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Kyeyune, George William. "Art in Uganda in the 20th century." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.408702.
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Rossin, Rachel Alex. "The Greenhouse Project using art to empower the "lost generation" of Uganda /." Tallahassee, Fla. : Florida State University, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/lib/digcoll/undergraduate/honors-theses/329858.
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Nabwire, Florence. "HIV, antiretroviral therapy, pregnancy, lactation and bone health in Uganda." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/278673.
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Globally, ~17 million women and ~2.1 million children are living with HIV. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 70% of HIV-infected (HIV+) persons. Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV (MTCT) during pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding, is the main route of HIV infection in children. The World Health Organisation recommends lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all HIV+ pregnant and breastfeeding mothers to prevent MTCT, and breastfeeding for ≥24 months for optimal child health in resource limited settings (Option B+ strategy). Initiation of ART in HIV+ adults is associated with a 2-6% decrease in areal bone mineral density (aBMD) regardless of ART regimen, but data are limited in pregnant and lactating women. Tenofovir, a preferred first-line drug in Option B+ ART regimen, is associated with 1-2% greater decreases in aBMD. Pregnancy and lactation are associated with physiological changes in maternal bone mineral density, but most evidence shows that this is recovered after cessation of breastfeeding. The hypothesis of this thesis is that ART may accentuate the normal process of bone mobilisation during pregnancy and lactation, leading to bone loss that is not recovered in the mother and/or compromised infant growth and bone mineral accretion. The primary objective of this research was to investigate if HIV+ women experience greater reductions in bone mineral compared to HIV-uninfected (HIV-) counterparts. Two groups of pregnant women, 95 HIV+ on ART (Tenofovir-Lamivudine-Efavirenz, previously ART naïve) and 96 HIV- were followed prospectively in Kampala, Uganda. Data were collected at 36 wks gestation (PG36), 2 (PP2) and 14 wks postpartum (PP14). Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry was used to measure bone phenotype (aBMD, bone mineral content (BMC), bone area (BA), and size-adjusted BMC (SA-BMC, adjusted for height or length, weight and BA) of the whole body (WB) and lumbar spine (LS) in mother-baby pairs, and total hip (TH) in mothers. The primary outcome was the difference between groups in % change (± SE) in maternal LS aBMD between PP2 and PP14. Secondary outcomes included changes in maternal markers of bone formation (P1NP and BAP) and resorption (CTX), serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D), parathyroid hormone (PTH), plasma and urine concentrations of creatinine (Cr), calcium (Ca), phosphate (PO4) and magnesium (Mg), urine mineral:creatinine ratios, TmCa/GFR and TMP/GFR, respectively), breastmilk mineral composition (Ca, P, Na, K and Na/K ratio); and infant growth Z-scores and bone mineral. Statistical models were adjusted for potential confounders. Median maternal age was 24.5 (IQR 21.1, 26.9) yrs. Mean gestation was 40.9±1.8 wks and not significantly different between groups. All women were breastfeeding at PP2 and PP14. More HIV+ women reported exclusive breastfeeding (PP2: 82.9% v 58.7%, p=0.0008; PP14: 86.7% v 66.2%, p=0.002). Body weight was 4-5% lower in HIV+ women. By PP14, mean duration of ART was 29.3±5.1 wks, adherence was > 95%, and the median CD4 count was 403 (IQR 290-528) cells/mm3. Maternal aBMD decreased between PP2 and PP14 at all skeletal sites in both groups as expected in lactation. Reductions in LS aBMD were not significantly different between groups (-1.8±0.4% vs -2.5±0.4%, p=0.3). However, HIV+ women had a significantly greater reduction in TH aBMD which persisted after adjustment for body size (-3.7±0.3% vs -2.7±0.3%, p=0.04). Median serum 25(OH)D was 67.4 nmol/L (IQR 54.8, 83.7) at PG36 and 57.6 nmol/L (48.7, 70.1) at PP14 with no significant difference between groups. Changes in 25(OH)D and PTH from PG36 to PP14 were not significantly different between groups (25(OH)D: -13.9±4.1% vs -11.1±3.1%; PTH: +60.0±6.4% vs +57.6±6.4%; both p > 0.05). However, HIV+ women had 33-35% greater plasma PTH concentrations at both PG36 and PP14. Bone formation and resorption markers increased in both groups between PG36 and PP14. HIV+ women had greater increases (CTX: +74.6±5.9% vs +56.2±5.9%; P1NP: +100.3±5.0% vs +72.6±5.0%; BAP: +67.2±3.6% vs +57.1±3.6%, all p < 0.05). They also had a greater decrease in plasma Ca (-6.6±0.5% vs-3.8±0.5%, p≤0.0001) and greater increase in plasma phosphate (+14.4±2.0% vs +7.7±2.0%, p=0.02). Changes in plasma Cr and Mg, TmP/GFR and urine mineral:creatinine ratios were not significantly different between the groups. However, at both PG36 and PP14, HIV+ had significantly lower mean plasma Ca (PG36: -1.0±0.5%; PP14: -4.1±0.6%) and TmP/GFR (PG36: -11.4±3.1%; PP14: -7.2±3.0%) but higher PTH (PG36: +33.0±7.0%; PP14: +35.3±7.6%) compared to HIV- women (all p < 0.05). Mean breastmilk Ca decreased between PP2 and PP14, and the changes were not different between the groups (-19.9±3.0% vs -24.2±3.1%, p=0.3). There were no significant changes in breastmilk phosphorus (P) in both groups, but HIV+ women had significantly higher concentrations (PP2: +9.7±3.8%, p=0.01; PP14:+9.6±3.5 %, p=0.007). Breastmilk P was significantly correlated with maternal plasma [CTX] in a separate ANCOVA model (β = +0.13±0.04% per 1% increase in CTX, p=0.0003). Mean breastmilk Na, K concentrations and Na/K decreased between PP2 and PP14 in both groups. However, HIV+ women had a smaller decrease in breastmilk Na (-44.3±8.9% vs -72.6±9.0%, p=0.03). They also had a trend towards smaller reduction in Na/K ratio (-22.2±9.3% vs -46.6.6±9.5%, p=0.07). Babies born to HIV+ mothers (HIV-exposed infants, HEI) had significantly lower gains in weight +53.0±1.4% vs +57.5±1.4%, p=0.02) compared to HIV-unexposed infants (HUI), and also lower weight-for-age (-0.47±0.16, p=0.003) and length-for-age (-0.53±0.18, p=0.005) Z-scores at PP14. HEI had a slower gain in WB BMC (+51.2±1.9% vs +57.3±1.9%, p=0.02), but the difference was not significant after adjustment for body size (-6.0±3.5% vs -7.6±3.8%, p=0.2); showing that the bone mineral accretion was appropriate for achieved infant size. In contrast, HEI had a greater increase in LS BMC (+29.5±1.7% vs +24.4±1.7%, p=0.03), a difference which remained after size-adjustment (+9.4±5.8% vs +4.3±6.2%, p=0.02). This is the first study to compare changes in maternal aBMD and bone metabolism between HIV+ mothers on Option B+ ART and HIV- counterparts. The results show a greater reduction in TH aBMD in Ugandan HIV+ women on Option-B+ ART compared to HIV- in the first three months of lactation, consistent with their greater increases in bone turnover markers, lower TmP/GFR and plasma phosphate, and higher breastmilk phosphorus concentration. Also, HEI have slower growth and whole body bone mineral accretion compared to HUI. It is important to determine if these changes are temporary or have long-term consequences for the bone health of the mother and child.
