2019
Waiswa, P., Okuga, M., Kabwijamu, L., Akuze, J., Sengendo, H., Aliganyira, P., Pirio, P., Hanson, C. and Kaharuza, F., 2019. Using research priority-setting to guide bridging the implementation gap in countries–a case study of the Uganda newborn research priorities in the SDG era. Health research policy and systems, 17(1), p.54.
Atusiimire, L.B., Waiswa, P., Atuyambe, L., Nankabirwa, V. and Okuga, M., 2019. Determinants of facility based–deliveries among urban slum dwellers of Kampala, Uganda. PloS one, 14(4), p.e0214995.
Baschieri, A., Gordeev, V.S., Akuze, J., Kwesiga, D., Blencowe, H., Cousens, S., Waiswa, P., Fisker, A.B., Thysen, S.M., Rodrigues, A. and Biks, G.A., 2019. “Every Newborn-INDEPTH”(EN-INDEPTH) study protocol for a randomised comparison of household survey modules for measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths in five Health and Demographic Surveillance sites. Journal of global health, 9(1).
Paina, L., Namazzi, G., Tetui, M., Mayora, C., Kananura, R.M., Kiwanuka, S.N., Waiswa, P., Mutebi, A. and Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., 2019. Applying the model of diffusion of innovations to understand facilitators for the implementation of maternal and neonatal health programmes in rural Uganda. Globalization and Health, 15(1), p.38.
Keating, R., Merai, R., Mubiri, P., Kajjo, D., Otare, C., Mugume, D., Weissglas, F., Waiswa, P., Otieno, P., Kirumbi, L. And Wanyoro, A., 2019. Assessing effects of a data quality strengthening campaign on completeness of key fields in facility-based maternity registers in Kenya and Uganda. EDITORIAL BOARD.
Henriksson, D.K., Peterson, S.S., Waiswa, P. and Fredriksson, M., 2019. Decision-making in district health planning in Uganda: does use of district-specific evidence matter?. Health research policy and systems, 17(1), p.57.
Hanson, C., Munjanja, S., Binagwaho, A., Vwalika, B., Pembe, A.B., Jacinto, E., Chilinda, G.K., Donahoe, K.B., Wanyonyi, S.Z., Waiswa, P. and Gidiri, M.F., 2019. National policies and care provision in pregnancy and childbirth for twins in Eastern and Southern Africa: A mixed-methods multi-country study. PLoS medicine, 16(2), p.e1002749.
Salisbury, N.A., Asiimwe, G., Waiswa, P. and Latimer, A., 2019. Operationalising the Global Financing Facility (GFF) model: the devil is in the detail. BMJ Global Health, 4(2), p.e001369.
Mukunya, D., Nankabirwa, V., Ndeezi, G., Tumuhamye, J., Tongun, J.B., Kizito, S., Napyo, A., Achora, V., Odongkara, B., Arach, A.A. and Tylleskar, T., 2019. Key Decision Makers and Actors in Selected Newborn Care Practices: A Community-Based Survey in Northern Uganda. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(10), p.1723.
Malembaka, E.B., Tumwine, J.K., Ndeezi, G., Engebretsen, I.M.S., Tylleskär, T., Wamani, H., Sommerfelt, H. and Nankabirwa, V., 2019. Effects of complementary feeding on attained height among lower primary school-aged children in Eastern Uganda: A nested prospective cohort study. PloS one, 14(2), p.e0211411.
Apolot, R.R., Ekirapa, E., Waldman, L., Morgan, R., Aanyu, C., Mutebi, A., Nyachwo, E.B., Seruwagi, G. and Kiwanuka, S.N., 2019. Maternal and newborn health needs for women with walking disabilities;“the twists and turns”: a case study in Kibuku District Uganda. International journal for equity in health, 18(1), p.43.
2018
Waiswa, P., Kwesiga, D. and Mukasa, P.K., 2018. Maternal Health: Towards Universal Coverage with Impact, Equity and Quality of Care in Uganda. UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE IN UGANDA, p.391.
Morgan, M.C., Spindler, H., Nambuya, H., Nalwa, G.M., Namazzi, G., Waiswa, P., Otieno, P., Cranmer, J. and Walker, D.M., 2018. Clinical cascades as a novel way to assess physical readiness of facilities for the care of small and sick neonates in Kenya and Uganda. PloS one, 13(11), p.e0207156.
Otieno, P., Waiswa, P., Butrick, E., Namazzi, G., Achola, K., Santos, N., Keating, R., Lester, F. and Walker, D., 2018. Strengthening intrapartum and immediate newborn care to reduce morbidity and mortality of preterm infants born in health facilities in Migori County, Kenya and Busoga Region, Uganda: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 19(1), p.313.
Boerma, T., Requejo, J., Victora, C.G., Amouzou, A., George, A., Agyepong, I., Barroso, C., Barros, A.J., Bhutta, Z.A., Black, R.E. and Borghi, J., 2018. Countdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health. The Lancet, 391(10129), pp.1538-1548.
Willey, B., Waiswa, P., Kajjo, D., Munos, M., Akuze, J., Allen, E. and Marchant, T., 2018. Linking data sources for measurement of effective coverage in maternal and newborn health: what do we learn from individual-vs ecological-linking methods?. Journal of global health, 8(1).
