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Simon Muhumuza

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General Medicine
Infectious Diseases
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Fred Nuwaha
Annette Olsen
Anne Katahoire
Rose Baryamutuma
Evelyn Akello
William Bazeyo
Christina Lindan
Edgar Kansiime
Xavier Nsabagasani
Isaac Sebuliba
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PLoS One
East Afr J Appl Health Monitor Eval
BMC Infect Dis
J Int AIDS Soc
BMC Health Serv Res
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Recent Articles
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Measurement of district health system strengthening efforts for maternal and newborn health service delivery: synchronized application of evaluation models in the West Nile region, Uganda, 2019-2021
Muhumuza S, Lutalo I, Ssendiwala J, Latigi G, Pirio P, Msukwa C, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res . 2025 Feb; 25(1):261. PMID: 39962535
Introduction: Uganda has high maternal, neonatal, and under-five mortality rates. Between 2019 and 2021, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other partners,...
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A qualitative study to understand the facilitators of and barriers to retention in care to the national PMTCT Option B+ programme in Uganda
Kyomugisha-Nuwagaba C, King R, Baryamutuma R, Muhumuza S, Kisakye L, Bazeyo W, et al.
PLoS One . 2025 Jan; 20(1):e0314885. PMID: 39820622
Introduction: Effective prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programmes require women and their infants to have access to a cascade of HIV care and treatment interventions. Retention in care...
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Engagement of community health workers to improve immunization coverage through addressing inequities and enhancing data quality and use is a feasible and effective approach: An implementation study in Uganda
Bakkabulindi P, Ampeire I, Ayebale L, Mubiri P, Feletto M, Muhumuza S
PLoS One . 2023 Oct; 18(10):e0292053. PMID: 37856451
Background: Uganda, like many other developing countries, faces the challenges of unreliable estimates for its immunization target population. Strengthening immunization data quality and its use for improving immunization program performance...
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Perspectives of stakeholders regarding the value of maternal and newborn health interventions and practices supported by UNICEF and other partners in the West Nile region of Uganda: a qualitative study
Muhumuza S, Nsabagasani X, Muhangi C, Latigi G, Pirio P, Msukwa C, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res . 2023 May; 23(1):473. PMID: 37165367
Introduction: Uganda has high maternal, neonatal, and under-five mortality rates. This study documents stakeholder perspectives on best practices in a maternal and newborn health (MNH) quality-improvement programme implemented in the...
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Improving the ability of districts in Uganda to monitor their HIV programs
Sebuliba I, Lindan C, Baryamutuma R, Kyomugisha C, Muhumuza S, Bazeyo W, et al.
East Afr J Appl Health Monitor Eval . 2019 Mar; 2018(2). PMID: 30918924
Background: Although district health teams (DHT) in Uganda are supposed to monitor and support facilities to ensure quality HIV data collection, reporting and use, they are often ill-equipped to do...
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An early assessment of Uganda's roll-out of Option B+: Service capacity and infant outcomes
Baryamutuma R, Kansiime E, Nuwagaba C, Nabitaka L, Muhumuza S, Akello E, et al.
East Afr J Appl Health Monitor Eval . 2018 Sep; 2017(1):16-21. PMID: 30264036
Background: Uganda was one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to implement Option B+ as its national strategy for prevention-of-mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, doing so in 2013. We...
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Retention in care among HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women on lifelong antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: A retrospective cohort study
Muhumuza S, Akello E, Kyomugisha-Nuwagaba C, Baryamutuma R, Sebuliba I, Lutalo I, et al.
PLoS One . 2017 Dec; 12(12):e0187605. PMID: 29272268
Background: In 2013, Uganda updated its prevention of maternal-to-child transmission of HIV program to Option B+, which requires that all HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women be started on lifelong antiretroviral...
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Reduced uptake of mass treatment for schistosomiasis control in absence of food: beyond a randomized trial
Muhumuza S, Olsen A, Katahoire A, Nuwaha F
BMC Infect Dis . 2015 Oct; 15:423. PMID: 26466681
Background: Sustaining high uptake of praziquantel is key for long-term control of schistosomiasis. During mass treatment in 2013, we randomized 12 primary schools into two groups; one group received education...
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Availability and utilization of the WHO recommended priority lifesaving medicines for under five-year old children in public health facilities in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
Nsabagasani X, Ogwal-Okeng J, Mbonye A, Ssengooba F, Muhumuza S, Hansen E
J Pharm Policy Pract . 2015 May; 8(1):18. PMID: 25995847
Objectives: To explore the availability and utilization of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended priority life-saving medicines for children under five in public health facilities in Uganda. Methods: We conducted...
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Reducing turnaround time for laboratory test results does not improve retention of stable HIV-infected adults on POV program: experience from Uganda
Maselle E, Muhanguzi A, Muhumuza S, Nansubuga J, Nawavvu C, Namusobya J, et al.
J Int AIDS Soc . 2014 Nov; 17(4 Suppl 3):19607. PMID: 25394111
Introduction: HIV/ AIDS clinics in resource limited settings (RLS) face increasing numbers of patients and workforce shortage [1, 2]. To address these challenges, efficient models of care like pharmacy only...