Prof. Sarah Ssali

Prof. Sarah Ssali

Prof. Sarah Ssali

Director, IGDS

Department of Gender Studies

Sarah Ssali is an Associate Prof. and Dean School of Women and Gender Studies, and the Director Centre of Excellence in Notions of Identity at Makerere University. She is a Social Scientist with a PhD in International Health Studies. She is an experienced researcher with vast experience in qualitative and quantitative research methods including surveys, social networks analysis, ethnographic methods, life histories, narratives, to mention a few. She has researched and published in the area of public policy, health systems, health financing, HIV and AIDS, post conflict settings, hidden behaviours and the oppressed minorities in society. Gender and ethical issues have been overarching principles in all her research.

She also teaches Research Methods, Politics, Public Policy and the State from a gender perspective, as well as Fundamentals of Social Science and Health, highlighting gender relations in policy and practice, effects of policy and how policy shapes identities and citizenship. She has been involved in several research projects and consortia funded by UKRI, MRC, WHO and Makerere University, where she has played different roles as Principal or co-investigator and researcher. Sarah Ssali has and continues to serve on several institutional, local and international governing and advisory boards. Prominently, she is a member of the Makerere University Council, serving on the prominent HR committee of the Appointments Board. She has also chaired the Staff Development and Welfare Committee, the Quality Assurance, Gender and ICT Committee, as well as the Students Affairs Committee. Additionally, she served on the Audit and the Finance, Planning and Administration committees of the University Council. 

Beyond Makerere University, she is a member of the Uganda Institute of Bankers Senate, and a member of the National Curriculum and Development Centre Governing Council. 

She has also served on several international boards such as  Serving on these committees has enabled her to contribute to quality in Human Resource systems of the University as it embarks on becoming research-led. 

  1. Undergraduate Courses 
    : GAD 2105: Gender the State and Civil Society
  2. Post graduate courses
    1. GS 7101: Theoretical Perspectives of Gender and Development
    2. GS 7103: Research Methods
    3. GS 7204: Gender the State and Public Policy
    4. GS 7205: Gender and Development Management
    5. GS 7207: Gender, Institutions and Social Transformation

  1. Co-Principal Investigator, 2023-2027: Cities of Youth: The gendered impact of climate migration on health and wellbeing of youth migrants, and system capacity in secondary cities in Uganda, in partnership with the Makerere School of Public Health and University of Southern Denmark, funded by Danish International Development Agency (Danida) 

  2. Collaborator, 2023-2026, Learning together to Advance Evidence and Equity in Policymaking for Achieving the SDGS (LEEPS): Anglophone African Hub, In Partnership with African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) Kenya, Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN) Kenya, African Institute For Health Policy & Health Systems (AIHPHS) Nigeria, Funded By The International Development Research Center (IDRC) - Canada (231), Grant Number CB0060 

  3. Feminist Centre for Racial Justice Mak PhD Scholarship in collaboration with the School of Oriental and African Studies, funded by OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA. 

  4. Principal Investigator, 2022-2025, Gender Equality Seal Project for Makerere University, Kampala, funded by the UNDP, Kampala. 

  5. Principal Investigator, Jun 2020 – August 2024. From Violence and Victims to Voices and Visions: Exploring the power of mindfulness to effect lasting positive change in post-conflict settings in Northern Uganda, in partnership with the Salamander Trust, UK, funded by Mind and Life, USA. 

  6. Principal Investigator, 2021 – 2024, Strengthening Capacity for Research and Policy Engagement in Shifting Notions of Motherhood and Fatherhood for Improved Children’s Wellbeing in Africa, UKRI GRANT_NUMBER: ES/T01492X/1 

  7. Principal Investigator, 2022, Combating Sexual Harassment in Makerere University during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, Urgent Action Fund, Nairobi. 

  8. Principal Investigator, 2021, 30 Years Conference of the School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, Carnegie Corporation of New York, USA. 

  9. Principal Investigator Oct, 2019 – April, 2020, Developing an integrated framework for addressing Population, Health and Environment for Uganda’s refugee and host communities, Makerere University Research Innovation Fund.