Macarayan, E.K., Gage, A.D., Doubova, S.V., Guanais, F., Lemango, E.T., Ndiaye, Y., Waiswa, P. and Kruk, M.E., 2018. Assessment of quality of primary care with facility surveys: a descriptive analysis in ten low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Global Health, 6(11), pp.e1176-e1185.
Namujju, J., Muhindo, R., Mselle, L.T., Waiswa, P., Nankumbi, J. and Muwanguzi, P., 2018. Childbirth experiences and their derived meaning: a qualitative study among postnatal mothers in Mbale regional referral hospital, Uganda. Reproductive health, 15(1), p.183.
Morgan, M.C., Nambuya, H., Waiswa, P., Tann, C., Elbourne, D., Seeley, J., Allen, E. and Lawn, J.E., 2018. Kangaroo mother care for clinically unstable neonates weighing≤ 2000 g: Is it feasible at a hospital in Uganda?. Journal of global health, 8(1).
Benova, L., Dennis, M.L., Lange, I.L., Campbell, O.M., Waiswa, P., Haemmerli, M., Fernandez, Y., Kerber, K., Lawn, J.E., Santos, A.C. and Matovu, F., 2018. Two decades of antenatal and delivery care in Uganda: a cross-sectional study using Demographic and Health Surveys. BMC health services research, 18(1), p.758.
Dusabe, J., Akuze, J., Kisakye, A.N., Kwesiga, B., Nsubuga, P. and Ekirapa, E., 2018. A case-control study of factors associated with caesarean sections at health facilities in Kabarole District, Western Uganda, 2016. Pan African Medical Journal, 29(1), pp.1-9.
Watkins, H.C., Morgan, M.C., Nambuya, H., Waiswa, P. and Lawn, J.E., 2018. Observation study showed that the continuity of skin‐to‐skin contact with low‐birthweight infants in Uganda was suboptimal. Acta Paediatrica, 107(9), pp.1541-1547.
Mbalinda, S., Hjelmstedt, A., Nissen, E., Odongkara, B.M., Waiswa, P. and Svensson, K., 2018. Experience of perceived barriers and enablers of safe uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact during the first hour after birth in Uganda. Midwifery, 67, pp.95-102.
Gatellier, K., Copper, J., Ayub Kirunda, K., Sonkarlay, S., Bose, S., Gwaikolo, W. and Barker, T., 2018. Working with the Media in Pursuit of Health for All.
Mayora, C., Kitutu, F.E., Kandala, N.B., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Peterson, S.S. and Wamani, H., 2018. Private retail drug shops: what they are, how they operate, and implications for health care delivery in rural Uganda. BMC health services research, 18(1), p.532.
Tetui, M., Zulu, J.M., Hurtig, A.K., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Kiwanuka, S.N. and Coe, A.B., 2018. Elements for harnessing participatory action research to strengthen health managers’ capacity: a critical interpretative synthesis. Health research policy and systems, 16(1), p.33.
Aanyu, C., Apolot, R., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E. and Kiwanuka, S., 2018. How can political leaders help ensure Community Score Cards in Uganda are sustainable?
Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Mayora, C., Ssennyonjo, A., Baine, S.O. and Ssengooba, F., 2018. Purchasing Health Care Services for Universal Health Coverage: Policy and Programme Implications for Uganda. UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE IN UGANDA, p.205.
Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Apolot, R. and Kiwanuka, S., 2018. Which contextual factors facilitate successful implementation of Community Score Cards in Uganda?.
Alege, S.G., Matovu, J.K., Ssensalire, S. and Nabiwemba, E., 2016. Knowledge, sources and use of family planning methods among women aged 15-49 years in Uganda: a cross-sectional study. Pan African Medical Journal, 24(1).
Tumwine, J.K., Nankabirwa, V., Diallo, H.A., Engebretsen, I.M.S., Ndeezi, G., Bangirana, P., Sanou, A.S., Kashala-Abotnes, E., Boivin, M., Giordani, B. and Elgen, I.B., 2018. Exclusive breastfeeding promotion and neuropsychological outcomes in 5-8 year old children from Uganda and Burkina Faso: Results from the PROMISE EBF cluster randomized trial. PloS one, 13(2), p.e0191001.
Tongun, J.B., Sebit, M.B., Mukunya, D., Ndeezi, G., Nankabirwa, V., Tylleskar, T. and Tumwine, J.K., 2018. Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a cross-sectional study in South Sudan. International breastfeeding journal, 13(1), p.28.
Mukunya, D., Haaland, M.E., Tumwine, J.K., Ndeezi, G., Namugga, O., Tumuhamye, J., Sommerfelt, H., Rujumba, J., Tylleskar, T., Moland, K.M. and Nankabirwa, V., 2018. “We shall count it as a part of kyogero”: acceptability and considerations for scale up of single dose chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care in Central Uganda. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 18(1), p.476.
Kiwanuka, S.N. and Ssengooba, F., 2018. Governance for Universal Health Coverage in Uganda. UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE IN UGANDA, p.72.
Tashobya, C.K., Ogora, V.A., Kiwanuka, S.N., Mutebi, A., Musila, T., Byakika, S. and Ssengooba, F., 2018. Decentralisation and the Uganda Health System: What can we Learn from Past Experiences to Facilitate the Achievement of Universal Health Coverage?. UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE IN UGANDA, p.117.
