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Byagamy, J.P., Opiro, R., Nyafwono, M., Angwech, H., Malinga, G.M., Echodu, R., Igwaro Odongo-Aginya, E., Aug, 2026 . (2026) . Spatio-ecological determinants of Biomphalaria and Bulinus snail intermediate hosts and schistosome-like infections in the Lango subregion, Northern Uganda: a geostatistical approach to guide targeted disease control . Parasites and Vectors
Byagamy, J.P., Opiro, R., Nyafwono, M., Angwech, H., Malinga, G.M., Echodu, R., Igwaro Odongo-Aginya, E., April, 2026 . (2026) . Praziquantel efficacy and post-treatment reinfection and incidence of Schistosoma mansoni among school-aged children in Northern Uganda: a 24-week cohort study in a high transmission focus . BMC Infectious Diseases , 26(1475)
Apio, E., Angwech, H., Opio, B., Okwir, G., Opoke, R., Malinga, G. M., & Opiro, R. (2026). . (2026) . Utilization of malaria control interventions and associated factors among women of reproductive age in Lira City, Northern Uganda . BMC Public Health, [online] Volume 26(1251). Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-026-26899-z
Awor, S., Opee, J., Ocaya, D., Abola, B., Malinga, G. M., Oryema, C., … Musoke, D. (2026) . (2026) . Haematological Profile of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in the Acholi Sub-Region, Uganda
Beatrice Arwenyo, Nyeko Martine, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Jac J. Varco, Todd Mlsna . (2026) . Transport Pathways of Biochar Enhanced Phosphorus Uptake to Root Surface: A Review . Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment, 15(2), pp. 141-172
Byagamy, J. P., Opiro, R., Angwech, H., Nyafwono, M., Malinga, G. M., Echodu, R., & Odongo-Aginya, E. I. (2025) . (2025) . Prevalence, intensity, and risk factors of schistosomiasis and intestinal parasitic infections among primary school children in northern Uganda: Implications for public health interventions . PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, [online] Volume 19(12). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013827
Byagamy, J.P., Opiro, R., Nyafwono, M., Malinga, G.M., Echodu, R., Igwaro Odongo-Aginya, E., Dec, 2025 . (2025) . Prevalence, intensity, and risk factors of schistosomiasis and intestinal parasitic infections among primary school children in northern Uganda: Implications for public health interventions
Were, R., Opio, A., Kagenda, G. A., Malinga, G. M., & Angwech, H. (2025). . (2025) . Prevalence and risk factors associated with Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs in Oyam district, Uganda . PLOS Neglected Tropical Disease, [online] Volume 19(12). Available at: https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0013776
. (2025) . Individual-level size distribution patterns in fruit-feeding butterfly communities along a forest restoration gradient in the Afrotropics
Abandu, J., Oyo, B., Malinga, G. M., & Mugonola, B. (2024) . (2025) . Institutional factors and mobile banking adoption among agri-entrepreneurs in Northern Uganda: exploring the mediating role of behavioural factors. . International Journal of Agriculture Innovation, Technology and Globalisation, 4(4), pp. 400–422
. (2025) . We Cure Sickle Cell Disease with Herbs”: Perspectives of Herbal Medicine Practitioners Treating Sickle Cell Disease in the Acholi Sub-Region. J Multidiscip Health. , pp. 4267-4277
Malinga, G.M., Angwech, H., Alemu, M.H. et al. (2025) . (2025) . Strides in farming edible African bush cricket, Ruspolia differens (Serville) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in East Africa: a systematic review of rearing protocols . Int J Trop Insect Sci, [online] Volume 45, pp. 2589–2606. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42690-025-01561-0
Alaroker MF, Twongyirwe R, Nyeko P, Sengendo F, Anu V, Massa B, Angwech H, Malinga GM, Van Miert S. (2025) . (2025) . Local knowledge, perception and practices regarding edible insects among different ethnic groups in Northern Uganda . J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 21(45)
R.Mwesige, J.Poul Byagamy, R.Opiro, H.Angwech, D.Onanyang, P.Buchen Ocen, S.Ochaya, G.Maxwell Malinga . (2025) . Sibling species composition and feeding pattern of malaria vectors in indoor-sprayed and non-sprayed districts of Lira and Kole, northern Uganda . Malaria Journal, p. 11
Silvia Awor, Felix Bongomin, Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Francis Pebalo Pebalo, Ronald Muganga Kivumbi,Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga, Acaye Ongwech, Proscovia Nnamuyomba, Christine Oryema, Bernard Abola, Jackline Epila and David Musoke (2025) . (2025) . “We Cure Sickle Cell Disease with Herbs”: Perspectives of Herbal Medicine Practitioners Treating Sickle Cell Disease in the Acholi Sub-Region . Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare., 18, pp. 4267- 4277
