Profile of Ritah, Senior Lecturer, Lira University

RITAH BAKESIIMA’S PROFILE

Dr. Ritah Bakesiima (PhD) Senior Lecturer Faculty of Public Health Lira University Email: rbakesiima@lirauni.ac.ug

BIOGRAPHY:

Ritah Bakesiima is a senior lecturer and head of the department of Health Policy, Planning, and Management at the Faculty of Public Health, Lira University. She obtained her PhD in Reproductive Health in 2022 from Makerere University, Uganda and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. She also received her master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics in 2018 from Makerere University. Her main research interests are in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Adolescent Health, and Non-Communicable Diseases. Ritah joined Lira University in June 2022.

PUBLICATIONS:

Bakesiima, R., Gemzell-Danielsson, K., Beyeza-Kashesya, J., Cleeve, A., Larsson, E. C., & Chalo Nabirye, R. (2023). Adherence to Modern Contraceptives Among Female Refugee Adolescents in Northern Uganda: A Prospective Single Cohort Study. Open Access Journal of Contraception, 14, 169–180. https://doi.org/10.2147/OAJC.S430813

Habimana, E. W., Malumba,. R., & Bakesiima, R. (2023). VESICO-UTERINE FISTULA FOLLOWING A CAESAREAN SECTION: A CASE STUDY. Student’s Journal of Health Research Africa, 4(3), 6. https://doi.org/10.51168/sjhrafrica.v4i3.309

Joseph Niyongira Nturo, Neslon Okello, Ritah Bakesiima, Christine Ayoo, Marc Sam Opollo. 2023. “Factors Associated with HIV Virological NonSuppression Among Adults Receiving AntiRetroviral Therapy at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Northern Uganda”. Journal of Applied Health Sciences and Medicine 3(3): 1 – 22. https://doi.org/10.5861 4/jahsm331

Habimana, E. W., & Bakesiima, R. (2023). PLEURAL ENDOMETRIOSIS: A CASE STUDY IN MPIGI DISTRICT, UGANDA. Student’s Journal of Health Research Africa, 4(3), 7. https://doi.org/10.51168/sjhrafrica.v4i3.326

Singh NS, DeJong J, Popple K, Undie CC, El Masri R, Bakesiima R, Calderon-Jaramillo M, Peprah E, Naseri S, Cornier N, Blanchet K. Adolescent wellbeing in humanitarian and fragile settings: moving beyond rhetoric. BMJ. 2023 Mar 20;380:e068280. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-068280. PMID: 36940938; PMCID: PMC10019456. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36940938/

Bakesiima R, Beyeza-Kashesya J, Tumwine JK, Chalo RN, Gemzell-Danielsson K, Cleeve A, et al. (2021) Effect of peer counselling on acceptance of modern contraceptives among female refugee adolescents in northern Uganda: A randomised controlled trial. PLoS ONE 16(9): e0256479. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256479

Bakesiima, R., Cleeve, A., Larsson, E. et al. Modern contraceptive use among female refugee adolescents in northern Uganda: prevalence and associated factors. Reprod Health 17, 67 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-020-00921-y

Najjingo I, Muttamba W, Kirenga BJ, Nalunjogi J, Bakesiima R, Olweny F, et al. (2019) Comparison of GeneXpert cycle threshold values with smear microscopy and culture as a measure of mycobacterial burden in five regional referral hospitals of Uganda- A cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216901. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216901

Bakesiima R, Byakika-Kibwika P, Tumwine JK, et al Dyslipidaemias in women using hormonal contraceptives: a cross sectional study in Mulago Hospital Family Planning Clinic, Kampala, Uganda BMJ Open 2018;8:e022338. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022338 https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/10/e022338