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  1. Mwaka ES, Bazzeketa D, Mirembe J, Emoru RD, Twimukye A, Kivumbi A. Barriers to and enhancement of the utilization of digital mental health interventions in low-resource settings: Perceptions of young people in Uganda. Digital health. 2025 Feb;11: 20552076251321698.
  2. Nabukenya S, Waitt C, Twimukye A, Mushabe B, Castelnuovo B, Zawedde-Muyanja S, Muhindo R, Kyaddondo D, Mwaka ES. Decision-making and role preferences for receiving individual pharmacogenomic research results among participants at a Ugandan HIV research institute. BMC Medical Ethics. 2025 Feb 8;26(1):23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-025-01181-w
  1. Ali J, Esmonde K, Agudelo-Londoño S, Jannat Z, Shrestha P, Torres-Quintero A, Mwaka E. “Digital benefit sharing” for non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance in low–and middle-income countries: implications for digital health governance. Policy Studies. 2025 Jan 29:1-8. doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2025.2452437
  2. Nabirye AK, Munabi IG, Mubuuke AG, Kiguli S. Emotional and psychological experiences of nursing students caring for dying patients: an explorative study at a national referral hospital in Uganda. BMC Medical Education. 2025 Jan 20;25(1):96.
  3. Ajalo E, Mukunya D, Nantale R, Kayemba F, Pangholi K, Babuya J, Langoya Akuu S, Namiiro AM, Nsubuga YB, Mpagi JL, Musaba MW, Munabi IG. Widespread use of ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence tools among medical students in Uganda: A cross-sectional study. PloS one. 2025 Jan 9;20(1):e0313776.

2024 (22 publications)

  1. Edith Nagawa, Stephen Sebagala, Nicholas Twijukye, Augustine Bukulu, Erisa Mwaka. Bilateral distal tibio-fibular synostosis: a case of morphological deformity in cadaveric remains of black ethnicity at the Department of Anatomy, Equator University of Science and Technology.  Anatomy Journal of Africa. 2024. Vol 13 (2): 2645-2648. DOI: 10.4314/aja.v13i2.7
  2. Deborah Ekusai Sebatta, David Kyaddondo, John Barugahare, David Kaawa-Mafigiri, Shenuka Singh, Erisa Mwaka. Genomic data sharing_navigating. the ethical issues in collaborative research relationships between the global North-South. African Journal of Bioethics https://doi.org/10.58177/ajb240007.
  1. Nabukenya S, Kyaddondo D, Munabi IG, Waitt C, Twimukye A, Mwaka ES. The role of community engagement in promoting research participants’ understanding of pharmacogenomic research results: Perspectives of stakeholders involved in HIV/AIDS research and treatment. Plos one. 2024 Apr 2;19(4): e0299081. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0299081
  2. Kituuka O, Mwaka ES, Munabi IG, Galukande M, Sewankambo N. A qualitative study on informed consent decision-making at two tertiary hospitals in Uganda: Experiences of patients undergoing emergency surgery and their next of kin. SAGE Open Medicine. 2024;12. doi:10.1177/20503121241259931
  3. Kiryowa, H.M., Buwembo, W., Munabi, I.G.  Mwaka, E.S, Rwenyony C.M., Kaddumukasa, M., Kiguli S. A comparison of oral bacteriome isolated from periodontal pockets of participants with or without diabetes mellitus in Uganda: a case-control study. BMC Res Notes 17, 146 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-06804-w
  4. Kampi R, Okello C, Ochieng J, Mwaka ES (2024) Informed consent in cancer clinical care: Perspectives of healthcare professionals on information disclosure at a tertiary institution in Uganda. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0301586. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301586.
  5. Mulindwa B, Nalwoga RP, Nakandi BT, Mwaka ES, Kenney LP, Ackers L, Ssekitoleko RT. Evaluation of the current status of prosthetic rehabilitation services for major limb loss: a descriptive study in Ugandan Referral hospitals. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2024 Feb 27;46(5):969-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2188266
  1. Schultz B, Agamah FE, Ewuoso C, Ebony B Madden, Jennifer Troyer, Michelle Skelton and Erisa Mwaka. On behalf of H3Africa Ethics and Community Engagement Working Group. Webinar report: stakeholder perspectives on informed consent for the use of genomic data by commercial entities. Journal of Medical Ethics 2024; 50:57-61. doi:10.1136/jme-2022-108650.
  2. Nabukenya S, Kyaddondo D, Twimukye A, Munabi IG, Waitt C, Mwaka ES. ‘It is a complex process, but it’s very important to return these results to participants. Stakeholders’ perspectives on the ethical considerations for returning individual pharmacogenomics research results to people living with HIV. Research Ethics. 2024 Apr;20(2):363-87.