Ssengooba, F. and Kiwanuka, S.N., 2018. Health Workforce Developments: Challenges and Opportunities to Secure Universal Health Coverage in Uganda. UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE IN UGANDA, p.245.
Sully, E.A., Atuyambe, L., Bukenya, J., Whitehead, H.S., Blades, N. and Bankole, A., 2018. Estimating abortion incidence among adolescents and differences in postabortion care by age: a cross-sectional study of postabortion care patients in Uganda. Contraception, 98(6), pp.510-516.
2017
Kiwanuka Henriksson, D., Swartling Peterson, S., Waiswa, P. and Fredriksson, M., 2017. Decision making in district health planning in Uganda: Does use of local evidence matter?.
Kadobera, D., Waiswa, P., Peterson, S., Blencowe, H., Lawn, J., Kerber, K. and Tumwesigye, N.M., 2017. Comparing performance of methods used to identify pregnant women, pregnancy outcomes, and child mortality in the Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Uganda. Global health action, 10(1), p.1356641.
Kananura, R.M., Kiwanuka, S.N., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E. and Waiswa, P., 2017. Persisting demand and supply gap for maternal and newborn care in eastern Uganda: a mixed-method cross-sectional study. Reproductive health, 14(1), p.136.
Morgan, R., Tetui, M., Muhumuza Kananura, R., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E. and George, A.S., 2017. Gender dynamics affecting maternal health and health care access and use in Uganda. Health policy and planning, 32(suppl_5), pp.v13-v21.
Kananura, R.M., Wamala, R., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Tetui, M., Kiwanuka, S.N., Waiswa, P. and Atuhaire, L.K., 2017. A structural equation analysis on the relationship between maternal health services utilization and newborn health outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Eastern Uganda. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 17(1), p.98.
Moran, A.C., Charlet, D., Madhavan, S., Aruldas, K., Donaldson, M., Manzi, F., Okuga, M., Rosales, A., Sharma, V., Celone, M. and Brandes, N., 2017. Methodology for a mixed-methods multi-country study to assess recognition of and response to maternal and newborn illness. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 36(1), p.51.
Okuga, M., Waiswa, P., Mandu, R., Wachira, J., Hanson, C. and Manzi, F., 2017. Illness recognition and care-seeking for maternal and newborn complications in rural eastern Uganda. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 36(1), p.47.
Osingada, C.P., Okuga, M., Nabirye, R.C., Sewankambo, N.K. and Nakanjako, D., 2017. Disclosure of Parental HIV Status to Children: Experiences of Adults Receiving Antiretroviral Treatment at an Urban Clinic in Kampala, Uganda. AIDS research and treatment, 2017.
Li, M., Nyabigambo, A., Navvuga, P., Nuwamanya, E., Nuwasiima, A., Kaganda, P., Asiimwe, F.T., Vodicka, E., Mugisha, N.M., Mukose, A. and Kwesiga, D.K., 2017. Acceptability of cervical cancer screening using visual inspection among women attending a childhood immunization clinic in Uganda. Papillomavirus Research, 4, pp.17-21.
Daviaud, E., Owen, H., Pitt, C., Kerber, K., Bianchi Jassir, F., Barger, D., Manzi, F., Ekipara-Kiracho, E., Greco, G., Waiswa, P. and Lawn, J.E., 2017. Overview, methods and results of multi-country community-based maternal and newborn care economic analysis. Health policy and planning, 32(suppl_1), pp.i6-i20.
Hanson, C., Kujala, S., Waiswa, P., Marchant, T. and Schellenberg, J., 2017. World Health Assembly». Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 95, pp.453-464C.
Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Barger, D., Mayora, C., Waiswa, P., Lawn, J., Kalungi, J., Namazzi, G., Kerber, K., Owen, H. and Daviaud, E., 2017. Uganda Newborn Study (UNEST) trial. Health Policy and Planning, 32(suppl_1).
Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Ghosh, U., Brahmachari, R. and Paina, L., 2017. Engaging stakeholders: lessons from the use of participatory tools for improving maternal and child care health services. Health research policy and systems, 15(2), p.106.
Henriksson, D.K., Ayebare, F., Waiswa, P., Peterson, S.S., Tumushabe, E.K. and Fredriksson, M., 2017. Enablers and barriers to evidence based planning in the district health system in Uganda; perceptions of district health managers. BMC health services research, 17(1), p.103.
Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Barger, D., Mayora, C., Waiswa, P., Lawn, J.E., Kalungi, J., Namazzi, G., Kerber, K., Owen, H. and Daviaud, E., 2017. Uganda Newborn Study (UNEST) trial: Community-based maternal and newborn care economic analysis. Health policy and planning, 32(suppl_1), pp.i42-i52.
Kujala, S., Waiswa, P., Kadobera, D., Akuze, J., Pariyo, G. and Hanson, C., 2017. Trends and risk factors of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Eastern Uganda (1982–2011): a cross‐sectional, population‐based study. Tropical medicine & international health, 22(1), pp.63-73.
Kiwanuka Henriksson, D., Fredriksson, M., Waiswa, P., Selling, K. and Swartling Peterson, S., 2017. Bottleneck analysis at district level to illustrate gaps within the district health system in Uganda. Global health action, 10(1), p.1327256.
