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Veenstra, Jessica, Daniel Dembe, Jude Nsamba, Lisa Wasko, Lee Burras, Gail Nonnecke, Boniface Orum, Simon Downie, and Rachael Cox. "Mapping Soils in Central Uganda." Soil Horizons 50, no. 1 (2009): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sh2009.1.0031.

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Meierkord, Christiane. "Attitudes Towards Exogenous and Endogenous Uses of English: Ugandan’s Judgements of English Structures in Varieties of English." International Journal of English Linguistics 10, no. 1 (December 10, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v10n1p1.

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Uganda is a former British protectorate, where English has contributed to the country’s linguistic ecology since 1894, when the British established a protectorate over the area of the Buganda kingdom. Over time, Ugandan English has developed as a nativised second language variety, spoken by Uganda’s indigenous population. At the same time, due to migrations, globalisation and the influence of international media and the Internet, its speakers have increasingly been in contact with varieties other than British English: American English, Indian English, Kenyan English, and Nigerian English may all influence Ugandan English. This paper looks at how Ugandan English can be conceptualised as a variety shaped by other varieties. It reports on the results of acceptability tests carried out with 184 informants in the North, the Central and the West of Uganda and discusses how speakers assess individual grammatical structures used in Ugandan English and in those varieties they are potentially in contact with.
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Isabirye, Alone, Martin Kayitale Mbonye, and Betty Kwagala. "Predictors of cervical cancer screening uptake in two districts of Central Uganda." PLOS ONE 15, no. 12 (December 3, 2020): e0243281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243281.

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Uganda’s cervical cancer age standardized incidence rate is four times the global estimate. Although Uganda’s ministry of health recommends screening for women aged 25–49 years, the screening remains low even in the most developed region (Central Uganda) of the country. This study examined the demographic, social, and economic predictors of cervical cancer screening in Central Uganda with the aim of informing targeted interventions to improve screening. The cross-sectional survey was conducted in Wakiso and Nakasongola districts in Central Uganda. A total of 845 women age 25–49 years participated in the study. Data were analyzed at bivariate and multivariate levels to examine the predictors of CC (cervical cancer) screening. Only 1 in 5 women (20.6%) had ever screened for cervical cancer. Our multivariate logistic regression model indicated that wealth index, source of information, and knowledge about CC and CC screening were significantly associated with cervical cancer screening. The odds of cervical cancer screening were higher among rich women compared with poor women [AOR = 1.93 (95%CI: 1.06–3.42), p = 0.031)], receiving information from health providers compared with radios [AOR = 4.14 (95%CI: 2.65–6.48), p<0.001, and being more knowledgeable compared with being less knowledgeable about CC and CC screening [AOR = 2.46 (95%CI: 1.49–3.37), p<0.001)]. Overall cervical cancer screening uptake in central Uganda was found to be low. The findings of the study indicate that women from a wealthy background, who had been sensitized by health workers and with high knowledge about CC and CC screening had higher odds of having ever screened compared with their counterparts. Efforts to increase uptake of screening must address disparities in access to resources and knowledge.
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Smallman-Raynor, M. R., and A. D. Cliff. "Civil war and the spread of AIDS in Central Africa." Epidemiology and Infection 107, no. 1 (August 1991): 69–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095026880004869x.

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SUMMARYUsing ordinary least squares regression techniques this paper demonstrates, for the first time, that the classic association of war and disease substantially accounts for the presently observed geographical distribution of reported clinical AIDS cases in Uganda. Both the spread of HIV 1 infection in the 1980s, and the subsequent development of AIDS to its 1990 spatial pattern, are shown to be significantly and positively correlated with ethnic patterns of recruitment into the Ugandan National Liberation Army (UNLA) after the overthrow of Idi Amin some 10 years earlier in 1979. This correlation reflects the estimated mean incubation period of 8–10 years for HIV 1 and underlines the need for cognizance of historical factors which may have influenced current patterns of AIDS seen in Central Africa. The findings may have important implications for AIDS forecasting and control in African countries which have recently experienced war. The results are compared with parallel analyses of other HIV hypotheses advanced to account for the reported geographical distribution of AIDS in Uganda.
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MACGOWAN, IAIN. "New species of Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from central and southern Africa." Zootaxa 967, no. 1 (May 2, 2005): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.967.1.1.

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Eleven new species of Lonchaeidae are described, namely, Lamprolonchaea longicercus MacGowan sp. nov. (Tanzania), Lonchaea asymmetrica MacGowan, sp. nov. (Tanzania), Lonchaea grandiseta MacGowan, sp. nov. (Botswana & Namibia); Silba budongo MacGowan sp. nov (Uganda) , Silba calceus MacGowan, sp. nov. (Namibia); Silba figurata MacGowan sp. nov (Uganda), Silba gongeti MacGowan sp. nov (Uganda), Silba namibia MacGowan, sp. nov. (Namibia), Silba quadridentata MacGowan, sp. nov. (Uganda), Silba spatulata MacGowan, sp. nov. (Tanzania) and Silba uganda MacGowan sp. nov (Uganda) The previously unknown male of Lonchaea haplosetifera McAlpine is also described from South Africa. New records of Lonchaeidae species are provided for Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia.
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Kiwuka, Catherine, Eva Goudsmit, Rémi Tournebize, Sinara Oliveira de Aquino, Jacob C. Douma, Laurence Bellanger, Dominique Crouzillat, et al. "Genetic diversity of native and cultivated Ugandan Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner): Climate influences, breeding potential and diversity conservation." PLOS ONE 16, no. 2 (February 8, 2021): e0245965. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245965.

