Charles Lwanga
Biographic Data
| ID | 232612 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Lwanga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles |
| FAMILY NAME | Lwanga |
| SIGNATURE | LWANGA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Makerere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4453-0276 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hypertension is a marker of the micro-epidemiologic transition in ageing HIV populations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania (Africos, 2013–2023)
Although mortality among people living with HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa has decreased with antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up, the demographic consequences remain underexamined. Using ten years of longitudinal data from the African Cohort Study (AFRICOS; 2013–2023) in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, we estimated the association of hypertension with all-cause mortality among adults aged ≥ 40 years. We combined decremental life-table analysis …
A risky coping strategy
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) attracts some of the most vulnerable populations, including females who constitute close to half of the labor force. Among this group are adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who, driven by poverty, engage in risky sexual behaviors that are detrimental to their health. The situation was dire during the COVID-19 lockdown. This paper examines the determinants of multiple sexual partnerships (MSPs) (operatio…
Willingness to Use Long-Acting Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kampala, Uganda
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has proven to be a powerful tool in preventing HIV infection. There is limited information about the factors associated with willingness to use different PrEP modalities among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Africa. We assessed willingness to use long-acting injectable PrEP (LAI-PrEP) among 14-24-year-old AGYW at high risk of HIV in Uganda, and associated factors determined using multivariable complement…
Sonic contours of modernity in Buganda, Uganda
In 1993, President Yoweri Museveni restored traditional kingship in Uganda following the abrogation of the 1962 independence constitution by Prime Minister Milton Obote in 1966. This development was in response to the return of relative but precarious peace after several military regimes, including that of General Tito Lutwa, which was overthrown in 1986 ushering in Museveni’s presidency. The restoration of traditional institutions in Uganda coin…
Watch Your Tone
Music enhances participation in emerging democracies where the rights of association, assemblage, and and the freedom of expression are suppressed by the state apparatus meant to guarantee them in the first place. Ugandan Afropop musician and politician, Robert Kyagulanya (aka Bobi Wine), composed the song "Tugambire ku Jennifer" (Tell Jennifer on Our Behalf), which articulated the social aspirations of Kampala's street vendors. The song's meanin…
Socioeconomic inequalities in food purchasing practices and expenditure patterns
Introduction Socioeconomic inequalities contribute to poor health. Inequitable access to diverse and healthy foods can be a risk factor for non-communicable diseases, especially in individuals of low socioeconomic status. We examined the extent of socioeconomic inequalities in food purchasing practices, expenditure, and consumption in a resource-poor setting in Kenya. Methods We conducted a secondary analysis of baseline cross-sectional data from…
Caesarean delivery in Uganda
The aim of this paper was to assess the association between non-clinical factors and Caesarean delivery in Uganda. Self-reported data from the individual recode file were extracted from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS), with a sub sample of 9929 women aged 15-49 with a recent birth in the last 5 years preceding the survey. Chi-square tests and multivariate comlementary log-log regression models were used to examine the relatio…
Comparing travel behaviour characteristics and correlates between large and small Kenyan cities (Nairobi versus Kisumu)
Understanding urban travel behaviour is crucial for planning healthy and sustainable cities. Africa is urbanising at one of the fastest rates in the world and urgently needs this knowledge. However, the data and literature on urban travel behaviour, their correlates, and their variation across African cities are limited. We aimed to describe and compare travel behaviour characteristics and correlates of two Kenyan cities (Nairobi and Kisumu). We …
Is cohabitation as a form of union formation a licence to intimate partner physical violence in Uganda
The study examined the argument that cohabitation as a form of union increases physical violence victimization among women. The study’s aim was to assess the association between physical violence and other socio-demographic factors that influence physical violence among women. Self-reported data were extracted from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS), with a sample of 2479 couples, from the couple file. Chi-squared tests and mult…
Navigating the local foodscape
This study demonstrated that understanding dietary preferences are complex. Future interventions should not only consider intrapersonal and interpersonal influences when aiming to promote healthy eating among communities but also need to target the community and macro environments. This means that nutrition promotion strategies should focus on multiple levels of influence that broaden options for interventions. However, government interventions i…
Ugandan Music in the Marketing Era
Discourses in African Musicology
Book Review| July 01 2019 Discourses in African Musicology: J. H. Kwabena Nketia Festschrift Discourses in African Musicology: J. H. Kwabena Nketia Festschrift. Kwasi Ampene, Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Godwin K. Adjei, and Albert K. Awedoba, eds. 2015. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan; Legon: University of Ghana. 603 pp., photographs, figures, musical examples, song texts, translations, appendices, endnotes, references. Available at https://www.publ…
Dynamics of Women's Autonomy in Household Decision-Making in Ghana
This study examines dynamics of women's autonomy in household decision-making in Ghana. Using 57 in-depth interviews with married women and men, purposively selected in Accra (Greater Accra region) and Tamale (Northern region) reveal that culture and religion shape power structures and gender roles in household decision-making. Important in the socialisation process are religious institutions that reinforce the status quo in household decision-ma…
Cohabitation and Union Dissolution in Central Uganda
The aim of this paper was to establish whether the differences in the risks of union dissolution between cohabitors and non-cohabitors in Uganda have converged over time using event history data. Data were collected in 2013 from 1200 women in central Uganda using retrospective methods. Of these, 839 provided information on three types of first union: women who married directly (without first cohabiting), those who married following cohabitation a…
Dynamics of Women's Autonomy in Household Decision-Making in Ghana
This study examines dynamics of women's autonomy in household decision-making in Ghana. Using 57 in-depth interviews with married women and men, purposively selected in Accra (Greater Accra region) and Tamale (Northern region) reveal that culture and religion shape power structures and gender roles in household decision-making. Important in the socialisation process are religious institutions that reinforce the status quo in household decision-ma…
