Anne Katahoire

Biographic Data

ID7025659
NAMEAnne Katahoire
GIVEN NAMESAnne
FAMILY NAMEKatahoire
SIGNATUREKATAHOIRE A
AFFILIATIONSMakerere University
ORCID0000-0003-3520-070X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS26
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT26
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Intersecting stigmas

    Rehema Namaganda, David Kyaddondo et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    The population of older persons living with HIV is growing globally, yet their lived experiences - particularly regarding stigma and age-based discrimination - remain insufficiently explored. This study examines how intersecting stigmas of HIV and ageism shape the care experiences of older adults accessing HIV care in Uganda. Using a qualitative approach, we conducted in-depth interviews with 30 older persons (aged 50 and above) on antiretroviral…

  • Harnessing HIV clinics to deliver integrated hypertension care for People living with HIV in Uganda

    Open AccessFred C Semitala, Florence Ayebare et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Access to antiretroviral therapy has led to better treatment outcomes for aging people living with HIV worldwide. However, in Uganda and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, PLHIV with comorbidities like hypertension experience fragmented healthcare access, despite existing guidelines for the integration of non-communicable diseases into HIV care. We assessed knowledge, attitudes, and practices of PLHIV regarding hypertension care, and their percep…

  • Female sex worker preferences for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis delivery in Uganda

    Open AccessRuth Mpirirwe, Rita Makabayi‐Mugabe et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Cisgender female sex workers (FSWs) in sub-Saharan Africa have a high risk of HIV acquisition, highlighting the need for innovative approaches to expand coverage of evidence-based HIV prevention methods, including oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Our study aimed to identify FSWs’ preferences for a PrEP delivery model with structured choices for delivery location, services offered, and adherence support. We conducted a discrete choice experim…

  • The Lived Experiences of Unhealthy Alcohol Use among Young People with HIV in Southwestern Uganda

    Open AccessRaymond Odokonyero, Wilson Winstons Muhwezi et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    Unhealthy alcohol use among adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYAH), is common and poses risks to their health and social wellbeing. However, research that explores comorbid unhealthy drinking and HIV among AYAH is limited in Uganda. We conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with 14 AYAH who self-reported current alcohol use, recruited from the adolescent immunosuppression (ISS) clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in S…

  • Current out of pocket care costs among HIV and hypertension co-morbid patients in urban and peri-urban Uganda

    Open AccessDrew Cameron, Lillian Morrell et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Background Despite improvements to the cascade of HIV care in East Africa, access to care for non-communicable disease co-morbidities like hypertension (HTN) remains a persistent problem. The integration of care for these conditions presents an opportunity to achieve efficiencies in delivery as well as decrease overall costs for patients. This study aims to build evidence on the burden of current out-of-pocket costs of care among HIV-HTN co-morbi…

  • Evaluating the implementation of weekly rifapentine-isoniazid (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda

    Open AccessAllan Musinguzi, Joan Ritar Kasidi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Three months of isoniazid-rifapentine (3HP) is being scaled up for tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment (TPT) among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in high-burden settings. More evidence is needed to identify factors influencing successful 3HP delivery. We conducted a qualitative assessment of 3HP delivery nested within the 3HP Options Trial, which compared three optimized strategies for delivering 3HP: facilitated directly observed therapy (DOT…

  • Village health team-delivered oral HIV self-testing increases linkage-to-care and antiretroviral-therapy initiation among men in Uganda

    Joanita Nangendo, Fred C Semitala et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    Targeted strategies are central to increasing HIV-status awareness and progress on the care cascade among men. We implemented Village-Health-Team (VHT)-delivered HIV self-testing (HIVST) among men in a peri-urban Ugandan district and assessed linkage to confirmatory-testing, antiretroviral-therapy (ART) initiation and HIV-status disclosure following HIVST. We conducted a prospective cohort study from November 2018 to June 2019 and enrolled 1628 m…

  • Self-care and healthcare seeking practices among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda

