2023

Muleme J, Ssempebwa JC, Musoke D, Kankya C, Wafula ST, Okello J, Ninsiima LR, Wambi R, Baguma JN, Lubega G, Wagaba B, Hartnack S. Antimicrobial resistance among farming communities in Wakiso District, Central Uganda: A knowledge, awareness and practice study. PLoS One. 2023 Jun 2;18(6):e0284822. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284822.

Muleme J, Musoke D, Balugaba BE, Kisaka S, Makumbi FE, Buregyeya E, Isunju JB, Wambi R, Mugambe RK, Kankya C, Munyeme M, Ssempebwa JC. Epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli at the human-animal-environment interface in a farming community of central Uganda. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Jun 13;3(6):e0001344. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001344. 

Muleme J, Kankya C, Munyeme M, Musoke D, Ssempebwa JC, Isunju JB, Wambi R, Balugaba BE, Sekulima T, Mugambe RK, Cadmus S, Kajumbula HM. Phenotypic Characterization and Antibiograms of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface Using a One Health Approach Among Households in Wakiso District, Uganda. Infect Drug Resist. 2023 Apr 14;16:2203-2216. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S398951.

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

Nalugya A, Ssempebwa JC, Muleme J, Wafula ST, Tamale BN, Tigaiza A, Nakalembe D, Kansiime WK, Isunju JB, Ssekamatte T, Mugambe RK. Exposure behaviour to Escherichia coli among households in Imvepi refugee settlement, Terego district Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2024 Jul 30;24(1):2041. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19525-3. 

Kankya C, Okello J, Muwanguzi D, Monje F, Mugizi D, Muleme J, Baguma J, Taremwa M, Ayebale R, Ayoo S Knight-Jones T, Roesel K, Lukuyu B, Richards S. Impacts of One Health on Education, Research, and Development: A Case of Uganda. One Health Cases 2024 Oct 4; Available from: https://doi.org/10.1079/onehealthcases.2024.0029

2025

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

Kulabako CT, Neema S, Ninsiima LR, Klein J, Nabawanuka LN, Muleme J, Romano JS, Atekyereza P. Gender and cultural aspects of brucellosis transmission and management in Nakasongola cattle corridor in Uganda. PLoS One. 2025 Apr 24;20(4):e0320364. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320364. 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12021251/

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).