Rosalind Parkes‐Ratanshi

Biographic Data

ID6763502
NAMERosalind Parkes‐Ratanshi
GIVEN NAMESRosalind
FAMILY NAMEParkes‐Ratanshi
SIGNATURERATANSHI R P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Cambridge
ORCID0000-0001-9297-1311
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Ageing Healthy

    Open AccessEunice L Kyomugisha, Rachel King et al.ARTICLEINQUIRY The Journal of Health…2025

    Promoting healthy ageing would benefit from an understanding of what this means to stakeholders. We explored healthy ageing perceptions in rural and peri-urban Ugandan communities. Community dialogues, focus group discussions with older persons, community members, community-based organization leaders, key informant interviews with Ministries of Gender (2), Health (1), non-governmental organizations (3) and elderly representatives (5) were held. T…

  • Perceptions and attitudes towards unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) use for delivery of HIV medication among fisher folk communities on the Islands of Kalangala, Uganda

    Open AccessJackie Lydia Namukooli Ssemata, Rachel King et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The study aimed to assess the attitudes of stakeholders towards the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (medical drones) for delivering antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the Kalangala district of Uganda, which is comprised of 84 islands and has approximately 18,500 People Living with HIV (PLHIV). A qualitative baseline study was conducted to assess the acceptability and feasibility of using a medical drone for ART delivery in the island settlements of …

  • Understanding the barriers and facilitators of Covid-19 risk mitigation strategy adoption and Covid-19 vaccination in refugee settlements in Uganda

    Open AccessRobin E Klabbers, Timothy R Muwonge et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    World Pandemic Research Network - 490,652

  • Building Capacity for Research Ethics Committees in Uganda

    Open AccessProvia Ainembabazi, Barbara Castelnuovo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2023

    Timely communication from Research Ethics Committees (REC) to researchers is essential to meet deadlines. We conducted a capacity building program for REC members, REC and research administrators, and researchers from seven RECs in Uganda in order to improve the research regulatory approval cycle. The training was delivered from March 2020 to July 2021. Trainees were evaluated using pre and post-training tests. There was an increase in the averag…

  • Factors influencing ART adherence, acceptability and potential use of “Call for life IVR tool” among young people in rural Uganda

    Open AccessAgnes Bwanika Naggirinya, Peter Waiswa et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences & Humanities Open2022

    Young people (15–24 years) living with HIV have lower viral load suppression rates compared to older adults. The main causes of poor viral load suppression are; non-compliance to clinic visits, lack of HIV & ART knowledge, inconsistent swallowing of pills, and poor pill adherence. Persistent viremia is associated with the development of drug resistance and low immunity, which increases the risk of opportunistic infections and death. The World Hea…

  • Adherence monitoring methods to measure virological failure in people living with HIV on long-term antiretroviral therapy in Uganda

    Open AccessStephen Okoboi, Joseph Musaazi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Appointment keeping and self-report within 7-day or and 30-days recall periods are non-objective measures of antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence. We assessed incidence of virological failure (VF), predictive performance and associations of these adherence measures with VF among adults on long-term ART. Data for persons initiated on ART between April 2004 and April 2005, enrolled in a long-term ART cohort at 10-years on ART (baseline) and fol…

  • I felt very small and embarrassed by the health care provider when I requested to be tested for syphilis”

    Open AccessRichard Muhindo, Andrew Mujugira et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    HIV programs are likely to be important entry points for syphilis testing among FSW. Multi-level interventions to address testing barriers should consider focusing on these service delivery points. Extending the dual syphilis and HIV testing approach to FSW may improve testing uptake for both infections at public health facilities and decrease population-level incidence

  • High mobile phone ownership but low internet access and use among young adults attending an urban HIV clinic in Uganda

    J Wanyama, sarah Maria Nabaggala et al.ARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2018Cited by: 1References: 1

    Whilst there is increasing interest in the use of mobile phones and other technologies for improving health outcomes (mHealth), limited data exists on how young people living with HIV use these technologies to gather information and support their health. We sought to assess access and use of mobile phones and the internet among young adults living with HIV attending the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) clinic, Kampala. Data collection took pla…

  • The future of financing for HIV services in Uganda and the wider sub-Saharan Africa region

    Open AccessTom Kakaire, Walter F Schlech et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Whilst multi-lateral funding for HIV/AIDS dramatically increased from 2004 to 2008, it has largely plateaued in the last 8 years. Across sub-Saharan Africa, up to 20 % of total spending on health is used for HIV services, and of this over 85 % is estimated to come from international funding rather than in-country sources. In Uganda, the fiscal liability to maintain services for all those who are currently receiving it is estimated to be as much a…