Browsing by Author "Kamunvi, F."

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    Buruli (Mycobacterial) Ulceration in Uganda. (A New Focus of Buruli Ulcer in Madi District, Uganda.)
    (East African Medical Journal, 1965) Lunn, H. F.; Connor, D. H.; Wilks, N. E.; Barnley, G. R.; Kamunvi, F.; Clancey, J. K.; Bee, J. D. A.
    A form of skin ulceration, Buruli ulcer, has been described in Uganda which differs from the ordinary tropical ulcer in its clinical and histological appearances and its lack of response to antibiotics [this Bulletin, 1962, v. 59, 204]. A similar form of ulceration has been described in Australia, and a Mycobacterium (M. ulcerans) isolated. This, or a similar organism, has been found in Buruli ulcer in Uganda [ibid., 1963, v. 60, 375]. In 1962, a new focus of the disease was found in the Madi district, an area along the Nile in the north of the country bordering on the Sudan. A team from Makerere medical school visited the area in 1963 to study the condition.
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    Myocardiology in Africa
    (East African Literature Bureau, 1974) Kamunvi, F.; Ojiambo, H. P.; Bajusz, E.
    In 1971 the East African Medical Research Council, part of the East African Community Organization, sponsored an international symposium on preventive cardiology and cardiac metabolism. This conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya, and this volume is a record of the papers read there. It is intended to publish a further volume recording the participants' discussions.
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    A study of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of a rural community on malaria and the mosquito vector.
    (East African medical journal, 1989) Ongore, D.; Kamunvi, F.; Knight, R.
    A study of malaria on the Kano Plain, Kisumu District, Western Kenya, was carried out between April and August, 1985. The study included a knowledge, attitudes and practices (K.A.P.) survey on malaria illness and the mosquito vector. Overall knowledge about malaria illness was found to be good. However, treatment and prevention practices of malaria were found to be poor. Knowledge of the mosquito and its relationship to malaria was found to be high. Knowledge of methods of prevention of mosquito bites was also found to be high but actual use of the methods was low. Knowledge of traditional methods of prevention of mosquito bites was also found to be high. Actual use was again found to be low.