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Solomon Tsebeni Wafula
Researcher at Makerere University
Publications - 49
Citations - 270
Solomon Tsebeni Wafula is an academic researcher from Makerere University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 26 publications receiving 85 citations. Previous affiliations of Solomon Tsebeni Wafula include University of Antwerp & College of Health Sciences, Bahrain.
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Health care waste management among health workers and associated factors in primary health care facilities in Kampala City, Uganda: a cross-sectional study
TL;DR: Higher odds of HCW management were determined among health workers with diploma education, previousHCW management trainings and among those who perceived HCWmanagement as important.
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with tungiasis in Mayuge district, Eastern Uganda.
Solomon Tsebeni Wafula,Charles Ssemugabo,Noel Namuhani,David Musoke,John C. Ssempebwa,Abdullah Ali Halage +5 more
TL;DR: Tungiasis is still a prevalent health problem in rural communities in Eastern Uganda due to a number of individual (host) and environmental factors and there is need to increase awareness regarding improvement in sanitation and hygiene to enable communities’ implements interventions for prevention.
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Knowledge and practices of households on safe water chain maintenance in a slum community in Kampala City, Uganda.
Charles Ssemugabo,Solomon Tsebeni Wafula,Rawlance Ndejjo,Frederick Oporia,Jimmy Osuret,David Musoke,Abdullah Ali Halage +6 more
TL;DR: Assessment of knowledge and practices of households on safe water chain maintenance in slum communities in Kampala City, Uganda found that female-led, student- led, and post-primary educated-led household and household that thought most contamination occurs during storage were more likely to maintain the safeWater chain.
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Hepatitis B screening and vaccination status of healthcare providers in Wakiso district, Uganda.
Tonny Ssekamatte,Trasias Mukama,Simon P. S. Kibira,Rawlance Ndejjo,Justine Bukenya,Zirimala Paul Alex Kimoga,Samuel Etajak,Rebecca Nuwematsiko,Esther Buregyeya,John C. Ssempebwa,John Bosco Isunju,Richard K. Mugambe,Aisha Nalugya,Solomon Tsebeni Wafula,Joan Nankya Mutyoba +14 more
TL;DR: HBV screening and vaccination interventions need to consider the HCP sex, risk perception, attitude towards safety and efficacy of the hepatitis B vaccine, and healthcare facility characteristics such as ownership and availability of infection control guidelines, in order to be successful.
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Multiple sexual partnerships and associated factors among young psychoactive-substance-users in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda.
Tonny Ssekamatte,Moses Tetui,Moses Tetui,Simon P. S. Kibira,John Bosco Isunju,Richard K. Mugambe,Elizabeth Nabiwemba,Solomon Tsebeni Wafula,Esther Buregyeya,Justine Bukenya +9 more
TL;DR: Being female, having lived in the informal settlement for 6–10 years, and chewing khat were significantly associated with having multiple sexual partners in the last 30 days, suggesting multiple sexual partnerships are highly prevalent among young psychoactive-substance-users, irrespective of the socio-demographic strata.