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Wild genetic resources and their ability to adapt to environmental change are critically important in light of the projected climate change, while constituting the foundation of agricultural sustainability. To address the expected negative effects of climate change on Robusta coffee trees (Coffea canephora), collecting missions were conducted to explore its current native distribution in Uganda over a broad climatic range. Wild material from seven forests could thus be collected. We used 19 microsatellite (SSR) markers to assess genetic diversity and structure of this material as well as material from two ex-situ collections and a feral population. The Ugandan C. canephora diversity was then positioned relative to the species’ global diversity structure. Twenty-two climatic variables were used to explore variations in climatic zones across the sampled forests. Overall, Uganda’s native C. canephora diversity differs from other known genetic groups of this species. In northwestern (NW) Uganda, four distinct genetic clusters were distinguished being from Zoka, Budongo, Itwara and Kibale forests A large southern-central (SC) cluster included Malabigambo, Mabira, and Kalangala forest accessions, as well as feral and cultivated accessions, suggesting similarity in genetic origin and strong gene flow between wild and cultivated compartments. We also confirmed the introduction of Congolese varieties into the SC region where most Robusta coffee production takes place. Identified populations occurred in divergent environmental conditions and 12 environmental variables significantly explained 16.3% of the total allelic variation across populations. The substantial genetic variation within and between Ugandan populations with different climatic envelopes might contain adaptive diversity to cope with climate change. The accessions that we collected have substantially enriched the diversity hosted in the Ugandan collections and thus contribute to ex situ conservation of this vital genetic resource. However, there is an urgent need to develop strategies to enhance complementary in-situ conservation of Coffea canephora in native forests in northwestern Uganda.
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Kaye, Emmanuel, Antony Nyombi, Innocent Louis Mutambuze, and Ruth Muwesa. "Mancozeb Residue on Tomatoes in Central Uganda." Journal of Health and Pollution 5, no. 8 (June 2015): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.5696/i2156-9614-5-8.1.

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Munyuli, M. B. Théodore. "Butterfly Diversity from Farmlands of Central Uganda." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2012 (2012): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/481509.

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The aim of this study was to collect information about the diversity of butterfly communities in the mixed coffee-banana mosaic (seminatural, agricultural) landscapes of rural central Uganda. Data were collected for one year (2006) using fruit-bait traps, line transect walk-and-counts, and hand nets. A total of 56,315 individuals belonging to 331 species, 95 genera, and 6 families were sampled. The most abundant species wasBicyclus safitza(14.5%) followed byAcraea acerata(6.3%),Catopsilia florella(6.5%) andJunonia sophia(6.1%). Significant differences in abundance, species richness, and diversity of butterflies occurred between the 26 study sites. Farmland butterflies visited a variety of habitats within and around sites, but important habitats included woodlands, fallows, hedgerows, swampy habitats, abandoned gardens, and home gardens. The highest diversity and abundance of butterflies occurred in sites that contained forest remnants. Thus, forest reserves in the surrounding of fields increased the conservation values of coffee-banana agroforestry systems for butterflies. Their protection from degradation should be a priority for policy makers since they support a species-rich community of butterflies pollinating cultivated plants. Farmers are encouraged to protect and increase on-farm areas covered by complex traditional agroforests, linear, and nonlinear seminatural habitats to provide sufficient breeding sites and nectar resources for butterflies.
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Osiebe, Garhe. "The Ghetto President and Presidential Challenger in Uganda." Africa Spectrum 55, no. 1 (April 2020): 86–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002039720916085.

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The political history of post-colonial Uganda is about as fascinating as that of any post-colonial state. The styles of key political figures, including Milton Obote and Idi Amin Dada, who have had the privilege of leading the country, are central to this fascination. Yet, since becoming Uganda’s leader in 1986, President Yoweri Museveni appears to have outdone his predecessors so much so that an entire generation cares little of the country’s history before Museveni. In 2021, the Ugandan people are scheduled to go to the polls in a presidential election. Following the success of a bill in parliament to expunge an upper age limit to contest for the office of president, the seventy-five -year-old Museveni is set to seek an additional mandate. Unlike in his previous electoral contests, however, Museveni faces the challenge of a man less than half his age. Thirty-seven year-old Robert Kyagulanyi is among the most successful popular musicians in East Africa. Kyagulanyi has since exploited his success and fame to become an elected Member of Uganda’s Parliament. Barely two years after the artist materialised as a politician, the Ghetto President, as he is popularly known, has declared his intention to run for the office Museveni occupies, against Museveni. Since Museveni permitted electoral contests for the presidency of Uganda, he has remained defiantly invincible. How does Kyagulanyi propose to undo this, and why does he think he can, to the extent of daring? Drawing on a socio-biographical analysis of the celebrity MP, some strategic interviewing and student-participant observation, the article engages the dynamics inherent with some of these issues.
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Mustapha, Aishat, Joseph Ssekasanvu, Ivy Chen, Kate Grabowski, Robert Ssekubugu, Godfrey Kigozi, Steven J. Reynolds, et al. "SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND HYPERTENSION IN SOUTH CENTRAL UGANDA." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 77, no. 18 (May 2021): 3369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(21)04723-9.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Central Uganda"

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Acanit, Mary. "Status of Information and Communication Technologies in Academic Libraries in Central Uganda." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59905.

