Open Access Publications from 2021

Health, Wellbeing and Nutrition

Deconcentrating regulation in low- and middle-income country health systems: a proposed ambidextrous solution to problems with professional regulation for doctors and nurses in Kenya and Uganda​

Individual interactions in a multi-country implementation-focused quality of care network for maternal, newborn and child health: A social network analysis​

Opportunities to sustain a multi-country quality of care network: Lessons on the actions of four countries Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda

Trends in the extent and nature of food advertising targeted to children and adolescents in Uganda: the FACe-U project protocol

Individual, organizational and system circumstances, and the functioning of a multi-country implementation-focused network for maternal, newborn and child health: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda

Psychological distress and social support among conflict refugees in urban, semi-rural and rural settlements in Uganda: burden and associations

Healthworker preparedness for COVID-19 management and implementation experiences: A mixed methods study in Uganda’s refugee-hosting districts

HIV viral load suppression following intensive adherence counselling among people living with HIV on treatment at military-managed health facilities in Uganda

COVID-19 risk behaviors in humanitarian settings: A cross-sectional study among conflict refugees in Uganda

“Mine did not breastfeed”, mothers’ experiences in breastfeeding children aged 0 to 24 months with oral clefts in Uganda

Differences in adverse events related to Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision between civilian and military health facilities in Uganda

Trends in uptake of early infant diagnosis for HIV: implementation results of the Ugandan military PMTCT program

Psychological distress and social support among conflict refugees in urban, semi-urban and rural settlements in Uganda: Burden and mechanisms of association

Adapting MOVE to accelerate VMMC for HIV Prevention in Uganda’s military settings

Catherine Nakidde Nzesei

BSc. | MA | MPH | PhD ongoing

Associate Director of Programmes

Catherine Nakidde Nzesei is the Centre’s Associate Director of Programmes – providing leadership and support to the Programmes Unit across all projects, teams and associates.

Catherine is a public health specialist with graduate training in public health, health promotion and international development. A recipient of the 2022 Commonwealth Scholarship, she embarked on a PhD in public pealth at UCL which is driven by her passion for health system strengthening – and building on previous work around Strengthening Health Professional Regulation in Uganda and Kenya. Catherine’s PhD examines systems and processes for continuous quality improvement of healthcare professional training.

Catherine’s professional interests revolve around leveraging impact from effective systems and empowering vulnerable population categories to enable them to fulfil their potential – whether in a professional, community or personal setting. Some of her previous work has focused on understanding the experiences of refugees and slum dwellers in the COVID-19 pandemic as well as health system resilience. Since inception, Catherine has directly supported for several Centre projects including those on Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH), refugee health and wellbeing, Quality Improvement (QI) and livelihoods.