Awor, S., Opee, J., Ocaya, D., Ocaya, J., Abola, B., Malinga, G., Oryema, C., Arwenyo, B., Ongwech, A., Musoke, D., Nnamuyomba, P., & Epila, J. (2025) . (2025) . “We Cure Sickle Cell Disease with Herbs”: Perspectives of Herbal Medicine Practitioners Treating Sickle Cell Disease in the Acholi Sub-Region . Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, [online] Volume 2025(18), pp. 4267-4277. Available at: https://www.dovepress.com/we-cure-sickle-cell-disease-with-herbs-perspectives-of-herbal-medicine-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JMDH
Abandu, J., Oyo, B., Malinga, G., & Mugonola, B. (2025) . (2025) . Adoption of Mobile Banking Among Agri- Entrepreneurs in Northern Uganda: Do Socioeconomic Factors Matter? Food and Humanity
Francis Atube, Daniel Micheal Okello, Nyeko Martine, Geoffrey Maxwel Malinga . (2025) . Localising Climate Change: Farmers’ Perception and Rainfall Trends in Amuru District of Uganda. . African Journal of Climate Change and Resource Sustainability
Silvia Awor, Felix Bongomin, Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Francis Pebalo Pebalo, Ronald Muganga Kivumbi,Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga, Acaye Ongwech, Proscovia Nnamuyomba, Christine Oryema, Bernard Abola, Jackline Epila and David Musoke . (2024) . Safety and efficacy of herbal medicines for the management of sickle cell disease in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis . PAMJ-One Health, [online] Volume 15(22). Available at: https://www.one-health.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/15/22/full/
Opeto, C. D., Angwech, H., Ongwech, A., Abola, B., Odongo, S., & Malinga, G. M. (2024). . (2024) . Haemonchosis in Small Ruminants Under Traditional Husbandry Systems in Apac District, Northern Uganda . Journal of Parasitology Research
Silvia Awor, Felix Bongomin, Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Francis Pebalo Pebalo, Ronald Muganga Kivumbi,Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga, Acaye Ongwech, Proscovia Nnamuyomba, Christine Oryema, Bernard Abola, Jackline Epila and David Musoke (2024) . (2024) . Liver and renal biochemical profiles of people with sickle cell disease in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies . Systematic Reviews , [online] Volume 13(260). Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-024-02662-6
Bornfree Gum1, Robert Opoke1*, Betty Akwongo1, Benson Oloya2, John Bosco Omony1, Robert Opiro3, Morgan Andama1, Godwin Anywar 4 and Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga3 . (2024) . An ethnobotanical survey of plant species used for medicinal purposes in Amuru district, northern Uganda , p. 17
Adebua, A., Oriangi, G., Abola, B., Malinga, G. M., Ezati, B. A., & Amone, C. (2024) . (2024) . Perspectives from the Local Community on Strategies for Community Transformation in Uganda’s Public Universities . East African Journal of Education Studies, 7(2)
Oriangi, G., Mukwaya, P. I., Luwa, J. K., Emmanuel, M., Maxwell, M. G., & Bamutaze, Y. (2024). . (2024) . Variability and Changes in Climate in Northern Uganda . Journal of Climate Change and Resource Sustainability, 3(1), pp. 81-97
Silvia Awor, Felix Bongomin, Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Francis Pebalo Pebalo, Ronald Muganga Kivumbi,Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga, Acaye Ongwech, Proscovia Nnamuyomba, Christine Oryema, Bernard Abola, Jackline Epila and David Musoke (2023) . (2023) . Prevalence of Use of Herbal Medicines for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease in Africa: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis . Journal of Herbal Medicine, -1
Julius Iga, Stephen Ochaya, Richard Echodu, Elizabeth A Opiyo, Alex K Musiime, Angella Nakamaanya, Geoffrey M Malinga . (2023) . Sibling Species Composition and Susceptibility Status of Anopheles gambiae s.l. to Insecticides Used for Indoor Residual Spraying in Eastern Uganda
Eveliina Korkiatupa, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Ryosuke Nakadai, Margaret Nyafwono, Perpetra Akite, Sille Holm, Wouter van Goor, Richard Kigenyi, Anu Valtonen . (2023) . Recovery patterns in community composition of fruit‐feeding butterflies following 26 years of active forest restoration . Ecosphere AN ESA Open Access Journal, 14(5)
Aciro, R., Oriangi, G., Onen, D., Malinga, G. M., Ezati, B. A., & Openjuru, G. L. (2023) . (2023) . The Relationship between Entry Grades of Students Admitted to Public Universities in Uganda under Direct Entry Schemes and Their Academic Performance: Implications for Admission Policies . East Africa Journal of Education Studies, 6(1), pp. 373-388
Francis Atube, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Martine Nyeko, Daniel M. Okello, Basil Mugonola, George William Omony & Ipolto Okello-Uma . (2022) . Farmers’ perceptions of climate change, long-term variability and trends in rainfall in Apac district, northern Uganda
Atube, Francis; Malinga, Geoffrey M; Nyeko, Martine; Okello, Daniel M; Mugonola, Basil; Omony, George William; Okello-Uma, Ipolto(2022) . (2022) . Farmers’ perceptions of climate change, long-term variability and trends in rainfall in Apac district, northern Uganda . CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 3