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Library users are constantly expecting new services, which puts tremendous pressure on academic libraries to re-organise their work patterns and devise better ways of service delivery in order to remain relevant. Although there are a lot of developments taking place in terms of information and communication technology (ICT), academic libraries in Sub- Saharan Africa are at different levels of ICT deployment both between different countries and within the same countries. The aim of this study is to determine the status of ICTs in Academic libraries in Central Uganda. The descriptive study employs a survey methodology gathering both quantitative and qualitative data. Data was collected from library staff responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of ICT at 17 of the 22 academic libraries in Central Uganda using survey questionnaires and interviews over a period of twelve months. Findings indicate that there is an improvement in the status of ICTs in academic libraries in Central Uganda although they are deployed at a minimum level. Funding, power fluctuations and low bandwidth still pose a major threat to ICT adoption in academic libraries in Central Uganda. This report informs government, libraries, LIS schools, LIS professional bodies and policy makers on the future course of action regarding ICT deployment and curricula. Notably, there is need for government to support infrastructural development; engage in public-private partnerships for infrastructural developments; exempt taxation of ICT equipment and supplement funding at universities. Libraries should dedicate more funds to purchase ICT equipment; automate all library functions; develop local capacity to manage ICT projects; promote awareness about ICT services and support initiatives from local and international library associations. LIS schools should conduct a curriculum review to reposition the LIS study program to the present and future needs of the job market; monitor and advice government on policy issues affecting higher education include the need to align ICTs to national development. LIS professional bodies need to champion the cause for the standardization of LIS study programs, promote networking and knowledge sharing; articulate national e-strategies and play advisory role to government, LIS schools and libraries.
Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Information Science
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Alyao, Ocero A. "A comparative analysis of health system governance and its impact on maternal health care in post-conflict northern Uganda and non-conflict east central Uganda." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2017. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3006579/.

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Background: Northern Uganda is recovering from a 23-year civil war that was largely confined to the region. During this period the rest of Uganda enjoyed a rapid GDP growth rate following wide-ranging macroeconomic reforms by the Ugandan government and its development partners. A post-recovery programme was implemented for Northern Uganda; however, the region still has the worst health status. This contributed to the country’s failure to attain MDG five for maternal health. Limited research has been conducted to determine which national and health system governance factors influence performance and affect access and utilisation of health care in countries like Uganda that have witnessed the dual context of conflict and non-conflict. A better understanding of the governance and policy development process in such settings is required if health policy adoption and implementation is to be more appropriate to the needs of the country’s entire population. Methods: A Political Economy Analysis framework was applied to compare governance factors at national and sub-national level in post-conflict Northern Uganda and in non-conflict East Central Uganda that had influenced the provision and utilisation of maternal health care. An analysis of constitutional, economic and health policies determined contextual factors, while data collected through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with decision-makers, implementers and communities determined the institutional and agency features. The features were used to access power and accountability relationships and incentives that drove the actions of health system stakeholders in central government, health ministry, district local government and civil society as well as in the local communities during the post conflict period in the Northern and East Central Uganda. Findings: The post-conflict period in Northern Uganda coincided with evidence of increased national political commitment to addressing the healthcare needs of Northern Uganda. However, the President, International Funding Institutions and Finance Ministry technocrats who were the dominant governance stakeholders pursued an approach to economic development that prioritised funding for the development of energy, transportation and defence sectors over that for healthcare. Women parliamentarians emerged as maternal healthcare policy champions but played a limited role in highlighting the special health needs of Northern Uganda. The Health Ministry lacked the political and technical capacity to adapt and implement maternal health care policies to specific sub-national needs. NGOs focused on human rights advocacy in Northern Uganda that enhanced the community’s demand for appropriate healthcare while in East Central Uganda they mainly addressed supply-side issues. Political patronage at national and sub-national levels negatively influenced supply and demand for healthcare. In Northern Uganda donor funding, district-based development partner presence, and CSO health system demand-side activities moderated a more positive influence. Conclusion: Decentralisation offers greater opportunities for health system recovery in settings of confined conflict but is prone to elite capture and corruption in peaceful settings within the same national context. Women leaders are critical in the development of a national health system where there is confined conflict, but political and traditional norms limit their role in the promotion of universal healthcare coverage. Despite the presence of factors that portended better maternal healthcare in the post-conflict setting, the limited involvement of the health ministry in the recovery process diminished the impact. CSOs in collaboration with communities play an important role in enhancing the responsiveness of the health system but are prone to political intrusion. The comprehension of policies, economic processes and social institutions of a country recovering from confined conflict enables the identification of variables which, if addressed, will lead to versatile, equitable health systems for all citizens.
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Kaida, Angela Kanana. "Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of married men toward family planning in Mpigi District, central Uganda." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ60443.pdf.

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Batchelor, Nicola Ann. "Spatial epidemiology of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in recently affected areas of central and eastern Uganda." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4432.

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The tsetse transmitted fatal disease of humans, sleeping sickness, is caused by two morphologically identical subspecies of the parasite T. brucei; T. b. rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense. Current distributions of the two forms of disease are not known to overlap in any area, and Uganda is the only country with transmission of both. The distribution of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda has expanded in recent years, with five districts newly affected since 1998. This movement has narrowed the gap between Rhodesian and Gambian sleeping sickness endemic areas, heightening concerns over a potential future overlap which would greatly complicate the diagnosis and treatment of the two diseases. An improved understanding of the social, environmental and climatic determinants of the distribution of Rhodesian sleeping sickness is required to allow more effective targeting of control measures and to prevent further spread and possible concurrence with Gambian sleeping sickness. The work presented in this thesis investigates the drivers of the distribution and spread of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in districts of central and eastern Uganda which form part of the recent disease focus extension. The spatial distribution of Rhodesian sleeping sickness was examined in Kaberamaido and Dokolo districts where the disease was first reported in 2004, using three different methodologies. A traditional one-step logistic regression analysis of disease prevalence was compared with a two-step hierarchical logistic regression analysis. The two-step method included the analysis of disease occurrence followed by the analysis of disease prevalence in areas with a high predicted probability of occurrence. These two methods were compared in terms of their predictive accuracy. The incorporation of a stochastic spatial effect to model the residual spatial autocorrelation was carried out using a Bayesian geostatistical approach. The geostatistical analysis was compared with the non-spatial models to assess the importance of spatial autocorrelation, to establish which method had the highest predictive accuracy and to establish which factors were the most significant in terms of the disease’s distribution. Links between Rhodesian sleeping sickness and landcover in Soroti district were also assessed using a matched case-control study design. Temporal trends in these relationships were observed using an annually stratified analysis to allow an exploration of the disease’s dispersion following its introduction to a previously unaffected area. This work expands on previous research that demonstrated the source of infection in this area to be the movement of untreated livestock from endemic areas through a local livestock market. With regards to the comparison of regression frameworks, the two-step regression compared favourably with the traditional one-step regression, but the Bayesian geostatistical analysis outperformed both in terms of predictive accuracy. Each of these regression methods highlighted the importance of distance to the closest livestock market on the distribution of Rhodesian sleeping sickness, indicating that the disease may have been introduced to this area via the movement of untreated cattle from endemic areas, despite the introduction of regulations requiring the treatment of livestock prior to sale. In addition, several other environmental and climatic variables were significantly associated with sleeping sickness occurrence and prevalence within the study area. The temporal stratification of the matched case-control analysis highlights the dispersion of sleeping sickness away from the point of introduction (livestock market) into more suitable areas; areas with higher proportions of seasonally flooding grassland, lower proportions of woodland and dense savannah and lower elevations. These findings relate to the habitat preferences of the predominant vector species in the study area; Glossina fuscipes fuscipes, which prefers riverine vegetation. The findings presented highlight the importance of the livestock reservoir as well as the climatic and environmental preferences of the tsetse fly vector for the introduction of Rhodesian sleeping sickness into previously unaffected areas, the subsequent spread of infection following an introduction and the equilibrium spatial distribution of the disease. By enhancing the knowledge base regarding the spatial determinants of the distribution of Rhodesian sleeping sickness within newly affected areas, future control efforts within Uganda may be better targeted to decrease prevalence and to prevent further spread of the disease.
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Boman, Kristin, and Alida Walfridsson. "The Effects of NAWOU’s Gender Training Programmes : A case study in central and north Uganda." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-413722.

