Immaculate Mandera is a Ugandan National who holds Masters of Public Health of Uganda Christian University (UCU -Mukono) , B.Sc. Nursing of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Diploma in Midwifery of Nsambya School of Nursing and Midwifery Kampala and Diploma Health Services Management of Kabale University.

I am registered to practice Nursing and Midwifery in Uganda

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Qualifications

Master of Public Health, BSC-Nursing, Diploma Midwifery-Diploma Health service management

Research Interests

Reproductive Health, Maternal, Newborn, child and adolescent health/ nutrition and disease prevention

Publications

A D Okoro, C N Okafor, I O Menkiti, M C Egbuna, C P Ajunwa, JBT Munezero, I Mandera and C C Okoro. . (2023) . Utilization of Educational School Facilities Among Students in A Selected Tertiary Institution in South East Nigeria . JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND CLINICAL NURSING & HEALTH, 1(1), pp. 1-7
Elena Ghanotakis, Theresa Hoke, Rose Wilcher, Samuel Field, Sarah Mercer, Emily A. Bobrow, Mary Namubiru, Leila Katirayi, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, DC, USA & Immaculate Mandera. . (2016) . Evaluation of a male engagement intervention to transform gender norms and improve family planning and HIV service uptake in Kabale, Uganda . Global Public Health, [online] Volume 12, pp. 1297 - 1314. Available at: https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:10799404}

Projects

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Supervision

Some of the students research supervised include the following:

  1. FACTORS INFLUENCING MALE INVOLVEMENT IN KANGAROO MOTHER CARE IMPLEMENTATION AT HAMURWA HEALTH CENTRE IV, RUBANDA DISTRICT
  2. BARRIERS TO TB SCREENING AMONG CHILDREN AGED 2-12 YEARS IN BUGANGARI HEALTH CENTER IV RUKUNGIRI DISTRICT
  3. IMPACT OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (IPV) ON PREGNANCY   OUTCOMES IN MOYO GENERAL HOSPITAL, MOYO DISTRICT
  4. FACTORS INFLUENCING IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES AMONG HEALTH WORKERS AT KISORO HOSPITAL KISORO DISTRICT
  5. 2024 Ongoing research supervision in areas of Immunisable diseases, Tuberculosis, under five nutrition, Uptake of IPTp3 in pregnant women, one health (RVF) and methods of placenta disposal in rural setting

Presentations

 

The following research findings have been presented in scientific conferences

  1. Prevalence of post partum hemorrhage among women delivered  in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (In a Conference by UMDP -Mbarara Lake View)
  2. Preferences of adolescents in SRHS Mperere ward Kampala ( Nurses conference Soroti)
  3. Utilization of Maternal child and adolescent health services ( In Community Health Conference of Mbarara University of Science and Technology)
  4. The role of Governance and leadership in improving MCH coverage ( In quality improvement conference of MoH 2020) by Zoom
  5. Factors affecting the integration of pediatric TB screening in Kabale District Health facilities and it has been presented in a scientific conference of Kabale University and submitted for publication-awaiting feedback.

More Information

I was awarded HEPI grant to carry out a study about the:

Factors affecting the integration of pediatric TB screening in health facilities of Kabale District-South Western Uganda.

Grant details:

This research was supported by the Forgarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health, the US Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy (SIGAC), and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) under Award Number IR25TW011213. The content is the sole responsibility of the authors, and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health

 

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