- Makerere University, College of Health Sciences
Shanitah Nankya holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Mbarara University of Science and Technology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education from Makerere University, where she is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health. She serves as a Research Assistant and Site Team Lead for the ITECH Research Project at Kawempe National Referral Hospital under Makerere University Hospital. In this role, she oversees site operations, coordinates participant enrollment and follow-ups, manages staff schedules, leads data reporting, and ensures resource accountability.
As a fellow under the Impact Masters Research Fellowship, Nankya will undertake a study titled, “Determinants of Healthcare Workers’ Knowledge and Practices Regarding Modern Contraceptive Use among Women with Rheumatic Heart Disease at the Uganda Heart Institute.”
Through this research, she intends to evaluate healthcare workers’ knowledge levels, clinical practices, attitudes, and associated factors regarding contraceptive counseling for women living with rheumatic heart disease. Her study aims to address low contraceptive uptake and the use of contraindicated family planning methods among women with RHD by identifying critical knowledge gaps among frontline clinicians. Ultimately, Nankya seeks to leverage her findings to strengthen healthcare worker training, improve reproductive health counseling protocols, and ensure safe family planning options for women with chronic cardiovascular conditions.
In her free time, Nankya enjoys reading, writing, cooking, baking, mentoring others, and networking.
Research Topic –Determinants of healthcare workers’ knowledge and practices about modern contraceptive use among women with rheumatic heart disease at Uganda Heart Institute
