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F. Kitutu

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h-index: 24
Works: 109
Citations: 1,677

Most-cited papers

Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns in Ghana, Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania Hospitals: Results from the Global Point Prevalence Survey (G-PPS) on Antimicrobial Use and Stewardship Interventions Implemented
N. D'Arcy, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, O. Olaoye, D. Afriyie +27 more
2021Antibiotics82 citations Open access
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Point Prevalence Survey of Antibiotic Use across 13 Hospitals in Uganda
R. Kiggundu, R. Wittenauer, J. Waswa, Hilma N. Nakambale +8 more
2022Antibiotics73 citations Open access
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Prevalence, characteristics and predicting risk factors of adverse drug reactions among hospitalized older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Tadele Mekuriya Yadesa, F. Kitutu, S. Deyno, P. Ogwang +2 more
2021SAGE Open Medicine70 citations Open access
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Reducing global inequities in medical oxygen access: the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security
H. Graham, Carina King, A. E. Rahman, F. Kitutu +27 more
2025Lancet Global Health66 citations Open access
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Trends in reported antibiotic use among children under 5 years of age with fever, diarrhoea, or cough with fast or difficult breathing across low-income and middle-income countries in 2005-17: a systematic analysis of 132 national surveys from 73 countries.
G. Allwell-Brown, L. Hussain-Alkhateeb, F. Kitutu, S. Strömdahl +2 more
2020Lancet Global Health60 citations Open access
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Status and implications of the knowledge, attitudes and practices towards AWaRe antibiotic use, resistance and stewardship among low- and middle-income countries
Z. Saleem, C. E. Moore, A. Kalungia, N. Schellack +22 more
2025JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance56 citations Open access
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Private retail drug shops: what they are, how they operate, and implications for health care delivery in rural Uganda
C. Mayora, F. Kitutu, N. Kandala, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho +2 more
2018BMC Health Services Research53 citations Open access
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Access, use and disposal of antimicrobials among humans and animals in Wakiso district, Uganda: a qualitative study
D. Musoke, Carol Namata, G. Lubega, F. Kitutu +11 more
2021Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice44 citations Open access
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Factors associated with health facility utilization during childbirth among 15 to 49-year-old women in Uganda: evidence from the Uganda demographic health survey 2016
Q. Sserwanja, D. Mukunya, M. Musaba, J. Kawuki +1 more
2021BMC Health Services Research41 citations Open access
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A One Health Approach to Strengthening Antimicrobial Stewardship in Wakiso District, Uganda
D. Musoke, F. Kitutu, L. Mugisha, Saba Amir +11 more
2020Antibiotics41 citations Open access
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Factors associated with occupancy of pharmacist positions in public sector hospitals in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
T. Obua, R. Adome, P. Kutyabami, F. Kitutu +1 more
2017Human Resources for Health41 citations Open access
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Current access, availability and use of antibiotics in primary care among key low- and middle-income countries and the policy implications
Z. Saleem, Biset Asrade Mekonnen, E. S. Orubu, Md Ariful Islam +41 more
2025Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy40 citations Open access
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Infection Prevention and Control at Lira University Hospital, Uganda: More Needs to Be Done
M. S. Opollo, T. Otim, W. Kizito, P. Thekkur +4 more
2021Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease40 citations Open access
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Crossover-Use of Human Antibiotics in Livestock in Agricultural Communities: A Qualitative Cross-Country Comparison between Uganda, Tanzania and India
Jessica Myers, M. Hennessey, J. Arnold, K. McCubbin +10 more
2022Antibiotics38 citations Open access
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“The number of clients is increasing but the supplies are reducing”: provider strategies for responding to chronic antiretroviral (ARV) medicines stock-outs in resource-limited settings: a qualitative study from Uganda
H. Zakumumpa, F. M. Kiweewa, Felix Khuluza, F. Kitutu
2019BMC Health Services Research34 citations Open access
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Identifying and addressing challenges to antimicrobial use surveillance in the human health sector in low- and middle-income countries: experiences and lessons learned from Tanzania and Uganda
R. Kiggundu, E. Lusaya, J. Seni, J. Waswa +8 more
2023Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control31 citations Open access
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Integrated community case management by drug sellers influences appropriate treatment of paediatric febrile illness in South Western Uganda: a quasi-experimental study
F. Kitutu, J. Kalyango, C. Mayora, K. Selling +2 more
2017Malaria Journal31 citations Open access
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It could be viral but you don’t know, you have not diagnosed it: health worker challenges in managing non-malaria paediatric fevers in the low transmission area of Mbarara District, Uganda
E. Johansson, F. Kitutu, C. Mayora, Phyllis Awor +3 more
2016Malaria Journal31 citations Open access
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Announcing the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security.