  3. Michael Okello, Darshit D, Mary K, Mutekoba U, Timothy M, Francis BX, Denis K, Edward K, Machyo OF, Henry D, William B, Ponsiano O. Advancing complex hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery in Uganda: Challenges and outcomes. World J Surg. 2024 Feb 7. doi: 10.1002/wjs.12097. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38323680.
  4. Egbe FE, Iranya RN, Dimala CA, Mbiine R, Okello M, Okeny PK. Effect of Perioperative Blood Transfusion on Complications Following Emergency Non-trauma Laparotomy in Mulago Hospital: A Prospective Cohort Study. Cureus. 2024 Jul 30;16(7):e65759. doi: 10.7759/cureus.65759. PMID: 39211642; PMCID: PMC11361328
  5. Yason K, Gonza KG, Michael O, William B, Munabi I, Michael K. Anatomical Variations of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts: An MRI Study. Int J Hepatol. 2024 Oct 19;2024:3877814. doi: 10.1155/2024/3877814. PMID: 39464874; PMCID: PMC11512644.
  6. Okello M, Srikant S, Darshit D, Ocama P. Outcomes of Proximal Spleno-Renal Shunt Operations for Idiopathic Portal Hypertension in Tertiary Hospital in the Sub-Sahara. Int Med Case Rep J. 2024 Apr 23;17:381-386. doi: 10.2147/IMCRJ.S453341. PMID: 38681996; PMCID: PMC11055520
  7. Namatovu JF, Mubuuke AG, Buwembo W, Nakigudde J, Kiguli S. Stakeholder views on continuing professional development for doctors working in public primary care facilities in central Uganda: a qualitative study. Pan Afr Med J. 2024 Feb 29;47:97. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2024.47.97.417840. PMID: 38799194; PMCID: PMC11126753.
  8. Namusoke F, Lugaajju A, Buwembo W, Kiwuuwa MS, Kaddumukasa M. Perspectives of postpartum women on intermittent presumptive treatment in Uganda: implications for malaria prevention: a qualitative study. Malar J. 2024 Nov 6;23(1):331. doi: 10.1186/s12936-024-05135-2. PMID: 39506733; PMCID: PMC11542370.
  9. Buwembo W, Kamulegeya A, Kalanzi D, Namuyonga PN, Nakasujja P, Katete DP, Semitala FC, Mwesigwa-Lutalo C, Kalungi S, Cameron JE, Munabi IG. Periodontal health in a large cohort of Ugandans living with HIV: a cross-sectional study. BMC Oral Health. 2024 Oct 29;24(1):1314. doi: 10.1186/s12903-024-05074-z. PMID: 39472888; PMCID: PMC11524018.
  10. Ochieng J, Kwagala B, Barugahare J, Möller M, Moodley K. Awareness, experiences and perceptions regarding genetic testing and the return of genetic and genomics results in a hypothetical research context among patients in Uganda: a qualitative study. J Med Ethics. 2024 Jan 30:jme-2022-108885. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2022-108885 Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38290855.
  11. John Barugahare, Betty Kwagala, Joseph Ochieng. Stakeholder’s Perspectives on Rationing COVID-19 Vaccines Amidst Scarcity: a Qualitative Study. Archives of Microbiology and Immunology 8 (2024): 23-42. DOI: 10.26502/ami.936500150
  1. Oriokot L, Munabi IG, Kiguli S, Mubuuke AG. Perceptions and Experiences of Undergraduate Medical Students Regarding Social Accountability: a Cross-sectional Study at a Subsaharan African Medical School. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2023 Dec 19:rs.3.rs-3756902. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3756902/v1. Update in: BMC Med Educ. 2024 Apr 12;24(1):409. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05412-3. PMID: 38196585; PMCID: PMC10775396.
  2. Oriokot L, Munabi IG, Kiguli S, Mubuuke AG. Perceptions and experiences of undergraduate medical students regarding social accountability: a cross-sectional study at a Subsaharan African medical school. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Apr 12;24(1):409. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05412-3. PMID: 38609908; PMCID: PMC11015595.
  3. Nabirye AK, Munabi IG, Mubuuke AG, Kiguli S. Emotional and Psychological Experiences of Nursing students caring for Dying Patients: A phenomenology study at Mulago National Hospital, Uganda. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2024 May 8:rs.3.rs-4323878. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4323878/v1. Update in: BMC Med Educ. 2025 Jan 20;25(1):96. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-06708-8. PMID: 38766228; PMCID: PMC11100906.
  4. Kumakech J, Munabi IG, Mubuuke AG, Kiguli S. Experiences of medical students and faculty regarding the use of long case as a formative assessment method at a tertiary care teaching hospital in a low resource setting: a qualitative study. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Jun 5;24(1):621. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05589-7. PMID: 38840242; PMCID: PMC11151653.

