Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye

Unmet need for contraceptives among adolescents and young women in Uganda: a multilevel weighted mixed-effects logistic regression modelling

Samuel Munyole, Julius Kiwanuka, Charles Natuhamya, Edward Ikoona et autres

Unmet need for contraception among adolescents and young women remains a major public health concern in Uganda, shaped by a complex interplay of individual, household, and contextual factors. This underscores the need to examine these factors and the magnitude of clustering effects …

Ouganda (code pays fourni par la source)

Upstream policymaking in Africa: a case study analysis of the district to national alcohol sachet bans policy transfer in Uganda

Paskari Odoi, Cissie Namanda, Marsha Orgill, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye et autres

Background High rates of heavy episodic drinking in Uganda have been linked to alcohol sachets due to their affordability and widespread availability. The Gulu district enacted a local sachet ban in 2016 which transferred to a national ban in 2019 to protect …

Ouganda, ca, gb, Malawi, Afrique du Sud (code pays fourni par la source)

Service user and healthcare-worker perspectives on Substance Use Disorder treatment journeys, relapse, and recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Uganda

Claire Biribawa, Wouter Vanderplasschen, Joan Nankya-Mutyoba, Byamah Brian Mutamba et autres

Abstract Introduction Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) pose significant public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is limited evidence on how service users (SUs) and front-line health care workers (HCWs) experience SUD treatment and recovery within resource constrained settings. This study explored …

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“You cannot travel one hundred metres without finding such alcohol”: community perspectives on the availability of substitute alcohol products since the ban of alcohol sachets in Malawi and Uganda

Isabelle Uny, Paskari Odoi, Cissie Namanda, Robyn Burton et autres

gb, Ouganda, Malawi, Afrique du Sud (code pays fourni par la source)

Lived experiences and copying mechanisms of parents of children with congenital heart defects at Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago, Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda

JANE FRANCES MUNDURU, Frank Pio Kiyingi, Stephen Kizza, Christopher Ddamulira et autres

The study was conducted at Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago, Kampala Central Uganda. The general objective was to find out the lived experiences and copying mechanisms of parents of children with CHD. The study employed a qualitative descriptive phenomenological design and included 20 …

Ouganda, in (code pays fourni par la source)

Faecal Pathogen Survival and Risks of Use of Ecological Sanitation By-Products in Burera District, Rwanda: A Quantitative Microbial Risks Assessment

Celestin Banamwana, David Musoke, Théoneste Ntakirutimana, Esther Buregyeya et autres

Reuse of human excreta and derivatives is becoming a common practice in areas with agricultural predominance. While in situ treated faeces through ecological sanitation (Ecosan), known as “faecal by-products” are being used to sustain soil nutrients and improve on-site sanitation, the concern …

Rwanda, Ouganda (code pays fourni par la source)

Patterns of Substance Use Among Individuals Seeking Treatment for Substance Use Disorders in Uganda: A Latent Class Analysis

Claire Biribawa, Wouter Vanderplasschen, Deborah Louise Sinclair, Duncan Matovu Kabiito et autres

Ouganda, be, ca, us (code pays fourni par la source)

Harmful alcohol use in rural Uganda: a pilot study from the Kigezi sub-region

Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Vincent Mubangizi, Wilber Karugahe, Agnes Kasede Napyo et autres

INTRODUCTION: Currently, Uganda has the highest per capita alcohol consumption in Africa, and the negative effects of harmful use of alcohol are quite prevalent. Some rural areas face a complex set of underlying factors that may be responsible for this trend, including …

Ouganda, gb (code pays fourni par la source)

Assessing progress toward the World Health Organization’s Global action plan alcohol reduction target in Sub-Saharan Africa 2010–2019

Robyn Burton, Nadine Harker, Benjamin Kaneka, Frank Kyei-Arthur et autres

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases calls for a 10% relative reduction in the harmful use of alcohol by 2025. We assessed progress across 45 sub-Saharan African countries between 2010 and 2019 …

gb, Afrique du Sud, Malawi, Ghana, Nigéria, Ouganda (code pays fourni par la source)

Acceptability of screening for substance use among children at Ugandan health facilities

Harriet Aber, Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye, David Musoke, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye et autres

BACKGROUND: Substance use among children and adolescents is an emerging public health concern, with studies from some settings reporting substantial levels of alcohol and other substance use among young people. However, in many low- and middle-income countries, including Uganda, the role, feasibility, …

no, Ouganda (code pays fourni par la source)

Effect of a multi-pronged program on FP use and intention to use: A three-phase evaluation of RISE program in Uganda

Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Fredrick Edward Makumbi, Cissie Namanda, Aggrey David Mukose et autres

Ouganda, gb (code pays fourni par la source)

Expulsion rates and risk factors for intrauterine device expulsion following medical management of first-trimester incomplete abortions: A prospective cohort study in central Uganda

Herbert Kayiga, Emelie Looft-Trägårdh, Amanda Cleeve, Othman Kakaire et autres

OBJECTIVE: Intrauterine device (IUD) user rates remain below 5% in low-income countries yet fertility after first-trimester abortions returns within 2 weeks. IUDs provide effective contraception. This study set out to explore the risk factors for IUD expulsion after medical management of first-trimester …

Ouganda, se (code pays fourni par la source)