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Kameldy, Neldjingaye. "Challenging impunity in northern Uganda : the tension between amnesties and the principle of international criminal responsibility." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5448.
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This dissertation intends to analyse the practice of amnesties in the context of grave human rights violations using northern Uganda as a case study. It also examines its consistency with the obligation upon states to protect human rights through the prosecution of perpetrators of the said violations. It will, accordingly, analyse the
implications of the complementary mandate of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to national jurisdictions.
Furthermore, the author also explores the tension which results from national amnesties and the principle of international criminal responsibility, a principle that the ICC has the mandate
to enforce.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2007.
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Dr Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha of the Faculty of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
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Nyakwezi, Sheila. "The use of anthropometric indices as an alternative guide to initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in children at the Mildmay Centre in Uganda." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2434.
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Thesis (MNutr (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. Human Nutrition))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.Introduction: More than half a million children worldwide die from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) each year. In Uganda, HIV/AIDS is a major cause of infant and childhood mortality. Although the government of Uganda, through various strategies, has increased access to antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), resulting in national scaling up of accessibility to antiretroviral therapy (ART), initiation of ART in resource-limited areas remains a challenge due to constraints such as the absence of or limited number of CD4 machines and related laboratory constraints. Further scaling up of ART for children would be greatly strengthened by increased access to laboratory services for CD4 counts or the introduction of alternative indicators or guidelines for the initiation of ART. Aim: This study therefore set out to investigate, through the analysis of retrospectively collected data, whether anthropometric indices (wasting - weight for height; underweight - weight for age; and stunting - height for age) could provide a useful alternative guide when deciding about initiation of ART in children aged 2-12 years in the absence of sophisticated clinical and laboratory support. Methods: The study was conducted at the Mildmay Centre, an HIV/AIDS specialist centre located in Kampala, Uganda. Parameters such as the age at which children had been initiated onto ART, duration on ART, World Health Organisation (WHO) and Centre for Disease Control (CDC) disease stages at time of initiation, anthropometry at time of initiation, CD4% staging at time of initiation, support received from food aid programmes, referral to other health centres as a result of malnutrition and care-giver nutrition education/counselling were all determined retrospectively from clinical records. Results: It was found, based on CDC (2000) growth reference charts, that of the total number of children who took part in this study (N=125), 98.4% were mildly wasted, 52.8% mildly underweight and 75.2% mildly stunted when they were initiated onto ART. Of the children, who had WHO disease staging documented - 40% (N=50), the majority - 86% (N=43) were in WHO disease staging II and III during initiation of ART. and 96% (N=48) were mildly wasted. However, the relationship between WHO disease staging and wasting, underweight, and stunting at initiation of ART in children at the Mildmay centre was not significant. The relationship between CD4% and underweight or stunted children was also not significant. It was established however, that in the absence of CD4 laboratory parameters (since CD4% is vital in the initiation of ART in children) as is the case in resource limited areas, anthropometric indices (moderate to severe wasting, weight for height -W/H) could be used concurrently with CDC and WHO disease staging to initiate ART in children. However, it is important to note that anthropometric indices on their own cannot be used as a guide for initiating ART in children. Conclusion: Anthropometric status alone cannot be used to accurately determine when to initiate ART in children 2-12 years.
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Kateu, Kepher Kuchana. "A study of traditional production of Ugandan fermented cereal beverage, obushera /." View thesis, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20040916.152810/index.html.
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Thesis (M.Sc.)(Hons)--University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury,1998."Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (Honours) in Food Science." Includes bibliographical references.
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Yang, Tina Yang. "The effects of antiretroviral therapy on HIV-positive individuals in Wakiso District, Uganda." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-253719.
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AIM The aim was to explore the experiences of HIV-positive individuals before and after gaining access to antiretroviral therapy in Wakiso District, Uganda and how antiretroviral therapy impacts certain aspects of those living with HIV, such as sexual behavior, support systems, faith and personal identity. METHODS Based on secondary data analysis of “Life On Antiretroviral Therapy: People’s Adaptive Coping And Adjustment To Living With HIV As A Chronic Condition In Wakiso District, Uganda” by Steven Russell (2015). The data was reanalysed using the conceptual framework from Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems model. RESULTS Six main themes will be presented including personal life after HIV diagnosis, acceptance of HIV status, disclosure of identity, changes in sexual behavior, different types of support systems, and increasing faith and strength from God. After receiving antiretroviral therapy, the quality of life seemed to improve for some of the participants. Participants described their experiences living with HIV/AIDS, such changes in personal goals and perception of self, immediate acceptance of positive HIV results, disclosure of identity to certain people, the different types of support offered from each support system they have, abstaining from sex and the use of contraceptives against future transmission. Furthermore, participants have also described an increase of faith and belief in God in order to cope with HIV/AIDS. CONCLUSION People living with HIV in Wakiso District, Uganda have described significant changes in their lives after receiving antiretroviral therapy. These changes affect them both physically and emotionally therefore more research must be done to investigate the influence of antiretroviral therapy on wellbeing.
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Muwanguzi, Samuel. "The Adoption of Open Source Software in Uganda: a Pragmatist Approach to the Formation of a National Information Policy for a New Technology." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500076/.