F. Kitutu, A. Rahman, H. Graham, C. King +4 more
2022Lancet Global Health30 citations Open access
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Conflicts of interest: an invisible force shaping health systems and policies.
Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Priya Balasubramaniam, M. Gautham, E. Hutchinson +3 more
2021Lancet Global Health30 citations Open access
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Hypoxaemia prevalence and management among children and adults presenting to primary care facilities in Uganda: A prospective cohort study
H. Graham, Yewande Kamuntu, Jasmine Miller, Anna Barrett +7 more
2021medRxiv27 citations Open access
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Health system effects of implementing integrated community case management (iCCM) intervention in private retail drug shops in South Western Uganda: a qualitative study
F. Kitutu, C. Mayora, E. Johansson, S. Peterson +3 more
2017BMJ Global Health25 citations Open access
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Compliance of private pharmacies in Uganda with controlled prescription drugs regulations: a mixed-methods study
P. F. Kamba, John Mulangwa, Bruhan Kaggwa, F. Kitutu +5 more
2020Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy23 citations Open access
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National Antimicrobial Consumption: Analysis of Central Warehouses Supplies to In-Patient Care Health Facilities from 2017 to 2019 in Uganda
J. Namugambe, A. Delamou, Francis Moses, E. Ali +9 more
2021Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease21 citations Open access
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Dyslipidemia among adult people living with HIV on dolutegravir – based antiretroviral therapy at a private tertiary hospital in Kampala, Uganda: burden and determinants
V. Kigongo, J. Nankabirwa, F. Kitutu, R. Ssenyonga +5 more
2024BMC Infectious Diseases20 citations Open access
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Regulatory inspection of registered private drug shops in East-Central Uganda—what it is versus what it should be: a qualitative study
Arthur Bagonza, S. Peterson, A. Mårtensson, H. Wamani +5 more
2020Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice20 citations Open access
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The paradoxical surplus of health workers in Africa: The need for research and policy engagement.
Eleanor Hutchinson, S. Kiwanuka, R. Muhindo, C. Nimwesiga +3 more
2024International Journal of Health Planning and Management18 citations Open access
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Patient experiences of sexual dysfunction after transition to dolutegravir-based HIV treatment in mid-Western Uganda: a qualitative study
H. Zakumumpa, R. Kiguba, H. Ndagije, Gilbert Ategeka +2 more
2022BMC Infectious Diseases18 citations Open access
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Determinants of trends in reported antibiotic use among sick children under five years of age across low-income and middle-income countries in 2005-17: a systematic analysis of user characteristics based on 132 national surveys from 73 countries.
G. Allwell-Brown, L. Hussain-Alkhateeb, M. Sewe, F. Kitutu +3 more
2021International Journal of Infectious Diseases17 citations Open access
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Impact of a package of diagnostic tools, clinical algorithm, and training and communication on outpatient acute fever case management in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
O. Salami, P. Horgan, C. Moore, A. Giri +25 more
2020Trials17 citations Open access
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Prevalence, Incidence, and Characteristics of Adverse Drug Reactions Among Older Adults Hospitalized at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda: A Prospective Cohort Study
Tadele Mekuriya Yadesa, F. Kitutu, Robert Tamukong, Paul Erasmus Alele
2021Clinical Interventions in Aging16 citations Open access
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Anti-malarial medicine quality field studies and surveys: a systematic review of screening technologies used and reporting of findings
M. Lalani, F. Kitutu, Siân E. Clarke, H. Kaur
2017Malaria Journal14 citations Open access
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Why regulatory indifference towards pharmaceutical pollution of the environment could be a missed opportunity in public health protection. a holistic view
P. F. Kamba, Bruhan Kaggwa, E. Munanura, T. Okurut +1 more
2017The Pan African Medical Journal14 citations Open access
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Ethical challenges in designing and conducting medicine quality surveys
Patricia Tabernero, M. Parker, R. Ravinetto, S. Phanouvong +6 more
2016Tropical medicine & international health14 citations Open access
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Provider perspectives on the acceptability and tolerability of dolutegravir-based anti-retroviral therapy after national roll-out in Uganda: a qualitative study
H. Zakumumpa, F. Kitutu, H. Ndagije, Nakitto-Kesi Diana +2 more
