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Public Policy, Health Systems, Health Diplomacy and Security, Knowledge Translation
Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi

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Employment (10)

Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme: Blantyre, Southern, MW

2021-09-01 to present | Head (Policy Unit)
Employment
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Rhona Mijumbi

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Liverpool, United Kingdom, GB

2021-09-01 to present | Senior Lecturer of Public Policy (Department of Clinical Sciences)
Employment
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Rhona Mijumbi

The Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis : Kampala, Central, UG

2018-01-01 to present | Director
Employment
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Rhona Mijumbi

The Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis: Kampala, Central, UG

2014-05-01 to present | Senior Research Scientist (Director's office)
Employment
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Rhona Mijumbi

Makerere University College of Health Sciences: Kampala, Kampala, UG

2014-02-01 to present | Honorary Research Fellow (Department of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit)
Employment
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Rhona Mijumbi

Children's Clinic Kampala Ltd : Kampala, Kampala, UG

2005-01 to 2019-03-01 | General Practitioner
Employment
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Rhona Mijumbi

Makerere University College of Health Sciences: Kampala, Kampala, UG

2010-02 to 2014-05 | Research Scientist (Office of the Principal)
Employment
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Rhona Mijumbi

McMaster University: Hamilton, ON, CA

2012-10 to 2013-08 | Research Associate (part time) (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
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Rhona Mijumbi

University of Queensland, School of Population Health: Brisbane, Queensland, AU

2008-11-01 to 2009-11-30 | Research Associate (School of Population Health)
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Rhona Mijumbi

International Medical Group: Kampala, Kampala, UG

2003-11 to 2008-02 | Senior Medical Officer (International Air Ambulance)
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Rhona Mijumbi

Education and qualifications (3)

McMaster University: Hamilton, ON, CA

2012-09-04 to 2013-07 | PhD coursework (Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
Education
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Rhona Mijumbi

Makerere University College of Health Sciences: Kampala, Kampala, UG

2006-09-01 to 2010-02-08 | Masters in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Clinical Epidemiology Unit)
Education
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Rhona Mijumbi

Mbarara University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine: Mbarara, Mbarara, UG

1997-10-04 to 2002-07-20 | Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Faculty of Medicine)
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Rhona Mijumbi

Professional activities (4)

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2018-07 to present | Senior Research Fellow
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Rhona Mijumbi

Africa Center for Evidence: Johannesburg, ZA

2016-09 to present | Senior Research Fellow
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Rhona Mijumbi

Makerere University: Kampala, UG

2014-01 to present | Honorary Research Fellow (Department of Internal Medicine)
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Rhona Mijumbi

Africa Evidence Network: Johannesburg, ZA

2016-03 to 2017-02 | Chair
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Rhona Mijumbi

Works (18)

Improving institutional platforms for evidence-informed decision-making: getting beyond technical solutions

Health Research Policy and Systems
2023-01-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Jeffrey Mecaskey; Ben Verboom; Marco Liverani; Rhona Mijumbi-Deve; Nasreen S. Jessani
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Paper 1: Demand-driven rapid reviews for health policy and systems decision-making: lessons from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and South Africa on researchers and policymakers’ experiences

Systematic Reviews
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Rhona M. Mijumbi-Deve; Ismael Kawooya; Edward Kayongo; Rose Izizinga; Hadis Mamuye; Krystle Amog; Etienne V. Langlois
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Mapping regional cooperation of state actors for health research systems in Africa: A social network analysis

PLOS Global Public Health
2022-10-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Aaron Hedquist; Julia Robinson; Catherine M. Jones; Rhona M. Mijumbi; Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou; Justin Parkhurst; Clare Wenham
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Vulnerability of Populations to Malaria after Indoor Residual Spraying is Withdrawn from Areas where its Use has Previously Been Sustained. Protocol for a Systematic Review

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2022-05-25 | Preprint
Contributors: Rhona Mijumbi
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Rhona Mijumbi

The Roles of Regional Organisations in Strengthening Health Research Systems in Africa: Activities, Gaps, and Future Perspectives

International Journal of Health Policy and Management
2022-03-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine M. Jones; Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou; Rhona M. Mijumbi; Aaron Hedquist; Clare Wenham; Justin Parkhurst
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Governance of health research in four eastern and southern African countries

Health Research Policy and Systems
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1478-4505
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Rhona Mijumbi

Measuring health science research and development in Africa: mapping the available data

Health Research Policy and Systems
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1478-4505
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Rhona Mijumbi

Beyond the metrics of health research performance in African countries

BMJ Global Health
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Rhona Mijumbi-Deve; Justin Parkhurst; Catherine Jones; Pamela A Juma; Joelle L Sobngwi-Tambekou; Clare Wenham
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Adherence to the MDR-TB intensive phase treatment protocol amongst individuals followed up at central and peripheral health care facilities in Uganda - a descriptive study

African Health Sciences
2020-07-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1680-6905
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Rhona Mijumbi

Pre-diagnostic drop out of presumptive TB patients and its associated factors at Bugembe Health Centre IV in Jinja, Uganda

African Health Sciences
2020-07-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1680-6905
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Rhona Mijumbi

Policymaker experiences with rapid response briefs to address health-system and technology questions in Uganda

Health Research Policy and Systems
2017-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1478-4505
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Rhona Mijumbi
grade
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The Social Realities of Knowledge for Development: Sharing Lessons of Improving Development Processes with Evidence

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Rhona Mijumbi

A Process Evaluation to Assess Contextual Factors Associated With the Uptake of a Rapid Response Service to Support Health Systems’ Decision-Making in Uganda

International Journal of Health Policy and Management
2017-02-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2322-5939
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Rhona Mijumbi

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders: Organization and Delivery of Care

Optimizing Treatment for Children in the Developing World
2015 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783319157498
Part of ISBN: 9783319157504
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Rhona Mijumbi

Evidence for informing health policy development in Low-income Countries (LICs): perspectives of policy actors in Uganda

International Journal of Health Policy and Management
2015-03-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2322-5939
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Rhona Mijumbi
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Feasibility of a rapid response mechanism to meet policymakers' urgent needs for research evidence about health systems in a low income country: a case study

Implementation Science
2014-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1748-5908
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Rhona Mijumbi

Uptake of evidence in policy development: the case of user fees for health care in public health facilities in Uganda

BMC Health Services Research
2014-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1472-6963
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Rhona Mijumbi

Task shifting in maternal and child health care: An evidence brief for Uganda

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
2011-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0266-4623
Part of ISSN: 1471-6348
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Rhona Mijumbi