Makerere University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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A framework for information management in E-agriculture
(Makerere University, 2022-12-20)Agriculture is a vital sector in a developing economy like Uganda’s. ICTs have been used in this sector to avail information and to support different information based agricultural processes in what is called electronic ... -
Evaluating Initiatives to support evidence-informed health system policy-making in Cameroon and Uganda: Case studies of EVIPNet Cameroon and REACH-PI Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-11)Background: During the last twenty years, fostering evidence informed health system policymaking (EIHSP) in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) has been a priority for national and global health players with the aim ... -
Project report on construction supervision of residential apartments on plot 13, Nalubbaale Street, Masaka City.
(Makerere University, 2022-09-15)This project report contains details of construction of Residential Apartments on Plot 13, Nalubbaale Street, Nyendo-Mukungwe Division, Masaka City. The report focuses on construction project management and contract ... -
Decentralisation, community empowerment and livelihoods in Karamoja, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-01-20)This study examines the impact of decentralisation on political empowerment, livelihood improvement and coordination of development actors and programmes in Karamoja. It further explores the nexus between traditional ... -
The right to rehabilitation for the survivors of torture: a case study of urban refugees in Katwe-Kinyolo, Kampala-Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-01)The right to rehabilitation of refugee survivors of torture is critical to the restoration of their human dignity. The study examines the extent to which the right has been realized in Uganda. The study explores the ... -
Teachers’ knowledge and integration of digital technology into the teaching of ecology in government-aided secondary schools in Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2023-01)The study sought to establish the relationship between teachers’ knowledge and the integration of digital technology into the teaching of Ecology in Government aided Secondary schools in Wakiso district. This study employed ... -
Utilization of fungal and bacterial endophytes for the management of the banana nematode Radopholus similis in East African Highland Bananas.
(Makerere University., 2023-01-20)East African Highland bananas (EAHB) (Musa spp., AAA-EA) are a staple food to many smallholder farmers in Uganda. Production is constrained by plant parasitic nematodes (PPN) with the burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis ... -
The digital era: a comparative analysis of Uganda and South Africa’s copyright regulatory regime, post 2006.
(Makerere University, 2022-09)This study is entitled The Digital era: A comparative analysis of Uganda and South Africa’s copyright regulatory regime, post 2006. To comprehend the analysis, the study reviewed literature from different resources at a ... -
Social networks for older adults with and without Alzheimer’s disease in Wakiso District; A comparative cross- sectional study
(Makerere University, 2022-10)Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the commonest cause of dementia with one case diagnosed every 4 seconds translating to about 10 million new cases per year globally. The majority of these cases live in Low and ... -
Assessing the effect of chicken manure-based fertigation for improved crop performance of tomato and cabbage
(Makerere University, 2023-01-16)To determine the most appropriate chicken manure-based fertigation regime for improved yield and quality of tomato and cabbage, a three-replicate RCBD field experiment was set up at MUARIK (0° 27.9428' N, 32° 36.796' E) ... -
Impact of the second and third COVID-19 waves on out patient malaria indicators and case management guidelines at selected sites with varying malaria transmission intensities in Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2023-01-20)Background: COVID-19 has imposed negative impacts on the fight against malaria in many malaria endemic countries. We aimed to assess the impact of the second and third COVID-19 waves on outpatient malaria indicators and ... -
Increasing cassava planting material through optimizing propagation substrates for cassava minisetts and spacing of field planted tissue derived plantlets
(Makerere University, 2020-11)Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a major staple food crop for over 800 million people in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world yet its productivity is still low. This has been attributed to the devastating Cassava ... -
Time of first echocardiographic diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease and its associated factors among children attending the Uganda Heart Institute
(Makerere University, 2022-11)Background: CHD accounts for one third of all congenital anomalies. When undiagnosed and untreated, it is a major cause of death in the first year of life and major morbidity and mortality later in childhood. Definitive ... -
Fraud and the law: a case study of identity theft in Uganda’s financial sector
(Makerere University, 2022-11)This study examined the effectiveness of the legal framework relating to identity theft in Uganda’s financial sector. Predominantly, protection of information is provided for in the constitution of Uganda. Article 27(2) ... -
A symptom based machine learning model for the prediction of prostate cancer:a case study of Uganda Cancer Institute- Mulago.
(Makerere University, 2023-01-07)Introduction: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gained popularity globally as a way of automating previously manual tasks to obtain efficiency at a minimal cost. The health sector is not an exception to this trend. ... -
Difficulties in comprehension among learners learning English as a foreign language in Uganda: a schema theoretic approach
(Makerere University, 2023-01-20)The main objective of this study is to investigate the difficulties which affect comprehension of texts by learners of English as a foreign language in Uganda. It also reflects on the analysis of how their past language ... -
Evaluation of preclinical safety of combined extracts of Taraxacum officinale, Zingiber officinale AND Vernonia amygdalina
(2023-01-20)The use of herbal medicines for treatment of different disease has been in existence for a long time in human history. Although herbal medicines are considered safe by the public, some herbal medicines have known toxicity ... -
Assessing the impact of rainfall variation on water resources in Iganga district, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-11-18)Rainfall is one of the key weather and climate elements that affect most economic activities especially in the tropics. Therefore understanding of local rainfall patterns, its variability between seasons and across years, ... -
Nutrition status and dietary adequacy of adolescents in Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda: a human rights approach
(Makerere University, 2023-01)Introduction: Dietary adequacy among adolescents is very crucial, and recent evidence from refugee situations shows that adolescents are among the most affected by macro and micronutrient deficiencies. Previous studies on ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with contraceptive uptake among adolescents receiving post abortion care services at Kawempe National Referral Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2022-03-02)In Uganda Adolescent girls face many challenges and barriers to access and utilization of contraceptives leading to the unwanted pregnancies which terminate as abortions. The immediate post-abortion period is a great ...