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
 

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.