Publications

1. Ssekamatte, T., Isunju, J.B., Mutyoba, J.N., Tetui, M., Mugambe, R.K., Nalugya, A., Kansiime, W.K., Kitchen, C., Brenda, W., Oputan, P. and Bukenya, J.N., 2022. Predictors of Hepatitis B screening and vaccination status of young psychoactive substance users in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda. Plos one, 17(5), p.e0267953.
2. Ssekamatte, T., Mukama, T., Kibira, S.P., Ndejjo, R., Bukenya, J.N., Kimoga, Z.P.A., Etajak, S., Nuwematsiko, R., Buregyeya, E., Ssempebwa, J.C. and Isunju, J.B., 2020. Hepatitis B screening and vaccination status of healthcare providers in Wakiso district, Uganda. PloS one, 15(7), p.e0235470.
3. Ssekamatte, T., Nalugya, A., Mugambe, R.K., Wagaba, B., Nakalembe, D., Mutebi, A., Bagonza, R.A., Tigaiza, A., Kansiime, W.K., Ssempala, R. and Wafula, S.T., 2023. Prevalence and predictors of sex under the influence of psychoactive substances among young people in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda. BMC public health, 23(1), pp.1-13.
4. Muyanga, N., Isunju, J.B., Ssekamatte, T., Nalugya, A., Oputan, P., Kiguli, J., Kibira, S.P.S., Wafula, S.T., Ssekamatte, D., Mugambe, R.K. and Wanyenze, R.K., 2023. Understanding the effect of gender-based violence on uptake and utilisation of HIV prevention, treatment, and care services among transgender women: a qualitative study in the greater Kampala metropolitan area, Uganda. BMC women’s health, 23(1), pp.1-13.
5. Nanono, J., Neupane, D., Ssekamatte, T., Ahumuza, E., Kasujja, F.X. and Rutebemberwa, E., 2023. Peer Reviewed: Service Availability and Readiness of Primary Care Health Facilities Offering Hypertension Diagnosis Services in Wakiso District, Uganda, 2019. Preventing Chronic Disease, 20.
6. Ssekamatte, T., Isunju, J.B., Nalugya, A., Mugambe, R.K., Kalibala, P., Musewa, A., Bikaako, W., Nattimba, M., Tigaiza, A., Nakalembe, D. and Osuret, J., 2022. Using the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle to explore the extent of application of one health competencies to solving global health challenges; a tracer study among AFROHUN-Uganda alumni. Globalization and Health, 18(1), pp.1-13.
7. Kansiime, W.K., Mugambe, R.K., Atusingwize, E., Wafula, S.T., Nsereko, V., Ssekamatte, T., Nalugya, A., Coker, E.S., Ssempebwa, J.C. and Isunju, J.B., 2022. Use of biomass fuels predicts indoor particulate matter and carbon monoxide concentrations; evidence from an informal urban settlement in Fort Portal city, Uganda. BMC Public Health, 22(1), p.1723.
8. Isunju, J.B., Wafula, S.T., Ndejjo, R., Nuwematsiko, R., Bakkabulindi, P., Nalugya, A., Ssekamatte, T., Muleme, J., Kimara, W.K., Kibira, S.P., Nakiggala, J. and Mugambe, R.K., 2022. Awareness of hepatitis B post-exposure prophylaxis among healthcare providers in Wakiso district, Central Uganda. Plos one, 17(6), p.e0270181.
9. Ssekamatte, T., Mugambe, R.K., Nalugya, A., Isunju, J.B., Kalibala, P., Musewa, A., Bikaako, W., Nattimba, M., Tigaiza, A., Nakalembe, D. and Osuret, J., 2022. Employment status of AFROHUN-Uganda one health alumni, and facilitators and barriers to application of the one health approach: a tracer study. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), p.1205.
10. Ssekamatte, T., Nalugya, A., Isunju, J.B., Naume, M., Oputan, P., Kiguli, J., Wafula, S.T., Kibira, S.P.S., Ssekamatte, D., Orza, L. and Mugambe, R.K., 2022. Help-seeking and challenges faced by transwomen following exposure to gender-based violence; a qualitative study in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, Uganda. International journal for equity in health, 21(1), pp.1-14.
