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Uganda

Biography

Dr Joseph M Kungu graduated with Bachelors of Veterinary Medicine, Masters of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and PhD in Epidemiology from Makerere University, Uganda. He has an experience of 17 years of multidisciplinary work as a one health champion, researcher and academic. He currently works as a Lecturer in the Department of Bio-security Ecosystems and Veterinary Public Health (BEP) of the College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Bio-security (COVAB), Makerere University. He is a coordinator of graduate training, Research Innovations and Services in COVAB, Makerere University. He has taught and mentored several graduate and undergraduate students in Uganda. He has been involved in mentoring graduate students in One Health Principles to combat food-borne illnesses, AMR, anthrax, hemorrhagic fevers, COVID-19. He is a trainer of trainers in Risk Communication and Community Engagement. He is a member of National Antimicrobial Resistance ( AMR) Technical Working Group and is a Fleming Fund fellow of Stewardship of antimicrobial use and surveillance of AMR from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He has also benefited from the United States Department of Agriculture Faculty Exchange Program. He plays a key role of creating linkages among the Academia, community, public and private partnerships that are key for improving livelihoods through improved health of livestock and humans locally and globally. He is a born-again Christian with an open heart to serve people.

Activities

Employment (1)

Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity: Kampala, Kampala, UG

2017-08-01 to present | Lecturer (Biosecurity, Ecosystems and Veterinary Public Health)
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Education and qualifications (1)

Makerere University, College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity: Kampala, UG

2012-01-31 to 2016-01-31 | PhD in Veterinary Epidemiology (Bio-security Ecosystems and Veterinary Public Health)
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Professional activities (1)

Africa One Health Universities Network: Kampala, UG

2018-06-01 to 2020 | Coordination of outbreak investigation of zoonotic diseases using a one health approach
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Works (35)

Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Staphylococcus aureus in cattle and humans in farming communities of Isingiro and Kamuli districts, Uganda

Scientific Reports
2024-01-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Joseph M. Kungu; Sarah S. Tegule; Ilyas A. Awke; Josephine Namayanja; Edity Namyalo; Joseph Oposhia; William Olum; Luke Nyakarahuka; Clovice Kankya; Dieudonné Dahourou et al.
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Assessment of Factories on Adherence to COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures: A Case Study of Wakiso, Mukono, Buikwe, and Jinja Districts, Uganda

Journal of Tropical Medicine
2024-01-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Joseph M. Kungu; Edity Namyalo; Angella Musewa; Sarah Nitumusiima; Phiona Keije; Catherine Nakakooza; Osborn Oyirwoth; Faham Khamesipour
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Mentorship of the next generation of One Health workers through experiential learning: A case of students of Makerere University.

CABI One Health
2023-11 | Journal article | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: JOSEPH KUNGU
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Prevalence and predictors of tuberculosis among HIV patients who completed isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) at Reach out Mbuya community health initiative.

Scientific reports
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Sekayi W; Namyalo E; Namayanja J; Kungu JM
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Geographic distribution and predictors of diagnostic delays among possible TB patients in Uganda.

Public health action
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Ochom E; Robsky KO; Gupta AJ; Tamale A; Kungu J; Turimumahoro P; Nakasendwa S; Rwego IB; Muttamba W; Joloba M et al.
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Prevalence and predisposing factors of covid-19 in Bwindi -Mgahinga mountain gorilla conservation area landscape, Uganda

2023-09 | Preprint
Contributors: Kungu JM; Neumbe J; Kiganira DB; Tino P; Namayanja J; Kassuja R; Nankya A; Nizeyi JB
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Prevention of human exposure to livestock faecal waste in the household: a scoping study of interventions conducted in sub-Saharan Africa.

BMC public health
2023-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Sentamu DN; Kungu J; Dione M; Thomas LF
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Comparison of patient length of stay in care between home-based care and hospitalized covid-19 patients in northern and West Nile regions, Uganda

2023-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Namusoosa R; Tamale A; Baziira J; Ssekyanzi M; Nabadda SN; Kungu JM
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Animal Source Foods Quality and Safety Standards Implementation in Uganda. A Review

2023-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Kungu JM; Ejobi F; Okuyo BA; Namayanja J; Namyalo E; Meeme R
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Second-line drug resistance markers as proxy indicators of time to sputum culture conversion among second-line drug resistant tuberculosis patients tested in Uganda: A cross-sectional study

2023-01 | Preprint
Contributors: Mujuni D; Ssengooba W; Ibanda I; Kabugo JS; Kasemire DL; Nampewo E; Nsawotebba A; Phelan JE; Tugumisirize D; Orena B et al.
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Pigs' management practices and exposure to Trichinella spp. in pigs and warthogs in the northern area of Senegal

Veterinary World
2022-09-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Kacou Martial N'da; Oubri Bassa Gbati; Laibané Dieudonné Dahourou; N'guessan Ezéchiel Schadrac Behou; Amadou Traore; Joseph Kungu
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Assessment of Compliance to Animal Source Foods Quality and Safety Standards in Uganda. A Case of Kampala and Mbarara Districts

2021-12-02 | Other
Contributors: Joseph M Kungu; Francis Ejobi; Collins Atuheire; Sylivia Baluka; Dan Brian Kiganira; Edity Namyalo; Rehema Meeme; Bosco A Okuyo
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Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori among Patients with Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT) Symptoms: A Retrospective Study at Selected Africa Air Rescue (AAR) Clinics in Kampala, Uganda, from 2015 to 2019

Journal of Tropical Medicine
2021-11-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Edity Namyalo; Luke Nyakarahuka; Matthias Afayoa; Joel Baziira; Andrew Tamale; G. Collins Atuhaire; Joseph M. Kungu; ABRAHAM ODURO
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Modeling the Spread of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Among Pig Farms in Lira District of Northern Uganda.