  10. Principal Investigator, May 2019 – April 2021 Pilot of TDR intersectional gender analysis toolkit for infectious diseases of poverty research, funded by World Health Organization (Geneva) GRANT_NUMBER: B80216

  11. Investigator, 2018-2021, Investigator, Integrating Refugees into National Health Systems: Enhancing Equity and Strengthening Sustainable Health Services for All, funded by Medical Research Council (London) GRANT_NUMBER: MR/S013547/1       

  12. Principal Investigator, 2020-2022, Gender Equality Project, in partnership with the University Forum on Governance (UniFOG), funded by the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF). GRANT NUMBER: 0490_SWGS

  13. Principal Investigator, 2018-2019, Gender Equality Project, in partnership with the University Forum on Governance (UniFOG), funded by the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF). GRANT NUMBER: 0416_SWGS

  14. Investigator, Sida/Faculty of Social Sciences Programme (Faculty Research Fund), for the Gendered Social Networks and their Impact on Service Usage and Academic Performance of Makerere University Students (2015-2016)

  15. Investigator, SABRES Small Grants, for the research on Barriers to Safe Childbearing Among Couples Living With HIV (2011-2013), Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. 

  16. Investigator, 2015-2016, Gender Portrayal In The 2016 General Elections: A Discourse Analysis Of The Electoral Speeches And Literature, being undertaken under CBR, funded by DGF. 

  17. Co-Investigator, 2015-2022, Understanding Mobility and Risk in SEARCH Communities,Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC), School of Medicine, Makerere University and University of California, San Francisco. 

  18. Co-Principal Investigator, 2018-2015, Public Administration Systems and the Effective HIV Policy Making and Implementation in Uganda (2013-2015), in conjunction with the Dept of Political Science and Public Administration Dept, the School of Social Sciences and funded by Irish AID. 

  19. Ugandan Principal Investigator, Research in Gender and Ethics (RinGs): Building Stronger Health Systems, DFID Funded RPCs, (2013-2018). Undertaken in collaboration with other DFIC Funded RPCs, namely ReBUILD, ReSYST and Future Health Systems, over a number of partner countries where these three RPCs are located such as Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, India, Bangladesh, UK. USA, etc. Funded by DFID. 

  20. Facilitator, 2012-2013, UNFPA/UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C Accelerating Change: Capacity Building Workshop on Results-Based Reporting (2012 and 2013). These workshops, organised by Makerere University School of Public Health under Dr. Orach Garimoi (the PI) and involving participants from Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Uganda focused on developing indicators for change towards the ending of FGM in the different communities. 

  21. Co-Principal Investigator, 2011-2017, ‘ReBUILDing’ Health Systems in Post Conflict Northern Uganda (2011-2017), in conjunction with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Queen Margaret University and funded by DFID. Other participating countries are Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Zimbabwe and the UK.

  22. Principal Investigator, 2011-2017, Analysing Patterns in Household Health Expenditure in Gulu District, Northern Uganda (1989-2010): This is research being undertaken under the ReBUILD Consortium, a DfID funded health systems research in Post Conflict Health Reconstruction. The ReBUILD Project is housed in the School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University.

  23. Principal Investigator, 2011-2013, Barriers to Safe Childbearing among Couples Living with HIV (2011-2013) in collaboration with the Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University’s College of Health Sciences. 

  24. Coordinator, 2007-2012, Activating HIV Clients as Change Agents (2007-2012) in collaboration with the Makerere University Infectious Diseases Control, Makerere University, the RAND Corporation of USA, the Centers for Diseases Control (CDC) Uganda and Tanzania.

  25. Researcher, 2008, Effects of Donor Aid for HIV on Women and Gender in Uganda (2008)

  26. Co-Principal Investigator, 2006-2007, “Law, Circumcision and Sexuality in Eastern Uganda and Western Kenya,” under the project Gender Law and Sexuality coordinated by Dr. Sylvia Tamale, Faculty of Law. (January 2006-December 2007). Funded by Ford Foundation. 