11. Wafula, S.T., Nalugya, A., Kananura, R.M., Mugambe, R.K., Kyangwa, M., Isunju, J.B., Kyobe, B., Ssekamatte, T., Namutamba, S., Namazzi, G. and Ekirapa, E.K., 2022. Effect of community-level intervention on antenatal care attendance: a quasi-experimental study among postpartum women in Eastern Uganda. Global health action, 15(1), p.2141312.
12. Mugambe, R.K., Nuwematsiko, R., Ssekamatte, T., Nkurunziza, A.G., Wagaba, B., Isunju, J.B., Wafula, S.T., Nabaasa, H., Katongole, C.B., Atuyambe, L.M. and Buregyeya, E., 2022. Drivers of Solid Waste Segregation and Recycling in Kampala Slums, Uganda: A Qualitative Exploration Using the Behavior Centered Design Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), p.10947.
13. Isunju, J.B., Ssekamatte, T., Wanyenze, R., Mselle, J.S., Wafula, S.T., Kansiime, W.K., Bateganya, N.L., Nalugya, A., Wagaba, B., Denny, L. and McGriff, J.A., 2022. Analysis of management systems for sustainability of infection prevention and control, and water sanitation and hygiene in healthcare facilities in the Greater Kampala Area, Uganda. PLOS Water, 1(5), p.e0000021.
14. Kayiwa, D., Sembuche Mselle, J., Isunju, J.B., Ssekamatte, T., Tsebeni Wafula, S., Muleme, J., Ssempebwa, J., Namanya, E., Bateganya, N.L., Yakubu, H. and K. Mugambe, R., 2022. Determinants of hygiene practices among mothers seeking delivery services from healthcare facilities in the Kampala metropolitan area, Uganda. International journal of environmental health research, 32(2), pp.292-304.
15. Nalugya, A., Kiguli, J., Wafula, S.T., Nuwematsiko, R., Mugambe, R.K., Oputan, P., Tigaiza, A., Isunju, J.B. and Ssekamatte, T., 2022. Knowledge, attitude and practices related to the use of personal protective equipment among welders in small-scale metal workshops in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District, Uganda. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 10(1), pp.731-747.
16. Ssekamatte, T., Mugambe, R.K., Nalugya, A., Isunju, J.B., Matovu, J.K., Kansiime, W.K., Balugaba, B.E., Oputan, P., Tigaiza, A., Wafula, S.T. and Kibira, S.P., 2022. Predictors of consistent condom use among young psychoactive substance users in Kampala’s informal settlements, Uganda. Dialogues in Health, 1, p.100080.
17. Matovu, J.K., Kabwama, S.N., Ssekamatte, T., Ssenkusu, J. and Wanyenze, R.K., 2021. COVID-19 awareness, adoption of COVID-19 preventive measures, and effects of COVID-19 lockdown among adolescent boys and young men in Kampala, Uganda. Journal of community health, pp.1-12.
18. Mguni, P., van Vliet, B., Spaargaren, G., Nakirya, D., Osuret, J., Isunju, J.B., Ssekamatte, T. and Mugambe, R., 2020. What could go wrong with cooking? Exploring vulnerability at the water, energy and food Nexus in Kampala through a social practices lens. Global Environmental Change, 63, p.102086.
19. Ssekamatte, T., Tetui, M., Kibira, S.P., Isunju, J.B., Mugambe, R.K., Nabiwemba, E., Wafula, S.T., Buregyeya, E. and Bukenya, J.N., 2020. Multiple sexual partnerships and associated factors among young psychoactive-substance-users in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda. PloS one, 15(10), p.e0239323.
20. Isabirye, N., Bukenya, J.N., Nakafeero, M., Ssekamatte, T., Guwatudde, D. and Fawzi, W., 2020. Dietary diversity and associated factors among adolescents in eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 20(1), pp.1-8.
21. Ssekamatte, T., Isunju, J.B., Naume, M., Buregyeya, E., Mugambe, R.K., Wanyenze, R.K. and Bukenya, J.N., 2020. Barriers to access and utilisation of HIV/STIs prevention and care services among trans-women sex workers in the greater Kampala metropolitan area, Uganda. BMC infectious diseases, 20, pp.1-15.
