Nelson Bunani

Nelson is a dedicated and results-driven Public Health researcher and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) specialist with over five years of experience in project feasibility studies, health surveys, proposal and report writing, disease surveillance, and data analysis. Proficient in data extraction and visualization using the Ministry of Health DHIS2, he is also skilled in managing and analyzing data with tools such as MS Excel, STATA, R, QGIS, SPSS, and MS Access. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Public Health at Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda.

• 1) Olwedo MA, Bunani N (2025) Factors associated with modern contraceptive use among sexually active youths attending secondary schools in Mbale City, Uganda. PLOS Glob Public Health 5(10): e0005122. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005122
• 2) Tumwesige C, Bunani N, Muhumuza N, Uwera A, Kabagenyi A. Non utilization of modern contraceptives among sexually active adolescent girls and young women aged 10-24 years in selected districts of Busoga region, Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study. Contracept Reprod Med. 2025 Oct 22;10(1):70. doi: 10.1186/s40834-025-00407-x. PMID: 41126376; PMCID: PMC12542313.
• 3) Nelson Bunani et al The dilemma in diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer in Uganda: A qualitative study at the Uganda Cancer Institute, 2018. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health. 2025;8:47. https://doi.org/10.37432/jieph-e-04-202046.
• 4) Kayiwa F, Nabwemba E, Bunani N, Ndejjo R (2025) Maternal HIV retesting during antenatal care in selected health facilities in Mayuge district, Uganda: A cross-sectional study. PLOS Glob Public Health 5(1): e0004173. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pgph.0004173.
• 5) Bunani N, Kisakye AN, Ssenyonjo A, Nuwaha F. Late diagnosis among patients with prostate cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute: a retrospective cohort study. African Health Sciences. 2024;24(3). 147-155. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v24i3.19.
• 6) Acham WR, Naluya A, Nyatia R, Bunani N. Virologic re-suppression and the associated factors among children aged 1-9 years on Antiretroviral Therapy in The Aids Support Organization Soroti Region, Uganda: a retrospective cohort analysis. Afr Health Sci. 2024;24(2). 1-9. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v24i2.2.
• 7) Mustafa, A.S., Ssenku, J.E., Nyachwo, E.B., Ruto, G.C., Bunani, N., Musimami, G., Maseurka, R. and Anywar, G., 2023. Assessing knowledge and willingness to use genetically modified crops in Uganda. Agriculture & Food Security, 12(1), p.8.
• 8) Achieng, C., Bunani, N., Kagayi, J. and Nuwaha, F., 2023. Adherence to antiretroviral and cancer chemotherapy, and associated factors among patients with HIV–cancer co-morbidity at the Uganda Cancer Institute: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 23(1), p.1451.
• 9) Bunani, N., Tweheyo, R., Beavuline, E.N., Kabagenyi, A., Neema, S. and Rutebemberwa, E., 2023. Knowledge of, and factors associated with current use of modern contraceptives among young people 10-24years in central and western Uganda: A cross-sectional study.
• 10) Nalukwago, G.K., Isunju, J.B., Muwonge, T., Katairo, T., Bunani, N., Semitala, F., Kyambadde, P. and Matovu, F., 2021. Adherence to oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among female sex workers in Kampala, Uganda. African Health Sciences, 21(3), pp.1048-1058.

• 1) October 28-November 1, 2019: Poster presentation at the 10TH TEPHINET conference, Atlanta, USA. Timing of diagnosis and treatment among prostate cancer patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute
• 2) November 11-16, 2018: Poster presentation at the 7TH AFENET International conference in Maputo, Mozambique, November 2018. Epidemiological characterization of positive leptospirosis cases in Kabale and Rubanda districts, Uganda.