Godfrey Kigozi

Biographic Data

ID198496
NAMEGodfrey Kigozi
GIVEN NAMESGodfrey
FAMILY NAMEKigozi
SIGNATUREKIGOZI G
AFFILIATIONSRakai Health Sciences Program
ORCID0009-0008-9142-6870
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS50
TOTAL CITATIONS35
AUTHOR COUNT50
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • “Even with one Man, but with many women, you can get cervical cancer”

    Open AccessRobert Bulamba, Fred Nalugoda et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality among women in low-resource settings, with Uganda being disproportionately affected. Despite the availability of screening services in Uganda, uptake remains unacceptably low, yet population-level data on women’s perceptions and experienced barriers to screening remain limited. This hinders the development of targeted community-based interventions for cervical cancer scr…

  • Building the foundation

    Open AccessAmanda P Miller, Carlos D Rivera Saldana et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Early and ongoing stakeholder engagement is critical to the development and implementation of scalable behavioral health interventions. Our overarching goal in this implementation research study was to understand and document the process of planning and rolling out Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA), a transdiagnostic mental health intervention, in Uganda. Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) 2.0, we cond…

  • Factors shaping understanding and interpretation of sexual practice survey questions in south-central Uganda

    Open AccessWilliam G Ddaaki, Fred Nalugoda et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2026

    BACKGROUND: Accurate interpretation of survey questions about sensitive matters such as sexual practices is crucial for obtaining reliable data to inform effective public health interventions. Describing sexual practices involves reflecting on acts and contextually attributing meanings. However, participants in sexual behaviour studies may struggle to understand questions, affecting the validity of the data. AIM: We investigated factors that shap…

  • As long as you are married you cannot protect yourself against syphilis”

    Open AccessAmanda P Miller, Stephen Mugamba et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    The study provides practical suggestions for enhancing syphilis awareness, engagement in care, and women's experiences in ANC within a resource-limited, high-burden context. Future efforts should concentrate on extending syphilis education beyond clinics, utilizing Village Health Teams (VHTs) as trusted sources, and identifying barriers to improving healthcare quality for women, informing quality improvement programming

  • Safety and efficacy of the ShangRing for early infant male circumcision in the routine clinical setting

    Open AccessLina Posada Calderon, Spyridon P Basourakos et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Male circumcision (MC) has been shown to decrease transmission of HIV and is a critical strategy to decrease its incidence in countries with high rates of heterosexually transmitted HIV. Early infant MC (EIMC), with single-use MC devices, could increase rates of MC in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our objective was to determine the safety, efficacy and satisfaction of ShangRing EIMC in resource-constrained environments. METHODS: Healthy male …

  • Implementation, sustainability, and impact of Common Elements Treatment Approach in Ugandan healthcare facilities

    Open AccessAmanda P Miller, Gertrude Nakigozi et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2025

    The health and social consequences of untreated mental health disorders and heavy alcohol use are substantial, particularly in settings with high HIV-prevalence. Transdiagnostic approaches may offer a more efficient public health response, particularly where behavioral health services are limited. The present study explored the implementation of Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA), a transdiagnostic intervention, in Western Uganda, from the…

  • Social determinants of hazardous alcohol use in a Ugandan population cohort

    Open AccessLeo Ziegel, Carl Fredrik Sjöland et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    BACKGROUND: There is a limited population-based data on hazardous alcohol use and associated social determinants in many African countries. OBJECTIVES: To examine patterns of hazardous alcohol use across a range of social determinants of health in Uganda, with a particular focus on gender differences. METHODS: This cross-sectional study used data collected in 2021-2022 from an open population cohort spanning urban, semi-urban, and rural communiti…

  • Population-level coverage and correlates of enrollment in community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) refill models following differentiated service delivery scale-up in Africa

    Lipin Lukose, Robert Kairania et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2025

    Community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) distribution is a promising strategy to increase HIV treatment accessibility in Africa, yet population-level coverage and correlates of enrollment are understudied. We pooled data from seven Population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys (2020–2023) and used survey-weighted multivariable logistic regression with jackknife variance estimation to identify socio-demographic and clinical correlates of enro…

  • Barriers to Routine Antenatal Syphilis Screening in Uganda

    Open AccessNatalie Saham, Amanda P Miller et al.ARTICLEGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research2025

    Congenital syphilis is preventable through early detection and treatment during pregnancy. Although global syphilis rates have declined, the prevalence of undiagnosed and untreated infections remains high in low- and middle-income countries. In Uganda, national clinical guidelines recommend syphilis screening and treatment at the first antenatal care (ANC) visit, yet coverage remains suboptimal, contributing to ongoing perinatal transmission. As …

  • Examining the Gaps in Existing Policies and Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking in Uganda

    Violet Nkwanzi, D K Evans et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Service Research2025References: 42

  • HIV epidemiologic trends among occupational groups in Rakai, Uganda

    Open AccessVictor O Popoola, Joseph Kagaayi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Certain occupations have been associated with heightened risk of HIV acquisition and spread in sub-Saharan Africa, including female bar and restaurant work and male transportation work. However, data on changes in population prevalence of HIV infection and HIV incidence within occupations following mass scale-up of African HIV treatment and prevention programs is very limited. We evaluated prospective data collected between 1999 and 2016 from the…

  • Estimation of cause-specific mortality in Rakai, Uganda, using verbal autopsy 1999-2019

    Open AccessDorean Nabukalu, Júlia Almeida Calazans et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2024

    BACKGROUND: There are scant data on the causes of adult deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. We estimated the level and trends in adult mortality, overall and by different causes, in rural Rakai, Uganda, by age, sex, and HIV status. OBJECTIVES: To estimate and analyse adult cause-specific mortality trends in Rakai, Uganda. METHODOLOGY: Mortality information by cause, age, sex, and HIV status was recorded in the Rakai Community Cohort study using verbal …

