Browsing by Author "Muyinda, Herbert"
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Challenges and opportunities for use of long‑lasting insecticidal nets to prevent malaria during overnight travel in Uganda: a qualitative study
Ekusai‑Sebatta, Deborah; Arinaitwe, Emmanuel; Mpimbaza, Arthur; Nankabirwa, Joaniter I.; Drakeley, Chris; Rosenthal, Philip J.; Staedke, Sarah G.; Muyinda, Herbert (BioMed Central, 2021)Background: Travel is a well‑recognized risk factor for malaria. Within sub‑Saharan Africa, travelers from areas of lower to higher transmission intensity are potentially at high risk of malaria. Long‑lasting insecticidal ... -
Disability and technology in Africa: Introduction
Muyinda, Herbert; Whyte, Susan Reynolds (Cambridge University press, 2022)An elderly lady with a limp selects her longest walking stick to help her through the mud to her garden. Deaf people watch attentively as a pastor delivers a sermon in sign language. Refugees with disabilities sit on their ... -
Healing the Elephant: Chronic Hepatitis B Virus among post-conflict affected populations living in mid-Northern Uganda
Malamba, Samuel S.; Muyinda, Herbert; Ogwang, D. Martin; Katamba, Achilles; Zamar, David S.; Jongbloed, Kate; SewankamboID, Nelson K.; Schechter, Martin T.; Spittal, Patricia M. (PLOS ONE, 2021)Background: The legacy of war in Northern Uganda continues to impact people’s health and wellbeing in the Acholi region. Despite increasing attention to Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in Uganda and globally, concerns remain that ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with posttraumatic stress disorder seven years after the conflict in three districts in Northern Uganda (The Wayo-Nero Study)
Mugisha, James; Muyinda, Herbert; Wandiembe, Peter; Kinyanda, Eugene (BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Research on the prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is still limited in low income countries yet PTSD can be a public health problem in post conflict areas. In order to respond to the burden of ...