  27. Co-Principal Investigator, 2005-2007, “The impact of antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV on Social Development Outcomes in Kisiizi, Rukungiri District Uganda”, undertaken jointly by the Institute for International Health and Development (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh) and Makerere Women and Gender Studies Dept. (2005 –2007)

  28. Researcher, 2004-2005, “Understanding the Impact of Decentralisation on Reproductive Health Services Delivery, a Multi-Country Study, being undertaken jointly with the Nuffield Institute of Health (Leeds University) and the Heidelberg University in Germany. 

  29. Principal Investigator, 1999-2003, “The Impact of User Fees on Women’s Role in Household Health Care Decision-Making in Mukono District, Uganda: A Gender Analysis”, fieldwork research for the thesis in partial fulfilment for the requirement of the degree in Philosophy in International Health Studies, Queen Margaret University College, 1999 – 2003.

  30. Investigator, 1999, “Improving the Home Management of Childhood Fevers in Africa: a Multi-Site Randomised Demonstration Study”, undertaken by Women and Gender Studies Dept. Makerere University and the WHO- Uganda, February 1999. 

  31. Principal Investigator, 1998, “Gender Differentials in the Access to and Utilisation of Primary Health Care Information: A Case of Diarrhoea Disease Information”, fieldwork research for the thesis in partial fulfilment for the requirement of the award of Master of Arts degree in Gender Studies of Makerere University (1998). This fieldwork was funded by Medical Research Council (UK) in Uganda and was undertaken in Kyamulibwa, one of MRC’s study sites for the last 12 years.

  32. Researcher, 1998, “The Effectiveness of Agriculture Extension Services in Uganda”, with the Council for the Economic Empowerment of Women in Africa (CEEWA) Uganda.

  33. Researcher, 1998, “National Baseline Survey of the Local Council Court System in Uganda”, with NORDIC Consulting Group, Uganda.

  34. Researcher, 1997, “Women and Land Rights, Integrating Women’s Issues in the Land Bill”, with Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET), October 1997.

  35. Researcher, 1997, “Household Property Ownership and Gender Differences in Health Seeking Behaviour in Trypanosomiasis Disease”, with Uganda Trypanosomiasis Research Institute (LIRI), Uganda, August 1997.

  36. Researcher, 1997, “Implications of Time-Use on Women’s Participation in Community Health Education Activities”, a research undertaken for the course Gender and Rural Development Issues, Makerere University, January – April 1997.

  37. Research Assistant, 1992, “Indigenous Non-Governmental Organisations and Political Participation under the NRM Regime”, research assistant to Susan Dicklich, PhD research student from the University of Ontario, Canada, September – January 1993.

  38. Researcher, 1991, “Administration of Justice in the Resistance Council Committees”, research for the course Administrative Law

Networks

  1. Member, National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC), appointed by the Minister of Education and Sports to represent the Public, 2023- ongoing

  2. Member, Uganda Institute of Bankers Academic Board (2018 ongoing).

  3. Member, Makerere University Council (2010 - 2026)

  4. Member, Makerere University Senate (2017 ongoing)

  5. Convenor, CHUSS Seminar Series, (2017- 2024)

  6. Chairperson, Makerere University Quality Assurance, Gender Mainstreaming and ICT Committee of Council (2021 - ongoing) 

  7. Chairperson, Staff Development, Welfare and Retirement Benefits Committee of Makerere University Council, (2019-2021)

  8. Member, Makerere University Appointments Board (2015 - ongoing)

  9. Member, Audit Committee, Makerere University Council, (2021-2022)

  10. Member, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Academic Promotions Committee, (2020-2023)

  11. Member, External Scientific Advisory Panel, National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit on Lung Health and Tuberculosis in Africa at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 

  12. Member, Makerere University Quality Assurance, Gender Mainstreaming and ICT Committee (2010 - ongoing)

  13. Member, European University Alliance CIVIS, Society, Culture and Heritage Hub, Makerere University. April 2023 ongoing

  14. Member, The International Multidisciplinary Programme to Address Lung Health and TB in Africa “IMPALA” Consortium Scientific Advisory Panel, 2020-2023      

  15. Chair, Advisory Board, Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next-Gen), Social Science Research Council, New York, USA, 2019-2022

