"These are just finishing our medicines": older persons' perceptions and experiences of access to healthcare in public and private health facilities in Uganda.

Background: There is limited research on the experiences of access to medicines for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in health facilities among older persons in Uganda. This paper explores the perspectives of older persons and healthcare providers concerning older persons' access to essential medicines in Uganda.

Methods: It is based on qualitative data from three districts of Hoima, Kiboga, and Busia in Uganda.

Has Uganda experienced any stalled fertility transitions? Reflecting on the last four decades (1973-2011).

Background: Persistent high fertility is associated with mother and child mortality. While most regions in the world have experienced declines in fertility rates, there are conflicting views as to whether Uganda has entered a period of fertility transition. There are limited data available that explicitly detail the fertility trends and patterns in Uganda over the last four decades, from 1973 to 2011.

Has the HIV/AIDS epidemic changed sexual behaviour of high risk groups in Uganda?

Background: Uganda, was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse its HIV/AIDS epidemic. Long distance drivers, prostitutes and barmaids have been identified as the groups that engage in risky sex, which promotes HIV transmission in Uganda and other countries across the continent. This paper investigates whether and why there were changes of sexual behaviour and practices among five risky groups in Uganda as a consequence of HIV/AIDS epidemic.