Background Social and economic factors have considerable influence on the lives of people living with HIV (PLHIV).
These factors shape their health behaviors, willingness to engage with other members of their communities ...
Naanyu, Violet; Okwaro, Ferdinand; Ingrid Gicher; Mandeep Sura; Prachi Singh; Berhaun Fesshaye(PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH, 2026-01-06)
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted societies worldwide, and COVID-19
vaccination has been identified as instrumental in the fight against the pandemic.
While studies have examined uptake of COVID-19 vaccination, ...
Background: Youth living with HIV with perinatal infection spend a lifetime taking antiretroviral treatment (ART) to suppress
the virus, and face significant challenges to successfully maintaining ART adherence. Tools to ...
Background: children with perinatal HIV exposure are at increased risk for neurodevelopmental (ND) delays, yet
little is known about ND screening implementation for this population.
Methods: This longitudinal study ...
Hotels in Western Uganda continue to face survivability challenges arising from weak
succession planning structures and informal cultural practices that undermine
leadership continuity. This study examined how succession ...
Acute febrile illness (AFI) is a common cause of pediatric hospital visits in developing countries. Identifying the broad range of pathogens that can cause fever is critical to: improving AFI management, preventing unnecessary ...
Matui, Bramwel N.; Kwonyike, Joshua(Moi University Press, 2007)
This paper examines the presence of intra-Pokot environmental conflict and factors associated with it, with the aim of understanding and recommending its resolution. For the sake of the paper, conflict can be defined as ...
In the recent years, global concerns have increased on the environmental occurrence of
Pharmaceutically Active Compounds (PhACs) due to their pronounced ecotoxicological risk.
Several studies have shown their presence ...
Laufer, Nicolai; Schaufelberger, Sonja; Cardis, Tibaud; Tanui, Isaac C.; Kandie, Faith; Brack, Werner; Backhaus, Thomas; Inostroza, Pedro A.(SSRN, 2024)
Microbial communities, in particular bacterial assemblages, are key players in the provision of essential ecosystem services such as the mediation of biogeochemical cycles as well as the degradation of chemical pollutants. ...
Background: Pesticides are washed from agricultural fields into adjacent streams, where even short-term exposure
causes long-term ecological damage. Detecting pesticide pollution in streams thus requires the expensive ...
Background: Within the last decades, there has been increasing research on the occurrence of chemicals of emerg-ing concern (CECs) in aquatic ecosystems due to their potential adverse effects on freshwater organisms and ...
Steroid hormones are significant contributors to endocrine disruption, affecting the hormonal functions of both humans and aquatic organisms. However, data on their occurrence and risks in fresh water systems particularly ...
Becker, Jeremias M.; Ganatra, Akbar A.; Kandie, Faith; Mühlbauer, Lina; Ahlheim, Jörg; Brack, Werner; Torto, Baldwyn; Agola, Eric L.; McOdimba, Francis; Hollert, Henner; Fillinger, Ulrike; Liess, Matthias(Springer Nature, 2020)
Schistosomiasis is a severe neglected tropical disease caused by trematodes and transmitted by freshwater snails. Snails are known to be highly tolerant to agricultural pesticides. However, little attention has been paid ...
Background: Uganda has a high teenage pregnancy rate. The risk of morbidity and mortality is high if pregnant adolescent mothers do not utilize maternal
health services. This study analyzed the trends and predictors of ...
Water resources play a crucial role in sustaining life on earth yet chemicals of emerging concern (CECs) arising from extensive human applications are an increasing threat towards their existence. In this study, we examined ...
The unintended release of chemicals to the environment has led to global concern on water quality prompting widespread research on the occurrence of these compounds in water. While increasing information on organic ...
K'oreje, Kenneth Otieno; Kandie, Faith Jebiwot; Vergeynst, Leendert; Abira, Margaret Akinyi; Langenhove, Herman Van; Okoth, Maurice; Demeestere, Kristof(ELSEVIER, 2018)
Although there is increased global environmental concern about emerging organic micropollutants (EOMPs)
such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products (PPCPs) and polar pesticides, limited information is available
on ...
Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global public health challenge, with 10.8 million cases
and 1.23 million deaths reported in 2023. Children comprised 11% of these cases and deaths globally. In ...
Verbücheln, Nicolai; Schaufelberger, Sonja; Cardis, Tibaud; Tanui, Isaac C .; Kandie, Faith; Brack, Werner; Backhaus, Thomas; Inostroza, Pedro A.(2025)
The responses of bacterial communities to changing environmental conditions are manifold but can include structural as well as functional alterations depending on the environmental stressors and toxic chemicals they are ...
Tarus, Daniel Kipkirong; Nganga, Stephen Iruria(IISTE, 2013)
Developing countries are facing a formidable unemployment challenge due to a combined effect of slow economic
growth and rapid increase in population. In Kenya, Economic Recovery Strategy (ERS) estimates that 500,000
jobs ...