Peter Milton Rukundo

Biographic Data

ID6461248
NAMEPeter Milton Rukundo
GIVEN NAMESPeter Milton
FAMILY NAMERukundo
SIGNATURERUKUNDO P M
AFFILIATIONSKyambogo University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Mapping of outdoor food and beverage advertising around primary and secondary schools in Kampala city, Uganda

    Open AccessOumy Erica Wie Dia, Anne Lene Løvhaug et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The widespread extent of unhealthy food and beverage advertisements around primary and secondary schools highlights the need for food marketing regulation in Uganda, in line with the World Health Organization's recommendations, to ensure that young people are protected from unhealthy food marketing

  • Realization of the right to adequate food and the nutritional status of land evictees

    Open AccessAziiza Nahalomo, Per Ole Iversen et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2018

    BACKGROUND: In developing countries like Uganda, the human right to adequate food (RtAF) is inextricably linked to access to land for households to feed themselves directly through production or means for its procurement. Whether RtAF is enjoyed among Ugandan land evictees, is unknown. We therefore explored this among land evictees (rights-holders) in Wakiso and Mpigi districts in rural Central Uganda. We assessed food accessibility and related c…

  • Food variety consumption and household food insecurity coping strategies after the 2010 landslide disaster – the case of Uganda

    Open AccessPeter Milton Rukundo, Arne Oshaug et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016

    Objective To evaluate the nutritional situation of the victims of the 2010 landslide disaster in Uganda, food varieties consumed and coping strategies were assessed. Design Cross-sectional. Food variety scores (FVS) were obtained as the total of food items eaten over the last week while an index was based on severity weighting of household food insecurity coping strategies. We included 545 affected and 533 control households. Setting Victims in t…

  • Perceptions on the right to adequate food after a major landslide disaster

    Open AccessPeter Milton Rukundo, Per Ole Iversen et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2015

    BACKGROUND: Despite the instruments on the right to adequate food adopted by the United Nations, there exists limited information on how this right is perceived. Following a major 2010 landslide disaster in the Bududa district of Eastern Uganda and the resettlement of some affected households into the Kiryandongo district in Western Uganda, we surveyed both districts to explore perceptions about the right to adequate food among households with di…

  • Food as a human right during disasters in Uganda

    Open AccessPeter Milton Rukundo, Per Ole Iversen et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2014Cited by: 1References: 5

    Natural and human induced disasters are a threat to food security, economic progress and livelihoods in Uganda. However, we have limited knowledge regarding the putative role of the human rights dimension to the impact and management of such tragedies. In this article we assessed the present policies, legislation and institutional capabilities to ascertain whether they could assure the right to adequate food during disaster situations in Uganda. …