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This exploratory research examined an information policy formation process for the adoption of open source software (OSS) in Uganda. Grounded in a pragmatist tradition, this theoretical and empirical study pursued a qualitative research approach with a triangulation of theoretical concepts, data collection, and analysis techniques in an iterative and interactive process. The design provided a powerful context to develop and conduct field activities in Kampala with a purposeful sample of 22 participants, 20 in interviews and 5 in a focus group discussion. The research design enhanced consistency in the evidence from the data, increased robustness in the results, and confidence in the findings. The results highlighted a vibrant ICT sector in Uganda, underlined the multiple stakeholders and their competing interests in the policy, revealed a lack of consensus between the government and OSS promoters on the meaning of OSS, and illuminated the benefits in the OSS model over proprietary software. The stakeholders' conflicting perceptions appear to be too far apart to allow meaningful progress and are derailing the policy. Unless their conflicting perceptions are resolved, the OSS policy will continue stagnating. The study fills critical information gaps in Uganda’s policy formation processes, provides timely and relevant information to holistically understand a complex policy formation stage to enable stakeholders to resolve their impasse and enact a law to embrace OSS. It breaks ground in information policy research in framing policy formation processes for new ICTs, such as OSS, as ideologically-oriented. The findings offer ideas to scholars and African countries to draw applicable lessons.
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Hallin, Louise. "Kriminaliserad kärlek : En studie av HBT-personers situation och rättigheter i Uganda utifrån ett heteronormativt perspektiv." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-34869.
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LGBT people, in Uganda, have since the colonial time been in a vulnerable situation. When the President signed the “Anti-Homosexuality Act” into law 2014 all forms of same-sex relationships became criminalized. The time after the law passed have been characterized by an increased homophobia and further violence against LGBT people. These are seen as deviants since they do not live according to the social norms, that the right thing to be is heterosexual. They are considered “non-African” and by some an “infectious agent” that will destroy the traditional African family, which is one of society’s most important functions. Except from the fact that LGBT people are persecuted and mistreated they are also denied access to health care and information. The purpose of this study is to explain LGBT persons’ situation and rights in Uganda, mainly based on the “Anti-Homosexuality Act”. This law is reviewed against the ratified conventions, charters and similar laws. This is then related to the theory of heteronormativity, which seems to dominate the Ugandan society. The used methods are case study and conceptual analysis, that provided a deeper and surveying understanding of what this study intended to process.
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Olupot-Olupot, Peter. "Evaluation of Antiretroviral Therapy Information System In Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2008. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_7320_1272589584.
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HIV/AIDS is the largest and most serious global epidemic in the recent times. To date, the epidemic has affected approximately 40 million people (range 33 &ndash
46 million) of whom 67%, that is, an estimated 27 million people are in the Sub Saharan Africa. The Sub Saharan Africa is also reported to have the highest regional prevalence of 7.2% compared to an average of 2% in other regions. A medical cure for HIV/AIDS remains elusive but use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has resulted in improvement of quality and quantity of life as evidenced by the reduction of mortality and morbidity associated with the infection, hence longer and good quality life for HIV/AIDS patients on ART.
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Muwanguzi, Samuel. "The glocalization and acculturation of HIV/AIDS: The role of communication in the control and prevention of the epidemic in Uganda." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4949/.
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Grounded in the social constructivism tradition, this study examined the role of communication in the glocalization and acculturation of HIV/AIDS by a section of sexually active Ugandans then living in Rakai district during the advent of the epidemic in 1982. Sixty-four women and men participated in ten focus group discussions in Rakai and Kampala districts. Five themes emerged from the data highlighting how individuals and communities made sense of the epidemic, the omnipresence of death, how they understood the HIV/AIDS campaign, and how they are currently coping with its backlash. The study concludes that HIV/AIDS is socially constructed and can be understood better from local perspectives rather than from a globalized view. The study emphasizes the integration of cultural idiosyncrasies in any health communication campaigns to realize behavioral change.
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Jansson, Eleonora, and Oskar Remnert. "“Real men are equal partners” : Construction of masculinity in two HIV-preventive projects in Uganda." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-1099.
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Babikako, Harriet Mupere. "PATIENT PREFERENCES, STRUCTURE, AND HIV ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ADHERENCE TO TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT IN URBAN UGANDA." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1365180107.
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Nakiyingi-Miiro, Jessica. "The impact of orphanhood on education outcomes in rural Uganda : are we approaching universal education?" Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.549774.
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Musiime, Reuben. "A Critical Evaluation of the Religious Education Curriculum for Secondary School Students in Uganda." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277735/.
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This study documents a critical evaluation of the religious education curriculum used in Uganda's secondary schools. The study focused on goals and objectives, methods, content, and public perception of religious education instruction. The evaluation was based on a qualitative investigation that employed three methods to collect data: document analysis, classroom observation, and interviews. The investigation was guided by a series of research questions that included the following: What are the overall goals and objectives of religious education instruction? What are the attitudes from the community regarding religious education? What are the roles of religious leaders during implementation of this curriculum? How does the curriculum prepare students for the pluralistic nature of the society? What qualifications and training do the teachers have? What are the politics involved in curriculum implementation? What is the philosophy of religious education instruction as defined by policy makers and how is it implemented?
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Nabukeera, Catherine. "The international crimes division of Uganda: Complementry in practice." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6370.
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Magister Legum - LLM (Criminal Justice and Procedure)In previous centuries, millions of women, men and children were victims of inconceivable atrocities that deeply shocked the scruples of mankind. Regrettably, such crimes often went unpunished in the past. Several people lost lives in the two world wars and in conflicts in Rwanda, Sierra Leone and the former Yugoslavia. Although the International Military Tribunal and ad hoc courts prosecuted some of the major perpetrators in these conflicts, before then, many criminals such as German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, remained unpunished. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent court with jurisdiction over the most malignant crimes threatening the peace, security and well-being of the world.
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Nyakwezi, Kamugasha Sheila. "The use of anthropometric indices as an alternative guide to initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in children at the Mildmay Centre in Uganda /." Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1502.
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Schaepe, Christiane. "And here we are allowed to do it - An ethnographic field study about the role of the palliative care nurses in Uganda." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-24457.
