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h-index: 17
Works: 46
Citations: 1,297

Most-cited papers

The role of quality improvement in strengthening health systems in developing countries.
S. Leatherman, Timothy G. G. Ferris, D. Berwick, F. Omaswa +1 more
2010International Journal for Quality in Health Care233 citations
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Abolition of cost-sharing is pro-poor: evidence from Uganda.
J. Nabyonga, M. Desmet, Humphrey Karamagi, P. Kadama +2 more
2005Health Policy and Planning189 citations Open access
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A survey of Sub-Saharan African medical schools
Candice Chen, E. Buch, Travis B. Wassermann, S. Frehywot +9 more
2012Human Resources for Health117 citations Open access
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Strengthening health systems in low-income countries by enhancing organizational capacities and improving institutions
R. Swanson, R. Atun, A. Best, Arvind Betigeri +10 more
2015Globalization and Health116 citations Open access
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Contact Tracing and the COVID-19 Response in Africa: Best Practices, Key Challenges, and Lessons Learned from Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda
J. Nachega, R. Atteh, C. Ihekweazu, N. Sam-Agudu +15 more
2021American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene87 citations Open access
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The Medical Education Partnership Initiative: PEPFAR's effort to boost health worker education to strengthen health systems.
F. Mullan, S. Frehywot, F. Omaswa, N. Sewankambo +4 more
2012Health Affairs85 citations
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Global Health Partnerships and the Brocher Declaration: Principles for Ethical Short-Term Engagements in Global Health
S. Prasad, Myron Aldrink, B. Compton, J. Lasker +12 more
2022Annals of Global Health53 citations Open access
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Competency-based medical education in two Sub-Saharan African medical schools
E. Kiguli-Malwadde, E. Olapade-Olaopa, S. Kiguli, Candice Chen +4 more
2014Advances in Medical Education and Practice46 citations Open access
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Managing Ebola from rural to urban slum settings: experiences from Uganda.
S. Okware, F. Omaswa, A. Talisuna, J. Amandua +8 more
2015African Health Sciences45 citations Open access
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Introducing quality management into primary health care services in Uganda.
F. Omaswa, Gilbert Burnham, G. Baingana, H. Mwebesa +1 more
1997Bulletin of the World Health Organization41 citations
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The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa
F. Omaswa, E. Kiguli-Malwadde, P. Donkor, James G. Hakim +17 more
2018Annals of Global Health38 citations Open access
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Medical Education Partnership Initiative gives birth to AFREhealth
F. Omaswa, E. Kiguli-Malwadde, P. Donkor, James G. Hakim +17 more
2017Lancet Global Health23 citations Open access
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Building Communities of Practice: MEPI Creates a Commons
S. Frehywot, F. Mullan, Y. Vovides, Kristine Korhumel +4 more
2014Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges23 citations Open access
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Human resources for global health: time for action is now.
F. Omaswa
2008The Lancet23 citations
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Strong ministries for strong health systems. An overview of the study report: Supporting Ministerial Health Leadership: A Strategy for Health Systems Strengthening.
F. Omaswa, Boufford Ji
201021 citations
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Informal health workers -- to be encouraged or condemned?
F. Omaswa
2006Bulletin of the World Health Organization18 citations Open access
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Preventing a tobacco epidemic in Africa: a call for effective action to support health, social, and economic development
O. Tomori, F. Omaswa, S. Bekure, E. Blecher +12 more
201417 citations
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Health workforce financing in Uganda: challenges and opportunities
M. Koutsoumpa, R. Odedo, A. Banda, M. Meurs +6 more
2020European Journal of Public Health15 citations Open access
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The Contribution of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative to Africa’s Renewal
F. Omaswa
2014Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges15 citations Open access
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The next WHO Director-General's highest priority: a Global Treaty on the Human Right to Health.
L. Gostin, Eric A. Friedman, P. Buss, M. Chowdhury +16 more
2016Lancet Global Health14 citations Open access
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Is the sector wide-approach (SWAp)improving health sector performance in Uganda?
V. Cruz, R. Cooper, B. McPake, R. Yates +4 more
200614 citations
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Solutions for Africa's Health Workforce Crisis through Country Based Research
F. Omaswa
2014Human Resources for Health13 citations Open access
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Conceptualizing Medical Humanities Programs in Low-Resource Settings in Africa.
