Publications

Papers authored or co-authored by VxMedSS staff are included in this archive. These papers were either published in academic/scientific journals or included in the proceedings of a professional conference. https://shorturl.at/AJS03

  1. Kajungu D, Muhoozi M, Stark J, Weibel D, Sturkenboom MCJM (2020) Vaccines safety and maternal knowledge for enhanced maternal immunization acceptability in rural Uganda: A qualitative study approach. PLoS ONE 15(12): e0243834.
  2. Ndagije HB, Manirakiza L, Kajungu D, Galiwango E, Kusemererwa D, Olsson S, Spinewine A, Speybroeck N. (2019) The effect of community dialogues and sensitization on patient reporting of adverse events in rural Uganda: Uncontrolled before-after study. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0203721.
  3. Ampadu, H.H., Asante, K.P., Bosomprah, S. Akakpo, S. Hugo, P., Gardarsdottir, H., Leufkens, H.G.M., Kajungu, D., Dodoo AN. Prescribing patterns and compliance with World Health Organization recommendations for the management of severe malaria: a modified cohort event monitoring study in public health facilities in Ghana and Uganda. Malar J 18, 36 (2019)
  4. James H Stark, Eve Wool, Lena Tran, Elizabeth Robinson, Meaghan Chemelski, Daniel Weibel, Wan-Ting Huang, Sonali Kochhar, Janet R Hardy, Steven Bailey, Edward Galiwango, Dan Kajungu, Assessing the feasibility of resources at health facilities in Uganda to diagnose pregnancy and neonatal outcomes, International Health, Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2019, Pages 128–135
  5. Ampadu, H.H., Dodoo, A.N.O., Bosomprah, S. Akakpo, S. Hugo, P., Gardarsdottir, H., Leufkens, H.G.M., Kajungu, D., Asante, K.P. Safety Experience During Real-World Use of Injectable Artesunate in Public Health Facilities in Ghana and Uganda: Outcomes of a Modified Cohort Event Monitoring Study (CEMISA). Drug Saf 41, 871–880 (2018)
  6. Ndagije, H.B., Nambasa, V., Manirakiza, L., Kusemererwa D, Kajungu D, Olsson S, Speybroeck N. The Burden of Adverse Drug Reactions Due to Artemisinin-Based Antimalarial Treatment in Selected Ugandan Health Facilities: An Active Follow-Up Study. Drug Saf 41, 753–765 (2018)
  7. Ndagije, H., Nambasa, V., Namagala, E., Nassali, H., Kajungu, D., Sematiko, G., Olsson, S., Pal, S. Targeted Spontaneous Reporting of Suspected Renal Toxicity in Patients Undergoing Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Two Public Health Facilities in Uganda. Drug Saf 38, 395–408 (2015)
  8. Kajungu D, Erhart A, Talisuna AO, Bassat Q, Karema C, Nabasumba C, Nambozi M, Tinto H, Kremsner P, Meremikwu M, D’Alessandro U, Speybroeck N. (2014) Paediatric Pharmacovigilance: Use of Pharmacovigilance Data Mining Algorithms for Signal Detection in a Safety Dataset of a Paediatric Clinical Study Conducted in Seven African Countries. PLoS ONE 9(5): e96388.
  9. Njozi, M., Amuri, M., Selemani, M., Masanja I., Kigahe B., Khatib R., Kajungu D., Abdula S., Dodoo AN. Predictors of antibiotics co-prescription with antimalarials for patients presenting with fever in rural Tanzania. BMC Public Health 13, 1097 (2013)
  10. Kajungu, D., Selemani, M., Masanja, I., Amuri, M., Njozi, M., Khatib R., Dodoo AN., Binka FN, macq J., D’Alessandro U, Speybroeck N. Using classification tree modelling to investigate drug prescription practices at health facilities in rural Tanzania. Malar J 11, 311 (2012)
  11. Dan Kajungu, Atsumi Hirose, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, George W Pariyo, Stefan Peterson, David Guwatudde, Edward Galiwango, Valerie Tusubira, Judith Kaija, Tryphena Nareeba, Claudia Hanson, Cohort Profile: The Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Uganda (IMHDSS, Uganda), International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 49, Issue 4, August 2020, Pages 1082–1082g, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa064
  12. Hirose A, Kajungu D, Tusubira V, Waiswa P, Alfven T, Hanson C (2020) Postneonatal under-5 mortality in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda, 2005-2015. BMJ Global Health, 5(12)
  13. Natukwatsa D, Wosu AC, Ndyomugyenyi DB, Waibi M, Kajungu D (2021) An assessment of non-communicable disease mortality among adults in Eastern Uganda, 2010–2016. PLoS ONE 16(3): e0248966
  14. Zia, N., Loeb, M., Kajungu, D., Galiwango, E., Diener-West, M., Wegener, S., Pariyo, G., Hyder, A.A., Bachani, A.M. Adaptation and validation of UNICEF/Washington group child functioning module at the Iganga-Mayuge health and demographic surveillance site in Uganda. BMC Public Health 20, 1334 (2020)
  15. Namaganda LH, Almeida R, Kajungu D, Wabwire-Mangen F, Peterson S, Andrews C, Eliasson AC, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Forssberg H. (2020) Excessive premature mortality among children with cerebral palsy in rural Uganda: A longitudinal, population-based study. PLoS ONE 15(12): e0243948.
  16. Kananura RM, Leone T, Nareeba T, Kajungu D, Waiswa P, Gjonca A (2020) Under 10 mortality patterns, risk factors, and mechanisms in low resource settings of Eastern Uganda: An analysis of event history demographic and verbal social autopsy data. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0234573.
  17. Ssemugabo C, Rutebemberwa E, Kajungu D, Pariyo GW, Hyder AA, Gibson DG Acceptability and Use of Interactive Voice Response Mobile Phone Surveys for Noncommunicable Disease Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance in Rural Uganda: Qualitative Study. JMIR Form Res 2019;3(4):e15000
  18. Rassi C, Kajungu D, Martin S, Arroz J, Tallant J, Zegers de Beyl C, Counihan H, Newell JN, Phillips A, Whitton J, Muloliwa AM, Graham K. (2016) Have You Heard of Schistosomiasis? Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Nampula Province, Mozambique. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(3): e0004504.
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