Gulu University

HPV vaccine uptake and barriers among adolescent girls and young women living in the urban slums of Kampala, Uganda

A high incidence of cervical cancer is evident in several low-income countries, particularly in the urban slums that harbor densely populated poor communities. Even though Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is a key strategy for cervical cancer, the uptake remains low in thes...

Entrepreneurial Intent and Venture Creation: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Business Education's Efficacy in Uganda (2021–2026)

Despite the significant expansion of formal business education in Uganda, its direct impact on fostering entrepreneurial intent and subsequent venture creation remains inadequately understood, creating a critical evidence gap for policymakers and educators. This mixed methods stu...

Entrepreneurial Intent and Venture Creation: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Business Education's Efficacy in Uganda (2021–2026)

Despite the significant expansion of formal business education in Uganda, its direct impact on fostering entrepreneurial intent and subsequent venture creation remains inadequately understood, creating a critical evidence gap for policymakers and educators. This mixed methods stu...

Friends or foes: Unraveling the tsetse fly-Spiroplasma symbiosis

Tsetse flies ( Glossina spp.) transmit African trypanosomes, the causative agents of human African and African animal trypanosomiases (HAT and AAT, respectively). These neglected tropical diseases impose significant public health and economic burdens across sub-Saharan Africa. Tr...

Effect of malted iron-rich beans flour inclusion on nutritional and sensory properties of broken rice-based complementary food: a community-based experimental study

Abstract Background Iron and zinc deficiencies are a major public health concern among children aged 6-24 months in Northern Uganda, particularly in the Acholi sub-region. These deficiencies are largely linked to complementary foods prepared from inadequately processed local ingr...

“They could …distance themselves from me claiming I still had Ebola”: experiences of Ebola virus disease survivors in Central Uganda

Ebola continues to be a great public health challenge in Uganda where it is vulnerable to future Ebola outbreaks. Survivors are likely to continue experiencing the after effects of Ebola during the recovery period. The study was conducted to explore experiences of Ebola survivors...

Time to sputum culture conversion and associated factors among rifampicin-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated with Bedaquiline at Mulago hospital, Uganda

Sputum culture conversion in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is the most important interim indicator for drug-resistant (DR) tuberculosis (TB) treatment effectiveness. Bedaquiline-based regimens offer the possibility of more effective and less toxic treatment for DR TB...

Ethno-ornithology of the Critically Endangered Rüppell’s Vulture Gyps rueppelli at Ngolonyako breeding site, Arua District, Uganda

Ethno-ornithology provides insights into how cultural relationships and understanding support conservation of ecologically essential bird species often perceived as uncharismatic. The Critically Endangered Rüppell’s Vulture Gyps rueppelli forages extensively across Uganda’s prote...