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James K Tumwine
Researcher at College of Health Sciences, Bahrain
Publications - 373
Citations - 6223
James K Tumwine is an academic researcher from College of Health Sciences, Bahrain. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Action (physics). The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 214 publications receiving 5413 citations. Previous affiliations of James K Tumwine include Mulago Hospital & Kabale University.
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Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV prevention
Charles Karamagi,James K Tumwine,Thorkild Tylleskär,Kristian Heggenhougen,Kristian Heggenhougen +4 more
TL;DR: Intimate partner violence is common in eastern Uganda and is related to gender inequality, multiple partners, alcohol, and poverty, so programmes for the prevention of intimate partner violence need to target these underlying factors.
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Introduction of β-carotene-rich orange sweet potato in rural Uganda resulted in increased vitamin A intakes among children and women and improved vitamin A status among children
Christine Hotz,Cornelia U. Loechl,Abdelrahman Lubowa,James K Tumwine,Grace Ndeezi,Agnes Nandutu Masawi,Rhona Baingana,Alicia L. Carriquiry,Alan de Brauw,Jonnalagadda V. Meenakshi,Daniel O. Gilligan +10 more
TL;DR: Introduction of OSP to Ugandan farming households increased vitamin A intakes among children and women and was associated with improved vitamin A status among children.
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Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF) : a cluster-randomised trial
Thorkild Tylleskär,Debra Jackson,Nicolas Meda,Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen,Mickey Chopra,Abdoulaye Hama Diallo,Tanya Doherty,Tanya Doherty,Eva-Charlotte Ekström,Lars Thore Fadnes,Ameena Ebrahim Goga,Chipepo Kankasa,Jørn Klungsøyr,Carl Lombard,Victoria Nankabirwa,Victoria Nankabirwa,Jolly Nankunda,Jolly Nankunda,Philippe Van de Perre,Philippe Van de Perre,David Sanders,Rebecca Shanmugam,Halvor Sommerfelt,Halvor Sommerfelt,Henry Wamani,James K Tumwine +25 more
TL;DR: The primary outcomes were prevalance of EBF and diarrhoea reported by mothers for infants aged 12 weeks and 24 weeks and prevalence ratios were adjusted for cluster effects and sites.
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Determinants of male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
TL;DR: Community sensitization of men about the benefits of antenatal care and PMTCT and improving client-friendliness in the clinics needs to be prioritised in order to improve low male participation and mitigate the effect of socio-economic and cultural factors.
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Cryptosporidium parvum in children with diarrhea in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
James K Tumwine,Addy Kekitiinwa,Nicolette Nabukeera,Donna E. Akiyoshi,Stephen M. Rich,Giovanni Widmer,Xiaochuan Feng,Saul Tzipori +7 more
TL;DR: Mortality rates were higher among children with severe dehydration and persistent diarrhea, and in stunted or underweight children infected with C. parvum, which remains untreatable among Ugandan children.