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The role of faith-based organisations in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support in Uganda: A case study of Kamwokya Christian Caring Community (KCCC)
(Makerere University, 2010-10)
The now over two decades of the existence of the HIV/AIDS pandemic have brought into play a number of actors undertaking numerous interventions to combat its effect. Among the actors have been faith based organizations, ...
HIV and AIDS and Its impact on child well-being
(Springer, 2014)
HIV and AIDS remains a significant public health problem. Globally, an estimated
34 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2011 (UNAIDS 2012).
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the most severely affected region, ...
Livelihood challenges faced by children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Uganda: A study of Najjembe Sub-county, Mukono District.
(Makerere University, 2010)
The number of HIV/AIDS orphans has increased tremendously and it is projected to increase further. In Uganda children depend on their parents for survival but with the increasing poverty levels and worse still with the ...
Factors affecting disclosure of HIV sero-status to immediate family members: a case study of TASO Kampala clients
(Makerere University, 2011-11)
This study sought to identify and document factors that either motivate or inhibit people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV) while disclosing their HIV status to their spouses or long term sexual partners and children. It ...
Challenges of access and use of reproductive health services for rural women: a case of Masaka District
(Makerere University, 2011-08)
Many studies have been done about the sexual reproductive health services involving men and women though less is known about the access and use of the reproductive health services. The main objective of this study was to ...
Community perception as a driver of cross-generational relationships among adolescents in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2010-10)
Cross generational relationships have been used to explain the discrepancy in HIV infections between adolescent boys and girls. There have been a number of mass media campaigns aimed at mitigating the negative outcomes of ...
Determinants of access to HIV counselling and testing services in Kisaasi, Kampala, in the face of increasing HIV infection rates in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2016)
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that affect access of HCT services amidst reported increasing HIV prevalence country wide, especially in an urban setting in Uganda. A single urban community was ...
Early HIV disclosure and nondisclosure among men and women on antiretroviral treatment in Uganda
(Tayloy & Francis, 2013-01)
Efforts to expand access to HIV care and treatment often stress the importance of disclosure of HIV status to aid
adherence, social support, and continued resource mobilization. We argue that an examination of ...
Utilization of family planning services by young women living with HIV/AIDS in Kampala District
(Makerere University, 2012-12)
This study aimed at exploring utilisation of Family Planning services by young women
living with HIV/AIDS; receiving services in, and around Kampala. The purpose of the
study was to investigate the Family Planning services ...
Survival strategies for child headed households in Nakawa Division in Kampala District.
(2014-10-03)
Child headed households in Africa, have come up as a result of frequent deaths by parents that have left behind orphans without a care taker. Child headed households have been observed in areas of Africa and Uganda that ...