Comparing travel behaviour characteristics and correlates between large and small Kenyan cities (Nairobi versus Kisumu)
Understanding urban travel behaviour is crucial for planning healthy and sustainable cities. Africa is urbanising at one of the fastest rates in the world and urgently needs this knowledge. However, the data and literature on urban travel behaviour, their correlates, and their variation across African cities are limited. We aimed to describe and compare travel behaviour characteristics and correlates of two Kenyan cities (Nairobi and Kisumu). We …
Cohabitation and Union Dissolution in Central Uganda
The aim of this paper was to establish whether the differences in the risks of union dissolution between cohabitors and non-cohabitors in Uganda have converged over time using event history data. Data were collected in 2013 from 1200 women in central Uganda using retrospective methods. Of these, 839 provided information on three types of first union: women who married directly (without first cohabiting), those who married following cohabitation a…
Discourses in African Musicology
Book Review| July 01 2019 Discourses in African Musicology: J. H. Kwabena Nketia Festschrift Discourses in African Musicology: J. H. Kwabena Nketia Festschrift. Kwasi Ampene, Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Godwin K. Adjei, and Albert K. Awedoba, eds. 2015. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan; Legon: University of Ghana. 603 pp., photographs, figures, musical examples, song texts, translations, appendices, endnotes, references. Available at https://www.publ…
Dynamics of Women's Autonomy in Household Decision-Making in Ghana
This study examines dynamics of women's autonomy in household decision-making in Ghana. Using 57 in-depth interviews with married women and men, purposively selected in Accra (Greater Accra region) and Tamale (Northern region) reveal that culture and religion shape power structures and gender roles in household decision-making. Important in the socialisation process are religious institutions that reinforce the status quo in household decision-ma…
Ugandan Music in the Marketing Era
Is cohabitation as a form of union formation a licence to intimate partner physical violence in Uganda
The study examined the argument that cohabitation as a form of union increases physical violence victimization among women. The study’s aim was to assess the association between physical violence and other socio-demographic factors that influence physical violence among women. Self-reported data were extracted from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS), with a sample of 2479 couples, from the couple file. Chi-squared tests and mult…
Navigating the local foodscape
This study demonstrated that understanding dietary preferences are complex. Future interventions should not only consider intrapersonal and interpersonal influences when aiming to promote healthy eating among communities but also need to target the community and macro environments. This means that nutrition promotion strategies should focus on multiple levels of influence that broaden options for interventions. However, government interventions i…
Socioeconomic inequalities in food purchasing practices and expenditure patterns
Introduction Socioeconomic inequalities contribute to poor health. Inequitable access to diverse and healthy foods can be a risk factor for non-communicable diseases, especially in individuals of low socioeconomic status. We examined the extent of socioeconomic inequalities in food purchasing practices, expenditure, and consumption in a resource-poor setting in Kenya. Methods We conducted a secondary analysis of baseline cross-sectional data from…
Caesarean delivery in Uganda
The aim of this paper was to assess the association between non-clinical factors and Caesarean delivery in Uganda. Self-reported data from the individual recode file were extracted from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS), with a sub sample of 9929 women aged 15-49 with a recent birth in the last 5 years preceding the survey. Chi-square tests and multivariate comlementary log-log regression models were used to examine the relatio…
Comparing travel behaviour characteristics and correlates between large and small Kenyan cities (Nairobi versus Kisumu)
Understanding urban travel behaviour is crucial for planning healthy and sustainable cities. Africa is urbanising at one of the fastest rates in the world and urgently needs this knowledge. However, the data and literature on urban travel behaviour, their correlates, and their variation across African cities are limited. We aimed to describe and compare travel behaviour characteristics and correlates of two Kenyan cities (Nairobi and Kisumu). We …
Watch Your Tone
Music enhances participation in emerging democracies where the rights of association, assemblage, and and the freedom of expression are suppressed by the state apparatus meant to guarantee them in the first place. Ugandan Afropop musician and politician, Robert Kyagulanya (aka Bobi Wine), composed the song "Tugambire ku Jennifer" (Tell Jennifer on Our Behalf), which articulated the social aspirations of Kampala's street vendors. The song's meanin…
Willingness to Use Long-Acting Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kampala, Uganda
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has proven to be a powerful tool in preventing HIV infection. There is limited information about the factors associated with willingness to use different PrEP modalities among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Africa. We assessed willingness to use long-acting injectable PrEP (LAI-PrEP) among 14-24-year-old AGYW at high risk of HIV in Uganda, and associated factors determined using multivariable complement…
Sonic contours of modernity in Buganda, Uganda
In 1993, President Yoweri Museveni restored traditional kingship in Uganda following the abrogation of the 1962 independence constitution by Prime Minister Milton Obote in 1966. This development was in response to the return of relative but precarious peace after several military regimes, including that of General Tito Lutwa, which was overthrown in 1986 ushering in Museveni’s presidency. The restoration of traditional institutions in Uganda coin…
Hypertension is a marker of the micro-epidemiologic transition in ageing HIV populations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania (Africos, 2013–2023)
Although mortality among people living with HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa has decreased with antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up, the demographic consequences remain underexamined. Using ten years of longitudinal data from the African Cohort Study (AFRICOS; 2013–2023) in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, we estimated the association of hypertension with all-cause mortality among adults aged ≥ 40 years. We combined decremental life-table analysis …
A risky coping strategy
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) attracts some of the most vulnerable populations, including females who constitute close to half of the labor force. Among this group are adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who, driven by poverty, engage in risky sexual behaviors that are detrimental to their health. The situation was dire during the COVID-19 lockdown. This paper examines the determinants of multiple sexual partnerships (MSPs) (operatio…
Sociology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Socioeconomics (4 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (3 works)