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This report investigates how and to what extent knowledge sharing through the NAWOU gender training programmes empower the members, in the central and north region of Uganda, together with examining the members’ experiences from the programmes. Through observations, interviews and a survey during a qualitative case study in Uganda empirical data was collected and by using thematic analysis the data was analysed. The findings show that knowledge is shared on all levels and directions within the NAWOU network and is also spread outside the network to families and communities. Challenges faced by Ugandan women are today many and even though women are entitled to rights, the unawareness of them, together with social constructs, culture, sparse resources and accessibility are daily challenges to overcome. After participating in the gender training programmes, the members have become more self-aware with an increased self-esteem and self-confidence. They have gained a strong group belonging and together they accomplish social transformation. The awareness of women’s rights has increased among members and cultural structures are challenged. The members’ economic status has also increased by learning new practical skills. Even though empowerment is a process, the presented outcomes indicate that women participating in NAWOU programmes are being empowered.
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Nakileza, Bob R. "Soil degradation and associated socio-ecological impacts in the drylands of Nakasongola district, Central Uganda." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4786.

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This study investigated the causes, magnitude and selected socio-ecologlcal effects of soil degradation, with the ultimate goal of explaining and mapping the spatial and temporal variations of degradation in the dryland area of central Uganda.
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Lwanga, Margaret Jjuuko Nassuna. "An investigation into the representations of environmental issues relating to Lake Victoria, Uganda, and their negotiation by the lakeside communities." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001577.

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The state of the environment is increasingly present as an urgent concern for contemporary political, social, cultural and physical life. Yet the roles of the mass media (radio, television and newspapers) in shaping and influencing crucial public awareness, debates and environmental decision-making remain inadequately understood. Positioned as a critical studies inquiry into media representations and audience reception, this study forms part of a wider project amongst media scholars and culture critics on the relationship between media textual production and consumption. It explores how one radio station in Uganda, Central Broadcasting Service (CBS) radio, represents and constructs the environmental crises faced by Lake Victoria, especially pollution and overfishing. The focus is on the Victoria Voice radio documentaries aired on CBS radio in the year 2005. The study further explores how three lakeside communities negotiate these issues as radio broadcasts. It recognises that while the mass media contribute significantly to creating public awareness about such social concerns, their likelihood of having a direct and predictable impact on social behaviour is slight. The context and the lived experiences at the reception stage where the decisions are made on whether to adopt an innovation are ultimately the factors which impact on how they are negotiated. The thesis is informed by the theoretical and analytical framework of Cultural Studies as well as the Participatory Approach to Communication for Development perspectives. The study is specifically informed by the theories of ‘discourse’ (Foucault, 1980a, 1981) and the ‘circuit of culture’ (du Gay et al., 1997 and Johnson, 1987) and these provided the conceptual framework for investigating the representations, the production and the consumption of media texts. Predominantly qualitative methods have been employed in data collection and analysis. In the first place, a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) (Fairclough, 1995a, 1995c) of the radio texts has interrogated the discourses and discursive practices of CBS’ Victoria Voice environmental radio programmes in order to consider its representations of particular issues and consequently the discourses it privileged. Qualitative methods of participant observation, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were deployed to investigate the negotiation of the texts by the lakeside communities. This research establishes that the Victoria Voice radio texts foreground three contesting types of discourses: the discourse of basic economic survival and livelihoods is articulated largely by the ordinary people, the lakeside communities; the discourse of sustainable development, particularly the protection and sustainability of Lake Victoria, by scientists and environmental experts; and the discourse of modernisation and corporate investment by politicians and/or policy makers and industrialists. The texts, to a large degree, reaffirm the hegemonic relations of power in Ugandan society, and thus contribute to the maintenance of the status quo. The selection of an elite category of informers (scientists, experts, politicians, policy makers) serves to marginalise the less powerful ordinary people (the fisher folk, farmers and other eyewitnesses). The construction of the elite as active and speaking subjects within the various debates introduced in these programmes, for example, works both to obscure and endorse the unequal power relations. At the reception side, while the lakeside communities attest to the relevance of the programmes in providing information on the issues concerning Lake Victoria and other aspects of their livelihood, they also recognise the power relations that underpin the sets of representations. Amongst these sets is government’s complicity with industry, in line with their economic policies and the global capitalist economy, while espousing the rhetoric of nature conservation. The study argues that sustainable solutions for the crises on Lake Victoria should take into account the socio-historical and cultural contexts of the lakeside communities. For the Ugandan media, particularly radio, there is a need to rethink the nature of the coverage, which tends to neglect the contextual factors, such as local socio-economic and cultural factors within which environmental issues and problems occur and which, as this thesis establishes, greatly influences the way people make sense of environmental issues and problems. I posit that the Participatory Approach that seeks to address the communities’ most pressing concerns should be adopted – to include more of the communities’ voices and involve them in the production of radio programmes.
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Naphtali, Happy Kuteesa. "The Role the Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL) can play in the Implementation of Successful Institutional Repositories in its Member Institutions in the Central Region of Uganda." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62106.

