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    Project Funding, Project Management Skills, Community Involvement and Sustainability of Public Health Projects in Uganda.
    (Makerere University Business School, 2025-10-31) Una, Amia Kusiima
    This study investigated the determinants of sustainability for public health projects in Uganda, focusing on the mosquito net distribution initiative in Mukono District. Specifically, it examined the relationships between project funding, project management practices, and community involvement with project sustainability. A cross-sectional research design was employed, collecting quantitative data from a sample of 291 Village Health Team members and 234 Local Council I chairpersons selected through multi-stage sampling. Data analysis using Pearson correlation and multiple regression revealed that neither project funding (r = 0.066, p > 0.05) nor project management practices (r = 0.119, p > 0.05) demonstrated statistically significant relationships with sustainability. However, community involvement showed a significant, albeit weak, positive correlation with sustainability (r = 0.183, p < 0.01). The regression model incorporating all three predictors explained only 3.2% of the variance in sustainability outcomes (Adjusted R² = 0.032), with community involvement emerging as the sole significant predictor (β = 0.170, p = 0.006). These findings challenge conventional project management paradigms by demonstrating that financial resources and technical management skills alone are insufficient to ensure sustainability in this context. The study concludes that transformative community engagement is crucial for sustaining public health projects and recommends that policymakers and implementers prioritize genuine community participation, develop hybrid funding models that promote local ownership, and adopt more comprehensive approaches that address contextual factors beyond the conventional project management triangle. Future research should validate these findings across different regions and project types to enhance generalizability.