  • Use of mobile phones to collect data on Covid-19

    Open AccessRobert Ssekubugu, Anthony Ndyanabo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2024

    During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, we deployed a rapid, mobile phone-based survey to assess access and participation rates when using mobile phones to collect data on COVID-19 in Rakai, south-central Uganda. We sampled prior Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS) participants based on HIV status using mobile phone contacts. We administered a 30-minute phone-based interview to consenting participants to assess their knowledge about different aspe…

  • Prevalence and predictors of use of long-term and short-acting reversible contraceptives among women of reproductive age in Wakiso and Hoima districts, Uganda

    Open AccessMalachi Ochieng Arunda, Babirye Mary Estellah et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Modern contraceptive use has increased globally, but unmet needs persist in low- and middle-income countries. This study in Uganda aimed to examine the prevalence and factors influencing the use of short-acting reversible contraceptives (SARC) like pills and long-term methods such as intrauterine devices. Limited evidence exists on the use of SARC and long-term methods in Uganda. Data from the Africa Medical and Behavioural Sciences Organization …

  • Nearly half of adults with symptoms of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) did not seek clinical care

    Open AccessYasmin P Ogale, Caitlin E Kennedy et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Understanding treatment-seeking behavior is critical to the treatment and control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), yet current data on STI treatment seeking in low-resource settings is rare. This population-based study aimed to describe STI treatment-seeking behavior and identify factors associated with seeking treatment at a clinic among adults with STI-related symptoms in rural Uganda. The STI prevalence study (STIPS) conducted a surv…

  • In the era of universal test and treat in Uganda, recent intimate partner violence is not associated with subsequent ART use or viral suppression

    Amanda P Miller, Eileen V Pitpitan et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2023

    Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been associated with delays throughout the HIV care continuum. This study explored prospective associations between experiences of past-year IPV and two HIV care outcomes in the context of current universal test and treat guidelines using two consecutive rounds of an ongoing HIV surveillance study conducted in the Rakai region of Uganda. Longitudinal logistic regression models examined associations between IPV,…

  • Identifying longitudinal patterns of HIV treatment (dis)engagement and re-engagement from oral histories of virologically unsuppressed persons in Uganda

    Open AccessJoseph G Rosen, Neema Nakyanjo et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023References: 68

  • Overweight and obesity in south central Uganda

    Open AccessAdeoluwa Ayoola, Robert Ssekubugu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Obesity is a rapidly growing global health challenge, but there are few population-level studies from non-urban settings in sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated the prevalence of overweight (body mass index (BMI)>25 kg/m 2 ), obesity (BMI>30 kg/m 2 ), and associated factors using data from May 2018 to November 2020 from the Rakai Community Cohort Study, a population-based cohort of residents aged 15 to 49 living in forty-one fishing, trading, and agr…

  • HIV status disclosure and antiretroviral therapy adherence among children in Masaka region, Uganda

    Robert Kairania, Washington Onyango-Ouma et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2022

    HIV-infected children are now living into adolescence and early adulthood in large numbers due to the availability and increased use of antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, receipt of HIV status disclosure among children remains low. We assessed the association between disclosure of HIV status and adherence to ART among children in the Masaka region of Uganda using multivariable logistic regression with generalised linear models with Poisson lo…

  • Cardiovascular (Framingham) and type II diabetes (Finnish Diabetes) risk scores

    Open AccessRobert Ssekubugu, Fredrick Makumbi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    While most items of the FRS and FINDRISC were generally well understood, physical activity needs further clarification. It is important to consider the seasonality of fruits and vegetables, especially in rural resource-poor settings. Current risk scores will need to be locally adapted to estimate the 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes in this setting

  • Qualitative Assessment of Barriers and Facilitators of PrEP Use Before and After Rollout of a PrEP Program for Priority Populations in South-central Uganda

    Open AccessWilliam G Ddaaki, Susanne Strömdahl et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Perspectives of Women Living With HIV on Addressing Violence and Use of Alcohol During HIV Services

    Open AccessAmanda P Miller, William G Ddaaki et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2021References: 1

    The syndemic relationship between harmful alcohol use, intimate partner violence (IPV), and HIV is well established across international settings. Less is known about how these health issues are perceived by women living with HIV (WLWH), who are disproportionately affected by these intertwined epidemics. A qualitative study was undertaken with 20 WLWH in Rakai, Uganda, to assess their perceptions of how these issues have affected their lives and …

  • Not Enough Money and Too Many Thoughts

    Open AccessAmanda P Miller, Leo Ziegel et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2021Cited by: 2References: 54

    Mental health disorders account for a heavy disease burden in Uganda. In order to provide culturally appropriate mental health prevention and treatment approaches, it is necessary to understand how mental health is conceptualized in the population. Three focus group discussions (FGDs) and 31 in-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted with men and women aged 14 to 62 years residing in rural, urban, and semi-urban low-income communities in central a…

  • Transactional Sex, Alcohol Use and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the Rakai Region of Uganda

    Open AccessAmanda P Miller, Eileen V Pitpitan et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2020

  • Alcohol use in fishing communities and men’s willingness to participate in an alcohol, violence and HIV risk reduction intervention

    Erika Bonnevie, Godfrey Kigozi et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2020

    Alcohol use, intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV infection are associated, but few programmes and interventions have addressed their synergistic relationship or been evaluated for effectiveness and acceptability. This is a critical gap in populations with high rates of alcohol use, HIV and IPV, such as Uganda's fishing communities. This study examined drinking norms, barriers and facilitators to engagement in a risk reduction programme, and i…