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Stella

Nanyonga

Research Pharmacist - AMR

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Medicine quality

Antimicrobial resistance

Stella Maris Nanyonga joined the Medicine Quality Research Group as a Research Pharmacist-AMR in 2022. She coordinates the work on analysing the prioritisation of interventions countering substandard and falsified antimicrobials in National Action Plans against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Stella has worked as a pharmacist since 2010 and has previously worked as a hospital Pharmacist and with the Medicine Regulatory Authority in Uganda.

Stella holds a degree in Pharmacy from Makerere University in Uganda, an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy, International Practice and Policy from the London School of Pharmacy and an MSc in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Makerere University. Stella brings on board pharmacy input to a research network of data scientists, forensic biologists, chemists, sociologists, data scientists, software engineers, modellers, and physicians as well as the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) informatics and data management teams working on parallel research on the use of biological and chemical forensics to analyse and model the impact of substandard and falsified antimicrobials on patient outcome and antimicrobial resistance.

All Publications

Treatment and treatment outcomes of snakebite envenoming in Uganda: a retrospective analysis.

Nanyonga, S., Matafwali, S., Kibira, D., & Kitutu, F. (2025). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trae112.

Empowering Global AMR Research Community: Interactive GIS dashboards for AMR data analysis and informed decision-making

Opiyo, S., Nalunkuma, R., Nanyonga, S., Mugenyi, N., & Kanyike, A. (2024). Wellcome Open Research, 9, 234.

Engaging healthcare students in innovative approaches for antimicrobial resistance containment.

Kasujja, H., Kajumbula, H., Tusiimire, J., Waswa, J., Nanyonga, S., Kiggundu, R., Mwandah, D., Murungi, M., Mugenyi, N., Mukenya, I., Joshi, M., Schwarz, D., Bongomin, F., & Konduri, N. (2024). Journal of Public Health in Africa, 15(1), 645.

The uncertain role of substandard and falsified medicines in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance

Cavany, S., Nanyonga, S., Hauk, C., Lim, C., Tarning, J., Sartorius, B., Dolecek, C., Caillet, C., Newton, P., & Cooper, B. (2023). Nature Communications, 14(1).

Mortality rate and associated factors among patients co-infected with drug resistant tuberculosis/HIV at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda, a retrospective cohort study.

Bayowa, J., Kalyango, J., Baluku, J., Katuramu, R., Ssendikwanawa, E., Zalwango, J., Akunzirwe, R., Nanyonga, S., Amutuhaire, J., Muganga, R., & Cherop, A. (2023). PLOS Global Public Health, 3(7), e0001020.

HESITANCY IN COVID-19 VACCINE UPTAKE IN UGANDA: Understanding Community Perceptions in Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso Districts

Kibira, D., Mulumba, M., Nanyonga, S., Baguma, C., Hasunira, R., Nsereko, I., Muhumuza, N., Musoke, J., Ssekamwa, F., & Kakinda, M. (2022). Afya na Haki.

Implementation of a peer support intervention to promote the detection, reporting and management of adverse drug reactions in people living with HIV in Uganda: a protocol for a quasi-experimental study.

Kiguba, R., Ndagije, H., Nambasa, V., Katureebe, C., Zakumumpa, H., Nanyonga, S., Ssanyu, J., Tregunno, P., Harrison, K., Merle, C., Raguenaud, M.-E., & Kitutu, F. (2022). BMJ Open, 12(5), e056039.

High Burden of Adverse Drug Reactions to Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in People Living With HIV at 3 Tertiary Hospitals in Uganda: Associated Factors.

Nanyonga, S., Kitutu, F., Kalyango, J., Frank, M., & Kiguba, R. (2022). Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 89(2), 215-221.

National Antimicrobial Consumption: Analysis of Central Warehouses Supplies to In-Patient Care Health Facilities from 2017 to 2019 in Uganda.

Namugambe, J., Delamou, A., Moses, F., Ali, E., Hermans, V., Takarinda, K., Thekkur, P., Nanyonga, S., Koroma, Z., Mwoga, J., Akello, H., Imi, M., & Kitutu, F. (2021). Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 6(2), 83.

Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) of Ceftriaxone in Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Manirakiza, L., Nambasa, V., Nanyonga, S., Serwanga, A., Alphonsus, M., Denis, N., & Ndagije, H. (2019). Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology Research, 03(03).