Kamya, C., Shearer, J., Asiimwe, G., Carnahan, E., Salisbury, N., Waiswa, P., Brinkerhoff, J. and Hozumi, D., 2017. Evaluating global health partnerships: a case study of a Gavi HPV vaccine application process in Uganda. International journal of health policy and management, 6(6), p.327.
Mutebi, A., Muhumuza Kananura, R., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Bua, J., Namusoke Kiwanuka, S., Nammazi, G., Paina, L. and Tetui, M., 2017. Characteristics of community savings groups in rural Eastern Uganda: opportunities for improving access to maternal health services. Global health action, 10(sup4), p.1347363.
Namazzi, G., Okuga, M., Tetui, M., Muhumuza Kananura, R., Kakaire, A., Namutamba, S., Mutebi, A., Namusoke Kiwanuka, S., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E. and Waiswa, P., 2017. Working with community health workers to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes: implementation and scale-up lessons from eastern Uganda. Global health action, 10(sup4), p.1345495.
Moses Tetui, Anna-Britt Coe, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Elizabeth Kiracho Ekirapa, Suzanne N Kiwanuka. “Awakened:” Participatory Action Research experiences from a maternal and newborn intervention program in Eastern Uganda. Global Health Action 2017,10:33387. – http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.33387.
Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Tetui, M., Bua, J., Muhumuza Kananura, R., Waiswa, P., Makumbi, F., Atuyambe, L., Ajeani, J., George, A., Mutebi, A. and Kakaire, A., 2017. Maternal and neonatal implementation for equitable systems. A study design paper. Global health action, 10(sup4), p.1346925.
Namusoke Kiwanuka, S., Akulume, M., Tetui, M., Muhumuza Kananura, R., Bua, J. and Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., 2017. Balancing the cost of leaving with the cost of living: drivers of long-term retention of health workers: an explorative study in three rural districts in Eastern Uganda. Global health action, 10(sup4), p.1345494.
Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Paina, L., Muhumuza Kananura, R., Mutebi, A., Jane, P., Tumuhairwe, J., Tetui, M. and Kiwanuka, S.N., 2017. ‘Nurture the sprouting bud; do not uproot it’. Using saving groups to save for maternal and newborn health: lessons from rural Eastern Uganda. Global health action, 10(sup4), p.1347311.
Muhumuza Kananura, Rornald, Moses Tetui, John Bua, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, Aloysius Mutebi, Gertrude Namazzi, Suzanne Namusoke Kiwanuka, and Peter Waiswa. “Effect of a participatory multisectoral maternal and newborn intervention on birth preparedness and knowledge of maternal and newborn danger signs among women in Eastern Uganda: a quasi-experiment study.” Global health action 10, no. sup4 (2017): 1362826.
Kananura, Rornald Muhumuza, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, Ligia Paina, Ahmed Bumba, Godfrey Mulekwa, Dinah Nakiganda-Busiku, Htet Nay Lin Oo, Suzanne Namusoke Kiwanuka, Asha George, and David H. Peters. “Participatory monitoring and evaluation approaches that influence decision-making: lessons from a maternal and newborn study in Eastern Uganda.” Health research policy and systems 15, no. 2 (2017): 107.
Ekirapa-Kiracho, Elizabeth, Rornald Muhumuza Kananura, Moses Tetui, Gertrude Namazzi, Aloysius Mutebi, Asha George, Ligia Paina et al. “Effect of a participatory multisectoral maternal and newborn intervention on maternal health service utilization and newborn care practices: a quasi-experimental study in three rural Ugandan Districts.” Global health action 10, no. sup4 (2017): 1363506.
Kisakye, A.N., Muhumuza Kananura, R., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Bua, J., Akulume, M., Namazzi, G. and Namusoke Kiwanuka, S., 2017. Effect of support supervision on maternal and newborn health services and practices in rural Eastern Uganda. Global health action, 10(sup4), p.1345496.
Ajeani, J., Mangwi Ayiasi, R., Tetui, M., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Namazzi, G., Muhumuza Kananura, R., Namusoke Kiwanuka, S. and Beyeza-Kashesya, J., 2017. A cascade model of mentorship for frontline health workers in rural health facilities in Eastern Uganda: processes, achievements and lessons. Global health action, 10(sup4), p.1345497.
Sserwanga, Asadu, Peter Waiswa, Arthur Mpimbaza, and Adoke Yeka. “Factors Associated With Mortality Among Patients Who Absconded From Jinja Children’s Hospital.” In American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, Vol. 97, No. 5, Pp. 551-551. 8000 Westpark Dr, Ste 130, Mclean, Va 22101 Usa: Amer Soc Trop Med & Hygiene, 2017.
Paina, L., Wilkinson, A., Tetui, M., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Barman, D., Ahmed, T., Mahmood, S.S., Bloom, G., Knezovich, J., George, A. and Bennett, S., 2017. Using Theories of Change to inform implementation of health systems research and innovation: experiences of Future Health Systems consortium partners in Bangladesh, India and Uganda. Health research policy and systems, 15(2), p.109.
Bennett, S., Mahmood, S.S., Edward, A., Tetui, M. and Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., 2017. Strengthening scaling up through learning from implementation: comparing experiences from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Uganda. Health research policy and systems, 15(2), p.108.
Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Ghosh, U., Brahmachari, R. and Paina, L., 2017. Engaging stakeholders: lessons from the use of participatory tools for improving maternal and child care health services. Health research policy and systems, 15(2), p.106.