  16. Member, Steering Committee, MasterCard Foundation Scholars Programme. 2017 – 

  17. Chairperson, Lake Victoria Research (VICRES) Scientific Advisory Committee (VICSAC), (2010-2013)

  18. Member, Mengo Hospital Research Review Committee (2012-2024)

  19. Member, Research Policy Committee, Centre for Basic Research (2008-2012)

Associations

  1. Member, Makerere University Academic Staff Association (2003 – to date)

  2. Member, Research and Education for Democracy in Tanzania (REDET)(2006-2010)

  3. Member, South Africa Sociological Association (SASA) (2006-2012)

  4. Member, The National Bio-Safety Committee of the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (2006-2020

  5. Member, International Association for Feminist Economics (2003-)

Journal Papers:

  1. Muttamba, Winters, Samson Omongot, Irene Najjingo, Roseline Nuwarinda, Esther Buregyeya, Mariam Otmani Del Barrio, Rosemary Morgan, Bruce Kirenga, and Sarah Ssali. "Using intersectional gender analysis to identify challenges in tuberculosis care at four health care facilities in Uganda." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 13, no. 1 (2024): 2.

  2. Collins G K. Atuheire, James Okwee Acai, Martha Taremwa, Odoch Terence, Sarah N. Ssali, Frank N. Mwiine, Clovice Kankya, Eystein Skjerve and Morten Tryland (2024), Descriptive analyses of knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding rabies transmission and prevention in rural communities near wildlife reserves in Uganda: One Health cross-sectional study. Tropical Medicine and Health (2024) 52:48

  3. Andrew Simiyu, Xollins Grace Kalanga Atuheiere, Martha Taremwa, Sarah N. Ssali, Frank Norbert Mwiine, Clovice Kankya, Kizito Kahooza Mugimba (2024), Sero-prevalence of syphilis and associated risk factors, among pregnant women attending antenatal care at an urban poor health centre in Kampala, Uganda: a cross-sectional study. Pan African Medical Journal. 2024;47 (129). 10.11604/ pamj.2024.47.129.31622

  4. Ssali, Sarah N., et al. "Gendered Lives, Gendered Vulnerabilities: An Intersectional Gender Analysis of Exposure to and Treatment of Schistosomiasis in Pakwach District, Uganda." PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 17.11 (2023): e0010639.

  5. Atuheire, Collins GK, Martha Taremwa, Kelvin Bwambale, James Okwee-Acai, Clovice Kankya, Odoch Terence, Sarah N. Ssali, Frank N. Mwiine, and Morten Tryland. "Variation of Rabies Incidence with Rainfall Pattern in Uganda: Neglected Implication of Climate Change on Rabies Risk." Acta Scientific MEDICAL SCIENCES (ISSN: 2582-0931) 7, no. 4 (2023).

  6. Namanda C, Atuyambe L, Ssali S, Mukose A, Mbona AT, Makumbi FE, Tweheyo R, Gidudu A, Sekimpi C, Hashim CV, Nicholson M, Ddungu P, (2023), A qualitative study of Influences, Sources of Information and Media Consumption habits on Uptake of Contraceptive Services among people of Reproductive age in Uganda, BMC Women's Health 23 (1), pp: 1-12

  7. Cissie Namanda, Lynn Atuyambe, Sarah Ssali, Aggrey Mukose, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Frederick E. Makumbi, Ritah Tweheyo, Andrew Gidudu, Carole Sekimpi, Catherine Verde Hasim, Martha Nicholson and Peter Ddungu (2023), A qualitative study of influences on the uptake of contraceptive services among people of reproductive age in Uganda. BMC Women’s Health (2023) 23:130 pp: 1-12

  8. Okorie CN, Gutin SA, Getahun M, Lebu SA, Okiring J, Neilands TB, Ssali,S, Cohen CR, Maeri I, Eyul P, Bukusi E, Charlebois ED, Camlin C. (2023) Sex specific differences in HIV status disclosure and care engagement among people living with HIV in rural communities in Kenya and Uganda. PLOS Global Public Health 3(4): pp:1-15

