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Corporate and Strategic Information Disclosure and Earnings Management: Evidence from Listed Firms at the Uganda Securities Exchange
(Journal of Finance and Economics, 2019)The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of corporate and strategic information disclosure on earnings management among listed firms at the Uganda Securities Exchange. We conduct our survey on a census of 9 ... -
Corruption as a Barrier to Health Service Delivery in Lira District, Uganda
(International Journal of Health Sciences, 2023)Purpose: This study set to investigate the relationship between corruption and health service delivery in the Lira district. Four objectives were targeted: determining the effect of corruption on health service delivery, ... -
Cost effectiveness Analysis of adding Tuberculosis Household Contact Investigation on Passive Case Finding Strategy in Southwestern Uganda.
(Lira University, 2022)Background: The standard passive case-finding strategy implemented by most developing countries is inadequate to detect new cases of TB. A household contact investigation is an alternative approach. The study aimed to ... -
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of adding Tuberculosis Household Contact Investigation on Passive Case Finding Strategy in South Western Uganda
(Lira University, 2022)Background: The standard passive case-finding strategy implemented by most developing countries is inadequate to detect new cases of TB. A household contact investigation is an alternative approach. The study aimed to ... -
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Adding Tuberculosis Household Contact Investigation On Passive Case Finding Strategy in Southwestern Uganda
(Lira University, 2022)Background: The standard passive case-finding strategy implemented by most developing countries is inadequate to detect new cases of TB. A household contact investigation is an alternative approach. The study aimed to ... -
COVID-19 and Its Related Stigma: A Qualitative Study Among Survivors in Kampala, Uganda
(Stigma and Health. Advance online publication, 2021)COVID-19-related stigma is gradually becoming a global problem among COVID-19 survivors with deleterious effects on quality of life. However, this social problem has received little attention in research and policy. This ... -
COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and associated factors among the business community in Lira City, Uganda: a cross-sectional research
(2023)Background: As of November 26th, 2021, three platforms and at least seven distinct vaccines had been delivered worldwide. The vaccines include: Pfizer/BioNTech on December 31, 2020; AstraZeneca on February 16, 2021; Janssen ... -
Credit Management and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda: A Case of Equity Banks Ltd in Northern Uganda
(Lira University, 2022)Background: The management of the risk involved in the loans that the banks give affects financial performance. The study examined the effect of credit risk management on the financial performance of Equity Bank Limited ... -
A cross-sectional study of stress and its sources among health professional students at Makerere University, Uganda
(Wiley, 2017)Aim: To assess prevalence of stress and its sources among undergraduate health professional students at Makerere University. Design: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study using quantitative methods of data ... -
Customer Relationship Management and Customer Loyalty in Selected Star-Rated Hotels in Lira City
(Lira University, 2022)Background: The study examined the effect of customer relationship management on customer loyalty in star-rated hotels in Lira City. The objectives of the study included to assess the effect of complaint handling, service ... -
CYP2B6 genotype-based efavirenz dose recommendations during rifampicin-based antituberculosis cotreatment for a sub-Saharan Africa population
(Future Medicine Ltd: Pharmacogenomics, 2016)To assess genotype effect on efavirenz (EFV) pharmacokinetics, treatment outcomes and provide genotype-based EFV doses recommendations during for tuberculosis (TB)-HIV-1 cotreatment. Materials & methods: EFV concentrations from ... -
Decentralisation and political empowerment of citizens in Karamoja, Uganda
(Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2023)For centuries, centralisation was the dominant model of governance in most parts of the developing world. However, since the mid-1980s many countries in Africa have adopted decentralisation owing to the failure of ... -
Decentralized Planning and Primary Education Service Delivery in Pakwach District Local Government.
(Lira University, 2023)Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of decentralized planning on primary education service delivery in Pakwach district. The objectives of the study were: Find out the effect of goal setting ... -
Deconstructing Global Movements of People: Implication for Collective Security and International Borders
(International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 2021)This review deconstructs a set of four aspects, namely immigration, global security and global borders. In particular, we focus on issue one, the global immigration, in terms of its significance, challenges and implication. ... -
Deconstructing Local Economic Development in The Framework of The Political Farmer in Mid-Western Uganda
(International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations, 2020)Extant provisions of Uganda’s local economic development seek to promote a rural development strategy through diverse sector initiatives built in the structures of local governments as grassroots units. Since its recommendation, ... -
Deconstructing smart farming from the perspective of beekeeping technologies: voices from Lira city, mid-north Uganda
(International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations, 2021)Smart farming in less-developing nations and or societies has been discouraged with a pretext that it is an impossible venture to undertake yet every community in the world can be empowered to embrace smart farming for ... -
Deconstructing the Relationship between COVID-19 Lock-down and Primary Education among Pupils in Lira City, Uganda
(International Journal of Sociological Research, 2022)Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 lockdown and formal education system of primary school pupils in Lira city west division. Methodology: The study was guided by a case study research ... -
Delays in Cryptococcal Meningitis Diagnosis and Care: A Mixed Methods Study in Rural Uganda
(Annals of global health,, 2022)Background: Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) remains a major cause of mortality for HIV infected persons in sub-Saharan Africa, despite widespread access to antiretroviral therapy. Delays in CM diagnosis and treatment ... -
Depression and Associated Factors Among Refugees Amidst Covid-19 in Nakivale Refugee Camp in Uganda
(Journal of Neurology Research Review & Reports, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic and health measures to prevent it have unprecedented effects on the mental health of the refugees. However, the situation of refugees in developing countries is unclear. Thus, this study estimated the ... -
Depression, suicidality, substance-use and associated factors among people living with HIV the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
(PLOS ONE, 2023)Background Mental disorders are common in people living with HIV (PLHIV) but they are often unrecog nized and untreated. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the already lim ited mental health services in low ...