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The Consortium of Uganda University Libraries' (CUUL) primary objective is to provide a forum for addressing issues that face Ugandan university libraries. Other objectives are: to standardise operations and promote the adoption of new library-related developments. One of these developments is establishing institutional repositories (IRs). Institutions of higher learning worldwide embrace IRs as a way of disseminating institutional scholarly output at a globally. Ugandan institutions are not exceptional. However, despite the level of interest and the rate of adoption by university libraries in Uganda, only one institution and one research organisation in the Central Region of Uganda have managed to implement their IRs to meet Open Directory of Open Access Repositories' (OpenDOAR) standards. The aim of this study was to investigate the role that CUUL could play in helping member institutions establish successful IRs that meet OpenDOAR standards. The objectives of the study included finding out what defines a successful IR project internationally, the state of IR implementation in the Central Region of Uganda and what CUUL could do to implement successful repositories in the member institutions in the Central Region of Uganda. The study was qualitative, carried out in the central region of Uganda as a case study targeting CUUL member institutions. Respondents were purposively sampled, results were thematically analysed using spreadsheets and results presented in tables in chapter four. Conclusions and recommendations were made according to the findings. It was revealed that most of the CUUL member institutions had embarked on the process of IR implementation developing them in-house without the necessary skilled technical personnel. Consequently, they had many challenges both technical and operational. Conclusively, many institutions had not successfully implemented IRs. CUUL could assist in the implementation of successful IRs by either offering Software as a Service (SaaS) or by assessing individual institutions and help each at their point of need. For any approach chosen, members were willing to actively work with CUUL to have better and successful IR services.
Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
Information Science
MIT
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Kiconco, Allen. "Understanding former 'Girl Soldiers' : central themes in the lives of formerly abducted girls in post-conflict Northern Uganda." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6420/.

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Despite the heightened focus on the effects of war on girls, they are still being inappropriately grouped under the larger rubric of ‘women’ or ‘females’. Since the distinctions in girls’ and women’s war experiences are not yet well understood (McKay, 2006), this research argues that gender analysis is crucial to effective development as it relates to young soldiers. It also advocates a distinct analytical focus on girls who exit armed forces as young women (at times as a result of having children). This thesis is about formerly abducted girls in Acholi sub region, northern Uganda. As adolescents and teenagers, they were abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army and many returned to their villages with children fathered by the fighters. This thesis systematically looks at their socio-economic reintegration process, experiences and progress over the years. Through a series of 57 in-depth and 12 group interviews, this qualitative study explores long-term reintegration from the participants’ perspectives. The study identifies and analyses the central themes in their lives, including: physical and mental scars of abduction and life in captivity, stigmatisation, marriage complexities, and economic hardships. To date, the growing body of reintegration literature has focused on the first one or two years after exiting an armed group, and long-term reintegration studies are still limited. Therefore, through these themes, the thesis contributes to the conceptualisation of reintegration and understanding of the participants’ past and current life situations.
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Stenlund, Linnea. ""We have to keep on improvsing" AN ETNOGRAPHIC FIELD STUDY ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES OF NURSES IN CENTRAL UGANDA." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-27099.

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Syfte: Att undersöka vilka utmaningar sjuksköterskor möter i arbetet på ett sjukhus i centrala Uganda samt att undersöka vilka strategier de använder för att hantera dessa utmaningar. Bakgrund: I Uganda är medellivslängden 53 år och 50% av befolkningen är under 14 år. Det gör att sjukdomspanoramat ser annorlunda ut i jämförelse med europeiska länder. De vanligaste dödsorsakerna i Uganda är malaria, pneumoni och följdsjukdomar relaterat till HIV/AIDS. Den statliga finaniseringen av sjukvården är lägre än i andra subsahariska länder. Sjukhuset i Entebbe bör enligt rekommendationer från det Ugandiska Hälso Ministeriet ha 46 sjuksköterskor och 11 läkare men i dagsläget är antalet sjuksköterskor 17 och läkare 7 stycken. Metod: En etnografisk studie baserad på observationer av sjuksköterskor på sjukhuset i Entebbe i Uganda samt intervjuer med sjuksköterskor på samma sjukhus. Studien gjordes under fyra veckor, November – December 2014. Materialet analyserades med innehållsanalys. Resultat: Sjuksköterskorna upplevde att de största utmaningarna i deras arbete låg i brist på personal, otillräcklig utrustning och beroendet av anhöriga till patienter. De strategier som sjuksköterskorna använde var att improvisera, tron på Gud, att samlas varje vecka och att individuellt planera sina arbetspass. Slutsats: Sjuksköterskorna på sjukhuset i Entebbe mötte många olika utmaningar och använde olika strategier för att hantera dem. På grund av den kulturella och ekonomiska kontexten så skiljer sig både utmaningarna och strategierna från situationen i Sverige. Mer forskning är eftersträvansvärd för en fördjupad förståelse.
Aim: To explore what kind of challenges nurses are facing in their work at a hospital incentral Uganda and what strategies they used due to these challenges. Background: In Uganda, life expectancy is 53 years old and 50% of the population is under 14 years. This means that the spectrum of diseases looks different in comparison from European countries. The most common causes of death are malaria, pneumonia and complications related to HIV and AIDS. State funding of health care is lower than in other sub-Saharan countries. The hospital in Entebbe should, as recommended by the Ugandan Ministry of Health, have 46 nurses and 11 doctors but in the present situation the number of nurses are 18 and 7 doctors.Method: An ethnographic study based on observations of the nurses at the hospital in Entebbe, Uganda and interviews with nurses at the same hospital. The study was done in four weeks from November to December 2014. The material was analysed using content analysis. Findings: The nurses experienced that the biggest challenges in their work was the shortage of staff, lack of equipment and dependence on relatives of patients. The strategies the nurses used were improvisation, faith in God, gathering every week and individually plan their shift. Conclusion: The nurses at Entebbe hospital faces a range of challenges and applies various kinds of strategies to deal with those. Due to the cultural and economic context both the challenges and strategies differs from the situation in Sweden. Further research should be done for a deeper understanding.
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Ecoculture of the Langi: The plains nilotes of central-northern Uganda. Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2013.