  9. Fredrick E Makumbi, Sarah Nabukeera, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Cissie Namanda,  Lynn Atuyambe, Aggrey Mukose, Sarah Ssali, Ronald Ssenyonga, Ritah Tweheyo, Andrew Gidudu, Carole Sekimpi, Catherine Verde Hashim, Martha Nicholson & Peter Ddungu (2023), Socio-economic and education related inequities in use of modern contraceptive in seven sub-regions in Uganda. BMC Health Services Research, 2023. 23(201): p. 1-16

  10. Joi K. Lee, Sarah A. Gutin, Monica Getahun, Jaffer Okiring, Torsten B. Neilands, Adam Akullian, Sarah Ssali, Craig R. Cohen, Irene Maeri, Patrick Eyul, Moses R. Kamya, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Edwin D. Charlebois, Carol S. Camlin (2023), Condom, modern contraceptive, and dual method use are associated with HIV status and relationship concurrency in a context of high mobility: A cross-sectional study of women of reproductive age in rural Kenya and Uganda, 2016, Contraception, Volume 117, Pages 13-21

  11. Irene Maeri, Patrick Eyul, Monica Getahun, Khalela Hatchett, Lawrence Owino, Cecilia Akatukwasa, Harriet Itiakorit, Sarah A. Gutin, Jason Johnson-Peretz, Sarah Ssali, Craig R. Cohen, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Moses R. Kamya, Edwin D. Charlebois, Carol S. Camlin (2023), Nothing about us without us: Community-based participatory research to improve HIV care for mobile patients in Kenya and Uganda, Social Science & Medicine, Volume 318 (2023), Pp: 115471

  12. Ssali, Sarah N. "Neoliberal Transformations After War: Gendered Narratives of Post-Conflict Survival and Crisis in Gulu District, Northern Uganda." Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal 7, no. 4-6 (2022): 307-326. 

  13. Mbona NT, Makumbi F, Mukose A, Atuyambe L, Namanda C, Ssali S, Tweheyo R, Gidudu A, Sekimpi C, Verde C H, Nicholson M, Waddimba RN, Ddungu P (2022), Ability and willingness to pay for family planning services in low resource settings: evidence from an operational research, African Health Sciences, Vol 22 Issue 1, March, 2022

  14. Sarah A. Gutin, Torsten B. Neilands, Edwin D. Charlebois, Monica Getahun, Jaffer Okiring, Adam Akullian, Irene Maeri, Patrick Eyul, Sarah Ssali, Craig R. Cohen, Moses R. Kamya, Elizabeth A. Bukusi & Carol S. Camlin (2022), Mobility is Associated with Higher-risk Sexual Partnerships Among Both Men and Women in Co-resident Couples in Rural Kenya and Uganda: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. AIDS Behav 27, 1418–1429

  15. Jaffer Okiring, Monica Getahun, Sarah A. Gutin, Sarah Lebu, Joi Lee, Irene Maeri, Patrick Eyul, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Craig R. Cohen, Torsten B. Neilands, Sarah Ssali, Edwin D. Charlebois, Carol S. Camlin (2022), Sexual partnership concurrency and age disparities associated with sexually transmitted infection and risk behavior in rural communities in Kenya and Uganda, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 120, Pp: 158-167.

  16. Craig R. Cohen, Andres G. Lescano, Fernando O. Mardones, Purnima Menon, Harsha Thirumurthy, Sarah Ssali (2022); Advancing global health and the sustainable development goals through transdisciplinary research and equitable publication practices. Advances in Global Health 1 (1): p

  17. Hussein Kisiki Nsamba, Robert Ssali, Sarah N.  Ssali, Fahad Matovu, John Wasswa, Hussein Kivumbi Balimunsi (2021), Evaluation of the Cooking Cultures and Practices in Rural Uganda, Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems, 2021, 11, Pp. 33-44

  18. Ssali, Sarah N. "Gender, Economic Precarity and Uganda Government’s COVID-19 response." African Journal of Governance & Development 9, no. 1.1 (2020): 287-308.