22. Kayiwa, D., Mugambe, R.K., Mselle, J.S., Isunju, J.B., Ssempebwa, J.C., Wafula, S.T., Ndejjo, R., Kansiime, W.K., Nalugya, A., Wagaba, B. Ssekamatte, T., and Zziwa, J.B., 2020. Assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene service availability in healthcare facilities in the greater Kampala metropolitan area, Uganda. BMC Public Health, 20(1), pp.1-11.
23. Bukenya, J.N., Nakafeero, M., Ssekamatte, T., Isabirye, N., Guwatudde, D. and Fawzi, W.W., 2020. Sexual behaviours among adolescents in a rural setting in eastern Uganda: a cross‐sectional study. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 25(1), pp.81-88.
24. Mugambe, R.K., Yakubu, H., Wafula, S.T., Ssekamatte, T., Kasasa, S., Isunju, J.B., Halage, A.A., Osuret, J., Bwire, C., Ssempebwa, J.C. and Wang, Y., 2021. Factors associated with health facility deliveries among mothers living in hospital catchment areas in Rukungiri and Kanungu districts, Uganda. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 21, pp.1-10.
25. Mugambe, R.K., Yakubu, H., Wafula, S.T., Ssekamatte, T., Kasasa, S., Isunju, J.B., Halage, A.A., Osuret, J., Bwire, C., Ssempebwa, J.C. and Wang, Y., 2021. Factors associated with health facility deliveries among mothers living in hospital catchment areas in Rukungiri and Kanungu districts, Uganda. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 21, pp.1-10.
26. Buregyeya, E., Atusingwize, E., Nsamba, P., Nalwadda, C., Osuret, J., Kalibala, P., Nuwamanya, R., Okech, S., Ssekamatte, T., Nitumusiima, S. and Wakabi, T., 2021. Lessons from a community based interdisciplinary learning exposure: benefits for both students and communities in Uganda. BMC Medical Education, 21(1), pp.1-13.
27. Ssekamatte, T., Isunju, J.B., Zirimala, P.A.K., Etajak, S., Kamukama, S., Seviiri, M., Nakafeero, M., Nalugya, A., Tsebeni Wafula, S., Atusingwize, E. and Bukenya, J.N., 2021. A positive attitude among primary healthcare providers predicts better hepatitis B prevention practices: evidence from a cross-sectional survey in Wakiso district, Central Uganda. Health psychology and behavioral medicine, 9(1), pp.298-314.
28. Mugambe, R.K., Mselle, J.S., Ssekamatte, T., Ntanda, M., Isunju, J.B., Wafula, S.T., Kansiime, W.K., Isubikalu, P., Ssemwanga, D., Yakubu, H. and Moe, C.L., 2021. Impact of mhealth messages and environmental cues on hand hygiene practice among healthcare workers in the greater Kampala metropolitan area, Uganda: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial. BMC health services research, 21, pp.1-12.
29. Ssekamatte, T., Isunju, J.B., Balugaba, B.E., Nakirya, D., Osuret, J., Mguni, P., Mugambe, R. and van Vliet, B., 2019. Opportunities and barriers to effective operation and maintenance of public toilets in informal settlements: perspectives from toilet operators in Kampala. International journal of environmental health research, 29(4), pp.359-370.
30. Masanja, V., Wafula, S.T., Ssekamatte, T., Isunju, J.B., Mugambe, R.K. and Van Hal, G., 2021. Trends and correlates of sexually transmitted infections among sexually active Ugandan female youths: evidence from three demographic and health surveys, 2006–2016. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21(1), pp.1-13.
31. Wafula, S.T., Nalugya, A., Kananura, R.M., Mugambe, R.K., Kyangwa, M., Isunju, J.B., Kyobe, B., Ssekamatte, T., Namutamba, S., Namazzi, G. and Ekirapa, E.K., 2022. Effect of community-level intervention on antenatal care attendance: a quasi-experimental study among postpartum women in Eastern Uganda. Global health action, 15(1), p.2141312.