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Palliativ vård – vård i livets slutskede – är inte prioriterat i tredje världen. I Uganda grundades 1993 Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU), ett hospice som var tänkt som modell för andra afrikanska länder. Här utbildas bl a sjuksköterskor som har rätt att skriva ut morfin och andra läkemedel efter en nio månader lång kurs. I den här etnografiska fältstudien används observationer, intervjuer och gruppintervjuer för att undersöka sjuksköterskan roll inom palliativ vård i Uganda. I studien deltar sammanlagt 20 sjuksköterskor som jobbar på HAU, Mulago hospital och studenter i palliativ vård-kursen på HAU. Resultatet visar att sjuksköterskanS roll är mångfacetterad. Utöver förskrivning av läkemedel är deras roll att utföra vården holistisk, där de tar hänsyn till fysisk, psykosocial och andlig smärta. I sitt arbete möter de många utmaningar men de har även möjlighet att förbättra patientens livskvalitet.Palliative care – end of life care – is not a priority in developing countries. In 1993 Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU) was founded and chosen as a model for other african counties. Among other things nurses are authorised to prescribe morphine and other palliative care drugs after undergoing a nine months clinical palliative care course at HAU. In this ethnographic field study observations, interviews and group interviews are used in order to explore the role of the palliative care nurse specialist in Uganda. In total there are 20 participants involved in this study, who are working at HAU, Mulago hospital and students from the clinical palliative care course. The result of the study reveal that the role of the palliative care nurse specialist is multifaceted. Beyond prescribing drugs their role is to deliver holistic care by taking into consideration the physical, psychosocial and spiritual pain patients and their family can have. They encounter many challenges in their work but they also have the possibility to improve the quality of the patients life.
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Moberg, Sanna. "Blessed are the Peacemakers? : A Comparative Case Study of Faith-Based Mediators and Their Strategies for Creating Peace." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-294487.
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This research examines faith-based mediators and their usage of mediation strategies, in relation to durability of peace agreements and it is guided by the following research question; Why do some faith-based mediators succeed to aid the creation of durable peace, while others do not? In order to find an answer to this question a hypothesis, suggesting that faith-based mediators applying the fostering, rather than the forcing, strategy will be more successful, is tested. This hypothesis mirrors the causal logic, suggesting that faith-based mediators have the potential to contribute to the creation of durable peace agreements, through the usage of facilitative and formulative techniques. The methodological design makes use of tools provided by Mills Method of Difference and Structured Focused Comparison. These tools aid the analysis of faith-based mediation in Uganda and Sierra Leone. The findings indicate that the application of the fostering strategy has a positive effect in relation to the process of creating durable peace agreements. However, this positive effect comes with one condition, the faith-based mediators have to be influential in relation to the peace process.
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KIBAYA, ALLAN ROGERS. "THERMAL COMFORT ANALYSIS OF A NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDING : CASE STUDY: COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, DESIGN, ART & TECHNOLOGY (CEDAT) BUILDING, MAKERERE UNIVERSITY, KAMPALA-UGANDA." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-15731.
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The main objective of the study was to analyze the thermal comfort of a naturally ventilated building in Kampala – Uganda. CEDAT building in Makerere University was selected as the case study representing an educational center which is a naturally ventilated building. DesignBuilderEnergyPlus simulation program was used to model and perform simulations. Simulations for thermal comfort were done on the baseline model with a WWR of 30 % to attain the baseline model comfort data based on Simple ASHRAE 55-2004 throughout the year. Simulations for different natural ventilation improvement strategies were then done through parametric analysis. The strategies simulated for improving occupancy thermal comfort were lighting control, mechanical ventilation without cooling (fans), mechanical ventilation with cooling and variation of window to wall ratio from 0% to 100% to establish its effect on the thermal comfort of the building occupants. Results for predicted thermal comfort sensation of occupants revealed that baseline thermal comfort sensation was between hot and slightly warm with 35.15% discomfort hours against 64.85% comfort throughout the year. Lighting control thermal comfort sensation improved to between hot and neutral with 0.55% improvement in baseline occupancy thermal comfort hours. Mechanical ventilation without cooling registered a negligible improvement in occupancy thermal comfort while on application of scheduled cooling thermal comfort improved between slightly warm and slightly cool with a 12% improvement in comfort hours. Variation of WWR revealed that thermal comfort generally increased negligible with increase in WWR. It can be concluded that mechanical ventilation with cooling combined with lighting control can be great strategies and opportunity for improving the case study thermal comfort.
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Hamill, Louise Claire. "Molecular epidemiology of trypanosomiasis in Ugandan cattle during the Stamping Out Sleeping Sickness control programme, 2006-2008." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/12257.
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Over the past two decades movement of cattle towards the north of Uganda has enabled the Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense focus in south-eastern Uganda to spread into previously unaffected districts. This thesis brings together important epidemiological data regarding the impact of mass cattle drug treatment on the point prevalence of several different species of trypanosome in a newly endemic area of human sleeping sickness. Crucially the findings illustrate mass drug treatment is effective in reducing the prevalence of T. b. rhodesiense in cattle, thus minimising the reservoir potential of these animals in the epidemiology of human disease. During 2006 a control programme was launched to halt the northward spread of this zoonotic parasite. This programme, entitled ‘Stamping Out Sleeping Sickness’ (SOS) proposed to reduce the prevalence of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) in the newly affected districts by reducing the prevalence of this parasite in the main animal reservoir of infection – domestic cattle. Cattle were mass treated using trypanocides to clear infections. Previous work demonstrated the prevalence of T. brucei s. l. and T. b. rhodesiense in cattle was higher in the districts of Dokolo and Kaberamaido than in the other SOS intervention districts (Selby 2011). To determine whether animals in these areas were also exposed to pathogenic cattle trypanosomes samples were screened for the presence of T. vivax and T. congolense savannah using PCR. Chapter three of this thesis determined the prevalence of these trypanosomes in cattle in these districts. Before treatment had taken place the prevalence of T. vivax was 2% (4/200, 95% CI 3.57 – 0.12%) in Dokolo and 7.3% (21/310, 95% CI 10.17 - 4.24 %) in Kaberamaido. The prevalence of T. congolense savannah at baseline was 3.5% (7/200, 95% CI 7.08–1.42 %) in Dokolo and 9.1% (21/230, 95% CI13.6–5.7 %) in Kaberamaido. Monitoring was conducted three, nine and 18 months post treatment and both pathogens were detected at all time points. The impact the treatment had on point prevalence varied by trypanosome species and between the two districts. Several clusters of villages in Dokolo and Kaberamaido continued to report cases of HAT after the initial SOS intervention due in part to their proximity to livestock markets (Batchelor et al., 2009). In 2008 re-treatment of these ‘high risk’ areas was undertaken. Monitoring was performed before and six months after treatment. Cattle blood samples were collected at 20 village sites from ten ‘case-positive villages’ (from which human sleeping sickness cases had been reported six months prior to June 2007) and from ten ‘case-negative villages’ (no reported human sleeping sickness cases six months prior to June 2007). These samples were screened for all of the aforementioned trypanosomes using species specific PCR protocols. Chapter five details the results of this screening, and assessed whether re-treatment in Dokolo and Kaberamaido was effective in reducing the prevalence of trypanosomiasis. The re-treatment had a dramatic effect, significantly reducing the point prevalence of overall trypanosomiasis in the 20 villages screened from 38.1% (95% CI = 40.5 – 35.79%) at baseline to 26.9% (95% CI 28.96 – 24.97, p < 0.0001) at six months. Looking at each species separately, point prevalence of three out of four detected species of trypanosome fell significantly, including T. b. rhodesiense, which was reduced to 25% of its baseline prevalence. Finally the two SOS treatment cycles were compared both statistically and spatially with emphasis on trends at village level and the occurrence of mixed infections.