2023 (25 publications)

  1. Ekusai-Sebatta D, Ocan M, Singh S, Kyaddondo D, Akena D, Nakalembe L , Apunyo R, Kinengyere A.A, Namisango E, Obuku E.A, Mwaka E. (2023) Data sharing practices in collaborative human genomic research in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review protocol. PLOS ONE 18(11): e0292996. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292996.
  2. Mugisa, Rogers, Edward Luke Kironde, and Erisa Sabakaki Mwaka. Quality of life of patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital in Uganda. African Health Sciences 23, no. 3 (2023): 521-533. D: 10.4314/ahs.v23i3.60
  3. Moses L. Joloba, Adrian Muwonge, Christine Mbabazi Mpyangu, Erisa Mwaka, Mugerwa Ibrahim, Emmanuel Ssebagala, Aggelos Kiayias, Mark Bronsvoort, Thibaud Porphyre, Doreen Nabasirye. Tracking haulage in East Africa to support COVID-19 surveillance- THEA-C Sociology Report. Edinburgh Research Archive; October 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/3797
  4. Joyce Nabukalu, Kiwanuka James, Okello Michael, Kirum G. Gonzaga, Erisa Mwaka, Joseph Ochieng. Morphological variations of the Pterion among skulls at the Galloway Osteological Collection in the Department of Anatomy at Makerere University. Anatomy Journal of Africa. 2023. Vol 12 (3): 2510-2517. Doi: 10.4314/aja.v12i3.8
  5. Kiryowa, H.M., Munabi, I.G., Buwembo, W., Rwenyonyi C.M., Mwaka, E.S., Kaddumukasa, M.  Periodontitis is associated with insulin resistance in adults living with diabetes mellitus in Uganda: a cross- sectional study. BMC Res Notes 16 (1), 217 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06473-1
  6. Laura Jung, James Kiwanuka, Leah Mbabazi, Vivian Nakate, Joseph Musaazi, Hawah Nabajja, Henry Kajumbula, Christoph Lübbert, Erisa Mwaka, Sara Nsibirwa and Amrei von Braun. A case for routine microbial diagnostics: Results from antimicrobial susceptibility testing in post-traumatic wound infections at a Ugandan tertiary care hospital. PLOS Global Public Health: 2023: 3(8).e0001880. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001880
  7. Nabukenya, S., Waitt, C., Senyonga, R., Castelnuovo, B., Munabi, I.G., Kyaddondo, D. and Mwaka, E.S., 2023. Research participants’ preferences for individual results of pharmacogenomics research: A Case of a Ugandan HIV Research Institute. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 18(4), pp.218-232. DOI: 10.1177/15562646231187434.
  8. Muwonge A, Wee BA, Mugerwa I, Nabunya E, Mpyangu CM, Bronsvoort BM, Ssebaggala ER, Kiayias A, Mwaka ES, Joloba M. An open-source digital contact tracing system tailored to haulage. Frontiers in Digital Health.;5:1199635. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1199635
  9. Olivia Kituuka, Ian Guyton Munabi, Erisa Sabakaki Mwaka, Moses Galukande, Michelle Harris and Nelson Sewankambo. Informed consent process for emergency surgery: A scoping review of stakeholders’ perspectives, challenges, ethical concepts, and policies. Sage Open Medicine. 2023; 11:1- 14. https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121231176666.
  10. Kituuka, O., Mwaka, E., Munabi, I. and Galukande, M., 2023. Experiences of patients and next of kin on informed consent process for emergency surgery in two Urban university teaching hospitals in Uganda: a comparative cross-sectional study. BMC Emergency Medicine, 23(1), p.82. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-023-00856-0
  11. Amesiya, R., Nyati, M., Waiswa, G. and Mwaka, E.S., 2023. Health-related quality of life in patients with low back pain in a low resource setting: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital in Uganda. African Health Sciences, 23(1), pp.565-74. DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v23i1.59
  12. Nabirye, P., Paul, L.B. and Mwaka, E.S., 2023. Attitudes and usage of visual-aids in graduate student learning of gross anatomy at Makerere University. African Health Sciences, 23(1), pp.631-7. DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v23i1.67
  13. Mafigiri, D. K., Ekusai-Sebatta, D., Ian, Munabi., & Mwaka, S. E. Genetic and genomic researchers’ perspectives on biological sample sharing in collaborative research. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 2023; 18 (3):134-146 https://doi.org/10.1177/15562646231171289
  14. Zane Lombard, Guida Landoure for the H3Africa Steering Committee. Could Africa be the future for genomics research? Nature 614: 30-33. 2023. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00222-x.
  15. Okello M, Kayondo D. ERCP And EUS In Management Of Pancreatitis. Multidisciplinary Management Of Acute And Chronic Pancreatitis. Intechopen; 2023. Available From: http://Dx.Doi.Org/10.5772/Intechopen.108874
  16. Okello M, Bakeera-Kitaka S, Ocama P, Nabwire EP, Darshit D, Namata C, Tinka AA. Endoscopic esophageal foreign body removal among children at Lubaga Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Afr Health Sci. 2023 Sep;23(3):223-227. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v23i3.27. PMID: 38357102; PMCID: PMC10862611.
