Mak IR Repository
Welcome to Makerere University's Institutional Repository (Mak IR). Mak IR was formerly called Uganda Scholarly Digital Library (USDL). Mak IR is a collection of scholarly output of by researchers of Makerere University, including scholarly articles and books, electronic theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, technical reports and digitised library collections. It is the official Institutional Repository (IR) of Makerere University. If you have any questions regarding MAKIR, please feel free to contact us on makir.mulib@mak.ac.ug.
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Recently Added
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Hepatitis B and C seroprevalence among health care workers in a tertiary hospital in Rwanda
(Oxford University Press, 2015)Background: Hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) are significant global public health challenges with health care workers (HCWs) at especially high risk of exposure in resource-poor settings. We aimed to measure HBV and ... -
Estimation of mortality among HIV-infected people on antiretroviral therapy treatment in East Africa: a sampling based approach in an observational, multisite, cohort study
(Elsevier, 2015)Background—Mortality after initiation of antiretroviral treatment (ART) among HIV-infected patients in resource limited settings is a critical measure of the effectiveness and comparative effectiveness of the global public ... -
Modelling factors associated with covid-19 mortality among patients admitted to Dr. Sumait Hospital in Mogadishu Somalia : implementing parametric AFT models
(Makerere University, 2025)Background: The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case of COVID-19 in Somalia was confirmed on March 16, 2020. The World Health ... -
The shrinkage and plant diversity of Rucece Wetland, Mbarara City
(Makerere University, 2023)Urban wetland ecosystems play critical roles in sustaining human livelihoods. Unfortunately, these ecosystems continue to be degraded despite the several interventions. Understanding the level of degradation and factors ... -
Multiple validated measures of adherence indicate high levels of adherence to generic HIV antiretroviral therapy in a resource-limited setting
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004)Background: There are no validated measures of adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings. Such measures are essential to understand the unique barriers to adherence as access to HIV antiretroviral ...