    Open AccessAndrew K Tusubira, Isaac Ssinabulya et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Background Implementing effective self-care practices for non-communicable diseases (NCD) prevents complications and morbidity. However, scanty evidence exists among patients in rural sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We sought to describe and compare existing self-care practices among patients with hypertension (HTN) and diabetes (DM) in rural Uganda. Methods Between April and August 2019, we executed a cross-sectional investigation involving 385 adult …

  • Perspectives of people living with HIV on barriers to timely ART initiation following referral for antiretroviral therapy

    Open AccessMicheal Kiyingi, Joaniter I Nankabirwa et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after HIV diagnosis prevents HIV transmission, progression of HIV to AIDS and improves quality of life. However, little is known about the barriers to timely ART initiation among patients who test HIV positive in settings different from where they will receive HIV treatment, hence are referred in the routine setting. Therefore, we explored the perspectives of people living with HIV on barriers face…

  • Uptake and perceptions of oral HIV self-testing delivered by village health teams among men in Central Uganda

    Open AccessJoanita Nangendo, Anne R Katahoire et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends HIV self-testing (HIVST) to increase access to and utilization of HIV services among underserved populations. We assessed the uptake and perceptions of oral HIVST delivered by Village Health Teams (VHTs) among men in a peri-urban district in Central Uganda. We used a concurrent parallel mixed methods study design and analyzed data from 1628 men enrolled in a prospective cohort in Mpigi district, Cent…

  • Transformed through the Carta experience

    Open AccessAnne Katahoire, Anne Ruhweza Katahoire et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2023

    Transformative learning occurs when a person, group, or larger social unit encounters ideas that are at odds with their prevailing perspective. This discrepant perspective can lead to an examination of previously held beliefs, values, and assumptions. The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) has since 2011 been training and supporting faculty from different African universities, to become more reflective and productive rese…

  • Acceptability of an adapted mindfulness and acceptance-based intervention to support adolescents with HIV

    Open AccessKhamisi Musanje, Moses R Kamya et al.ARTICLEJournal of Contextual Behavioral…2023

    While the adaptation of evidence-based psychosocial support tailors the intervention components to the targeted context, minimizing the associated costs of developing new interventions for low-income contexts, the acceptability of such adapted interventions is important for augmenting successful implementation and sustainability. Given that psychosocial support to persons living with HIV is mostly rendered by healthcare providers, their acceptanc…

  • Determinants of testing for HIV among young people in Uganda. A nested, explanatory-sequential study

    Open AccessDennis Kalibbala, Steven Kiwuwa Mpungu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Awareness of HIV serostatus helps individuals calibrate behaviour or link to care. Globally, young people (15-24years) contribute over 30% of new HIV infections. Despite progress in enhancing access to HIV services, HIV testing among young people in Uganda is below target. We determined the prevalence and factors influencing HIV testing among young people in a peri-urban district with the highest proportion of young people. We conducted a nested …

  • Facilitating high quality acute care in resource-constrained environments

    Open AccessFelix Limbani, Olive Kabajaasi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Sepsis is a major global health problem, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Improving patient care requires that healthcare providers understand patients’ priorities and provide quality care within the confines of the context they work. We report the perspectives of patients, caregivers and healthcare workers regarding care quality for patients admitted for sepsis to public hospitals in Uganda and Malawi. This qualitative descriptive study in two …

  • Perceptions, preferences, and experiences of tuberculosis education and counselling among patients and providers in Kampala, Uganda

    Open AccessIrene Ayakaka, Mari Armstrong‐Hough et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2022

    Tuberculosis (TB) education seeks to increase patient knowledge about TB, while TB counselling seeks to offer tailored advice and support for medication adherence. While universally recommended, little is known about how to provide effective, efficient, patient-centred TB education and counselling (TEC) in low-income, high HIV-TB burden settings. We sought to characterise stakeholder perceptions of TEC in a public, primary care facility in Kampal…