2021BMC Infectious Diseases13 citations Open access
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Improving effective coverage of medical-oxygen services for neonates and children in health facilities in Uganda: a before–after intervention study
H. Graham, F. Kitutu, Yewande Kamuntu, Blasio Kunihira +9 more
2024Lancet Global Health12 citations Open access
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Impact of the Introduction of a Package of Diagnostic Tools, Diagnostic Algorithm, and Training and Communication on Outpatient Acute Fever Case Management at 3 Diverse Sites in Uganda: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
J. Kapisi, Asadu Sserwanga, F. Kitutu, E. Rutebemberwa +12 more
2023Clinical Infectious Diseases12 citations Open access
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Is it possible for drug shops to abide by the formal rules? The structural determinants of community medicine sales in Uganda
E. Hutchinson, K. Hansen, Jacquellyn Sanyu, Lydia Peace Amonya +4 more
2023BMJ Global Health12 citations Open access
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Effectiveness of peer‐supervision on pediatric fever illness treatment among registered private drug sellers in East‐Central Uganda: An interrupted time series analysis
Arthur Bagonza, F. Kitutu, S. Peterson, A. Mårtensson +4 more
2021Health Science Reports12 citations Open access
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Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance in Surgical Wards at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda, from 2014 to 2018—Cause for Concern?
Gerald Mboowa, Dickson Aruhomukama, Ivan Sserwadda, F. Kitutu +9 more
2021Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease12 citations Open access
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of integrated community case management delivery models utilizing drug sellers and community health workers for treatment of under-five febrile cases of malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea in rural Uganda
Patrick Lubogo, John Edward Lukyamuzi, Deo Kyambadde, A. Komakech +2 more
2021Malaria Journal12 citations Open access
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A cross-sectional study to identify the distribution and characteristics of licensed and unlicensed private drug shops in rural Eastern Uganda to inform an iCCM intervention to improve health outcomes for children under five years
D. Buchner, F. Kitutu, D. Cross, Esther Nakamoga +1 more
2019PLoS ONE12 citations Open access
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Availability, prices and affordability of UN Commission’s lifesaving medicines for reproductive and maternal health in Uganda
Denis Kibira, F. Kitutu, Gemma L. Buckland Merrett, A. Mantel-Teeuwisse
2017Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice11 citations Open access
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Patterns and contextual determinants of antibiotic prescribing for febrile under-five outpatients at primary and secondary healthcare facilities in Bugisu, Eastern Uganda
G. Allwell-Brown, J. Namugambe, J. N. Ssanyu, E. Johansson +4 more
2022JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance10 citations Open access
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Conducting an ongoing HIV clinical trial during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda: a qualitative study of research team and participants’ experiences and lessons learnt
P. Muwanguzi, P. Kutyabami, C. Osingada, Esther M. Nasuuna +9 more
2021BMJ Open10 citations Open access
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Shaping global vaccine acceptance with localized knowledge: a report from the inaugural VARN2022 conference
Talya Underwood, Kathryn L Hopkins, Theresa Sommers, Cassidy Howell +11 more
2023BMC Proceedings9 citations Open access
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Predictors of hospital-acquired adverse drug reactions: a cohort of Ugandan older adults
Tadele Mekuriya Yadesa, F. Kitutu, Robert Tamukong, Paul Erasmus Alele
2022BMC Geriatrics9 citations Open access
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Advancing Access to Diagnostic Tools Essential for Universal Health Coverage and Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention: An Overview of Trials in Sub-Saharan Africa
P. Olliaro, Juvenal Nkeramahame, O. Salami, C. Moore +15 more
2023Clinical Infectious Diseases8 citations Open access
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Is there a distinction between malaria treatment and intermittent preventive treatment? Insights from a cross-sectional study of anti-malarial drug use among Ugandan pregnant women
C. Odongo, K. R. Bisaso, F. Kitutu, C. Obua +1 more
2015Malaria Journal8 citations Open access
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Malaria diagnostic and treatment practices for febrile children under 5 years at two general hospitals in Karamoja, a high transmission setting in Uganda
J. F. Zalwango, J. Nankabirwa, F. Kitutu, R. Akunzirwe +6 more
2022Malaria Journal7 citations Open access
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