This study explored community perceptions of typhoid its causes, symptoms and treatment and their acceptability of a WASH intervention and of the typhoid vaccine. Funded by Centre for Disease Control and Uganda Virus Research Institute in 2013, a Technical Report was produced highlighting the…
This study examined the interplay of gender and individual, interpersonal, health system, and community factors that contribute to PMTCT participation in Uganda. In-depth interviews were conducted with women in PMTCT, women lost to follow-up, government health workers, and stakeholders at…
The purpose of this study was to hear from men in three geographically and culturally diverse Ugandan districts where DREAMS was being implemented about their relationships, particularly with young women, and how and when they considered and used HIV services within these relationships
Funded by…
Few indigenous parenting models have been evaluated and scaled up in Uganda. Since 2014, with funding from Oak Foundation, a team from Makerere University Child Health and Development Centre has been testing the PfR programme to improve spousal relationships and parenting skills in order to reduce…
There is currently a great opportunity to prevent violence through the increasing policy interest to optimise parenting influence. Several parenting programmes developed in high income countries have been adapted for use in sub-Saharan Africa, while some indigenous ones are being tried. The Ugandan…
The BSSR program facilitates inter-disciplinary research that integrates BSSR into biomedical HIV interventions. It is supporting, training, and mentoring the next generation of behavioral and social scientists to inform and lead this research.
It is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH…
This qualitative assessment explored the usability, hypothetical acceptability and programmatic fit of microarray patches (MAPs) a new drug delivery system for PrEP in early-stage of product development. It was supported by PATH/USAID from 2018-2021
As a result, a Poster presentation at the…
This research is part of a larger research project (the DRUM consortium) looking at identifying drivers of ABR transmission to inform policies and interventions to interrupt transmission. It explores how is the One Health framework operationalized in the processes of Antibacterial Resistance (ABR)…
This pragmatic trial aims to (1) compare the acceptance and completion of 3HP among PLHIV under three delivery strategies: directly observed therapy (DOT), self-administered therapy (SAT), and informed patient choice of either DOT or SAT (with the assistance of a decision aid); (2) to identify…
The overall objective of this study is to assess patients and health care providers’ knowledge, attitudes, practices, and routines relating to hypertension and barriers, and facilitators to implementation of HTN care in HIV clinical settings. The study is funded by NIH from 2020 to 2022.