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Rhoda K. Wanyenze

Rhoda K. Wanyenze

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
51
Citations
8372
World Ranking
2632
National Ranking
1

Overview

Rhoda K. Wanyenze is affiliated with Makerere University in Uganda, with a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine and its subfields. Their work covers areas such as Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Epidemiology, and broader Health studies.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Sex work and related issues

The frequent publication venues for their research contributions encompass:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • PLoS ONE
  • PLOS Global Public Health
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • BMC Public Health

Rhoda K. Wanyenze has collaborated regularly with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Joseph K. B. Matovu
  • Rawlance Ndejjo
  • Glenn J. Wagner
  • Steven Ndugwa Kabwama
  • Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Rhoda K. Wanyenze include:

  • Guidelines for Reporting Trial Protocols and Completed Trials Modified Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Extenuating Circumstances, 2021, JAMA
  • Integrating the United Nations sustainable development goals into higher education globally: a scoping review, 2023, Global Health Action
  • HIV Oral Self-Testing for Male Partners of Women Attending Antenatal Care in Central Uganda: Uptake of Testing and Linkage to Care in a Randomized Trial, 2020, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot, peer-led HIV self-testing intervention in a hyperendemic fishing community in rural Uganda, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Integrated malaria prevention in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review, 2023, Malaria Journal

Best Publications

  • Hypertension awareness, treatment and control in Africa: a systematic review

    James Kayima;Rhoda K Wanyenze;Achilles Katamba;Elli Leontsini

  • Guidelines for Reporting Trial Protocols and Completed Trials Modified Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Extenuating Circumstances: The CONSERVE 2021 Statement.

    Aaron M. Orkin;Peter J. Gill;Davina Ghersi;Lisa Campbell

  • Strengthening district-based health reporting through the district health management information software system: the Ugandan experience

    Vincent Micheal Kiberu;Joseph K B Matovu;Fredrick Makumbi;Carol Kyozira

  • Factors Associated with Virological Non-suppression among HIV-Positive Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda, August 2014-July 2015.

    Lilian Bulage;Isaac Ssewanyana;Victoria Nankabirwa;Fred Nsubuga

  • The costs and effectiveness of four HIV counseling and testing strategies in Uganda.

    Nick Menzies;Betty Abang;Rhoda Wanyenze;Fred Nuwaha

  • Acceptability of routine HIV counselling and testing, and HIV seroprevalence in Ugandan hospitals

    Rhoda K Wanyenze;Cecilia Nawavvu;Alice S Namale;Bernard Mayanja

  • “When they know that you are a sex worker, you will be the last person to be treated”: Perceptions and experiences of female sex workers in accessing HIV services in Uganda

    Rhoda K. Wanyenze;Geofrey Musinguzi;Juliet Kiguli;Fred Nuwaha

  • Women's views on consent, counseling and confidentiality in PMTCT: a mixed-methods study in four African countries

    Anita Hardon;Eva Vernooij;Grace Bongololo-Mbera;Peter Cherutich

  • Facilitators and barriers to uptake and adherence to lifelong antiretroviral therapy among HIV infected pregnant women in Uganda: a qualitative study

    Esther Buregyeya;Rose Naigino;Aggrey Mukose;Fred Makumbi

  • Uptake of family planning methods and unplanned pregnancies among HIV-infected individuals: a cross-sectional survey among clients at HIV clinics in Uganda

    Rhoda K Wanyenze;Nazarius M Tumwesigye;Rosemary Kindyomunda;Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya

  • Determinants of family planning service uptake and use of contraceptives among postpartum women in rural Uganda

    Katelyn M. Sileo;Rhoda K. Wanyenze;Haruna Lule;Susan M. Kiene;Susan M. Kiene;Susan M. Kiene

  • Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among children aged 6 to 59 months in Namutumba district, Uganda: a cross- sectional study.

    Fiona Kuziga;Yeka Adoke;Rhoda K. Wanyenze

  • Alcohol consumption and risky sexual behaviour in the fishing communities: evidence from two fish landing sites on Lake Victoria in Uganda

    Nazarius M Tumwesigye;Lynn Atuyambe;Rhoda K Wanyenze;Simon Ps Kibira

  • Problem drinking and physical intimate partner violence against women: evidence from a national survey in Uganda

    Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye;Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo;Thomas Kennedy Greenfield;Rhoda K Wanyenze

  • Open data sharing and the Global South—Who benefits?

    David Serwadda;Paul Ndebele;M. Kate Grabowski;Francis Bajunirwe

  • Determinants of fertility desire among married or cohabiting individuals in Rakai, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

    Joseph K. B. Matovu;Fredrick Makumbi;Rhoda K. Wanyenze;David Serwadda

  • Factors Influencing Compliance and Health Seeking Behaviour for Hypertension in Mukono and Buikwe in Uganda: A Qualitative Study

    Geofrey Musinguzi;Geofrey Musinguzi;Sibyl Anthierens;Fred Nuwaha;Jean Pierre Van Geertruyden

  • The need for COVID-19 research in low- and middle-income countries

    Madhu Gupta;Brian Wahl;Binita Adhikari;Binita Adhikari;Naor Bar-Zeev

  • Uptake and correlates of cervical cancer screening among HIV-infected women attending HIV care in Uganda.

    Rhoda K Wanyenze;John Baptist Bwanika;Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya;Shaban Mugerwa

  • Fertility and contraceptive decision-making and support for HIV infected individuals: client and provider experiences and perceptions at two HIV clinics in Uganda

    Rhoda K Wanyenze;Glenn J Wagner;Nazarius M Tumwesigye;Maria Nannyonga

  • Missed opportunities for HIV testing and late-stage diagnosis among HIV-infected patients in Uganda.

    Rhoda K. Wanyenze;Moses R. Kamya;Robin Fatch;Harriet Mayanja-Kizza

  • Electronic Medical Records and Same Day Patient Tracing Improves Clinic Efficiency and Adherence to Appointments in a Community Based HIV/AIDS Care Program, in Uganda

    Stella T. Alamo;Glenn J. Wagner;Pamela Sunday;Rhoda K. Wanyenze

  • Motivations and barriers to cervical cancer screening among HIV infected women in HIV care: A qualitative study.

    Agnes Bukirwa;Joan N. Mutyoba;Barbara N.Mukasa;Yvonne Karamagi

  • Factors Associated with Virological Non suppression among HIV-Positive Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda

    Lilian Bulage;Isaac Ssewanyana;Victoria Nankabirwa;Fred Nsubuga

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn Wagner
Glenn Wagner RAND Corporation
Robert Colebunders
Robert Colebunders University of Antwerp
Laura M. Bogart
Laura M. Bogart RAND Corporation
Elizabeth Reed
Elizabeth Reed San Diego State University
Matthew Price
Matthew Price University of Vermont
Michael D. Stein
Michael D. Stein Boston University
Allan R. Ronald
Allan R. Ronald University of Manitoba
Seth C. Kalichman
Seth C. Kalichman University of Connecticut
Jay G. Silverman
Jay G. Silverman University of California, San Diego
David J. Klein
David J. Klein RAND Corporation

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