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Wellens, Ineke. "The Nubi language of Uganda : an Arabic Creole in Africa /." Leiden : Brill, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40099094p.
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Blomdahl, Emma. "Does Inclusion Lead to More Successful Laws? : A Case Study of the Domestic Violence Act in Uganda." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-294941.
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This thesis is based on a field study conducted in Uganda in the fall of 2015. The study is analyzing at the process behind the Domestic Violence Act, a law that came in to place in 2010, and try to scrutinize it by using the inclusive democracy theory of Iris Marion Young. In the study numerous interviews with several women’s organizations, as well as representatives for the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and local police officers are presented. The study aims at getting a better understanding of what is necessary to create successful laws to prevent violence against women. The main objective is to answer the question how inclusion, or the lack of it, can influence the success of legal norms and laws regarding violence against women. The result of this study shows that inclusion could play a role in a law’s success. However inclusion is not enough, other factors such as allocating enough money in the budget together with educating both the public and the officials that are enforcing the law, are also of great importance for a law’s success. Yet, this study also shows that a greater inclusion could affect these factors in a positive way, however inclusion alone is most likely not sufficient for creating a successful law
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Shake, Itumeleng Pascalina. "Who is watching who? Regulation of media and freedom of expression in Uganda : a critical analysis of the Press and Journalists Act of 1995." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8081.
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Critically examines the regulation of media through the Press and Journalists Act in Uganda. Also makes a comparative analysis of different forms of media regulation in other
jurisdictions and recommends best practices which might be useful for UgandaThesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2008.
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Prof Frederick Jjuuko, Faculty of Law Makerere University Uganda
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Andersson, Josefina. "Drama groups: Stigma challenging and well-being of individuals living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för hälsa och lärande, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-10707.
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The purpose of this narrative study was to describe the role and potentials of drama groups for enhancing and maintaining well-being for female drama group members living with HIV in Uganda. Six semi-structured interviews were carried out and analyzed through a thematic analysis. The analysis was made within a theoretical framework based upon Sen's notion of the capability approach and social psychological theories of the self. The results showed that the activities carried out by the drama group empowered the women through increasing their access to important capabilities such as inclusion and self-respect. It further indicated that the women needed other forms of support before being able to benefit from these activities. However, some capabilities were still inaccessible to the women due to obstacles as poverty and harmful gender norms.Syftet med den här narrativa studien var att beskriva dramagruppers roll och potentialför att förbättra och upprätthålla välmåendet för kvinnliga dramagruppmedlemmar somlever med HIV i Uganda. Sex semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes ochanalyserades genom en tematisk analys. Analysen gjordes inom ett teoretisk ramverkbaserat på Sen's idé av the capability approach som kombinerades medsocialpsykologiska teorier om självet. Resultatet visade att aktiviteterna som utfördes idramagruppen stärkte kvinnorna genom att öka deras tillgänglighet till viktigakapabiliteter såsom social inkludering och självrespekt. Vidare tydde resultaten på attkvinnorna var i behov av annat slags stöd innan de kunde gagnas av dessa aktiviteter.Dock var vissa kapabiliteter fortfarande oåtkomliga för kvinnorna, vilket orsakades avbegränsningar som fattigdom och skadliga könsnormer.
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Park, Sung-Joon [Verfasser], Richard [Akademischer Betreuer] Rottenburg, and Peter [Akademischer Betreuer] Redfield. "Pharmaceutical government : an ethnography of stock-outs and the institutionalization of free access to ART in Uganda / Sung-Joon Park. Betreuer: Richard Rottenburg ; Peter Redfield." Halle, Saale : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1090877544/34.
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Engdahl, Torbjörn. "The exchange of cotton : Ugandan peasants, colonial market regulations and the organisation of international cotton trade, 1904-1918 /." Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 1999. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb388683225.
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Helgesson, Anna. ""Society Treats You According to What You Are" : A Qualitative Study of Consumption Patterns Emphasising Conspicuous Consumption, Entebbe, Uganda." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-8965.
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This thesis stands result of a research conducted in Entebbe Uganda, during approximately five weeks in the autumn of 2009. The aim was to understand the reasoning behind decisions taken concerning the use of economic means, after covering the consumption of necessities. The options set were either to increase the level of conspicuous consumption or enhance the level of investments or consumption of necessities. The point of departure and ontological approach is taken from a household member i.e. individual level. The analytical framework applied elaborating the empirical material collected was Bourdieu’s conceptualisation of habitus. Enhancing the understanding of habitus concepts e.g. needs, methods introduced by Lull was utilised. The primary data consisted of assembled interviews and direct observations. The secondary data consists of qualitative literature. The results display an individual vision of vertical or transversal social movement. Identified incentives were inter alia peer pressure and competition. Conspicuous consumption is viewed as a process decreasing the distance from an individual social movement i.e. changes habitus. Methods realising a status increase of social position and status, is of symbolic items possessed through conspicuous consumption in combination with social capital, economic capital and level of knowledge.
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Berg, Elin. "Forbidden Love and Deadly Diseases : A Dynamic Frame Analysis About Homophobia and HIV in Uganda." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-339562.
