Tom Okade

Biographic Data

ID7786222
NAMETom Okade
GIVEN NAMESTom
FAMILY NAMEOkade
SIGNATUREOKADE T
AFFILIATIONSMakerere University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Community perspectives on Covid-19 vaccine allocation ethical principles in Uganda

    Open AccessJuliet Kiguli, Lesley Rose Ninsiima et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Background: The scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines raised tough questions about who should get them first. While global guidelines stress fairness, they may overlook local realities and community voices. Without understanding these perspectives, efforts to ensure equity and build trust risk falling short. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the multifaceted perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes of community influencers in Uganda regarding COVID-19 v…

  • Perceptions, acceptability, and utilization of HIV self-testing kits among young people in urban slums in Kampala

    Open AccessMicheal Collins Segawa, Sabrina Bakeera Kitaka et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Globally, 14% of people with HIV remain undiagnosed, delaying care and prevention. Youth in urban unplanned settlements face heightened risk due to poor access, stigma, and structural barriers, with HIV prevalence twice that of other urban areas. HIV self-testing (HIVST) offers a private, convenient approach to close this gap. We conducted a mixed-methods cross-sectional study among young people aged 15–24 living in Katanga Slum, Kampala, recruit…

  • Long-term knowledge and skills retention following Helping Mothers Survive and Helping Babies Survive training in Tanzania

    Open AccessBeatrice Erastus Mwilike, Ruchius Philbert et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Background The Tanzanian Midwives Association (TAMA), in collaboration with development partners, implemented the 50,000 Happy Birthdays project (2018–2020) to improve healthcare providers' knowledge and skills in saving lives at birth through the Helping Mothers Survive (HMS) and Helping Babies Survive (HBS) training modules. Despite large-scale implementation of HMS and HBS training in Tanzania, limited evidence exists on long-term retention of…

  • Covid-19 vaccination, perceptions about the vaccine and willingness to take the vaccine among unvaccinated individuals at two Ugandan border points of entry

    Open AccessJoseph K B Matovu, Rebecca Nuwematsiko et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    COVID-19 vaccine uptake was high in this setting while nearly six out of every ten unvaccinated individuals were willing to take the vaccine. Our findings lend credence for ongoing vaccination efforts at points of entry to contain the importation of new COVID-19 variants into the country