32. Ssekamatte, T., Kibira, S.P., Tetui, M., Isunju, J.B., Mugambe, R.K., Wafula, S.T., Buregyeya, E., Nalwadda, C.K., Bukenya, J.N. and Wanyenze, R.K., 2021. Do sexual expectancies and inhibitions predict high-risk sexual behaviours? Evidence from a cross-sectional survey among young psychoactive substance users in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda. BMC Public Health, 21(1), pp.1-13.
33. Tetui, M., Baroudi, M., Ssekamatte, T., Birabwa, C., Kibira, S.P., Atuyambe, L., Delamou, A. and Makumbi, F.E., 2021. Total demand, use and unmet need for modern contraceptives among women living in informal settlements in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, Uganda. Implications for urban health. Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, 2, p.655413.
34. Mugambe, R.K., Ssekamatte, T., Kisaka, S., Wafula, S.T., Isunju, J.B., Nalugya, A., Oputan, P., Makanga, D.K., Mukiibi, M., Buregyeya, E. and Kasasa, S., 2021. Extent of compliance with COVID-19 prevention and control guidelines among supermarkets in Kampala Capital City and Mukono Municipality, Uganda. Plos one, 16(10), p.e0258840.
35. Mulubwa, C., Munakampe, M.N., Namakula, H., Hernandez, A., Ssekamatte, T., Atuyambe, L.M., Birabwa, C., Chemonges, D., Namatovu, F., Makumbi, F. and Tetui, M., 2021. Framing Contraceptive Use Motivations Among Adolescents and Young Adults Living in Informal Settlements in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, Uganda. Frontiers in global women’s health, 2, p.658515.
36. Mubatsi, J.B., Wafula, S.T., Etajak, S., Ssekamatte, T., Isunju, J.B., Kimbugwe, C., Olweny, M., Kayiwa, D., Mselle, J.S., Halage, A.A. and Ssempebwa, J.C., 2021. Latrine characteristics and maintenance practices associated with pit latrine lifetime in an informal settlement in Kampala, Uganda. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 11(4), pp.657-667.
37. Mugumya, T., Isunju, J.B., Ssekamatte, T., Wafula, S.T. and Mugambe, R.K., 2020. Factors associated with adherence to safe water chain practices among refugees in Pagirinya refugee settlement, Northern Uganda. Journal of Water and Health, 18(3), pp.398-408.
38. Birungi, D., Tumwine, G., Kato, C.D., Ssekamatte, T., Ocaido, M. and Majalija, S., 2021. Knowledge, perceptions and effects of Ebola virus disease outbreak on the pig value chain in the agro-pastoralist district of Luwero, Central Uganda. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, pp.1-9.
39. Kabwama, S.N., Matovu, J.K., Ssenkusu, J.M., Ssekamatte, T. and Wanyenze, R.K., 2021. Alcohol use and associated factors among adolescent boys and young men in Kampala, Uganda. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 16(1), p.49.
40. Tetui, M., Ssekamatte, T., Akilimali, P., Sirike, J., Fonseca-Rodríguez, O., Atuyambe, L. and Makumbi, F.E., 2021. Geospatial distribution of family planning services in Kira municipality, Wakiso district, Uganda. Frontiers in global women’s health, p.28.
41. Birabwa, C., Chemonges, D., Tetui, M., Baroudi, M., Namatovu, F., Akuze, J., Makumbi, F., Ssekamatte, T., Atuyambe, L., Hernandez, A. and Sewe, M.O., 2021. Knowledge and information exposure about family planning among women of reproductive age in informal settlements of Kira municipality, Wakiso district, Uganda. Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, p.24.
42. Ssekamatte, T., 2021. High risk sexual behaviours of young psychoactive substance users in Kampala’s informal settlements, Uganda (Doctoral dissertation, Makerere University).

Preprints

1. Bitariho, K.G., Tuhebwe, D., Tigaiza, A., Nalugya, A., Ssekamatte, T. and Kiwanuka, S.N., 2022. Knowledge, perceptions and uptake of human papilloma virus vaccine among adolescent girls in Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda; A cross-sectional school-based survey.
2. Mugambe, R.K., Wanyenze, R.K., Ssekamatte, T., Isunju, J.B., Nalugya, A., Wafula, S.T., Mukasa, H.C., Balen, J., Yakubu, H. and Moe, C.L., 2022. Infection prevention and control (IPC) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) status of healthcare facilities in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan region during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda.
