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Didacus B. Namanya
Researcher at Uganda Martyrs University
Publications - 44
Citations - 553
Didacus B. Namanya is an academic researcher from Uganda Martyrs University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Indigenous & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 29 publications receiving 361 citations. Previous affiliations of Didacus B. Namanya include University of Alberta.
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Seasonal variation of food security among the Batwa of Kanungu, Uganda.
Kaitlin Patterson,Lea Berrang-Ford,Shuaib Lwasa,Didacus B. Namanya,James D. Ford,Fortunate Twebaze,Sierra Clark,Blánaid Donnelly,Sherilee L. Harper +8 more
TL;DR: Findings highlight the role social factors play in mediating seasonal impacts on FI and support calls to treat climate associations with health outcomes as non-stationary and mediated by social sensitivity.
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Drawing the line between adaptation and development: a systematic literature review of planned adaptation in developing countries
Mya Sherman,Lea Berrang-Ford,Shuaib Lwasa,James D. Ford,Didacus B. Namanya,Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas,Michelle Maillet,Sherilee L. Harper +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the current framing of planned adaptation amidst low socioeconomic development and consider the practical implications of this framing for adaptation planning, and highlight the need to continually interrogate the multiple framings of adaptation and development and to foster a pragmatic and pluralistic dialogue regarding planned adaptation and transformative change in developing countries.
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Preparing for the health impacts of climate change in Indigenous communities: The role of community-based adaptation
James D. Ford,James D. Ford,Mya Sherman,Lea Berrang-Ford,Lea Berrang-Ford,Alejandro Llanos,Cesar Carcamo,Sherilee L. Harper,Shuaib Lwasa,Didacus B. Namanya,Thomas Marcello,Michelle Maillet,Victoria L. Edge +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the strengths, challenges, and opportunities of health-related community-based adaptation research in Indigenous community settings, drawing on the experiences of the multi-nation interdisciplinary Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change (IHACC) project.
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Climate change and COVID-19: reinforcing Indigenous food systems.
Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo,James D. Ford,Ingrid Arotoma-Rojas,Shuaib Lwasa,Guillermo Lancha-Rucoba,Patricia J. Garcia,J. Jaime Miranda,Didacus B. Namanya,Mark New,Carlee J Wright,Lea Berrang-Ford,Sherilee L. Harper +11 more
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Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasitaemia among indigenous Batwa and non-indigenous communities of Kanungu district, Uganda
Blánaid Donnelly,Lea Berrang-Ford,Jolène Labbé,Sabastian Twesigomwe,Shuaib Lwasa,Didacus B. Namanya,Sherilee L. Harper,Manisha A. Kulkarni,Nancy A. Ross,Pascal Michel +9 more
TL;DR: Findings suggest that open eaves and gaps in housing materials associated with iron sheet roofing represent a modifiable risk factor for malaria, and may facilitate mosquito house entry; larger sample sizes will be required to confirm this finding.