Makerere University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Compliance levels with the W.H.O global guidelines for prevention of infection and associated surgical site infection following caesarean delivery in Mulago hospital
(Makerere University, 2019)Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a substantial burden to health-care systems worldwide in terms of patient morbidity, mortality, and costs. The study’s objective was to determine the levels of compliance ... -
Availability and Utilization of Sexual Reproductive Health Services among adolescents in boarding secondary schools in Soroti District
(Makerere University, 2019-11-14)Background: Adolescence represents a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. During this period, adolescents are exploring, highly active and are willing to take risks including sexual experimentation. Therefore, ... -
Discipline management strategies and student behaviour in private secondary schools in Mayuge Town Council
(2019-07)The study examined ‘DISCIPLINE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND STUDENT BEHAVIOUR IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAYUGE TOWN COUNCIL, MAYUGE DISTRICT’. Due to increasing student misbehavior in schools, the study examined discipline ... -
PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION IN CHILDREN AGED 2-12 YEARS ATTENDING THE PAEDIATRIC CLINIC AT MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(2019-10-11)Introduction: Otitis media with effusion (OME) is common in children aged between 6 months to 4 years, and it is one of the causes of hearing loss (HL) in children worldwide. OME is one of the most commonly occurring ... -
BACTERIAL PATTERNS OF RHINOSINUSITIS AMONG ADULT HIV PATIENTS WITH A CD4 COUNT ABOVE OR BELOW 200/μL ATTENDING THE AIDS SUPPORT ORGANISATION (TASO) MULAGO CLINIC
(Makerere University, 2019-08-20)Introduction: The HIV-associated Rhinosinusitis (RS) is reported with a prevalence of 11 to 70%. When the CD4 count is below 200/μL, RS becomes recurrent, severe and difficult to treat due to atypical bacterial aetiological ... -
GENETIC VARIATIONS WITHIN THE CCR5 PROMOTER REGION AMONG ELITE AND VIREMIC CONTROLLERS IN UGANDA
(2019-11-13)Background: Mechanisms for HIV control among elite and viremic controllers are not fully understood. Although studies conducted in Uganda have reported the existence of these controllers, research has not yet sounded out ... -
Nutritional Status as a Factor of Quality of Life in Patients with Cancer of the Esophogus at Mulago Hospital Complex
(Makerere University, 2019-09-28)Introduction: Cancer of the esophagus (CAE) is the seventh and 13th commonly occurring cancer in men and women respectively with over 500,000 new cases worldwide in 2018. Around 81% of these cases occur in less developed ... -
Examining the Causes of Loan Default in Microfinance Institutions: A Case of Pride Microfinance Ltd (MDI)
(Makerere University, 2019-11-14)The purpose of this study was to explore the causes of loan default in microfinance institutions with objectives of examining microfinance institutions specific factors causing customers to default, exploring the customer ... -
ACCEPTABILITY AND PERCEPTIONS OF CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG YOUNG HIV POSITIVE WOMEN IN KCCA ART CLINICS
(2019-09)Introduction There are about 7000 new HIV infections among young women in Sub Saharan Africa. Forty- three percent of pregnancies among young HIV positive women in Uganda are either unwanted or mistimed and this accounts ... -
Evaluating Risk Management Practices in Commercial Banks: A Case of Centenary Bank Uganda Limited
(Makerere University, 2019-10-29)The purpose of the study was to evaluate risk management practices in Centenary Bank Uganda Limited with specific objectives to establish the trend of risk management practices, to analyse the challenges Centenary Bank ... -
Effectiveness of Working Capital Management by Micro enterprises of Tororo Central Market
(Makerere University, 2019-11-11)The study aimed at finding out the effectiveness of working capital management by the micro enterprises of Tororo Central Market. The objectives that guided the study were; to find out the effectiveness of cash management, ... -
Evaluating new Product Development Process in the Banking Industry: A Case Study of Bank of Africa
(Makerere University, 2019-11)New product development is one of the main factors in achieving and maintaining relevance in the financial industry. The life cycle of products is very short in contemporary financial business environment and it is getting ... -
Patriarchal practices affecting women’s land rights in Tororo District, Uganda
(2019-10-16)For agrarian societies, access and ownership of land plays a key role in the production process in developing countries like Uganda, where rural livelihoods depend almost entirely on farming and farm produce derived from ... -
An Analysis on the Financial Performance of Tropical Bank Uganda Limited
(Makerere University, 2019-11)The purpose of this study was to analyze the financial performance of Tropical Bank Limited, identify the causes of poor financial performance and find out possible solutions that can improve on the performance of the bank. ... -
Impact of Public Debt on Private Investment in East Africa: Do Institutions Matter?
(Makerere University, 2018-09-27)The East African countries have ambitious development strategies to transform their economies to high income levels. In order to realize these high economic growth levels, governments have put in place development strategies ... -
The Effect of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Uganda’s Export Performance
(Makerere University, 2019-11)The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of exchange rate volatility on export trade in Uganda. The data used was annual secondary time series obtained from World Bank website (development indicators) ... -
Effectiveness of the Internal Control System in Public Sector Organisations in Uganda: A Case Study of National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS)
(Makerere University, 2019-11-07)The public sector is highly criticized for its inflexibility in performing its day to day activities with long chains of decision making and high level of weaknesses in the internal control system. Many developing countries ... -
An Analysis of Working Capital Management Practices in Uganda: A Case Study of Selected Supermarkets in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2019-11-07)Optimal management of working capital is an important financial decision and contributes positively to the value creation of business. Every business needs investment to procure fixed assets, which remain in use for a ... -
Information dissemination is not enough: Preparing librarians for effective climate change effects mitigation in Uganda
(De Guyter Saur, 2018-12)The major role of most libraries (public, research and academic) is to collect, process, store, retrieve and disseminate information. However, this routine demotivates many Librarians, who have potential and the will to ... -
Project Field Report for the Construction Of Residential Houses on Plot 3 Block 256, Munyonyo
(2019-07-31)This project report entails the construction methodology used and aspects of construction project management practices exercised by the author while part of the construction team during the construction of the 2No.residential ...