Ministry of Health

Recent papers from Ministry of Health

1. Effect of results-based financing on selected maternal and child health indicators in Mayuge District, Uganda: a comparative interrupted time series analysis2026
2. A Scalable Teacher Professional Development and Wellness Program in Primary SchoolsJAMA Network Open · 2026
3. Blood components prescribing patterns among healthcare workers in Uganda: a cross-sectional surveyBMC Health Services Research · 2026
4. Private healthcare facilities’ participation in Uganda’s viral hemorrhagic fever surveillance program: contributions, selective case capture, and underutilized early-warning potential2026
5. Immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines in the upper respiratory tract: a comparative study of Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson vaccines among Ugandan adultsBMC Infectious Diseases · 2026
6. Protracted measles outbreak in a refugee-hosting setting in Kamwenge District, Uganda, 2025Discover Public Health · 2026
7. National Ebola preparedness policy architecture and health system readiness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: a scoping review anchored in the 2026 Bundibugyo outbreakInfectious Diseases of Poverty · 2026
8. Evaluating nurses’ adherence to antimicrobial administration principles and associated factors in Eastern Uganda: a hospital-based cross-sectional studyFrontiers in Antibiotics · 2026
9. Evaluation of inter-observer agreement for periportal fibrosis related to Schistosoma mansoni: A population-based study of 3302 individuals using point-of-care ultrasound images and video in the SchistoTrack cohort2026
10. Defining ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection prevalence thresholds for the trachoma elimination endgame2026
11. The Cancer Policy Lab Model: Strengthening Health Systems for Evidence-Informed Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Policy in UgandaJCO Global Oncology · 2026
12. Agreement of abdominal palpation with point-of-care ultrasound for hepatosplenic organomegaly: a cross-sectional, population-based study in schistosomiasis-endemic settings of rural Uganda2026
13. Closing the Cancer Data Gap: Development of the CARIFAS Tool for Cancer Risk Factor Surveillance in UgandaJCO Global Oncology · 2026
14. Identifying shared and parasite-specific determinants of Plasmodium falciparum and Schistosoma mansoni co-infection in a large-scale community-based study in rural Uganda2026
15. Prevalence of hypertension and associated factors among slum residents in Mbarara City, Uganda, 2024Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health · 2026
16. Timeliness of Measles Outbreak Detection, Notification, and Response in Uganda: A 7-1-7 Target Assessment, January–December 2025Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health · 2026
17. Building Stewardship-Governed OPAT across African Health Systems: Documented Practice, Implementation Gaps, and Resource-Sensitive Pathways: A Narrative ReviewF1000Research · 2026
18. Covid-19 second dose vaccine uptake and associated factors: A community-based cross-sectional study among adults in Masindi district in Uganda2026
19. Foreign Aid in Transition: A Critical Assessment of USAID's Withdrawal From Five Countries in Sub‐Saharan AfricaPublic Health Challenges · 2026
20. Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Kampala, Uganda between July 2021 and June 2022: a cross-sectional studyBMC Infectious Diseases · 2026