Tetui, M., Coe, A.B., Hurtig, A.K., Bennett, S., Kiwanuka, S.N., George, A. and Kiracho, E.E., 2017. A participatory action research approach to strengthening health managers’ capacity at district level in Eastern Uganda. Health research policy and systems, 15(2), p.110.
Peters, D.H., Bhuiya, A., Ghaffar, A., Bennett, S., Mahmood, S.S., Edward, A., Tetui, M., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Ghosh, U., Brahmachari, R. and Paina, L., 2017. Engaging stakeholders in implementation research: tools, approaches, and lessons learned from application. Health Research Policy and Systems, 15(2), p.104.
Mukunya, D., Tumwine, J.K., Nankabirwa, V., Ndeezi, G., Odongo, I., Tumuhamye, J., Tongun, J.B., Kizito, S., Napyo, A., Achora, V. and Odongkara, B., 2017. Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a survey in northern Uganda. Global health action, 10(1), p.1410975.
Sanou, A.S., Diallo, A.H., Holding, P., Nankabirwa, V., Engebretsen, I.M.S., Ndeezi, G., Tumwine, J.K., Meda, N., Tylleskar, T. and Kashala-Abotnes, E., 2017. Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and child’s cognitive performance at 6–8 years of age in rural Burkina Faso: an observational study. PeerJ, 5, p.e3507.
Nankabirwa, V., Tumwine, J.K., Namugga, O., Tylleskär, T., Ndeezi, G., Robberstad, B., Netea, M.G. and Sommerfelt, H., 2017. Early versus late BCG vaccination in HIV-1-exposed infants in Uganda: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18(1), p.152.
Nankabirwa, V., Tylleskär, T., Tumuhamye, J., Tumwine, J.K., Ndeezi, G., Martines, J.C. and Sommerfelt, H., 2017. Efficacy of umbilical cord cleansing with a single application of 4% chlorhexidine for the prevention of newborn infections in Uganda: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18(1), p.322.
Sacks, E., Masvawure, T.B., Atuyambe, L.M., Neema, S., Macwan’gi, M., Simbaya, J. and Kruk, M., 2017. Postnatal care experiences and barriers to care utilization for home-and facility-delivered newborns in Uganda and Zambia. Maternal and child health journal, 21(3), pp.599-606.
Kibira, S.P., Muhumuza, C., Bukenya, J.N. and Atuyambe, L.M., 2015. “I spent a full month bleeding, I thought I was going to die…” a qualitative study of experiences of women using modern contraception in Wakiso District, Uganda. PloS one, 10(11), p.e0141998.
Austin-Evelyn, K., Sacks, E., Atuyambe, L., Greeson, D., Kruk, M.E. and Grépin, K.A., 2017. The promise of Mama Kits: Perceptions of in-kind goods as incentives for facility deliveries in Uganda. Global public health, 12(5), pp.565-578.
Bukenya, J.N., Mulogo, E., Kibira, S.P.S., Muhumuza, C. and Atuyambe, L.M., 2017. Health facilities’ readiness to provide friendly reproductive health services to young people aged 10-24 years in Wakiso district, Uganda. Global journal of reproductive medicine, 2(3).
2016
Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Namazzi, G., Tetui, M., Mutebi, A., Waiswa, P., Oo, H., Peters, D.H. and George, A.S., 2016. Unlocking community capabilities for improving maternal and newborn health: participatory action research to improve birth preparedness, health facility access, and newborn care in rural Uganda. BMC health services research, 16(7), p.638.
Mutanda, J.N., Waiswa, P. and Namutamba, S., 2016. Community-made mobile videos as a mechanism for maternal, newborn and child health education in rural Uganda; a qualitative evaluation. African health sciences, 16(4), pp.923-928.
Kananura RM, Tetui M, Mutebi A, Bua JN, Waiswa P, Kiwanuka SN, et al. The neonatal mortality and its determinants in rural communities of Eastern Uganda. Reprod Health. 2016;13:13. http://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-016-0119-y
Owor MO, Matovu JK, Murokora D, Wanyenze RK, Waiswa P. Factors associated with adoption of beneficial newborn care practices in rural Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2016;16(1):83.https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-016-0874-3
Ekirapa-Kiracho, Elizabeth, and Ayub Kakaire. “Working with health workers to improve maternal health services.” (2016).
Ekirapa-Kiracho, Elizabeth, and Ayub Kakaire. “Saving money, saving lives: community saving groups lead to improvements in maternal and newborn health care in Uganda.” (2016).
Muhumuza, E., Namuhani, N., Balugaba, B.E., Namata, J. and Kiracho, E.E., 2016. Factors associated with use of malaria control interventions by pregnant women in Buwunga subcounty, Bugiri District. Malaria journal, 15(1), p.342.
Agaro, C., Beyeza-Kashesya, J., Waiswa, P., Sekandi, J.N., Tusiime, S., Anguzu, R. and Kiracho, E.E., 2016. The conduct of maternal and perinatal death reviews in Oyam District, Uganda: a descriptive cross-sectional study. BMC women’s health, 16(1), p.38.
Frøen, J.F., Myhre, S.L., Frost, M.J., Chou, D., Mehl, G., Say, L., Cheng, S., Fjeldheim, I., Friberg, I.K., French, S. and Jani, J.V., 2016. eRegistries: Electronic registries for maternal and child health. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 16(1), p.11.