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This thesis has strived to analyze how institutionalized frames may affect how another topic is discussed in a political context. This presented framing strategy is referred to as frame bridging. The aim was to analyze whether the framing of homosexuality in Uganda has affected its HIV policy. It is based on the constructivist understanding of policy as something created in dynamic social processes, which can be strategically framed intentionally or have unintentional consequences. Uganda is a compelling case since its homophobia is institutionalized to a degree that makes it difficult for people in to express gay-positive sentiment. Dynamic frame analysis was chosen as method. The material analyzed consisted primarily of statements from key politicians and official policy documents from the Ugandan government between 2009 and 2017. Firstly, the frames that exist upon homosexuality and HIV in Uganda were distinguished. These frames, illustrated tensions between the West and Africa, conflicting roles on masculinity, HIV as consequence of immoral behavior. Secondly, the frames within HIV policy were scrutinized. These frames outlined HIV as a consequence of promiscuity, as a problem especially to those with ‘risky sexual behavior’ or it failed to at all acknowledge e.g. men having sex with men. This thesis demonstrates that a frame bridging is present although it is not overt but rather implicit. The HIV policy is heteronormative and renders sexual minorities invisible. A possible explanation is that the exclusion of men having sex with men in HIV policy is strategic and due to aid dependency from Western donors. Since actors are confined in their social realities, Ugandan politicians may not be explicitly homophobic in HIV policy since they must acknowledge the Western donors’ influence. This thesis has illustrated that the relationship between homophobia and HIV ultimately turns in to a discussion about tensions between an ‘open’ West and a ‘deprived’ Africa.
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Aceng, Judith Christabella. "Progress and challenges of implementing the Rome statute of the international criminal court in Uganda." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3799.
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Magister Legum - LLMThe aim of this study is the coming into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was a thriving success for the international community insofar as that it contributed greatly to international criminal law jurisprudence. The Rome Statute establishes the International Criminal Court and confers upon the ICC jurisdiction over the international crimes namely: the crime of genocide; crimes against humanity; war crimes and the crime of aggression
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Khamis, Cornelia. "Mehrsprachigkeit bei den Nubi : das Sprachverhalten viersprachig aufwachsender Vorschul- und Schulkinder in Bombo/Uganda /." Hamburg : Lit, 1994. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39937996t.
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Poirier, Sherry. "How 'inclusive' are the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategies? an analysis of Tanzania and Uganda's health sectors /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2006. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2711.
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Iaeger, Paula Irene. "Establishing Junior-level Colleges in Developing Nations: a Site Selection Process Using Data From Uganda." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115098/.
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This research synthesizes data and presents it using mapping software to help to identify potential site locations for community-centered higher education alternatives and more traditional junior-level colleges in Uganda. What factors can be used to quantify one site over another for the location of such an institution and if these factors can be isolated; why should they be used by local authorities? the variables are secured from the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ), Afrobarometer, census data, as well as technology reports and surveys. These variables are reduced, grouped and mapped to help determine the best location for a junior-level college. the use of local expert opinion on geopolitical, economic, and educational situations can be interfaced with the database data to identify potential sites for junior-level colleges with the potential to reduce the failure rate of such post-secondary school ventures. These data are analyzed in the context of reported higher education policies and outcomes from the national ministries, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), quality assurances agencies in the region, the World Bank, and national datasets. the final product is a model and tool that can be used by local experts to better select future sites to expand higher education, especially in rural areas in the least developed countries.
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Karamura, Deborah A. "Numerical taxonomic studies of the East African highland bananas, Musa AAA-East Africa, in Uganda /." Montpellier (Parc scientifique Agropolis II, 34397 Cedex 5) : INIBAP, 1999. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37045457f.
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Ojiambo, Deborah. "Effectiveness Of Group Activity Play Therapy On Internalizing And Externalizing Behavior Problems Of Preadolescent Orphans In Uganda." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103365/.
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This pilot study investigated the impact of group activity play therapy (GAPT) on displaced orphans aged 10 to 12 years living in a large children.s village in Uganda. Teachers and housemothers identified 60 preadolescents exhibiting clinical levels of internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. The participants ethnicity was African and included an equal number of females and males. Participants were randomly assigned to GAPT (n = 30) or reading mentoring (RM; n = 30), which served as an active control. Preadolescents in both treatment groups participated in an average of 16 sessions, twice weekly with each session lasting 50 minutes. Sessions were held in the school located within the village complex. A two (group) by two (repeated measures) split plot ANOVA was used to analyze the data. According to teacher reports using the Teacher Report Form (TRF) and housemother reports using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), children receiving the GAPT intervention demonstrated statistically significant decreases (p < .025) in internalizing behaviors (TRF: p < .001; CBCL: p < .001 ) and externalizing behaviors (TRF: p = .006; CBCL: p < .001) from pretest to posttest compared to children who received RM. The GAPT intervention demonstrated a large treatment effect on reducing orphaned childrenÆs internalizing problems (TRF: ?p2= .213; CBCL: ?p2 = . 244) and a moderate to large treatment effect on reducing externalizing problems (TRF: ?p2= .121; CBCL: ?p2 = .217). The statistical, practical, and clinical significance of the findings provided strong, preliminary support for using GAPT as a developmentally and culturally responsive school-based intervention for troubled Ugandan orphans.
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Nansubuga, Catherine. "The need to develop a successful competition regime in Uganda: an analysis of the factors hindering the operationalisation and implementation of the East African Community Competition Act." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19742.
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Uganda is in the process of enacting a competition law. Like most developing countries, it faces a unique adoption process, local circumstances and concerns that makes the competition law and enforcement practices distinguishable from other jurisdictions. This research will analyse the need for development of a successful competition regime in Uganda by highlighting the factors that should inform the law and policy. The study will analyse the adequacy of the current competition bill 2004 in comparison with the competition laws of Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa and propose that Uganda needs to develop a competition regime that is suited to its local development needs. The East African Community (EAC) aimed at enhancing trade liberalisation and development, among other sectors adopted the East African Competition Policy in 2004 and subsequently the East African Legislative Assembly enacted the East African Competition Act in 2006. However to date an East African Community Competition Authority has not been established and the law is not yet operational. The study will further appraise the challenges to the operationalisation and implementation of the East African Community Competition Act and suggest that apart from the fact that Uganda has not enacted a competition law as required by the East African community Protocol, there are other significant challenges hindering the operationalisation and implementation of the East African Community Competition Act.
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Dukehart, Merrit Elizabeth. ""There are no A people or B people or C people": A postcolonial rhetorical analysis of articulations of Uganda's ABC HIV/AIDS campaign." Connect to online resource, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1442914.
