacity at district level in Eastern Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Many approaches to improving health managers’ capacity in poor countries, particularly those pursued
by external agencies, employ non-participatory approaches and often seek to circumvent (rather than ...
Caregivers' satisfaction with physiotherapy services at a cerebral palsy clinic in Kampala, Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
INTRODUCTION: The evaluation of satisfaction with health care service provision is important when trying to
provide quality care. Satisfaction with service provision has been found to be related to the expectations prior ...
Study protocol for the SMART2D adaptive implementation trial: a cluster randomised trial comparing facility-only care with integrated facility and community care to improve type 2 diabetes outcomes in Uganda, South Africa and Sweden
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasingly
contributing to the global burden of disease. Health
systems in most parts of the world are struggling to
diagnose and manage T2D, especially in low-income
and ...
Building on momentum from the global campaigns: An exploration of factors that influenced prioritization of stillbirth prevention at the national level in Uganda
(BMC, 2021)
Of the close to 2.6 million stillbirths that happen annually, most are from low-income countries
where until recently policies rarely paid special attention to addressing them. The global campaigns that followed
called ...
How to navigate the application of ethics norms in global health research: Refections based on qualitative research conducted with people with disabilities in Uganda
(BMC, 2021)
As Canadian global health researchers who conducted a qualitative study with adults with and with‑
out disabilities in Uganda, we obtained ethics approval from four institutional research ethics boards (two in Canada
and ...
Policy implementation challenges and barriers to access sexual and reproductive health services faced by people with disabilities: An intersectional analysis of policy actors’ perspectives in post-conflict Northern Uganda
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2021)
Emerging from a 20-year armed conflict, Uganda adopted several laws and policies to protect the rights
of people with disabilities, including their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights. However, the SRH rights ...