  17. Namatovu JF, Buwembo W, Nakigudde J, Kiguli S, Mubuuke AG. Continuing professional development training needs for primary care doctors in central Uganda. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2023 Oct 18;15(1):e1-e8. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v15i1.3983. PMID: 37916721; PMCID: PMC10623585.
  18. Mijumbi, A.O., Mugenyi, L., Nanfuka, M., Agaba C., Ochieng J. Regulation of community advisory boards during conduct of clinical trials in Uganda: a qualitative study involving stakeholders. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 119 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09136-w
  19. Carrie C. Veilleux, Eva C. Garrett, Petar Pajic, Marie Saitou, Joseph Ochieng, Lilia D. Dagsaan, Nathaniel J. Dominy, George H. Perry, Omer Gokcumen & Amanda D. Melin. Human subsistence and signatures of selection on chemosensory genes. Commun Biol 6, 683 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05047-y
  1. Kiwumulo HF, Muwonge H, Ibingira C, Lubwama M, Kirabira JB, Ssekitoleko RT. A di-electrophoretic simulation procedure of iron-oxide micro-particle drug attachment system for leukemia treatment using COMSOL software: a potential treatment reference for LMICs. Frontiers in Medical Technology. 2023 Oct 12;5:1250964.
  2. Kituuka O, Ocan M, Mbiine R, Tayebwa M, Ibingira C, Wayengera M. A Cross-Sectional Study on Knowledge and Attitudes About Organ Donation and Transplantation in an Urban Population in a Low-Income Country. InTransplantation Proceedings 2023 Dec 1 (Vol. 55, No. 10, pp. 2319-2325). Elsevier.
  3. Tusiimire, Y., Lubwama, M., Kirabira, J.B., Olupot, P.W., Ibingira, C. and Ssekitoleko, R.T., 2023. A low-cost method for developing a β-sheet packed silk fibroin powder for medical application in LMICs.
  4. Namiiro FB, Batte A, Rujumba J, Nabukeera-Barungi N, Kayom VO, Munabi IG, Serunjogi R, Kiguli S. Nutritional status of young children born with low birthweight in a low resource setting: an observational study. BMC Pediatr. 2023 Oct 19;23(1):520. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04356-9. PMID: 37858130; PMCID: PMC10585881.
  5. Nawagi F, Munabi IG, Vyt A, Kiguli S, Mubuuke AG. Interprofessional education during international electives: Perceptions of health professions students from selected institutions in Africa. J Interprof Care. 2023 Sep 3;37(5):783-790. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2023.2172387. Epub 2023 Feb 5. PMID: 36739590.
  6. Nawagi F, Munabi IG, Vyt A, Kiguli S, Mubuuke AG. Experiences of faculty and students regarding a locally developed framework for implementing interprofessional education during international electives in Sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Sep 26;23(1):702. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04664-9. PMID: 37752506; PMCID: PMC10523611.
  7. Nawagi F, Munabi IG, Vyt A, Kiguli S, Rabin T, Waggie F, Mubuuke AG. Using the modified Delphi technique to develop a framework for interprofessional education during international electives in health professions training institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Oct 18;10:1225475. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1225475. PMID: 37920599; PMCID: PMC10618419.

2022 (22 publications)

  1. Kiryowa, H.M., Munabi, I.G., Buwembo, W., Rwenyonyi, C.M., Kaddumukasa, M. and Mwaka E.S. Prevalence and factors associated with periodontal disease in patients with diabetes mellitus attending Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, Uganda. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2022: 43: 202. PMCID: PMC10024556, PMID: 36942143. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.43.202.35971.
  2. Ali J, Nagarajan M, Mwaka ES, Rutebemberwa E, Vecino-Ortiz AI, Quintero AT, Rodriguez-Patarroyo M, Maniar V, Al Kibria GM, Labrique AB, Pariyo GW. Remote consent approaches for mobile phone surveys of non-communicable disease risk factors in Colombia and Uganda: A randomized study. Plos one. 2022 Dec 21;17(12): e0279236
  3. Mwaka ES, Bagenda G, Sebatta DE, Nabukenya S, Munabi I. Benefit sharing in genomic and biobanking research in Uganda: Perceptions of researchers and research ethics committee members. Frontiers in Genetics 2022; 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1037401.