  19. Carol S Camlin, Adam Akullian, Torsten B Neilands, Monica Getahun, Patrick Eyul, Irene Maeri, Sarah Ssali, Elvin Geng, Monica Gandhi, Craig R Cohen, Moses R Kamya, Thomas Odeny, Elizabeth A Bukusi, Edwin D Charlebois (2018), Population mobility associated with higher risk sexual behaviour in eastern African communities participating in a Universal Testing and Treatment trial, Journal of the International AIDS Society, Pp: 16-31

  20. Susannah H. Mayhew, Karen Newman, David Johnson, Emily Clark, Michael Hammer, Vik Mohan, Sarah Ssali, (2020) New partnerships, new perspectives: The relevance of sexual and reproductive health and rights for sustainable development, Health Policy, 124 pp: 599-604

  21. Ssali, Sarah, Agnes Namaganda, and Ronald Bisaso. "Examining the barriers to reporting sexual harassment in universities." International Journal of Sociology 2, no. 1 (2020): 64-84.

  22. Carol S. Camlin, Adam Akullian, Torsten B. Neilands, Monica Getahun, Anna Bershteyn, Sarah Ssali, Elvin Geng, Monica Gandhi, Craig R. Cohen, Irene Maeri, Patrick Eyul, Maya L. Petersen, Diane V. Havlir, Moses R. Kamya, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Edwin D. Charleboi (2019), Gendered Dimensions of Population Mobility Associated with HIV across Three Epidemics in Rural Eastern Africa, Health and Place 57 (2019) Pp. 339–351

  23. Esther Kalule Nanfuka, David Kyaddondo, Sarah N. Ssali, Narathius Asingwire, (2019), Paying to Normalise Life: Monetary and Psychosocial Costs of Realizing a Normal Life in the Context of Free Antiretroviral Therapy Services in Uganda, Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care Volume 18: 1-13

  24. Esther Kalule Nanfuka, David Kyaddondo, Sarah N. Ssali, Narathius Asingwire (2019), Social capital and resilience among people living on antiretroviral therapy in resource poor Uganda, PLOS ONE, Pp: 1-21

  25. Nanfuka, Esther K., David Kyaddondo, Sarah N. Ssali, and Narathius Asingwire (2019), "Sustaining social support for lifelong HIV treatment: Practices of patients on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda." African Journal of AIDS and HIV Research ISSN 2326-2691 Vol. 7 (2), pp. 001-011

  26. Valerie Percival, Esther Dusabe-Richards, Haja Wurie, Justine Namakula, Sarah Ssali & Sally Theobald (2018), Are Health Systems Interventions Gender Blind? Examining Health System Reconstruction In Conflict Affected States, Globalization and Health volume 14(1) (2018) pp: 90

  27. Sally Theobald, Rosemary Morgan, Kate Hawkins, Sarah Ssali, Asha George and Sassy Molyneux, (2017), The Importance of gender analysis in research for health systems strengthening, Health Policy and Planning, 32, 2017, v1–v3

  28. Sarah, N. Ssali and Sally Theobald (2016), Using Life Histories to Explore Gendered Experiences of Conflict in Gulu District, Northern Uganda: Implications for Post Conflict Health Reconstruction, South African Review of Sociology, Vol. 47, No. 1, Pp: 81-98. 

  29. Rosemary Morgan, Asha George, Sarah Ssali, Kate Hawkins, Sassy Molyneux and Sally Theobald, (2016), How to do (or not to do)... gender analysis in health systems research, Health Policy and Planning, Vol. 31 (8), Pp: 1069-1078

  30. Esther Richards, Valerie Percival, Sarah Ssali & Sally Theobald (2015), Gender equality needs critical consideration in conflict-affected Settings in Development in Practice, 2015, Vol. 25, No. 3, 433–441

  31. McPake, B., Witter S., Sarah Ssali, Wurie H., Namakula J., and Ssengooba F., (2015) Ebola in the context of conflict affected states and health systems: case studies of Northern Uganda and Sierra Leone . Conflict and Health (2015) 9:23

  32. Ssali Sarah, N., Glenn Wagner, Christopher Tumwine, Annette Nannungi and Harold Green (2012) HIV Clients as Agents for Prevention: A Social Network Solution, in AIDS Research and Treatment.

