John Francis Mugisha is a an Associate Professor of Health Services Management (HSM) and Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences at Uganda Martyrs University, which he joined 2002. He holds a PhD in Health Planning and Management from Keele University, England. Previously, Dr. Mugisha worked as a Senior Hospital Administrator in Public Rural and Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda. As a Professor in HSM, he is interested in addressing challenges facing rural (and remote urban!) health professionals, facilities and communities through research, technical assistance, training and writing targeted projects. His areas of interest include Human Resources for Health, Health Economics and Financing and Health Planning and Policy and Hospital Management focusing especially on challenges facing rural hospitals.
Project Report 4 November 2009
COVID-19 in endangered Indigenous groups from the Amazonia, Ecuador
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Experiences of rural Australian men with online SMART Recovery mutual-help groups
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Attraction and retention of nurses in rural, remote and isolated locations
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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Te Tāreitanga: Evolving understanding of health workforce research, 9 December 2024, Dunedin, NZ, and online
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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