David Baguma
Postdoctoral Fellow
- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-IIGH
- OFFICE:
- 3rd Floor, Nurses’ Hostel Hospital, UKM Jalan Yaacob Latiff Bandar, Tun Razak Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- E-MAIL:
- PHONE:
- +60 176295598
- NATIONALITY:
- Uganda
Education
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Natural Resources & Applied Life Science, Vienna
M.Sc./M.A. Economic Policy & Planning, Kampala
B.Sc., Economics, KampalaBiographical Statement
Dr. David Baguma’s areas of interest include: application of multi-disciplines in rainwater harvesting technologies, climate change mitigation and adaptation, environmental health, carbon marketing, domestic water research design and training and wastewater management. He has knowledge regarding use of isotopes to find solutions for water resource management. He previously supported donor development programme operations, particularly in developing countries; coordinated public-private policy dialogues; made contributions in project appraisals, fund-raising and planning as well as to the monitoring and evaluation of micro-projects; and was a guest lecturer at Vienna University, Austria. Dr. Baguma is a member of International Water Association, an editorial board member of the Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, a regional representative of the task group on water safety plans for the Asia Pacific region, a reviewer for journals, and has published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings and working papers.
Research Projects:
- Arsenic contamination in Cambodian ground water and analysis of data leading to publications (2010 – on going)
- Trends in climate change, water resources and health in the region of Africa and elsewhere (2010 – on going)
- Modeling economic burden of asbestos and related diseases in developing countries (2011 – on going)
- Assessing the health impacts of hospitals on the environment and climate change (2011 -ongoing)
Peer-reviewed Book Chapters
- D. Baguma, W. Loiskandl, H. Jung, M. Hauser (2009) Harvested Rainwater, water scarcity and income generation in rural domestic households In: Water Policy 2009 Water as a Vulnerable and Exhaustible Resource Edited by: In: Kovar P, Maca P, Redinova J,. 294-298 ISBN: 978-80-213-1944-8
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
- D. Baguma, J. Hashim, S. Aljunid, W. Loiskandl (2013) Safe-water shortages, gender perspectives, and related challenges in developing countries: The case of Uganda. Science of The Total Environment, Vol 442. 96–102
- D. Baguma, W. Loiskandl, I. Darnhofer, Helmut Jung and Michael Hauser (2010) Knowledge of measures to safeguard harvested rainwater quality in rural domestic households. Journal of Water and Health 8: 2. 334–345
- D. Baguma and W. Loiskandl (2010) Rainwater harvesting technologies and practises in rural Uganda: a case study. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15: 4. 355-369
- D. Baguma, W. Loiskandl and H. Jung (2010) Water Management, Rainwater Harvesting and Predictive Variables in Rural Households. Water Resources Management 24: 13. 3333-3348
- D. Baguma (2009) Rainwater harvesting and strengthening Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Progress in Uganda. Publisher – Centre for Development Research/BOKU; March 25, 2009. Vienna, Austria
Other Publications (Conference Proceedings, etc)
- D. Baguma (2009) Can socio-economic aspects fill the gaps in water research? In: Oead Alumni Newsletter (1) April/ pp. 20
