• Cultural beliefs and practices on perinatal death: a qualitative study among the Lango community in Northern Uganda 

      Arach, Anna Agnes Ojok; Nakasujja, Noeline; Rujumba, Joseph; Mukunya, David; Odongkara, Beatrice; Musaba, Milton W.; Napyo, Agnes Kasede; Tumwine, James K; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Ndeezi, Grace; Kiguli, Juliet (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Perinatal death has profound psychosocial effects on women and their families. Sociocultural contexts influence the burden, rituals and bereaved’s support. Little is known about cultural beliefs and practices ...
    • Incidence of home delivery among women living with HIV in Lira, Northern Uganda: a prospective cohort study 

      Napyo, Agnes Kasede; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Mukunya, David; Tumuhamye, Josephine; Ndeezi, Grace; Arach, Anna Agnes Ojok; Waako, Paul; Tumwine, James K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Home delivery has been associated with mother-to-child transmission of HIV and remains high among HIV-infected women. Predictors for home delivery in the context of HIV have not been fully studied and understood ...
    • “Your heart keeps bleeding”: lived experiences of parents with a perinatal death in Northern Uganda 

      Arach, Anna Agnes Ojok; Kiguli, Juliet; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Nakasujja, Noeline; Mukunya, David; Musaba, Milton W.; Napyo, Agnes Kasede; Tumwine, James K; Ndeezi, Grace; Rujumba, Joseph (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-15)
      Background: Worldwide, two million babies are stillborn and 1.8 million babies die before completing seven days of life. Approximately 4% of pregnant women in Uganda experience perinatal death. The response following a ...