  1. Adrian Muwonge, Christine Mpyangu, Allen Nsangi, Ibrahim Mugerwa, Barend M. de C, Bronsvoort, Thibaud Porphyre, Emmanuel Robert Ssebaggala, Aggelos Kiayias, Erisa Mwaka, Moses Joloba. A protocol for developing digital contact tracing tailored to haulage in East Africa. BMJ Open 2022;12: e058457. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2021-058457
  2. Ochieng J, Kwagala B, Barugahare J, Mwaka E, Ekusai-Sebatta D, Ali J, et al. (2022) Perspectives and experiences of researchers regarding feedback of incidental genomic research findings: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE 17(8): e0273657. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273657
  3. Sylvia Nabukenya, Joseph Ochieng, David Kaawa-Mafigiri, Ian Munabi, Janet Nakigudde, Frederick Nelson Nakwagala, John Barugahare, Betty Kwagala, Charles Ibingira, Adelline Twimwijukye, Nelson Sewankakmbo, Erisa Sabakaki Mwaka. Experiences and practices of key research team members in obtaining informed consent for pharmacogenetic research among people living with HIV: a qualitative study. Research Ethics. 2022;18(3):193-209. doi:10.1177/17470161221076974.
  4. Sekandi JN, Murray K, Berryman C, Davis-Olwell P, Hurst C, Kakaire R, Kiwanuka N, Whalen CC, Mwaka ES. Ethical, Legal, and Sociocultural Issues in the Use of Mobile Technologies and Call Detail Records Data for Public Health in the East African Region: Scoping Review Interact J Med Res 2022;11(1): e35062.  URL: https://www.i-jmr.org/2022/1/e35062, doi: 10.2196/35062 PMID: 35533323.
  5. Morgado-Ramirez, D. R., Nakandi, B., Ackers, H. L., Ssekitoleko, R., Mwaka, E., Kenney, L. P. J., … & Donovan-Hall, M. (2022). The lived experience of people with upper limb absence living in Uganda: a qualitative study. African Journal of Disability. 11: a890. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v11i0.890
  6. Amayoa FA, Nakwagala FN, Barugahare J, Munabi IG, Mwaka ES. Understanding of Critical Elements of Informed Consent in Genomic Research: A Case of a Paediatric HIV-TB Research Project in Uganda. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2022 May 12:15562646221100430. doi: 10.1177/15562646221100430.
  7. Kasule M, Matshaba M, Mwaka E, Wonkam A, De Vries J, Mboowa G. Considerations of autonomy in guiding decisions around the feedback of individual genetic research results from genomics research: expectations of and preferences from researchers in Botswana. Global health, epidemiology and genomics. 2022 Jan;2022: e9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3245206
  8. Okello, Michael; Nuwagaba, Julius,C; Nduhukire, Florence D. Laparoscopic Deroofing Of Recurrent Giant Echinococcal And Simple Liver Cysts In Uganda: A Case Series. IJS: SHORT REPORTS 7(1):P E41, JANUARY/MARCH 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/SR9.0000000000000041
  9. Okello M, Nuwagaba J, Ddungu H, Okuku FM. Cytoreductive surgery for giant locally advanced intra-abdominal tumors in Uganda. J Surg Case Rep. 2022 May 24;2022(5):rjac178. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac178. PMID: 35620232; PMCID: PMC9129259.
  10. Darshit D, Srikant S, Kibanda D, Michael Okello. Outcomes of bowel resection following non-mechanical intestinal obstruction due to mesenteric vein thrombosis in Uganda: A case series. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2022 Sep;98:107542. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107542. Epub 2022 Aug 20. PMID: 36027826; PMCID: PMC9424601.
  11. Jonas E, Bernon M, Robertson B, Kassianides C, Keli E, Asare KO, Alatise IO, Okello M, Blondel NO, Mulehane KO, Abubeker ZA, Nogoud AA, Nashidengo PR, Chihaka O, Tzeuton C, Dusheiko G, Sonderup M, Spearman CW; Gastroenterology and Hepatology Association of sub-Saharan Africa (GHASSA). Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and solutions. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Nov;7(11):1049-1060. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00042-5. Epub 2022 Jul 8. PMID: 35810767.
  12. Okello M, Darshit D, Nabwire EP, Tinka AA, Bakeera-Kitaka S, Ocama P. Endoscopic esophageal stenting for advanced esophageal cancer in Lubaga Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. BMC Res Notes. 2022 Nov 1;15(1):338. doi: 10.1186/s13104-022-06236-4. PMID: 36316786; PMCID: PMC9624010.
  13. Ochola B, Nankabirwa J, Buwembo W, Kaddumukasa M, Mayanja-Kizza H. The Clinical Presentation and Factors Associated with Disease Severity of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study. Open Access Rheumatol. 2022 May 3;14:75-86. doi: 10.2147/OARRR.S361454. PMID: 35535352; PMCID: PMC9078424.
  14. Ochieng, J., Kwagala, B. & Sewankambo, N. Collection and use of human materials during TB clinical research; a review of practices. BMC Med Ethics 23, 36 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-022-00776-x 
  1. Sayegh H, Harden C, Khan H, Pai M, Eichbaum QG, Ibingira C, Goba G. Global health education in high-income countries: confronting coloniality and power asymmetry. BMJ global health. 2022 May 1;7(5):e008501.
