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C-section deliveries in Uganda : why you should get concerned
(2020-09-21)
Cesarean delivery (C-section) is a surgical procedure used to deliver a baby through incisions in the abdomen and uterus.
The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that a cesarean delivery rate of 15% of all births ...
Factors influencing attendance of the community preferred primary schools in refugee hosting districts in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-01-28)
This study bases on improved school attendance as a key for better education outcomes to establish demographic, household socio-economic, and school factors that influence attendance of the community preferred primary ...
Factors associated with health facility delivery among women with disabilities in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020-11)
Nearly half of all the women who die due to pregnancy-related causes are from sub-Saharan Africa. Women living with disabilities face challenges in accessing health facility delivery because of their inabilities and external ...
Higher education, labour market and economic growth in Uganda (1985-2017)
(Makerere University, 2021-10)
Transitioning to an amalgamation of a knowledge-based economy and the fourth industrial revolution labour market; places a tremendous amount of responsibility on the higher-education sector. The economic growth fluctuations, ...
Effect of foreign aid on domestic savings in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-04-26)
The main objective of the study was to examine the effect of foreign aid on domestic savings in Uganda from 2003 to 2017. It used the Autoregressive Distributed Lag model on quarterly time series data to analyze the long-run ...
Factors associated with time to seeking treatment among children under five years suffering from diarrhea in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-12-06)
The objective of this study was to investigate the factors associated with time to seeking treatment among children under the age of five years suffering from diarrhea in Uganda. DOVE IV dataset of 746 caretakers in a ...
Disparities in utilization of maternal health care services in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-04)
Early utilization of maternal health care services (antenatal care, facility based delivery and postnatal care) is associated with reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity. However, disparities in utilization of ...
The association between cancer incidence, HIV prevalence, and GDP in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-12)
The study aimed at examining the association of cancer incidence, HIV prevalence and GDP in Uganda. The study utilized secondary data sourced USAID reports for HIV, GDP data from World Bank economic outlook and cancer data ...
Influence of maternal factors on birth weight outcomes of newborns in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-04-15)
According to the United States Department of health and human services, infants born with low weight are more than 100 times more likely to die in the first year of life than are infants of normal birth weight. Neonatal ...
The role of farmer field schools on household food security in the Karamoja Sub-Region of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-05)
While food security is critical in fostering a country’s economic development, Uganda’s food security situation has globally declined and remains a big challenge at household level, most especially in the Karamoja sub-region. ...