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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, ...
Community leadership and poverty reduction in Uganda: the PEAP in Mukono District
(2010-08)
Community leadership is central for communities in their search for solutions and resources to solve current and future problems. It is argued that the degree of poverty or prosperity in a community is logically attributed ...
Media coverage and HIV/AIDS knowledge gaps in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2016-08)
Since the late 1980s, various key players have used the media and other means to educate the Ugandan population about HIV/AIDS. However, little is known about the knowledge disparities within the population and the role ...
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 ...
Resilience in mobilising and sustaining access to resources for managing HIV: A study of clients on antiretroviral therapy in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
Since the early 2000s, free antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been scaled up in Uganda and other resource-poor settings. However, socio-economic limitations continue making it difficult for people living with HIV (PLHIV) ...
HIV/AIDS and national security in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-11)
HIV/AIDS has devastated large areas of Uganda and has also killed thousands of people from many professions. This has compromised the functioning of the state and put it in a state of vulnerability. The theories that explain ...
Risk factors for HIV/AIDS among young people in Moroto District
(Makerere University, 2021)
The trend of HIV and AIDS epidemic in Uganda is posing serious challenge to the national AIDS response and social development of Uganda with notable increasing incidence and prevalence among adolescent girls, 15-19 years ...
The right to health for children receiving antiretroviral drugs in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2006-08)
This study is about the Challenges of Implementing the Right to health for the children receiving ARVs conducted at of the Joint Clinical Research Center. HIV/AIDS is a worldwide health problem affecting the young and the ...
Stigma, HIV/AIDS treatment seeking behavior among youth living with HIV in Kampala City, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-11)
This study sought to discover to what extent stigma affects HIV and AIDS treatment-seeking behavior among youths aged 18-24 in Kampala city. It also examines how anticipated stigma and non- disclosure of HIV status affects ...