  2. Kiwumulo HF, Muwonge H, Ibingira C, Lubwama M, Kirabira JB, Ssekitoleko RT. Green synthesis and characterization of iron-oxide nanoparticles using Moringa oleifera: a potential protocol for use in low and middle income countries. BMC Research Notes. 2022 Apr 25;15(1):149.
  3. Mwaka AD, Taremwa S, Adoch W, Achan J, Ainembabazi P, Walego G, Ntayi ML, Bongomin F, Ibingira CB. Patients’ attitudes towards involvement of medical students in their care at university teaching hospitals of three public universities in Uganda: a cross sectional study. BMC Medical Education. 2022 Jul 2;22(1):519.
  4. Fonn S, Ray S, Couper I, Ezeh A, Omigbodun A, Morhason-Bello I, Ng’wena G, Oyungu E, Muchiri L, Tumwine J, Ibingira C. Acceptability and feasibility of inter-related activities to improve agency among African district health managers: A four-country study. Global public health. 2022 Jul 3;17(7):1267-81.
  5. McKenzie-White J, Mubuuke AG, Westergaard S, Munabi IG, Bollinger RC, Opoka R, Mbalinda SN, Katete D, Manabe YC, Kiguli S. Evaluation of a competency based medical curriculum in a Sub-Saharan African medical school. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Oct 14;22(1):724. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03781-1. PMID: 36242004; PMCID: PMC9569118.
  6. Nsubuga M, Opoka RO, Galukande M, Munabi IG, Mubuuke AG, Kiguli S. Perceptions of orthopaedic medicine students and their supervisors about practice-based learning: an exploratory qualitative study. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Oct 5;22(1):705. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03771-3. PMID: 36199134; PMCID: PMC9533535.

2021 (17 publications)

  1. Wolde, Telahun Teka, Rosemary Musesengwa, Andrea Palk, Erisa, S. Mwaka, Violet Naanyu, Adamu Addissie, and Getnet Tadele. “Ethics review of multicenter neuro-psychiatric & neurodevelopmental genetics research protocols: a case study of the NeuroDev & NeuroGap-Psychosis studies.” Wellcome Open Research 6 (2021): 193.
  2. Kamuya, D., Bitta, M. A., Addissie, A., Naanyu, V., Palk, A., Mwaka, E., … & Singh, I. (2021). The Africa Ethics Working Group (AEWG): a model of collaboration for psychiatric genomic research in Africa. Wellcome Open Research, 6: 190. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16772.1
  3. Joseph Ali, Erisa Sabakaki Mwaka. Advancing Ethical Engagement and Benefit Sharing Within International Collaborative Genomic Research Partnerships in Africa. ELSI Hub Collections; November 9, 2021.
  4. Nichol, A. A., Mwaka, E. S., & Luyckx, V. A. (2021, May). Ethics in Research: Relevance for Nephrology. In Seminars in nephrology (Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 272-281). WB Saunders.
  5. Joseph Ali, Betty Cohn, Erisa Mwaka, Juli M. Bollinger, Betty Kwagala, John Barugahare, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Joseph Ochieng. A Scoping Review of Genetics and Genomics Research Ethics Policies and Guidelines for Africa. BMC Medical Ethics (2021) 22:39 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00611-9
  6. Erisa Sabakaki Mwaka, Deborah Ekusai Sebatta, Joseph Ochieng, Ian Guyton Munabi, Godfrey Bagenda, Deborah Ainembabazi & David Kaawa-Mafigiri (2021) Researchers’ perspectives on return of individual genetics results to research participants: a qualitative study, Global Bioethics, 32:1, 15-33, DOI: 10.1080/11287462.2021.1896453
  7. Mwaka ES, Munabi IG, Castelnuovo B, Kaimal A, Kasozi W, et al. (2021) Low bone mass in people living with HIV on long-term anti-retroviral therapy: A single center study in Uganda. PLOS ONE 16(2): e0246389. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246389
  8. Michael Okello, Derick K, Ponsiano O. Gastroduodenal intussusception as a rare cause of pancreatitis in a young female Ugandan: A case report. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Dec;89:106632. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106632. Epub 2021 Nov 25. PMID: 34844196; PMCID: PMC8636807.
  9. Michael Okello, Derick K, Srikant S, Xavier BF, Darshit D. Cystocolostomy as an unusual approach to recurrent pancreatic pseudocyst in a Ugandan male with dense hepatogastroduodenal adhesions: A case report. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Nov;88:106546. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106546. Epub 2021 Nov 2. PMID: 34741860; PMCID: PMC8577166
  10. Okello M, Kiconco M, Atala W, Mutekoba U, Baseka FX, Ainembabazi AT, Kyomugisha E, Buwembo W, Ocama P. Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery in lubaga hospital, Kampala, Uganda. HPB. 2021 Jan 1;23:S324.