Flenady, V., Wojcieszek, A.M., Fjeldheim, I., Friberg, I.K., Nankabirwa, V., Jani, J.V., Myhre, S., Middleton, P., Crowther, C., Ellwood, D. and Tudehope, D., 2016. eRegistries: indicators for the WHO Essential Interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 16(1), p.293.
Fadnes, L.T., Nankabirwa, V., Engebretsen, I.M., Sommerfelt, H., Birungi, N., Lombard, C., Swanevelder, S., Van den Broeck, J., Tylleskär, T. and Tumwine, J.K., 2016. Effects of an exclusive breastfeeding intervention for six months on growth patterns of 4–5 year old children in Uganda: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial. BMC public health, 16(1), p.555.
Birungi, N., Fadnes, L.T., Nankabirwa, V., Tumwine, J.K., Åstrøm, A.N. and PROMISE-EBF Study Group, 2016. Caretaker’s caries experience and its association with early childhood caries and children’s oral health-related quality of life: A prospective two-generation study. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 74(8), pp.605-612.
Ayiasi, R.M., Kolsteren, P., Batwala, V., Criel, B. and Orach, C.G., 2016. Effect of village health team home visits and mobile phone consultations on maternal and newborn care practices in Masindi and Kiryandongo, Uganda: a community-intervention trial. PloS one, 11(4), p.e0153051.
Singh, D., Negin, J., Orach, C.G. and Cumming, R., 2016. Supportive supervision for volunteers to deliver reproductive health education: a cluster randomized trial. Reproductive health, 13(1), p.126.
Prada, E., Atuyambe, L.M., Blades, N.M., Bukenya, J.N., Orach, C.G. and Bankole, A., 2016. Incidence of induced abortion in Uganda, 2013: new estimates since 2003. PloS one, 11(11), p.e0165812.
Kabagenyi, A., Reid, A., Ntozi, J. and Atuyambe, L., 2016. Socio-cultural inhibitors to use of modern contraceptive techniques in rural Uganda: a qualitative study. The Pan African Medical Journal, 25.
Baguma, C., Babirye, J.N., Oryema, P., Wasswa, P. and Atuyambe, L., 2016. Reasons For the Low Male Involvement in Routine Child Immunization in Hoima District Uganda Using the Attitude, Social Influence and Self Efficacy Model. Journal of Immunization, 1(1), p.9.
2015
Waiswa P, Pariyo G, Kallander K, Akuze J, Namazzi G, Ekirapa-Kiracho E, et al. Effect of the Uganda Newborn Study on care-seeking and care practices: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Glob Health Action. 2015;8:24584.http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/24584
Waiswa P, Namazzi G, Kerber K, Peterson S. Designing for action: adapting and implementing a community-based newborn care package to affect national change in Uganda. Glob Health Action. 2015;8:24250.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385213/
Waiswa P, Akuze J, Peterson S, Kerber K, Tetui M, Forsberg BC, et al. Differences in essential newborn care at birth between private and public health facilities in eastern Uganda. Global health action. 2015;8.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385204/
Timša L, Marrone G, Ekirapa E, Waiswa P. Strategies for helping families prepare for birth: experiences from eastern central Uganda. Global health action. 2015;8.http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/23969
Sitrin D, Guenther T, Waiswa P, Namutamba S, Namazzi G, Sharma S, et al. Improving newborn care practices through home visits: lessons from Malawi, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Uganda. Glob Health Action. 2015;8:23963.http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/23963
Okuga M, Kemigisa M, Namutamba S, Namazzi G, Waiswa P. Engaging community health workers in maternal and newborn care in eastern Uganda. Global Health Action. 2015;8:10.3402/gha.v8.23968.http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/23968
Namazzi G, Waiswa P, Nakakeeto M, Nakibuuka VK, Namutamba S, Najjemba M, et al. Strengthening health facilities for maternal and newborn care: experiences from rural eastern Uganda. Glob Health Action. 2015;8:24271.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385205/
Nalwadda CK, Waiswa P, Guwatudde D, Kerber K, Peterson S, Kiguli J. ‘As soon as the umbilical cord gets off, the child ceases to be called a newborn’: sociocultural beliefs and newborn referral in rural Uganda. Glob Health Action. 2015;8:24386.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385206/
Nakimuli A, Mbalinda SN, Nabirye RC, Kakaire O, Nakubulwa S, Osinde MO, et al. Still births, neonatal deaths and neonatal near miss cases attributable to severe obstetric complications: a prospective cohort study in two referral hospitals in Uganda. BMC pediatrics. 2015;15(1):1.http://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12887-015-0362-3
Lawn JE, Kerber K, Sankoh O, Claeson M. Uganda Newborn Study (UNEST): learning from a decade of research in Uganda to accelerate change for newborns especially in Africa. Global health action. 2015;8.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385209/
Kiguli J, Namusoko S, Kerber K, Peterson S, Waiswa P. Weeping in silence: community experiences of stillbirths in rural eastern Uganda. Glob Health Action. 2015;8:24011.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385210/
John B, David M, Mathias L, Elizabeth N. Risk factors and practices contributing to newborn sepsis in a rural district of Eastern Uganda, August 2013: a cross sectional study. BMC research notes. 2015;8(1):339.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529696/
Hanson C, Waiswa P, Marchant T, Marx M, Manzi F, Mbaruku G, et al. Expanded Quality Management Using Information Power (EQUIP): protocol for a quasi-experimental study to improve maternal and newborn health in Tanzania and Uganda. Implement Sci. 2015;10:152.http://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1748-5908-9-41
Baker U, Okuga M, Waiswa P, Manzi F, Peterson S, Hanson C. Bottlenecks in the implementation of essential screening tests in antenatal care: Syphilis, HIV, and anemia testing in rural Tanzania and Uganda. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2015;130 Suppl 1:S43-50.http://www.ijgo.org/article/S0020-7292%2815%2900214-3/abstract
Muhwezi, W.W., Katahoire, A.R., Banura, C., Mugooda, H., Kwesiga, D., Bastien, S. and Klepp, K.I., 2015. Perceptions and experiences of adolescents, parents and school administrators regarding adolescent-parent communication on sexual and reproductive health issues in urban and rural Uganda. Reproductive health, 12(1), p.110.