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Bruggeman, Hedwig. Pastoral women and livestock management: Examples from northern Uganda and central Chad. London, England: Dryland Networks Programme, International Institute for Environment and Development, 1994.

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Asiimwe, Delius. Extension of Health Partners support health co-operative in the central region of Uganda. Kampala]: Health Partners, Uganda, 2000.

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1959-, Ribot Jesse C., Lind Jeremy, and World Resources Institute, eds. Commerce, kings and local government in Uganda: Decentralizing natural resources to consolidate the central state. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 2003.

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Mwambu, Esther. Proceedings of the 8th NURRU Dissemination/Validation Review Workshop for Central Region: 9-10 February 2001, Kampala, Uganda. Kampala, Uganda: NURRU Publications, 2001.

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Anne, Thurston, and Commonwealth Secretariat, eds. Personnel records: A strategic resource for public sector management : (with case studies from Uganda, Ghana and Zimbabwe). Toronto, Ont: Commonwealth Secretariat, 1998.

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Inter-regional Workshop on Surveillance and Control of AIDS (1987 Kampala, Uganda). Inter-regional Workshop on Surveillance and Control of AIDS: First workshop for East, Central, and Southern African Commonwealth Health Community, Kampala, Uganda, December 14-18, 1987 : [proceedings]. Arusha, Tanzania: The Secretariat, 1987.

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Centre, Uganda National Documentation. Bibliographic records of legal deposits available in the National Documentation Centre, Insititute of Public Administration (IPA), from 1980-1990. Kampala-Lugogo, Uganda: The Centre, 1991.

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Workshop on the Regional Human Rights Training Program for Eastern and Central Africa (2nd 1996 Entebbe, Uganda). Human rights capacity building in Africa: Report of the Workshop on the Second Regional Human Rights Training Program for Eastern and Central Africa : Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel, Entebbe-Uganda, 8-15 September, 1996. [Kampala?]: Human Rights Network-Uganda, 1996.

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Joint, Workshop of National Councils/Commissions and the Health Sector AIDS Control Programmes in East Central and Southern Africa (2002 Kampala Uganda). Proceedings: The roles and functions of national councils/commissions and the health sector AIDS control programmes in East, Central, and Southern Africa : proceedings of a Joint Workshop of National Councils/Commissions and the Health Sector AIDS Control Programmes in East, Central, and Southern Africa : Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda, 14-15 November 2002. Arusha, Tanzania: Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat, 2002.

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Kasekende, Louis A., and Iftikhar Hussain. "The Central Bank as a Restraint: the Experience of Uganda." In Investment and Risk in Africa, 169–84. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15068-7_7.

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Jjagwe, Aisha, Vincent Kakembo, and Barasa Bernard. "Land Use Cover Types and Forest Management Options for Carbon in Mabira Central Forest Reserve." In African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, 2733–54. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_145.

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AbstractMabira Central Forest Reserve (CFR), one of the biggest forest reserves in Uganda, has increasingly undergone encroachments and deforestation. This chapter presents the implications of a range of forest management options for carbon stocks in the Mabira CFR. The effects of forest management options were reviewed by comparing above-ground biomass (AGB), carbon, and soil organic carbon (SOC) in three management zones. The chapter attempts to provide estimates of AGB and carbon stocks (t/ha) of forest (trees) and SOC using sampling techniques and allometric equations. AGB and carbon were obtained from a count of 143 trees, measuring parameters of diameter at breast height (DBH), crown diameter (CW), and height (H) with tree coordinates. It also makes use of the Velle (Estimation of standing stock of woody biomass in areas where little or no baseline data are available. A study based on field measurements in Uganda. Norges Landbrukshoegskole, Ås, 1995) allometric equations developed for Uganda to estimate AGB.The strict nature reserve management zone was noted to sink the highest volume of carbon of approximately 6,771,092.34 tonnes, as compared to the recreation zone (2,196,467.59 tonnes) and production zone (458,903.57 tonnes). A statistically significant relationship was identified between AGB and carbon. SOC varied with soil depth, with the soil surface of 0–10 cm depth registering the highest mean of 2.78% across all the management zones. Soil depth and land use/cover types also had a statistically significant effect on the percentage of SOC (P = 0.05). A statistically significant difference at the 95% significance level was also identified between the mean carbon stocks from one level of management zones to another. Recommendations include: demarcating forest boundaries to minimize encroachment, enforcement of forestry policy for sustainable development, promote reforestation, and increase human resources for efficient monitoring of the forest compartments.
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Miller, Terry E., and Andrew Shahriari. "Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana, Nigeria, Central Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Senegal, South Africa." In World Music, 299–340. Fifth edition. | New York : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780367823498-10.