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Dietz, Antonius Johannes. "Pastoralists in dire straits : survival strategies and external interventions in a semi-arid region at the Kenya-Uganda border : Western Pokot, 1900-1986 /." Amsterdam : Instituut voor Sociale Geografie, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1987. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb349881726.
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Francis, Suzanna Carter. "Are intravaginal practices a risk factor for HIV acquisition? : an in-depth exploration of highly prevalent behaviours among women at high risk of HIV infection in Tanzania and Uganda." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.549740.
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Okello, Francis Xavier. "The beginnings of evangelization in Eastern Uganda : 1895-1924 : an effort undertaken by the missionaries of St. Joseph's society, London - the Mill Hill missionaries /." Roma, 2007. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb413382901.
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Chapman, Halsall Elaine. "Girls at the Front : an exploration of the relationship between human rights education policy and the experiences of girls taken by the militia in northern Uganda's Civil War." Thesis, University of Roehampton, 2010. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/girls-at-the-front(0b2d6f70-e99c-4a84-b522-3612403e6733).html.
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Tumusiime, Amanda Evassy. "Art and gender : imag[in]ing the new woman in contemporary Ugandan art." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9036.
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This thesis is based on the belief that representations of women in contemporary Ugandan art serve cultural and political purposes. The premise is that the autonomous woman (seen as the new woman in this study), emerging in Uganda in the mid-1980s, agitated for the social, economic and political emancipation of women in Uganda. It has been demonstrated that the patriarchy attempted to subordinate, confine and regulate this new woman. The press, drama, music and film became powerful tools to force her into silence. This study posits that contemporary Ugandan art was part of this cultural discourse. Adopting a feminist art historical stance, it examines and assesses the gendered content of Uganda’s contemporary art masked as aesthetics. On the one hand, the study exposes the view that some men artists in Uganda use their works to construct men’s power and superiority as the necessary ingredients of gender difference. I demonstrate that some artists have engaged themes through which they have constructed women as being materialistic, gold-diggers, erotic and domesticated. I argue that this has been a strategy to tame Uganda’s new woman. On the other hand, the thesis attempts to show that some women artists have used visual discourse to challenge their marginalisation and to reclaim their ‘agency’ while revising some negative stereotypes about the new woman. This study makes an interdisciplinary contribution to Uganda’s art history, cultural studies and gender studies.Art History, Visual Arts & Musicology
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Kakande, Angelo A. "Contemporary art in Uganda: a nexus between art and politics." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/6856.
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The nexus between Uganda’s contemporary art and politics forms the
overarching theme of this thesis. The trajectory of Uganda’s contemporary art
as a political expression has been retraced. The different political dispensations
which have shaped Uganda’s political art have been analysed. The political
postures and visual symbols Uganda’s contemporary artists have engaged have
been analysed in the context of the wider socio-political discussions which have
shaped, and been shaped by, the country. It has been contended that different
political epochs have invited response from Uganda’s artists since the early-
1940s. Whereas this debate has been attempted by varied scholars, it has not
been rigorously pursued. Formalist discourses seeking to prioritise formal
aesthetics have been engaged; conclusions that after 1986 contemporary
Ugandan art[ists] became apolitical have been made. With emphasis on two
contemporary artists—Fred Kato Mutebi and Bruno Sserunkuuma—this
formalist reading has been decentred; the socio-political relevance of Uganda’s
contemporary art has been retraced and prioritised. It has been argued that
although initially depoliticised through colonial modernity, Uganda’s
contemporary artists have been sensitive to the socio-political conditions
affecting their space and time; issues of governance and service delivery have
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Namono, Catherine. "Surrogate surfaces: a contextual interpretive approach to the rock art of Uganda." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8242.
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Rock art in Uganda is under-researched, and where research has been done the
rock art was erroneously attributed to ‘Bushman-like’ people. This misattribution
resulted in flawed interpretations. Uganda forms part of the geometric art zone
that spreads across central Africa, including Angola, northern Mozambique,
Zambia, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Using a contextual
interpretive approach, this thesis considers the meaning of the geometric rock art
of Uganda.
Arising from recording and analysis of geometric rock art sites in Uganda, a
literature review and archival searches on oral traditions and interviews with
heritage holders, the study attempts to sequence the art and tie identified patterns
in the rock art to data from ethnography, oral tradition and archaeological
sources. In this thesis, I consider the geometric rock art in Uganda to be made
within a context of ritual.
This study makes an empirical contribution by generating a comprehensive
database of rock art in Uganda. Methodologically, this is the first time that a
contextual approach is used to identify patterns and to interpret the rock art in
Uganda. Interpretatively, this study generates new knowledge about the
geometric rock art as well as information on related living heritage.
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Made, Felix. "Validation of self reported measures of adherence to ART and factors associated with adherence in Jinja, Uganda." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23317.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Johannesburg, 14th December 2016Background: Good adherence to ART prolongs survival and improves quality of life in people living with HIV/AIDS. Adherence is commonly assessed using self-reported measures, but these tend to over-estimate adherence. Viral load testing is the gold standard for measuring ART adherence but it is unaffordable in resource limited settings. Therefore, the aims of this small sub-study were to validate self-reported measures of adherence and to find factors associated with adherence to ART in Jinja, Uganda. Methods: This study was a secondary analysis of data collected from a cluster randomized equivalence trial which was carried out to compare facility based ART care versus home based care. In the main study, 1453 participants aged 18 and above were enrolled. A total of 1276 men and women qualified for this sub-study. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) was computed to see how well two self-reported measures of adherence predicted virological failure. The two self-reported measures were firstly a visual analogue score (VAS) where participants rated the number of doses that they had taken in the past month on a scale from 0 (meaning no ART taken) to 100 (meaning that all required doses had been taken) and secondly an adherence score based on the number of pills missed in the three days before the visit. Logistic regression models were fitted with survey estimator to find factors associated with virological failure. Tobit models were fitted to find factors associated with self-reported adherence measures, since these were restricted to the range of 0-100% and censored. We then compared associated factors among the three different outcome measures. Results: There were 914 women and 362 men in this study. Home based care had larger number of patients (754) than facility based care (522). The median age of the patients was 38 years (IQR 32.0-44.0). Most of the participants were either married (518) or single (456). The majority of the trial participants had primary school education (n=713) and very few achieved tertiary education. A large number of participants had CD4 cell counts of less than 50 cells/mm3 (n=351), and very few of the patients in the trial had CD4 counts greater than 200 cells/mm3. The median CD4 count of the study participants was 116 cells / mm3 (IQR 43.0-167.0). A very large number of the patients were either in WHO clinical stage II or III (Stage II: n= 595; Stage III: n=577). A total of n=1079 (84.56%) and n=197 (13.44%) participants had no virological failure and failure respectively. The ROC methods showed that the iv self-reported adherence measures estimated virological failure with a sensitivity that ranged between 35-65%. Female patients had lower odds of experiencing virological failure (odds ratio: 0.7; 95% CI: 0.485, 0.968; p=0.033). The odds of virological failure decreased with each one year increase in age (OR: 0.95; 95% CI: 0.928, 0.979; p=0.001). Participants who found adherence reminders very useful were less likely to experience virological failure (P=0.001). Conclusion: This study show that self-reported measures are not good predictors of ART adherence since approximately only a half of the Jinja participants with virological failure were predicted by such measures. None of the factors associated with virological failure was also associated with both of the self-reported adherence measures. Viral load testing should be encouraged in place of self-reported adherence measures to ART. In addition, alternative methods of measuring adherence such as electronic medication monitoring, pharmacy refills and drug level detection should be investigated.