Namasopo-Oleja, S.M., Bagenda, D. and Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., 2015. Factors affecting disclosure of serostatus to children attending Jinja Hospital Paediatric HIV clinic, Uganda. African health sciences, 15(2), pp.344-351.
Musoke, D., Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., Ndejjo, R. and George, A., 2015. Using photovoice to examine community level barriers affecting maternal health in rural Wakiso district, Uganda. Reproductive health matters, 23(45), pp.136-147.
Bua, J., Paina, L. and Kiracho, E.E., 2015. Lessons learnt during the process of setup and implementation of the voucher scheme in Eastern Uganda: a mixed methods study. Implementation Science, 10(1), p.108.
Bagonza, J., Rutebemberwa, E., Eckmanns, T. and Ekirapa-Kiracho, E., 2015. What influences availability of medicines for the community management of childhood illnesses in central Uganda? Implications for scaling up the integrated community case management programme. BMC public health, 15(1), p.1180.
Nankabirwa, V., Tumwine, J.K., Mugaba, P.M., Tylleskär, T. and Sommerfelt, H., 2015. Child survival and BCG vaccination: a community based prospective cohort study in Uganda. BMC public health, 15(1), p.175.
Birungi, N., Fadnes, L.T., Okullo, I., Kasangaki, A., Nankabirwa, V., Ndeezi, G., Tumwine, J.K., Tylleskär, T., Lie, S.A. and Åstrøm, A.N., 2015. Effect of breastfeeding promotion on early childhood caries and breastfeeding duration among 5 year old children in eastern Uganda: a cluster randomized trial. PloS one, 10(5), p.e0125352.
Kiwanuka, S.N., Tetui, M., George, A., Kisakye, A.N., Walugembe, D.R. and Kiracho, E.E., 2015. What Lessons for Sustainability of Maternal Health Interventions Can Be Drawn from Rural Water and Sanitation Projects: Perspectives from Eastern Uganda. J. Mgmt. & Sustainability, 5, p.97.
Ayiasi, R.M., Muhumuza, C., Bukenya, J. and Orach, C.G., 2015. The effect of prenatal counselling on postpartum family planning use among early postpartum women in Masindi and Kiryandongo districts, Uganda. Pan African Medical Journal, 21(1).
Orach, C.G., Otim, G., Aporomon, J.F., Amone, R., Okello, S.A., Odongkara, B. and Komakech, H., 2015. Perceptions, attitude and use of family planning services in post conflict Gulu district, northern Uganda. Conflict and health, 9(1), p.24.
Ayiasi, R.M., Atuyambe, L.M., Kiguli, J., Orach, C.G., Kolsteren, P. and Criel, B., 2015. Use of mobile phone consultations during home visits by Community Health Workers for maternal and newborn care: community experiences from Masindi and Kiryandongo districts, Uganda. BMC public health, 15(1), p.560.
Lwanga, F., Wanyenze, R.K., Matovu, J.K. and Garimoi Orach, C., 2015. Food security and nutritional status of children residing in sugarcane growing communities of east-central Uganda: a cross-sectional study.
Singh, D., Cumming, R., Negin, J. and Orach, C.G., Developing a Model for Community Action to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes in Rural Uganda.
Atuyambe, L.M., Kibira, S.P., Bukenya, J., Muhumuza, C., Apolot, R.R. and Mulogo, E., 2015. Understanding sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents: evidence from a formative evaluation in Wakiso district, Uganda. Reproductive health, 12(1), p.35.
Sacks, E., Vail, D., Austin-Evelyn, K., Greeson, D., Atuyambe, L.M., Macwan’gi, M., Kruk, M.E. and Grépin, K.A., 2015. Factors influencing modes of transport and travel time for obstetric care: a mixed methods study in Zambia and Uganda. Health policy and planning, 31(3), pp.293-301.
Ayiasi, R.M., Atuyambe, L.M., Kiguli, J., Orach, C.G., Kolsteren, P. and Criel, B., 2015. Use of mobile phone consultations during home visits by Community Health Workers for maternal and newborn care: community experiences from Masindi and Kiryandongo districts, Uganda. BMC public health, 15(1), p.560.
Kabagenyi, A., Reid, A., Rutaremwa, G., Atuyambe, L.M. and Ntozi, J.P., 2015. Has Uganda experienced any stalled fertility transitions? Reflecting on the last four decades (1973–2011). Fertility research and practice, 1(1), p.14.