Okori, B. C., Oryema, C., Opiro, R., Amos, A., Obici, G. I., Rutaro, K., ... & Sande, E. (2022) . (2022) . Ethnobotanical survey of plants locally used in the control of termite pests among rural communities in northern Uganda . Kampala, Uganda: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, p. 10
Opiro, R., Moses, O. A., Opoke, R., Oloya, F. A., Nakafu, E., Iwiru, T., ... & Opiyo, E. A. (2022) . (2022) . Spatial Distribution of Tsetse Flies and Trypanosome Infection Status in a Vector Genetic Transition Zone in Northern Uganda . Journal of Parasitology Research, 2022, p. 6
Geoffrey M Malinga, Amos Acur, Patrick Ocen, Sille Holm, Karlmax Rutaro, Stephen Ochaya, John N Kinyuru, Jørgen Eilenberg, Nanna Roos, Anu Valtonen, Philip Nyeko, Heikki Roininen . (2022) . Growth and Reproductive Performance of Edible Grasshopper (Ruspolia differens) on Different Artificial Diets . Journal of Economic Entomology, 115(3), pp. 724-730
Francis Atube, Daniel M. Okello, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Martine Nyeko & Ipolto Okello-Uma . (2022) . Farmers’ adaptation to climate change and crop yield: a case of Amuru and Apac districts of Northern Uganda . International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability , 20(5), pp. 967-981
Opiro, R., Opoke, R., Angwech, H., Nakafu, E., Oloya, F. A., Openy, G., ... & Opiyo, E. A. (2021) . (2021) . Apparent density, trypanosome infection rates and host preference of tsetse flies in the sleeping sickness endemic focus of northwestern Uganda , p. 12
Oloya, J., Malinga G.M., Nyafwono, M., Akite, P., Nakadai, R., Holm, S., Valtonen, A., 2021 . (2021) . Recovery of fruit-feeding butterfly communities in Budongo Forest Reserve after anthropogenic disturbance . Forest Ecology and Management , 491, pp. 1-9
Francis Atube, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Martine Nyeko, Daniel M. Okello, Simon Peter Alarakol & Ipolto Okello-Uma . (2021) . Determinants of smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to the effects of climate change: Evidence from northern Uganda . Available at: https://agricultureandfoodsecurity.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40066-020-00279-1
Francis Atube, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Martine Nyeko, Daniel M. Okello, Simon Peter Alarakol and Ipolto Okello‑Uma (2021) . (2021) . Determinants of smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to the effects of climate change: Evidence from northern Uganda . Agriculture & Food Security, 10, p. 6
Francis Atube, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Martine Nyeko, Daniel M. Okello, Simon Peter Alarakol and Ipolto Okello‑Uma; Agriculture & Food Security. (2021) . (2021) . Determinants of smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to the effects of climate change: Evidence from northern Uganda . Agriculture & Food Security, 10(6)
Francis Atube1*, Geoffrey M. Malinga2, Martine Nyeko3, Daniel M. Okello4, Simon Peter Alarakol5 and Ipolto Okello‑Uma6 . (2021) . Determinants of smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to the effects of climate change: Evidence from northern Uganda . Agriculture & Food Security, 10(6)
Richard Echodu, Juliet Anena, Tereza Iwiru, Paul Mireji, Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga, Elizabeth A. Opiyo, Julius Iga, Onanyang David (2020) . (2020) . High level of resistance in Anopheles arabiensis mosquito to pyrethroid insecticides from low malaria transmission zone of Moroto district, Karamoja region, Uganda: Implication for malaria vector control . Kampala, Uganda: Research Square
Atube, Francis; Okello, Daniel M; Malinga, Geoffrey M; Nyeko, Martine; Okello-Uma, Ipolto; International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Taylor & Francis, . (2020) . Farmers’ adaptation to climate change and crop yield: a case of Amuru and Apac districts of Northern Uganda . International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability , 20(4), pp. 967-981
Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga, Kalori Baana, Karlmax Rutaro, Robert Opoke, Francis Atube, Hector Opika-Opoka, Christine Oryema . (2020) . An ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of malaria in Budondo sub-county, Eastern Uganda . Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 19
Omona, S., Malinga, G. M., Opoke, R., Openy, G., & Opiro, R. (2020) . (2020) . Prevalence of diarrhoea and associated risk factors among children under five years old in Pader District, northern Uganda , p. 9
Baana K., Angwech H. and G. M. Malinga. (2018) . (2018) . Ethnobotanical survey of plants used as repellents against housefly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) in Budondo Subcounty, Jinja District, Uganda . Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 14(34)
Angwech H, Nyeko J. H, Opiyo E.A, Okello-Onen J, Opiro R, Echodu R, Malinga G. M, Njahira M.N, Skilton R.A. (2015) . (2015) . Heterogeneity in the prevalence and intensity of bovine trypanosomiasis in the districts of Amuru and Nwoya, Northern Uganda . BCM Veterinary Research, p. 8

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