  11. Okello M, Kiconco M, Ainembabazi AT, Nabwire E, Nalweyiso M, Anyanzo E, Ssentaza N. Management of a Giant Hepatic Cyst by Total Cyst Enucleation in Uganda. A Case Report and Review of Literature. HPB. 2021 Jan 1;23:S197.
  12. Gerald Tumusiime, Gonzaga Gonza Kirum, John Kukiriza. The Number and Determinants of Nutrient Foramina among Dry Human Femur Bones from the East African population. A Cross-section Study. Int J Anat Res 2021, 9(3.3): 8091-8096. Doi: 10.16965/ijar.2021.152.
  13. Tumusiime G, Kirum GG and Kukiriza J. Morphometry of the Proximal End of Dry Adult Human Femora from the East African Population. A Cross-Section Study. Austin J Anat. 2021; 8(2): 1102.
  14. Ochieng, J., Kwagala, B., Barugahare, J. et al. Perspectives and ethical considerations for return of genetics and genomics research results: a qualitative study of genomics researchers in Uganda. BMC Med Ethics 22, 154 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00724-1
  15. Mugenyi L, Mijumbi A, Nanfuka M, Agaba C, Kaliba F, Seryazi IS, Badanga WN, Ochieng J.  Capacity of community advisory boards for effective engagement in clinical research: a mixed methods study. BMC Med Ethics 22, 165 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00733-0   
  1. Alkhatib A, Nnyanzi LA, Mujuni B, Amanya G, Ibingira C. Preventing Multimorbidity with Lifestyle Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa: a new challenge for public health in low and middle-income countries. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021 Nov 26;18(23):12449.
  2. Fenekansi Kiwumulo H, Muwonge H, Ibingira C, Kirabira JB, Robert Tamale. Ssekitoleko;A systematic review of modeling and simulation approaches in designing targeted treatment technologies for Leukemia Cancer in low and middle income countries, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering,2021, Volume 18, Issue 6: 8149-8173. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2021404
  3. Kuteesa J, Musiime V, Munabi IG, Mubuuke AG, Opoka R, Mukunya D, Kiguli S. Specialty career preferences among final year medical students at Makerere University College of health sciences, Uganda: a mixed methods study. BMC Med Educ. 2021 Apr 16;21(1):215. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02630-x. PMID: 33863332; PMCID: PMC8052684.

2020 (12 publications)

  1. Barugahare, John, Fredrick Nelson Nakwagala, Erisa Mwaka Sabakaki, Joseph Ochieng, and Nelson K. Sewankambo. Ethical and human rights considerations in public health in low and middle-income countries: an assessment using the case of Uganda’s responses to COVID-19 pandemic.” BMC Medical Ethics 21, no. 1 (2020): 1-12.
  2. Munabi, I., Mwaka, E. , Kirum, G. , Kirwowa, H. , Mubuuke, A. , Kiguli, S. and Buwembo, W. (2020) Effect of an eLearning Intervention on Undergraduate Health Professional Student’s General Histology and Embryology Summative Examination Scores. Open Access Library Journal, 7, 1-13. DOI:10.4236/oalib.1106230,
  3. Mary Ndibalema, Erisa Mwaka, Peter Rambau, Ian Munabi, & William Buwembo. (2020). Morphometry of the Human Placenta in Mining and Non-Mining Areas in Northwestern Tanzania; A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study. Academia Anatomica International, 6(1), 49-53. https://doi.org/10.21276/aanat.2020.6.1.11
  4. Costa C, Scabini S, Kaimal A, Kasozi W, Cusato J, Kafufu B, Borderi M, Mwaka E, Di Perri G, Lamorde M, Calcagno A. Calcaneal quantitative ultrasound and urine retinol binding protein in HIV-positive antiretroviral-treated patients in Uganda: a pilot study. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020; 222(2):263-272. 10.1093/infdis/jiaa088 
  5. Buwembo W, Munabi IG, Kaddumukasa M, Kiryowa H, Mbabali M, Nankya E, Johnson WE, Okello E, Sewankambo NK. Non-surgical oral hygiene interventions on disease activity of Rheumatoid arthritis patients with periodontitis: A randomized controlled trial. J Dent Res Dent Clin Dent Prospects. 2020 Winter;14(1):26-36. doi: 10.34172/joddd.2020.004. PMID: 32454955; PMCID: PMC7235694.
  6. Munabi IG, Buwembo W. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Path Modelling Determined Predictors of Students Reported Human Cadaver Dissection Activity. Forensic Med Anat Res. 2020 Apr;8(2):18-37. doi: 10.4236/fmar.2020.82003. Epub 2020 Mar 17. PMID: 32337321; PMCID: PMC7182346.
