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    Economic impact of giving land to refugees
    (Elsevier, 2024-06)
    Mawejje, Joseph
    This paper adds to a sparse but growing literature on the economic costs and benefits of hosting refugees, including a unique policy of providing refugees with access to cultivable land. We construct a general equilibrium model from microsurvey data to simulate the spillover effects of giving land to refugees on income and production in the host-country economy surrounding a refugee settlement in Uganda. Reduced-form econometric analysis of land allocations at the refugee settlement, robust to several specifications, confirms the simulation finding that providing refugees with agricultural land significantly improves their welfare and self-reliance. Simulations reveal that refugee aid and land allocations generate positive income spillovers in the local economy out to a 15- km radius around the refugee settlement. Host-country households benefit significantly from the income spillovers that refugee assistance creates, and host-country agriculture is the largest beneficiary among production sectors.
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    Implementation of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PDMC) in Benin, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda: stakeholder engagement meeting report
    (BioMed Central, 2024-03)
    Hill, Jenny
    A Stakeholder engagement meeting on the implementation of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PDMC) in Benin, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda was held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 27 September 2023. Representatives from the respective National Malaria Control Programmes, the World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Africa Regional and Kenya offices, research partners, non-governmental organizations, and the Medicines for Malaria Venture participated. PDMC was recommended by the WHO in June 2022 and involves provision of a full anti-malarial treatment course at regular intervals during the post-discharge period in children hospitalized with severe anaemia in areas of moderate-to-high malaria transmission. The WHO recommendation followed evidence from a meta-analysis of three clinical trials and from acceptability, delivery, cost-effectiveness, and modelling studies. The trials were conducted in The Gambia using monthly sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine during the transmission season, in Malawi using monthly artemether-lumefantrine, and in Kenya and Uganda using monthly dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, showing a significant reduction in all-cause mortality by 77% (95% CI 30-98) and a 55% (95% CI 44-64) reduction in all-cause hospital readmissions 6 months post-discharge. The recommendation has not yet been implemented in sub-Saharan Africa. There is no established platform for PDMC delivery. The objectives of the meeting were for the participating countries to share country contexts, plans and experiences regarding the adoption and implementation of PDMC and to explore potential delivery platforms in each setting. The meeting served as the beginning of stakeholder engagement within the PDMC Saves Lives project and will be followed by formative and implementation research to evaluate alternative delivery strategies in selected countries. Meeting highlights included country consensus on use of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for PDMC and expansion of the target group to "severe anaemia or severe malaria", in addition to identifying country-specific options for PDMC delivery for evaluation in implementation research. Further exploration is needed on whether the age group should be extended to school-age children. MEDLINE
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    Early generation seed starter materials and approaches to seed production: Challenge for improving the potato seed system in Uganda
    (Wiley, 2024-05-30)
    Prossy Namugga;
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    Son Aijuka;
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    Osbert Arinda;
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    Benon Mateeka;
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    Alex Barekye
    Quality seed is one of the key inputs for increasing potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) productivity; however, its limited availability is widely recognized as a major constraint to potato production. In Uganda, certified seed production meets approximately 1.5% of effective demand implying most farmers use home-saved seed. This practice encourages the buildup of degenerative seed-borne diseases which ultimately affect productivity. Consequently, a study was conducted to determine the productivity of different seed potato production starting stock: tissue culture plantlets (TC) and rooted apical cuttings. Fifty plants of two potato varieties, NAROPOT1 and NAROPOT4, and for each starter material were evaluated both in the field and screen house for two seasons at Kachwekano and Karengyere research stations. Data were collected on the number of tubers per plant and tuber weight. Highly significant differences were observed for the type of starter materials and varieties for the number of tubers per plant (p ≤ 0.001) from both the screen house and field environments. More tubers per plant were obtained from TC for both varieties and the highest recorded was (24.5) for NAROPOT4 and (15.5) for NAROPOT1 in the screen house. Tuber weight was higher from rooted apical cuttings for both varieties NAROPOT1 (153.3 g) and NAROPOT4 (167.7 g). The correlation between the number of tubers per plant and weight was highly significant at p ≤ 0.001. Tissue culture raised plants were more productive in terms of tuber, and numbers are more important in seed production than weight and mini-tuber production can be done by farmers under affordable conditions.
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    Investigating the healthcare-seeking behaviors of mobile phone users to improve cervical cancer screening in rural Uganda
    (Wiley, 2024-09-24)
    Nelly Mwandacha,
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    Hallie Dau,
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    Maryam AboMoslim,
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    Priscilla Naguti,
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    Mia Sheehan,
    Objective: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer in low- and middle-income countries, despite being preventable. Uganda, which lacks an effective screening program, has one of the highest global cervical cancer incidence rates. Mobile health (mHealth) technology has the potential to improve healthcare-seeking behaviors and access. The present study describes the connection between mobile phone access and healthcare-seeking behaviors in rural Uganda. Methods: Women were eligible for this cross-sectional study if they had no prior screening or treatment for cervical cancer in the past 5 years, were aged 30 to 49 years old, and were residents of the South Busoga Forest reserve. Survey data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square tests. Results: Of the 1434 participants included in the analysis, 91.4% reported having access to a mobile phone. Most respondents were aged 30–40 years, had a partner, had ≤primary education, and were farmers. Participants with mobile phone access were significantly more likely to report attending a healthcare outreach visit (access = 87.3%, no access = 72.6%, P< 0.001) or visiting a health center (access = 96.9%, no access = 93.5%, P< 0.001). Participants in both groups had largely positive attitudes around and good knowledge of cervical cancer screening. Conclusion: While attendance to healthcare services was high amongst participants, those with mobile phone access were more likely to seek healthcare services. Further inquiry into this association between mobile phone access and healthcare-seeking behavior is needed to optimize the improvements to cervical cancer screening when implementing interventions such as mHealth technology.
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    “I Am Going to Take It Up”: Implementing Skin‐to‐SkinContact in Uganda
    (Wiley, 2025-04-22)
    Karin Cadwell;
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    Anna Blair;
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    Kajsa Brimdyr;
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    Kristin Svensson;
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    Melissa Reyes;
    Timely and prolonged skin‐to‐skin contact (SSC) immediately after birth is recommended in the Ugandan Clinical Guideline,the 2023 International Research and Practice Guideline on SSC and by the WHO/UNICEF Baby‐Friendly Hospital Initiative.Skin‐to‐skin contact is safe, low‐resource, evidence‐based and contributes to short‐ and long‐term health outcomes. However,practice is inconsistent. A rapid‐change intervention, PRECESS (Practice, Reflection, Education and training, Combined withEthnography for Sustainable Success), encouraged adaptation of the SSC Guideline protocol in a regional referral hospital inUganda. Fifteen key informants, including leadership and staff members, were interviewed before and after the practice changeabout perceived barriers and solutions for implementing SSC. The semi‐structured pre‐ and post‐intervention interviews wererecorded, transcribed and analyzed for meaningful units and themes. Three themes emerged: (1) Commitment to consistent,evidence‐based care within constraints; (2) Addressing knowledge and skill regarding the optimal practice of SSC; and (3)Willingness to “take‐up” the practice change for the benefit of mothers and babies. Our findings support the experientialmethod of practice change PRECESS to implement immediate, continuous, uninterrupted SSC for at least the first hour afterbirth. Despite the challenges and barriers identified in key informant interviews, significant progress was made in increasing theduration of SSC for both vaginal and cesarean births. The identified themes provide insight for future implementation of skin‐to‐skin contact