Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions

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    • War related sexual violence and it's medical and psychological consequences as seen in Kitgum, Northern Uganda: A cross-sectional study 

      Eugene, Kinyanda; Musisi, Seggane; Biryabarema, Christine; Ezati, Isaac; Oboke, Henry; Ojiambo-Ochieng, Ruth; Were-Oguttu, Juliet; Levin, Jonathan; Grosskurth, Heiner; Walugembe, James (BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2009)
      Background: Despite the recent adoption of the UN resolution 1820 (2008) which calls for the cessation of war related sexual violence against civilians in conflict zones, Africa continues to see some of the worst cases ...

    • Promoting Psychiatry in the medical school: "The case of Uganda" 

      Ovuga, E; Buga, J; Oboke, Henry; Boardman, J (Psychiatry Bulletin, 2002)
      Uganda has a rich history of medical education Odonga, 1989) that was severely harmed by the rise of Idi Amin and the years of internal strife. It is only over recent years that the country has begun to rebuild itself ...

    • Equitable Access to Health Professional Training in Uganda: A Cross Sectional Study 

      Galukande, M.; Maling, S.; Kabakyenga, J.; Nshaho, J.; Oboke, Henry; Oonge, B.; Muyenje, H.; Katumba-Sentongo, G.; Mayanja-Kizza, H.; Sewankambo, N.K. (Annals of global health, 2018)
      Objective: We set out to assess inequalities to access health professional education, and the impact of an education improvement program supported by MEPI (Medical Education Partnership Initiative). Inequalities in the ...

    • Anger and Bitter Hearts: The Spread of Suicide in Northern Ugandan Families 

      Oboke, Henry; Whyte, Susan Reynolds (Journal of Anthropology, 2019)
      In many societies, the phenomenon of suicide provides a particularly powerful example of how something sinister might ‘run in the family’. In the Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda, concerns about its capacity to spread ...