Frontiers in veterinary science
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Hasahya E; Thakur KK; Dione MM; Wieland B; Oba P; Kungu J; Lee HS
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Evaluation of a Sample Pooling Strategy for Sars-cov-2 Using Real Time PCR

2021-03 | Preprint
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Contributors: Nankya AM; Nyakarahuka L; Balinandi S; Kayiwa J; Lutwama J; Tamale A; Kungu JM
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<em> Taenia solium </em> cysticercosis survey at a slaughterhouse in Kampala, Uganda

Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux
2020-11-25 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1951-6711
Contributors: Joseph Morison Kungu; Matthias Afayoa; Michel Dione
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Perceptions and Practices towards Anthrax in Selected Agricultural Communities in Arua District, Uganda

Journal of Tropical Medicine
2020-09-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Joseph M. Kungu; Peninah Nsamba; Alfred Wejuli; John D. Kabasa; William Bazeyo
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Prevalence of Escherichia Coli and Its Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles among Patients with UTI at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
2020-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Isaac Odongo; Ronald Ssemambo; Joseph M. Kungu
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Stakeholders’ perceptions on performance of the Livestock Disease Surveillance system in Uganda: A case of Pallisa and Kumi Districts

Pastoralism
2019-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Josephine Namayanja; Michel Dione; Joseph M. Kungu
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Pig farming systems and cysticercosis in Northern Uganda

Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux
2019-10-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Joseph Morison Kungu; Charles Masembe; Michael Apamaku; Joyce Akol; Winfred Christine Amia; Michel Dione
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Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of urinary tract infections in febrile children below ten years attending mulago hospital, Uganda

2019-08-31 | Other
Contributors: Ronald Ssemambo; Isaac Odongo; Joseph Kungu
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Post Outbreak Evaluation Of One Health Integrated Interventions Of Rift Valley Fever And Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever In Kiboga And Kiruhura Districts, Uganda

2019-08-12 | Other
Contributors: Joseph Morison Kungu; Peninah Nsamba; Alfred Wejuli; John D Kabasa; William Bazeyo
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Comparison of the efficacy of crude methanolic extracts of Cassia occidentalis and Euphorbia hirta with levamisole-HCL against gastrointestinal nematodes of economic importance to goat production in Uganda.

Tropical animal health and production
2019-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Nsereko G; Emudong P; Omujal J; Acai J; Kungu JM; Kabi F; Mugerwa S; Bugeza J
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of pork consumers in Uganda

Global Food Security
2019-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Kristina Roesel; Francis Ejobi; Michel Dione; Danilo Pezo; Emily Ouma; Joseph Kungu; Peter-Henning Clausen; Delia Grace
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The importance of on-farm biosecurity: Sero-prevalence and risk factors of bacterial and viral pathogens in smallholder pig systems in Uganda.

Acta tropica
2018-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Dione M; Masembe C; Akol J; Amia W; Kungu J; Lee HS; Wieland B
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Prevalence and risk factors for brucellosis in prolonged fever patients in post-conflict Northern Uganda

African Health Sciences
2018-04-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1680-6905
Contributors: Harriet N Muloki; Joseph Erume; David O Owiny; Joseph M Kungu; Jesca Nakavuma; Duncan Ogeng; George W Nasinyama
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Brucellosis: Community, medical and veterinary workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Northern Uganda

International Journal of One Health
2017-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2455-5673
Contributors: Harriet Muloki Nabirye; Joseph Erume; George William Nasinyama; Joseph Morison Kungu; Jesca Nakavuma; Duncan Ongeng; David Okello Owiny
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Risk factors, perceptions and practices associated with Taenia solium cysticercosis and its control in the smallholder pig production systems in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey.

BMC infectious diseases
2017-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kungu JM; Dione MM; Ejobi F; Ocaido M; Grace D
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Sero-prevalence of Taenia spp. cysticercosis in rural and urban smallholder pig production settings in Uganda

Acta Tropica
2017-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Joseph M. Kungu; Michel M. Dione; Francis Ejobi; Leslie J.S. Harrison; E. Jane Poole; Danilo Pezo; Delia Grace
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Serological and molecular investigation for brucellosis in swine in selected districts of Uganda.

Tropical animal health and production
2016-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Erume J; Roesel K; Dione MM; Ejobi F; Mboowa G; Kungu JM; Akol J; Pezo D; El-Adawy H; Melzer F et al.
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Status of Taenia solium cysticercosis and predisposing factors in developing countries involved in pig farming

International Journal of One Health
2015 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2455-5673
Contributors: Joseph M. Kungu; Michel M. Dione; Michael Ocaido; Francis Ejobi
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Risk Factors for African Swine Fever in Smallholder Pig Production Systems in Uganda.

Transboundary and emerging diseases
2015-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Dione MM; Akol J; Roesel K; Kungu J; Ouma EA; Wieland B; Pezo D
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Participatory assessment of animal health and husbandry practices in smallholder pig production systems in three high poverty districts in Uganda.

Preventive veterinary medicine
2014-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Dione MM; Ouma EA; Roesel K; Kungu J; Lule P; Pezo D
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Sero-prevalence and risk factors for brucellosis in cattle in Gulu and Amuru districts, Northern Uganda.

Africa Journal of Animal and Biomedical Sciences 5, 5(3), 36–42
2010-05-14 | Journal article
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Seroprevalence of brucellosis in humans, knowledge and practices among patients and medical practitioners in Wakiso district, Uganda

Other
Contributors: Alice Joy Namuwonge; Patrick Vudriko; Michel Dione; Matthias Afayoa; Gordon Kibirige; Denis Rwabiita Mugizi; Joseph M Kungu
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Peer review (4 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2)
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