  7. Kirum GG, Kukiriza J, Tumusiime G (2020). A Morphometric Study of Adult Human Sterna from the Galloway Osteological Collection. Academia Anatomica International, 6(2):45-49. Doi: dx.doi.org/10.21276/aanat.2020.6.2
  8. Mugagga K, Mwarisi MG, Dare SS. The wooden skull: an innovation through the use of local materials and technology to promote the teaching and learning of human anatomy. BioMed Research International. 2020;2020(1):8036737.
  9. Obasa AE, Singh S, Chivunze E, Burgess T, Masiye F, Mtande T, Ochieng J, Chalwe V, Mokgatla B, Rennie S, Moodley K. Comparative strategic approaches to COVID-19 in Africa: Balancing public interest with civil liberties. S Afr Med J. 2020 Aug 13;110(9):858-863. PMID: 32880268; PMCID: PMC8066401.
  1. Byamugisha J, Munabi IG, Mubuuke AG, Mwaka AD, Kagawa M, Okullo I, Niyonzima N, Lusiba P, Ainembabazi P, Kankunda C, Muhumuza DD, Orem J, Atwine D, Ibingira C. A health care professionals training needs assessment for oncology in Uganda. Hum Resour Health. 2020 Sep 1;18(1):62. doi: 10.1186/s12960-020-00506-7. PMID: 32873293; PMCID: PMC7465387.
  2. Kibaya P, Munabi IG, Annor F, Baptist Kaddu J. Assessing Weather Services for Rural Fishing and Farming Communities in Uganda. Am J Clim Change. 2020 Jun;9(2):147-158. doi: 10.4236/ajcc.2020.92011. Epub 2020 Jun 19. PMID: 37229182; PMCID: PMC10208246.
  3. Ssekitoleko RT, Oshabaheebwa S, Munabi IG, Tusabe MS, Namayega C, Ngabirano BA, Matovu B, Mugaga J, Reichert WM, Joloba ML. The role of medical equipment in the spread of nosocomial infections: a cross-sectional study in four tertiary public health facilities in Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2020 Oct 16;20(1):1561. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09662-w. PMID: 33066745; PMCID: PMC7562759.
  4. Mubuuke AG, Mbalinda SN, Munabi IG, Kateete D, Opoka RB, Kiguli S. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of faculty on mentorship: an exploratory interpretivist study at a sub-Saharan African medical school. BMC Med Educ. 2020 Jun 15;20(1):192. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02101-9. PMID: 32539860; PMCID: PMC7294640.

2019 (7 publications)

  1. Erisa Mwaka, Lyn Horn. Researchers’ perspectives on informed consent and ethics review of biobank research in South Africa: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 2019; 14(4): 307-317. https://doi.org/10.1177/1556264619866991
  2. Mwaka E, Nakigudde J, Ali J, Ochieng J, Hallez K, Tweheyo R, Labrique A, Gibson DG, Rutebemberwa E, Pariyo G. Consent for mobile phone surveys of non-communicable disease risk factors in low-resource settings: an exploratory qualitative study in Uganda. mHealth. 2019 Aug 19; 5:26. 10.21037/mhealth.2019.07.05
  3. Jean Paul Vwakya Wanzou, Patrick Sekimpi, Johnson Owonda Komagum, Frederick Nakwagala, Erisa Sabakaki Mwaka. Charcot arthropathy of the diabetic foot in a sub-Saharan tertiary hospital: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2019; 12:33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-019-0343-0
  4. William Buwembo, Ian Guyton Munabi, Mark KADDUMUKASA, Haruna Kiryowa, Ethel Nankya, William Evan Johnson, Emmy Okello, Nelson Sewankambo. Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sub-Sahara Africa, Gaps and Way Forward:A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis. Open Journal of Stomatology, 2019,9, 215-225
  1. Mwesigwa CL, Kutesa AM, Munabi IG, Kabenge CA, Buwembo W. Accuracy of the lower third molar radiographic imaging to estimate age among Ugandan young people. BMC Res Notes. 2019 Oct 11;12(1):652. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4686-1. PMID: 31601254; PMCID: PMC6788087.
  2. Dare SS, Masilili G, Mugagga K, Ekanem PE. Evaluation of bilateral asymmetry in the humerus of human skeletal specimen. BioMed research international. 2019;2019(1):3194912.
  3. Bamusonighe AP, Tumusiime G, Lukiza P, Ochieng J. Medical Photography: Practices of Graduate Students at Makerere University. J Biocommun. 2019 May 23;43(1):e3. https://doi.org/10.5210/jbc.v43i1.9484.  PMID: 36407793; PMCID: PMC9140260.
  4. Mwaka AD, Tusabe G, Garimoi CO, Vohra S, Ibingira C. Integration of traditional and complementary medicine into medical school curricula: a survey among medical students in Makerere University, Uganda. BMJ open. 2019 Sep 1;9(9):e030316.
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