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Batson, Amanda Ashley. "Intent versus outcome of international mural exchange." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-08-4025.
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In an attempt to rectify the issues and concerns on the impact of an international mural exchange created by the organization Let Art Talk in 2008, I traveled to Uganda to pursue a similar community based, environmentally themed art workshops and Talking Mural. This theme-based mural was created and then given to a school in Plano, Texas to complete. My role was to investigate the work being done and the potential effects of learning on participants involved and to gauge the communication and learning exchanged between the participants in two varied communities. Through the creation of a mural using case study methods, it was also to be determined if the mission and goals of the project were accomplished. This study was focused on the following question: In what ways and to what extent is the purposeful intent and meaning of the artwork made by students in Uganda--as part of a mural exchange program about environmental issues that occurs between students in Uganda and the United States--understood by the students in the United States who view and respond to this artwork?text
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Bako, Jane Patricia. "Walking the talk : are land evictions in Uganda in like with human rights standards?" Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26966.
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In Uganda there has been evidence of land evictions over the past years which has left many people landless and homeless. This study sets out the national standards with the major emphasis on the some of the provisions of the 1995 Constitution that deal with land rights and the 1998 land Act. In addition to the above, it tackles some international standards found under ICESCR, ICCPR and the Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-Based Evictions and Displacement that have to be followed either before or after land evictions. Despite the fact that Uganda is a dualist State, there is need for it to take into consideration international standards that cater for land evictions since it is a member State to both ICESCR and ICCPR. Furthermore, the study discusses only three cases among others of land evictions that have occurred in Uganda and it analyses them against the national and international human rights standards. This study is of the view that most of the land evictions that are carried out in the country are not in line with national and international human rights standards. Therefore, there is need to ensure that people’s human rights are protected through the implementation of the existing national and international human rights standards. CopyrightDissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Alessandri, Greta. "Evaluating the implementation of article 22 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Uganda - Nakivale Refugee Settlement: duty bearers’ and children’s voices." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/10320.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate how the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) article (art.) 22, has been operationalized in the Ugandan Legislation, and implemented in the local context of Nakivale Refugee Settlement.
The researcher tried to comprehend specifically how the refugee children themselves perceive the implementation of CRC art.22 through their own voice. Hence, an important approach when presenting the empiric data was to provide the perspective of the child, not just to have a child perspective (i.e. an adult perspective on children's experiences).
Finally, through the assessment of the children’s well-being, this study evaluated whether the anticipated goals of the mentioned legislation have been achieved in Nakivale. Data for this study were collected using qualitative methods, including: documents review, semi-structured individual interviews, focus group discussions and participant observation. The study population was primarily composed by refugee children, and secondly by staff from humanitarian organizations operating in the settlement. Ethical considerations were particularly important in this study, due to its extensive engagement with refugee children, an inherently vulnerable population. The assessment of the status quo of the life of refugee children in Nakivale reveals failure in ensuring the greatest possible implementation of art.22 by the aid workers operating in the settlement and a general feeling of hopeless and disorientation among the refugee children. The study includes recommendations to the main humanitarian institutions in charge of protection of refugee children. Overall, extraordinary efforts are urgently needed in order to guarantee refugee children of Nakivale Refugee Settlement the respect of fundamental rights and a treatment according to the internationally recognized legal standards.
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Judith, Christabella Aceng. "Progress and challenges of implementing the Rome statute of the international criminal court in Uganda." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3811.
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Schleiffer, Marais Prisca Christina Leonie. "Cross-border taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters in Switzerland, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria, and Uganda." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10205.
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The thesis investigates the extent to which cross-border taking of evidence in civil and com-mercial matters in relation to Switzerland, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria, and Uganda is allowed. Such evidence-taking is not only governed by the domestic law of the state seeking evidence abroad and that of the state where the relevant means of proof are located, but also by public international law, and more specifically by the concept of sovereignty. The ad-missibility of the cross-border taking of evidence under public international law depends on whether or not evidence-gathering in civil litigation is regarded as a judicial act, which violates sovereignty when performed on foreign territory, or as a purely private act. In the first case, the evidentiary material has to be obtained through channels of international judicial assistance. Such assistance can either be rendered based on the basis of an international treaty, or through courtoisie internationale. No international judicial assistance is necessary in cases of a so-called “transfer of foreign evidence”, provided no compulsion is applied which infringes the sovereignty of the foreign state.
The thesis analyses the taking of evidence abroad based on the Hague Evidence Convention, and the Hague Procedure Convention. It further expounds how evidence located in Switzer-land, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria, and Uganda can be obtained for the benefit of civil proceed-ings pending abroad in the absence of any relevant international treaty. The thesis also exam-ines under what conditions a litigant in civil proceedings in the aforementioned countries may request evidence to be taken on foreign soil. The position of cross-border taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters in the said countries is assessed, and suggestions are made on how such status quo may be improved. The thesis makes an attempt to establish the basic prin-ciples for a convention on evidence-taking in civil and commercial matters between South Af-rica, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria, and Uganda. The development of such principles, however, is only possible once the similarities and differences in the procedure for the taking of evidence and the means of proof in the relevant laws of the aforesaid countries have been identified.Public, Constitutional, & International
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