Q. Eichbaum, S. Reid, A. Coly, T. Naidu +1 more
2019Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges9 citations Open access
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Strategies from the 2000–01 Ebola outbreak in Uganda
F. Omaswa, S. Okware, E. Kiguli-Malwadde
20158 citations Open access
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The Community TB Care in Africa.
F. Omaswa
2003The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease7 citations
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Leveraging the structures of the COVID-19 pandemic response for successful control of Ebola in Uganda
Henry Kyobe Bosa, M. K. Njenga, M. Wayengera, B. Kirenga +12 more
2023Nature Medicine6 citations
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Introducing quality improvement management methods into primary health care services in Uganda.
F. Omaswa, Gilbert Burnham, G. Baingana, H. Mwebesa +1 more
1996Q.A. brief6 citations
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Health Workforce Migration: Addressing Causes and Managing Effects
F. Omaswa
20085 citations
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Academic Medicine. Preface.
F. Mullan, F. Omaswa, S. Frehywot
2014Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges4 citations Open access
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Principles of the Africa health workforce investment charter to stimulate sustainable health workforce investments
J. A. Asamani, K. Mwinga, S. Okoroafor, Ogochukwu Chukwujekwu +18 more
2025Discover Health Systems2 citations Open access
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Indian public-private partnership for skilled birth-attendance
P. Simone, L. Chen, F. Omaswa, S. Møgedal +3 more
20082 citations
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The Kampala Forum on working together to overcome the workforce crisis—a call for papers
Lincoln C. Chen, F. Omaswa, S. Møgedal, Anders Nordström +2 more
20072 citations
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Editorial: A century of health professions' education, training, academic research and service at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
D. Nakanjako, F. Omaswa
2022African Health Sciences1 citations Open access
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Foreword
Miliard Derbew, N. Sewankambo, E. Noormahomed, U. Lalloo +14 more
2014Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges1 citations Open access
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The Ugandan health health systems reforms: miracle or mirage?
R. Yates, C. Tashobya, V. Cruz, B. McPake +6 more
20061 citations
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The Ugandan Health Systems Reforms: Miracle or Mirage? [Oral presentation]
R. Yates, C. Tashobya, V. Oliveira-Cruz, B. McPake +6 more
20051 citations
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The 'Community TB Care in Africa' project [Editorial].
F. Omaswa
2003The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease1 citations
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Brave Hearts Children's Initiative: A Motivational Strategy to Scale Up Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in Uganda.
Judith Namuyonga, Aisha Nakato, Gloria Owomugisha, M. Oketcho +17 more
2026World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery0 citations
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Need for and development of an intern health professions handbook in Uganda
E. Kiguli-Malwadde, A. Nambi, S. Kiguli, H. Mwebesa +1 more
2022Education and Health0 citations Open access
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Translating a global reference diet to national settings: a data platform for healthy and sustainable diets
R. Odedo, Amra Banda, M. Meurs, C. Hinlopen +6 more
2020European Journal of Public Health0 citations Open access
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Delivered by Ambassador Arthur Kafeero At Regional Consultation of Think Tanks on Implementation of SDGs for better Health Outcomes in Eastern and Southern Africa Imperial Royale Hotel Kampala
Sam K. Kutesa, J. Kaducu, F. Omaswa, Simon J. Carter +1 more
20160 citations
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GLOBAL HEALTH RISK FRAMEWORK: A WORKSHOP ON RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE HEALTH SYSTEMS TO RESPOND TO GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS
Michael Myers, F. Omaswa, A. Sawyerr, P. Kelley
20150 citations
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Medical schools in sub-Saharan Africa – Authors' reply
F. Mullan, Seble Freyhwot, F. Omaswa, Travis B. Wassermann
20110 citations
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Calcium and vitamin D for osteoporotic fracture risk
Lincoln C. Chen, F. Omaswa, S. Møgedal, Anders Nordström +2 more
20070 citations
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Francis Omaswa: From cardiothoracic surgeon to village health advocate. Interview by Charles Wendo.
F. Omaswa
2004African Health Sciences0 citations
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Informal health workers -- to be encouraged or condemned? [editorial]
F. Omaswa
19690 citations
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