  33. Ssali Sarah N., Atuyambe Lynn, Tumwine Chris, Segujja Eric, Nekesa Nicolate, Nannungi Annette, Ryan Gerry and Wagner Glenn. (2010), Reasons for Disclosure of HIV Status by People Living with HIV/AIDS and in HIV Care in Uganda: An Exploratory Study, in AIDS Patient Care and STDs, Vol. 24 (10).

  34. Lynn Muhimbuura Atuyambe, Eric Ssegujja, Sarah Ssali, Christopher Tumwine, Nicolate Nekesa, Annette Nannungi, Gery Ryan and Glenn Wagner (2014), HIV/AIDS status disclosure increases support, behavioural change and, HIV prevention in the long term: a case for an Urban Clinic, Kampala, Uganda, in BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:276 

  35. Kalyango JN, Rutebemberwa E., Karamagi, C., Mworozi, E., Ssali Sarah, Alfven, T., Peterson, S. (2023), High Adherence to Antimalarial and Antibiotics under Integrated Community Case Management of Illness in Children Less than Five Years in Eastern Uganda. PLOS ONE, Volume 8 , Issue 3, March 2013.

  36. Kalyango, JN,  Lindstrand, A., Rutebemberwa, E.  Ssali Sarah, Kadobera D., Karamagi  C., Peterson  S., Alfven T. (2012), Increased Use of Community Medicine Distributors and Rational Use of Drugs in Children Less than Five Years of Age in Uganda Caused by Integrated Community Case Management of Fever, in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 87(Suppl.), 36-45.

  37. Kalyango, J.N., Rutebemberwa, E., Alfven, T. Ssali Sarah, Peterson, S., Karamagi, C. (2012) Performance of community health workers under integrated community case management of childhood illnesses in eastern Uganda, in Malaria Journal, Vol. 11 No. 282. 

  38. Eric, Ssegujja, Atuyambe Lynn, Nekesa Nicolate, Ssali Sarah, Tumwine Christopher, Nannungi Annet, Ryan Gery, and Wagner J. Glenn (2012), "'MY SON, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE?': SHORT TERM OUTCOMES OF HIV STATUS DISCLOSURE IN UGANDA." In ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, vol. 43, pp. S231-S231. 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA: SPRINGER, 2012.

  39. Christopher Tumwine, Annet Nannungi, Eric Ssegujja, Nicolate Nekesa, Sarah Ssali, Lynn Atuyambe, Gery Ryan & Glenn Wagner (2011), An exploratory study of HIV-prevention advocacy by persons in HIV care in Uganda, in African Journal of AIDS Research, Vol. 10 (4), Pp. 427-433

  40. Harold Green, Lynn Atuyambe, Sarah Ssali, Gery Ryan and Glen Wagner, (2010), Social networks of PLHA in Uganda: implications for mobilizing PLHA as agents for prevention, in AIDS and Behavior, Pp. 992-1002.

  41. Ssali, Sarah N. (2009), Law

  42. , Circumcision and Gendered Sexuality in Eastern Uganda and Western Kenya, in East Africa Journal of Peace and Human Rights (Special Issue on Law, Gender and Sexuality), Vol 15:1, Pps: 128-157.

  43. Francis M Bwambale1, Sarah N Ssali1,2, Simon Byaruhanga1,3, Joan N Kalyango1,4, Charles AS Karamagi, (2008), ‘Voluntary HIV counseling and testing among men in rural western Uganda: implications for HIV prevention’, BMC Public Health 8:263

  44. Ssengooba F., Ekirapa E., Ssali Sarah., Kiwanuka, S., Arinaitwe M., Mutebi A., and Nalwadda C. (2008), Effects of Donor Aid for HIV on Women and Gender in Uganda, A country Report. 

  45. Ssali, Sarah N. (2008), Law, Circumcision and Gendered Sexuality in Eastern Uganda and Western Kenya, Law, Gender and Sexuality Research Project Working Paper No. 4, 2008

  46. Ssali Sarah N. (2006), Revisiting Choice: Gender, Culture and Privatised Health Care in Uganda, in Agenda, Issue No 68, Culture, 2006. Pps: 42-53

Books and Book Chapters

  1. Ssali, Sarah N., (2018), Neoliberal Health Reforms and Citizenship in Uganda, in Wiegratz, J. et al (eds.) Uganda, The Dynamics of Neoliberal Transformation, ZED Books, London, Pp: 178-198.

