Climate Change and Infectious Diseases

A One Health Approach (CIDIMOH)

Photo: Morten Tryland

Publications


2024


Ninsiima, L.R., Nyakarahuka, L., Kisaka, S., Atuheire, C.G.K., Mugisha, L., Odoch, T., Sánchez Romano, J., Klein, J., Mor, S.M., Kankya, C. (2024) Knowledge, perceptions, and exposure to bats in communities living around bat roosts in Bundibugyo district, Uganda: implications for viral haemorrhagic fever prevention and control. BMC Infect. Dis., 24, 311. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09162-x


Atuheire, C.G.K., Okwee-Acai, J., Taremwa, M., Terence, O., Ssali, S.N., Mwiine, F.N., Kankya, C., Skjerve, E., Tryland, M. (2024) Descriptive analyses of knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding rabies transmission and prevention in rural communities near wildlife reserves in Uganda: a One Health cross-sectional study. Trop. Med. Health, 52, 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00615-2


Atuheire, C.G.K., Okwee-Acai, J., Taremwa, M., Ssajjakambwe, P., Munyeme, M., Kankya, C., Terence, O., Ssali, S.N., Mwiine, F.N., Buhler, K.J., Tryland, M. (2024) Households neighboring wildlife protected areas may be at a higher risk of rabies than those located further away: a community-based cross-sectional cohort study at Pian Upe game reserve, Bukedea district, Eastern Uganda. Front. Trop. Dis., 5:1272141. https://doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2024.1272141


Kulabako, C.T., Neema, S., Ninsiima, L.R., Atuheire, C.G.K., Kal, D.O., Atekyereza, P., Okello, J., Tryland, M. (2024). Understanding brucellosis: knowledge, perceptions, and self-reported prevalence among agro-pastoralists in Nakasongola, Uganda. BMC Infectious Diseases, 24(1), 797. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09717-y


Onafruo, D., Klein, J., Erume, J., Kankya, C., Jubara, A., Kokas, I., Odoch, T., Munyeme, M., Alinaitwe, L., Kitale, E., Marin, P., Sabbath, E., Dreyfus, A. (2024). Molecular and serological prevalence of Leptospira spp. among slaughtered cattle and associated risk factors in the Bahr El Ghazal region of South Sudan. BMC Veterinary Research, 20(1), 296. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-024-04154-0


Onafruo, D., Dreyfus, A., Erume, J., Kankya, C., Jubara A., Kokas, I., Odoch, T., Munyeme, M., Alinaitwe, L., Kitale, E., Marin, P., Sabbath E., Klein, J. (2024). LeptospiraL seroprevalence and associated risk factors among slaughterhouse workers in Western Bahr EL Ghazal State, South Sudan. Plos Negl Trop Dis 18(12) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012700


Marin, P., Munyeme M., Kankya C., Jubara, A., Matovu, E., Waiswa, P., Romano J., Mutebi, F., Onafruo, D., Kitale, E., Benard, O., Buhler, K., Tryland, M.(2024). Medication nonadherence and associated factors in patients with tuberculosis in Wau, South Sudan: a cross-sectional study using the world health organization multidimensional adherence model. Marin et al. Archives of Public Health (2024) 82:107 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01339-9


Marin PM, Tryland M, Munyeme M., Jubara AS, Matovu E, Waisawa P, Sánchez Romano J, Mutebi F, Onafruo D, Kitale E, Sabbath E, Buhler KJ, Kankya C. Elucidating the knowledge, attitude, and stigma associated with tuberculosis: a community based descriptive study in Wau and Jur River, South Sudan. Trop Med Health 53, 15 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-025-00696-7


1. Modester Nankumba
Start Year: 2021 | Completion Year: 2024
Title: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Associated with Swine Brucellosis Among Farmers and Abattoir Workers in Masaka District, Uganda.

2. Musiitwa Rogers
Start Year: 2021 | Completion Year: 2023
Title: Antimicrobial Use in Pig Production and Its Associated Risk Factors in Wakiso District, Uganda.

3. Walter Okello
Start Year: 2021 | Completion Year: 2023
Title: Carbapenem Resistance Genes in Campylobacter Coli and Campylobacter Jejuni Isolated from Chickens and Diarrhoeic Children Aged Less Than Five Years in Kampala City, Uganda.

4. Esther Sabbath Frazer
Start Year: 2021 | Completion Year: 2023
Title: Prevalence of Suspected Lesions for Bovine Tuberculosis (2019–2021) and Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Cattle Keepers in Wau, Western Bahr-El-Ghazal State, South Sudan.

5. Kitale Estella John Kasiano
Start Year: 2021 | Completion Year: 2023
Title: Leptospira Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors Among Cattle in Bor County, South Sudan.

6. Justine Okello
Start Year: 2021 | Completion Year: 2023
Title: Climatic Determinants of COVID-19 and Deaths in Uganda (2020–2022).

2023
Dr. James Muleme successfully defended his thesis on Thursday 23rd November, 2023.

Thesis Title: Reservoirs, transmission and antibiotic resistance profiles of Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase-Producing Escherichia Coli at the Human-Animal-Environment interface among Farming Communities in Wakiso District, Central Uganda.

Opponent: Dr. Luis Pedro Carmo, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway

External Examiner: Dr. Thumbi Mwangi, University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases

Internal Examiners:
1. Professor Francis Ejobi, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB), Makerere University.
2. Dr. Innocent Bidason Rwego, CoVAB, Makerere University.

Supervisors:
1. Dr. Musso Munyeme, Associate Professor, University of Zambia
2. Dr. David Musoke, Senior Lecturer, CHS, Makerere University.
3. Dr. John C. Ssempebwa, Associate Professor, CHS, Makerere University.
4. Dr. Clovice Kankya, Associate Professor, CoVAB, Makerere University.

Defence Chair: Professor Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management (HPPM), School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University.