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Female Control Of Sexuality: Illusion Or Reality? Use Of Vaginal Products In South West Uganda
(Social Science & Medicine, 2001)
This paper reports on a trial of vaginal products that were distributed and used by 131 women and 21 men in south west Uganda. It focuses specifically upon the issue of female control in heterosexual relationships and ...
HIV incidence and sexually transmitted disease prevalence associated with condom use
(PubMed, 2001)
Objective: Evidence of condom effectiveness for HIV and sexually transmitted disease
(STD) prevention is based primarily on high-risk populations. We examined condom
effectiveness in a general population with high HIV ...
Fighting HIV/AIDS: is success possible?
(Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001)
The fight against HIV/AIDS poses enormous challenges worldwide, generating fears that success may be
too difficult or even impossible to attain. Uganda has demonstrated that an early, consistent and multisectoral ...
Probability of HIV-1 transmission per coital act in monogamous, heterosexual, HIV-1-discordant couples in Rakai, Uganda
(The Lancet, 2001)
The probability of HIV-1 transmission per coital act in representative African populations is unknown. We aimed to
calculate this probability overall, and to estimate how it is affected by various factors thought to ...
Transmission of viral RNA and DNA to maize kernels by vascular puncture inoculation
(Journal of virological methods, 2001)
Vascular puncture inoculation (VPI) is an effective technique for transmission of maize viruses without using
arthropods or other biological vectors. It involves using a jeweler’s engraving tool to push minuten pins through ...
Disappearing Forests Of Uganda: The Way Forward
(Current Science, 2001)
Encroachment on state lands is a common practice in Uganda. Forest reserves are a form of state land under forest cover of either high land tropical forest (HLTF) or low land moist forest (LMF), and woodlands. Deforestation ...
Human Nutrition and Metabolism Severity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Is Associated with Decreased Phase Angle, Fat Mass and Body Cell Mass in Adults with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infection in Uganda
(Journal of Nutrition, 2001)
Although coinfection with tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is emerging as a major problem in many developing countries, nutritional status has not been well characterized in adults with tuberculosis and ...
Correlates of Intergroup Transfer in Male Grey-cheeked Mangabeys
(International Journal of Primatology, 2001)
We studied factors influencing intergroup transfer in male mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena) inhabiting 7 social groups in Kibale National Park over a 2-year period. The sample consisted of 40 males including 36 that we ...
Attitudes to voluntary counselling and testing for HIV among pregnant women in rural south-west Uganda
(AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 2001)
This paper describes the results of a study exploring the attitudes of women attending
maternity clinics to voluntary counselling and testing during pregnancy in rural areas in south-west
Uganda. It was a qualitative ...
Antibacterial and antifungal activities of extracts of Zanthoxylum chalybeum and Warburgia ugandensis, Ugandan medicinal plants
(African Health Sciences, 2001)
Measles is a killer disease of children in Uganda. The treatment of the disease is mainly directed at the secondary microbial infections. A large proportion of the population in Uganda still relies on the use of herbal ...