  2. Ssali Sarah, (2017), A Discourse Analysis of Gender Portrayals in the Electoral Speeches of Presidential Candidates, in Oloka-Onyango, J. and Ahikire J, (eds), Controlling Consent, Uganda’s 2016 Elections, Africa World Press, New Jersey, pp. 363-378

  3. Sarah, N. Ssali, Sally Theobald, Justine Namakula and Sophie Witter (2016), Building Post-Conflict Health Systems: A Gender Analysis from Northern Uganda, in Jasmine Gideon, (ed.), Handbook on Gender and Health, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, Pp: 327 – 350. 

  4. Ssali, Sarah (2011), “Excluded from Within: Gender, Identity and Social Reconstruction in Post-Colonial Africa, in Mapadimeng, S.M. And Khan, S. (eds.), Contemporary Social Issues in Africa, Cases in Gaborone, Kampala and Durban, Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA), Pretoria (Pp. 195-215) 

  5. Ssali, Sarah N. (2008), Human Security, Conflict and Women in the Horn of Africa, in Mwagiru, M. (ed), Human Security: Setting the Agenda for the Horn of Africa, African Peace Forum, Nairobi, pp. 89-110.

  6. Ssali Sarah N. and Atoo Clare P. (2008), Gender and Women’s Participation in the 2006 Multiparty Elections in Uganda, in Kiiza, J., Makara, S. and Rakner, L. (eds.), Electoral Democracy in Uganda, Understanding the Institutional Processes and Outcomes of the 2006 Multiparty Elections in Uganda, Fountain Publishers, Kampala. pp: 150-174

  7. Ssali, S N. (n.d) Identity Politics or Politics of Identity in Uganda’s 2021 Elections: Implications for the Gender Question in Uganda’s Politics, in Reality Check, Reviewing the Form and Substance of the 2021 Elections, KAS, Kampala., pp. 103-126

  8. Ssali, S. N., Ahikire, J. and Madanda, A. (2007), Gender Concepts Handbook for Makerere University, Gender Mainstreaming Division, Makerere University.

  9. Ssali Sarah N. and Mr. A. Madanda (editors), Negotiating the Public Space: Activism and Democratic Politics, Women and Gender Studies Dept, Makerere University Kampala. 

Papers Presented at Conferences/Workshops

  1. Presenter, “Framing Africa’s Just Transition: From Extractive to Regenerative and Reparative Economic and Climate Action Models”, Paper presented at the 11th Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) (6-11 April 2025), Speke Resort, Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda.

  2. Keynote Presenter, Framing Africa’s Just Transition: From Extractive to Regenerative and Reparative Economic and Climate Action Models, Round Table Dialogue, Africa in Conversation, 7-8 October 2024

  3. Presenter, “Gender Sensitivity in Research Proposals and Implementation” DFC Science Engagement Days 2024, 10th Sept 2024, DFC, Copenhagen, Denmark.

  4. Presenter, “Understanding, deepening and using Feminism to achieve the decent work agenda for social justice in Africa”, Paper presented at the ITUC, African Biennial African Trade Unions’ Women’s Conference, Cotonou, Benin Republic, 6-8 August 2024

  5. Presenter, “Networking and Mentorship: The Pan African Feminist, Gender and Women Studies Network”, DFC Science Engagement Days 2024, 5-8 March 2024, Ms TCDC Arusha, Tanzania.

  6. Presenter, “The Proposed Pan African Feminist, Gender, Women Studies Network”, DFC Science Engagement Days 2024, 5-8 March 2024, Ms TCDC Arusha, Tanzania.

  7. Presenter, “Building Equitable Partnerships in a Context of Hierarchical Knowledge Systems”, DFC Science Engagement Days 2023, Ms TCDC, Arusha, Tanzania, March, 2023

  8. Keynote Speaker, “Transformational Leadership for Global Excellence and Sustainable Growth”, The 4th ANNUAL PAN AFRICAN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT, 28-29 September 2022. NAIROBI, KENYA.