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Baranga, Deborah, Colin A. Chapman, Patrick Mucunguzi, and Rafael Reyna-Hurtado. "Fragments and Food: Red-Tailed Monkey Abundance in Privately Owned Forest Fragments of Central Uganda." In Primates in Fragments, 213–25. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8839-2_15.

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Nampanzira, Dorothy K., Constantine B. Katongole, Vincent B. Muwanka, and John R. S. Tabuti. "Are Livestock Keepers in and Around Forests Key Stakeholders in Forest Management? Experiences from Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda." In Climate Change Management, 343–55. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12974-3_16.

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Staddon, Chad, Josh Rogers, Calum Warriner, Sarah Ward, and Wayne Powell. "Open Access: Why doesn't every family practice rainwater harvesting? Factors that affect the decision to adopt rainwater harvesting as a household water security strategy in central Uganda." In Putting Water Security to Work, 75–96. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003127444-7.

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Mugisha, James. "Sociocultural Aspects of Health Promotion in Palliative Care in Uganda." In Health Promotion in Health Care – Vital Theories and Research, 303–12. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63135-2_21.

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AbstractDespite its vital importance, health promotion has not occupied its due place in public health in Uganda. The country is engulfed into a rising wave of both communicable and non-communicable conditions. This rising burden of both communicable and non-communicable conditions turns health promotion and palliative care essential health care packages; though there is little to show that these two important programs are getting vital support at policy and service delivery levels. A new theoretical framework that is anchored into sociocultural issues is essential in guiding the design and delivery of both health promotion and palliative care in Uganda. The salutogenic theory puts socio-cultural issues at the centre of developing health promotion and palliative care and, seems to solve this dilemma. In this chapter, illustrations from indigenous communities in Uganda are employed to demonstrate the challenges to the health promotion and palliative care agenda in the country and how they can be addressed. Uganda Ministry of Health should develop robust structures within public health for development of health promotion and palliative care in the country. Research should be conducted on the effectiveness of the current strategies on health promotion and palliative care and their cultural sensitivity and appropriateness. Given the limited resources available for development of health care in Uganda, as an overall strategy, health promotion and palliative care should be anchored in public health and its (public health) resources.
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Parkinson, Sarah. "Uganda's Experience with Shared Access Centres and Universal Access Policy." In Telecentres, Access, and Development, 32–54. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780441429.003.

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"Central Uganda." In The Political Ecology of Malaria, 79–84. transcript-Verlag, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14361/9783839450536-027.

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"Uganda." In African Central Government Debt, 161–68. OECD, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/acgd-2011-19-en.

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Conference papers on the topic "Central Uganda"

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Wojnarski, Lukasz, and Kulvinder Rayat. "Kampala Flyovers – Structural Technical Review." In IABSE Conference, Kuala Lumpur 2018: Engineering the Developing World. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/kualalumpur.2018.0897.

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<p>The Kampala Flyovers Project is a major infrastructural scheme in Uganda, which will relieve congestion in the City’s Metropolitan Area, allowing for the ease of traffic flow through the International Corridor linking Kenya with the land-locked central African countries. The conceptual and detailed structural design for the Project is independently reviewed and checked to assure the quality, feasibility and maintenance objectives are achieved. The value of the independent technical review and check is presented in this publication.</p>
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Roy, B. C., George P. G. Wanjau, and Satyaki Bhattacharjee. "The Kenyan Dream: Developing Concept of Nairobi MRTS." In IABSE Conference, Kuala Lumpur 2018: Engineering the Developing World. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/kualalumpur.2018.0275.

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<p>Nairobi, famous for Nairobi National Park, the world's only game reserve found within a major city, started developing as a rail depot on the Uganda Railway and in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Kenya. The city of Nairobi had a population of mere 11,500 in the year of 1906, and it grew to 3,138,369 by Year 2009, at growth rate of 4.1% a year.</p> <p>At this rate, the difficulties commuting to the central business area is getting more and more complicated, though plans are being implemented in the need to decongest the city's traffic and the completion of Thika Road has given the city a much-needed face-lift attributed to road's enhancement of global standards. The need of the hour is developing a world class MRTS system, combination of Road and Rail Based MRTS technology. A comprehensive study was carried out in this direction to find out the feasibility of such MRTS and the various options worked out to find suitable solution, shall be discussed in the paper.</p>
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Aghniya, Rofana, Bhisma Murti, Didik Gunawan Tamtomo, and Hanung Prasetya. "The Effect of Depression Comorbidity on the Quality of Life of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Meta-Analysis." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.01.56.

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Background: The prevalence of depression is two to three times higher in diabetic patients, while most cases remain undiagnosed. The quality of life is substantially and adversely affected by depression. This study aimed to estimate the effect of depression comorbidity on patients’ quality of life with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Subjects and Method: This was a meta-analysis and systematic review. The study was conducted by collecting published articles from PubMed, ProQuest, Science Direct, Scopus, Spinger Link, Clinical Key, and Google Scholar databases. Keywords used “comorbidity depression and DM”, “depression and quality of life and DM and cross sectional study”, “depression and quality of life and DM and adjusted odd ratio”, “depression or diabetes”, “depression or quality of life or DM or adjusted odd ratio”. The study criteria were full text, using cross-sectional study design, and reporting adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR). The selected articles were analyzed using Revman 5.3 with fixed effect models. Results: 8 studies from Uganda, Iran, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Nigeria, Brazil, and Nepal, were selected for this study. Current study reported that type 2 DM patients with depression had lower quality of life than those without depression (aOR= 2.72; 95% CI= 0.73 to 10.07; p<0.0001) Conclusion: Type 2 DM patient with depression has lower quality of life than those without depression. Keywords: depression, quality of life, diabetes mellitus Correspondence: Rofana Aghniya. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java. Email: rofanaaa@gmail.com. Mobile: +685523528340.
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Downing, J., G. Kivumbi, E. Nabirye, A. Ojera, R. Namwanga, R. Katusabe, M. Dusabimana, et al. "15 An evaluation of palliative care nurse prescribing: a mixed methods study in uganda." In The APM’s Annual Supportive and Palliative Care Conference, In association with the Palliative Care Congress, “Towards evidence based compassionate care”, Bournemouth International Centre, 15–16 March 2018. British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-aspabstracts.15.