3. Ssekamatte, T., Nalugya, A., Fuhrimann, S., Mugambe, R.K., Kansiime, W.K., Tigaiza, A., Nakalembe, D., Moodley, N., Nuwagaba, F., Kimbugwe, C. and Mselle, J.S., 2022. Using the sanitation safety planning tool to improve the occupational health and safety of de-sludging operators in Uganda: a protocol for a controlled before and after study. medRxiv, pp.2022-07.
4. Ssekamatte, T., Mugambe, R.K., Isunju, J.B., Wanyenze, R.K., Nalugya, A., Adyedo, C., Wafula, S.T., Buregyeya, E., Nuwemastiko, R., Bateman, J. and Balen, J., 2022. Using the Behaviour Centered Design to understand the facilitators and deterrents to hand hygiene among healthcare providers in the greater Kampala metropolitan area: Qualitative findings from a formative phase of a cluster-randomized trial.
5. Ssekamatte, T., Matovu, J.K., Kabwama, S.N., Ssenkusu, J. and Wanyenze, R.K., 2022. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Behaviours, and the Oral Health Status of School-Going Adolescent Boys and Young Men in Kampala, Uganda.
6. Ssekamatte, T., Isunju, J.B., Nalugya, A., Wafula, S.T., Nuwematsiko, R., Doreen, N., Kansiime, W.K., Naume, M., Nakiggala, J., Bukenya, J.N. and Mugambe, R.K., 2022. Geospatial distribution of Hepatitis B prevention services in Wakiso District, Central Uganda. medRxiv, pp.2022-04.
7. Remegio, Ndyanabo, Aisha Nalugya, Tonny Ssekamatte, Mary Nakafero, Angela Kisakye, and Aggrey David Mukose. “Adherence to the HIV early infant diagnosis testing protocol among HIV exposed infants in a hard-to-reach fishing community in Uganda.” medRxiv (2022): 2022-05.
8. Wafula, S.T., Nalugya, A., Mendoza, H., Kansiime, W.K., Ssekamatte, T., Walekhwa, A.W., Mugambe, R.K., Walter, F., Ssempebwa, J.C. and Musoke, D., 2022. Indoor air pollutants and respiratory outcomes among residents of an informal urban setting in Uganda: a cross-sectional study. medRxiv, pp.2022-07.
9. Wafula, S.T., Namakula, L.N., Isunju, J.B., Mugambe, R.K., Ssekamatte, T., Musoke, D. and Wanyenze, R.K., 2023. Sleep problems associated with exposure to or use of psychoactive substances among residents in a slum setting in Uganda.
10. Tamale, B.N., Bulafu, D., Isunju, J.B., Jamu, A.V., Baguma, J.N., Tigaiza, A., Nalugya, A., Musitwa, R., Mugambe, R.K., Ssekamatte, T. and Lubogo, D., 2022. Pregnancy-related complications and associated factors among women attending antenatal care at a specialised maternal and child health national referral hospital, in Uganda. medRxiv, pp.2022-07.
11. Kitchen, C., Kabba, J.A., Ssekamatte, T., Nelson, E.U., Adu-Gyamfi, S., Mametja, M., Yang, C., Chang, J. and Fang, Y., 2022. Perceptions of Cannabis in sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from a general population survey in six African countries with different Cannabis policies.

 Conference presentations

1. Kansiime, W.K., Mugambe, R.K., Ssekamatte, T., Kisaka, S., Wafula, S.T., Isunju, J.B., Nalugya, A., Makanga, D.K., Buregyeya, E., Kasasa, S. and Kapoor, R., 2021, August. Disinfection effectiveness of supermarkets to comply with COVID-19 prevention guidelines in Kampala Capital City and Mukono Municipality, Uganda. In ISEE Conference Abstracts(Vol. 2021, No. 1).

Kansiime, W.K., Mugambe, R.K., Ssekamatte, T., Wafula, S.T., Nsereko, V., Atusingwize, E., Buregyeya, E., Ssempebwa, J.C. and Isunju, J.B., 2021, August. Predictors of indoor PM2. 5 and CO in an urban slum settlement in Fort Portal city, Uganda. In ISEE Conference Abstracts (Vol. 2021, No. 1).