Department of Gynaecology |Dr. Josaphat K. Byamugisha

Head of Department

Dr. Josaphat K. Byamugisha

Qualification
MBChB Dip-Obs MMed PhD

Position: Head of Department
Telephone:+256 772 580 330

Email: jbyamugisha@med.mak.ac.ug
Fax:+256 414 533 451 (AOGU)

Dr Byamugisha holds a PhD from Makerere University and Karolinska Institute. He has a Masters in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a Diploma in Obstetrics and Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery all from Makerere University. He has done several short courses and is the current Head of Department. His major interest is in Family Planning and infection control. He teaches Obstetrics and Gynaecology to undergraduate and graduate students. He has published widely. His most outstanding work is on emergency contraception.

Publications

Namagembe I, Jackson LW, Zullo MD, Byamugisha JK, Frank SH,Sethi AK . Consumption of alcoholic beverages among pregnant urban Ugandan women. Maternal and Child Health Journal. PMID: 19629663. 2009 July 23.

A n de Wijgert JH, Morrison CS, Brown J, Kwok C, Van Der Pol B, Chipato T, Byamugisha JK, Padian N, Salata RA.Sex Transm Dis. 2009 May 8. Disentangling Contributions of Reproductive Tract Infections to HIV Acquisition in African Women.

Faced with a Double-Edged Risk: Ugandan University Students’ Perception of the Emergency Contraceptive Pill in Uganda Abstract | Full-text (PDF):
osaphat K Byamugisha, Florence M Mirembe Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson and Elisabeth FaxelidAfr J Reprod Health 2009; 13[1]:47-59).

The perspectives of in-school youths inKampala, Uganda, on the role of parents in HIV prevention Johanna Löfgren, Josaphat Byamugisha, Per Tillgren, Birgitta Rubenson
African Journal of AIDS Research Vol 8, No 2 (2009)

Steiner MJ, Kwok C, Stanback J, Byamugisha JK, Chipato T, Magwali T, Mmiro F, Rugpao S, Sriplienchan S, Morrison C.Injectable contraception: what should the longest interval be for reinjections? Contraception. 2008 Jun; 77(6):410-4. Epub 2008 Apr 10.
Steiner MJ, Kwok C, Dominik R, Byamugisha JK, Chipato T, Magwali T, Mmiro F, Rugpao S, Sriplienchan S, Morrison CS.Pregnancy risk among oral contraceptive pill, injectable contraceptive, and condom users in Uganda, zimbabwe, andThailand.Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Nov;110(5):1003-9.
Byamugisha JK, Mirembe FM, Faxelid E, Gemzell-Danielsson K. Knowledge, attitudes and prescribing pattern of emergency contraceptives by health care workers inKampala, Uganda. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2007;86(9):1111-6.

Byamugisha JK, Mirembe FM, Faxelid E, Gemzell-Danielsson K. Emergency Contraception and Fertility awareness among University Students inKampala, Uganda. Afr Health Sci. 2006 Dec;6(4):194-200.

Okong P, Byamugisha J, Mirembe F, Byaruhanga R, Bergstrom S. Audit of severe maternal morbidity inUganda--implications for quality of obstetric care.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2006;85(7):797-804.

Namayanja GK, Nankya JM, Byamugisha JK, Ssali FN, Kityo CM, Rwambuya SD, Mugerwa RD, Mmiro FA, Morrison CS, Salata RA. Stevens - Johnson syndrome due to nevirapine. 5(4):338-40.

Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition.
AIDS. 2007 Jan 2;21(1):85-95. Morrison CS, Richardson BA, Mmiro F, Chipato T, Celentano DD, Luoto J, Mugerwa R, Padian N, Rugpao S, Brown JM, Cornelisse P, Salata RA; for the Hormonal Contraception and the Risk of HIV Acquisition (HC-HIV) Study Group*.
(*Byamugisha J is part of the study group