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Coultas, Mimi. Strengthening Sub-national Systems for Area-wide Sanitation and Hygiene. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/slh.2021.007.

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From late 2020 to early 2021, the Sanitation Learning Hub (SLH) collaborated with local government actors and development partners from three sub-national areas to explore ways of increasing local government leadership and prioritisation of sanitation and hygiene (S&H) to drive progress towards area-wide S&H. For some time, local government leadership has been recognised as key to ensuring sustainability and scale and it is an important component of the emerging use of systems strengthening approaches in the S&H sector. It is hoped that this work will provide practical experiences to contribute to this thinking. Case studies were developed to capture local government and development partners’ experiences supporting sub-national governments increase their leadership and prioritisation of S&H in Siaya County (Kenya, with UNICEF), Nyamagabe District (Rwanda, with WaterAid) and Moyo District (Uganda, with WSSCC), all of which have seen progress in recent years. The cases were then explored through three online workshops with staff from the local governments, central government ministries and development partners involved to review experiences and identify levers and blockages to change. This document presents key findings from this process.
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Richards, Robin. The Effect of Non-partisan Elections and Decentralisation on Local Government Performance. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.014.

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This rapid review focusses on whether there is international evidence on the role of non-partisan elections as a form of decentralised local government that improves performance of local government. The review provides examples of this from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. There are two reported examples in Sub-Saharan Africa of non-partisan elections that delink candidates from political parties during election campaigns. The use of non-partisan elections to improve performance and democratic accountability at the level of government is not common, for example, in southern Africa all local elections at the sub-national sphere follow the partisan model. Whilst there were no examples found where countries shifted from partisan to non-partisan elections at the local government level, the literature notes that decentralisation policies have the effect of democratising and transferring power and therefore few central governments implement it fully. In Africa decentralisation is favoured because it is often used as a cover for central control. Many post-colonial leaders in Africa continue to favour centralised government under the guise of decentralisation. These preferences emanated from their experiences under colonisation where power was maintained by colonial administrations through institutions such as traditional leadership. A review of the literature on non-partisan elections at the local government level came across three examples where this occurred. These countries were: Ghana, Uganda and Bangladesh. Although South Africa holds partisan elections at the sub-national sphere, the election of ward committee members and ward councillors, is on a non-partisan basis and therefore, the ward committee system in South Africa is included as an example of a non-partisan election process in the review.
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Rukundo, Solomon. Tax Amnesties in Africa: An Analysis of the Voluntary Disclosure Programme in Uganda. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2020.005.

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Tax amnesties have taken centre stage as a compliance tool in recent years. The OECD estimates that since 2009 tax amnesties in 40 jurisdictions have resulted in the collection of an additional €102 billion in tax revenue. A number of African countries have introduced tax amnesties in the last decade, including Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania. Despite their global popularity, the efficacy of tax amnesties as a tax compliance tool remains in doubt. The revenue is often below expectations, and it probably could have been raised through effective use of regular enforcement measures. It is also argued that tax amnesties might incentivise non-compliance – taxpayers may engage in non-compliance in the hope of benefiting from an amnesty. This paper examines the administration of tax amnesties in various jurisdictions around the world, including the United States, Australia, Canada, Kenya and South Africa. The paper makes a cost-benefit analysis of these and other tax amnesties – and from this analysis develops a model tax amnesty, whose features maximise the benefits of a tax amnesty while minimising the potential costs. The model tax amnesty: (1) is permanent, (2) is available only to taxpayers who make a voluntary disclosure, (3) relieves taxpayers of penalties, interest and the risk of prosecution, but treats intentional and unintentional non-compliance differently, (4) has clear reporting requirements for taxpayers, and (5) is communicated clearly to attract non-compliant taxpayers without appearing unfair to the compliant ones. The paper then focuses on the Ugandan tax amnesty introduced in July 2019 – a Voluntary Disclosure Programme (VDP). As at 7 November 2020, this initiative had raised USh16.8 billion (US$6.2 million) against a projection of USh45 billion (US$16.6 million). The paper examines the legal regime and administration of this VDP, scoring it against the model tax amnesty. It notes that, while the Ugandan VDP partially matches up to the model tax amnesty, because it is permanent, restricted to taxpayers who make voluntary disclosure and relieves penalties and interest only, it still falls short due to a number of limitations. These include: (1) communication of the administration of the VDP through a public notice, instead of a practice note that is binding on the tax authority; (2) uncertainty regarding situations where a VDP application is made while the tax authority has been doing a secret investigation into the taxpayer’s affairs; (3) the absence of differentiated treatment between taxpayers involved in intentional non-compliance, and those whose non-compliance may be unintentional; (4) lack of clarity on how the VDP protects the taxpayer when non-compliance involves the breach of other non-tax statutes, such as those governing financial regulation; (5)absence of clear timelines in the administration of the VDP, which creates uncertainty;(6)failure to cater for voluntary disclosures with minor errors; (7) lack of clarity on VDP applications that result in a refund position for the applicant; and (8) lack of clarity on how often a VDP application can be made. The paper offers recommendations on how the Ugandan VDP can be aligned to match the model tax amnesty, in order to gain the most from this compliance tool.
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A comparative study on banana seed systems in Mbarara district, western Uganda and Mukono district, central Uganda. International Potato Center, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4160/23096586rtbwp20194.

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Engaging stakeholders to identify and address implementation bottlenecks in iron-folic acid supplementation programmes in East Central Uganda. International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.23846/b/po/202104.

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