2014
Tancred T, Mandu R, Hanson C, Okuga M, Manzi F, Peterson S, et al. How people-centred health systems can reach the grassroots: experiences implementing community-level quality improvement in rural Tanzania and Uganda. Health Policy and Planning. 2014:czu070.https://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/09/21/heapol.czu070.full
Mkumbo, E. and Manzi, F., 2014. Innovation in supervision and support of community health volunteers: experience from a six-district newborn survival study in rural southern Tanzania. International health, 6(4), pp.339-341.
Nalwadda Kayemba C. Seeking referral care for newborns in eastern Uganda: community health workers’ role, caretakers’ compliance and provision of care. 2014.https://openarchive.ki.se/xmlui/handle/10616/42197
Nalwadda CK, Peterson S, Tomson G, Guwatudde D, Kiguli J, Namazzi G, et al. Health system preparedness for newborn care: a health facility assessment in rural Uganda. BMC Health Services Research. 2014;14(2):1.http://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6963-14-S2-P63
Nabiwemba EL, Atuyambe L, Criel B, Kolsteren P, Orach CG. Recognition and home care of low birth weight neonates: a qualitative study of knowledge, beliefs and practices of mothers in Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Uganda. BMC public health. 2014;14(1):546.http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-14-546
Mayora C, Ekirapa-Kiracho E, Bishai D, Peters DH, Okui O, Baine SO. Incremental cost of increasing access to maternal health care services: perspectives from a demand and supply side intervention in Eastern Uganda. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 2014;12(1):1.http://resource-allocation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1478-7547-12-14
Marchant T, Schellenberg J, Peterson S, Manzi F, Waiswa P, Hanson C, et al. The use of continuous surveys to generate and continuously report high quality timely maternal and newborn health data at the district level in Tanzania and Uganda. Implement Sci. 2014;9:112. http://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-014-0112-1
2013
Tetui M, Ekirapa EK, Bua J, Mutebi A. Quality of Antenatal care services in eastern Uganda: implications for interventions. Pan African Medical Journal. 2013;13(1). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23308332
Nalwadda CK, Waiswa P, Kiguli J, Namazzi G, Namutamba S, Tomson G, et al. High Compliance with Newborn Community-to-Facility Referral in Eastern Uganda:. An Opportunity to Improve Newborn Survival. PLoS One. 2013;8(11):e81610.http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0081610
Nakibuuka V, Okong P, Waiswa P, Byaruhanga R. Perinatal death audits in a peri-urban hospital in Kampala, Uganda. African health sciences. 2013;12(4):435-42.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598282/
Nabiwemba E, Marchant T, Namazzi G, Kadobera D, Waiswa P. Identifying high-risk babies born in the community using foot length measurement at birth in Uganda. Child Care Health Dev. 2013;39(1):20-6.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22680250
Mutebi A, Bishai D, Bua J, Ekirapa EK. Do Transport Vouchers Using Local Available Means Increase Attended Deliveries? A Case Study of a Rural Community in Uganda. A Case Study of a Rural Community in Uganda (July 3, 2013). 2013.
Kayemba Nalwadda C, Guwatudde D, Waiswa P, Kiguli J, Namazzi G, Namutumba S, et al. Community health workers–a resource for identification and referral of sick newborns in rural Uganda. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2013;18(7):898-906.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23551394
Elizabeth NL, Christopher OG, Patrick K. Determining an anthropometric surrogate measure for identifying low birth weight babies in Uganda: a hospital-based cross sectional study. BMC pediatrics. 2013;13(1):54.http://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2431-13-54
John, B., David, M., Mathias, L. and Elizabeth, N., 2015. Risk factors and practices contributing to newborn sepsis in a rural district of Eastern Uganda, August 2013: a cross sectional study. BMC research notes, 8(1), p.339.
2012
Waiswa P, Peterson SS, Namazzi G, Ekirapa EK, Naikoba S, Byaruhanga R, et al. The Uganda Newborn Study (UNEST): an effectiveness study on improving newborn health and survival in rural Uganda through a community-based intervention linked to health facilities – study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2012;13:213.http://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1745-6215-13-213
Waiswa P, Kalter HD, Jakob R, Black RE. Increased use of social autopsy is needed to improve maternal, neonatal and child health programmes in low-income countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2012;90(6):403-A.http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/6/12-105718/en/
Waiswa P. Improving Newborn Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa–Evaluating the Implementation Context in Uganda. NEONATAL CARE. 2012:19.http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/38037.pdf
Mbonye AK, Sentongo M, Mukasa GK, Byaruhanga R, Sentumbwe-Mugisa O, Waiswa P, et al. Newborn survival in Uganda: a decade of change and future implications. Health policy and planning. 2012;27(suppl 3):iii104-iii17.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22692413
Larsson EC, Thorson AE, Pariyo G, Waiswa P, Kadobera D, Marrone G, et al. Missed Opportunities: barriers to HIV testing during pregnancy from a population based cohort study in rural Uganda. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e37590.http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0037590
Kayemba CN, Sengendo HN, Ssekitooleko J, Kerber K, Källander K, Waiswa P, et al. Introduction of newborn care within integrated community case management in Uganda. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2012;87(5 Suppl):46-53.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3748521/
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