  • Factors associated with willingness to use oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a fisher-folk community in peri-urban Kampala, Uganda

    Open AccessBashir Ssuna, Anne Katahoire et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Oral PrEP was widely acceptable among members of fishing communities in peri-urban Kampala. Programs for scaling-up PrEP for fisherfolk should merge HIV testing services with sensitization about PrEP and also increase means of awareness of PrEP as an HIV preventive strategy

  • Child health and the implementation of Community and District-management Empowerment for Scale-up (Codes) in Uganda

    Open AccessPeter Waiswa, Flavia Mpanga et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: Uganda's district-level administrative units buttress the public healthcare system. In many districts, however, local capacity is incommensurate with that required to plan and implement quality health interventions. This study investigates how a district management strategy informed by local data and community dialogue influences health services. METHODS: A 3-year randomised controlled trial (RCT) comprised of 16 Ugandan districts t…

  • Effective supervision of doctoral students in public and population health in Africa

    Open AccessJude Igumbor, E N Bosire et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2020

    The quality and success of postgraduate education largely rely on effective supervision. Since its inception in 2008, the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) has been at the forefront of providing training to both students and supervisors in the field of public and population health. However, there are few studies on supervisors' perceptions on effective doctoral supervision. We used a mostly descriptive study design to re…

  • Experiences and intentions of Ugandan household tuberculosis contacts receiving test results via text message

    Open AccessJoseph Ggita, Joseph M Ggita et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Household contacts experienced relief when they received results. However, they were less confident about results delivered via SMS than results delivered by LHWs. Delivery of results by SMS should complement continued interaction with LHWs, not replace them

  • Effects of a School-Based Intervention on Frequency and Quality of Adolescent-Parent/Caregiver Sexuality Communication

    Open AccessAnne Katahoire, Anne Ruhweza Katahoire et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018

  • Communication in the Context of Family Caregiving

    Open AccessPhoebe Kajubi, Anne R Katahoire et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2016

    It is important to consider the complexities of family dynamics when deciding when and how to communicate with HIV-infected children about their illness and treatment. Previous research has focused on providers’ and caregivers’ perspectives on whether, when and how to disclose HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment to HIV-infected children. From the perspective of HIV-infected children, communication does not mean just giving information about illness …

  • Understanding Low Uptake of Mass Treatment for Intestinal Schistosomiasis Among School Children

    Open AccessSIMON MUHUMUZA, Annette Olsen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2015

    Despite attempts to control intestinal schistosomiasis through school-based mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel using school teachers in Uganda, less than 30% of the school children take the treatment in some areas. The aim of the study was to understand why the uptake of praziquantel among school children is low and to suggest strategies for improved uptake. This was a cross-sectional qualitative study in which 24 focus group discus…

  • Improving child survival through a district management strengthening and community empowerment intervention

    Open AccessAnne Katahoire, Anne Ruhweza Katahoire et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    The UNICEF tools were adopted at district level and generally well perceived by the DHTs. The limited resources and fiscal decision space however can hinder implementation of prioritized activities. Community dialogues based on CRCs can bring service providers and the community together but need to be embedded in existing community structures for sustainability

  • Disclosure of HIV test results by women to their partners following antenatal HIV testing

    Open AccessAnthony Batte, Anne Katahoire et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Disclosure of HIV test results to sexual partners in this group of women was relatively high. The results suggest that having a sexual partner who had also tested probably made it easier to disclose the woman's HIV status. Other predictors of disclosure were secondary education and above and having attended more antenatal care visits. These findings suggest the need for promotion of sexual partner HIV testing, improvement of literacy levels of wo…

  • Promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in southern and eastern Africa (PREPARE)

    Open AccessLeif Edvard Aarø, Catherine Mathews et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Controlled Trials ISRCTN56270821 (Cape Town); Controlled Trials ISRCTN10386599 (Limpopo); Clinical Trials NCT01772628 (Kampala); Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12613000900718 (Dar es Salaam)