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Flea Diversity and Infestation Prevalence on Rodents in a Plague-Endemic Region of Uganda
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2009)
In Uganda, the West Nile region is the primary epidemiologic focus for plague. The aims of this study wereto 1) describe flea–host associations within a plague-endemic region of Uganda, 2) compare flea loads between villages ...
Genetic diversity in Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 and 2 coding genes and its implications in malaria epidemiology: a review of published studies from 1997–2007
(Journal of vector borne diseases, 2009)
A major characteristic of human malaria parasites is their genetic diversity and an increasing number
of studies have been reported on the epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum, mainly focusing on
the polymorphism of ...
Prevalence factors associated with Hypertension in Rukungiri District, Uganda - A Community-Based Study
(African health sciences, 2009)
Hypertension is a growing public health problem in Uganda and Africa as a whole. We conducted a study to
determine the prevalence and identify factors associated withy hypertension among residents of the rural district ...
Trends in the incidence of primary liver cancer in Central Uganda, 1960–1980 and 1991–2005
(British journal of cancer, 2009)
Trends in primary liver cancer (PLC) incidence rates will generally
reflect temporal changes in exposure to aetiological agents.
Worldwide, and in sub-Saharan Africa in particular, the great
majority of PLCs are ...
Can donor aid for health be effective in a poor country? Assessment of prerequisites for aid effectiveness in Uganda
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2009)
Inadequate funding for health is a challenge to attaining health-related Millennium Development Goals. Significant increase in health funding was recommended by the Commission for Macroeconomics and Health. Indeed Official ...
Prevalence Estimates of Antibodies Towards Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in Small Ruminants in Uganda
(Transboundary and emerging diseases, 2009)
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in Uganda with control strategies focusing on vaccination of cattle, while small ruminants are largely ignored. In order for Uganda to establish effective control strategies, it is ...
Boda-boda Injuries a Health Problem and a Burden of Disease in Uganda: a Tertiary Hospital Survey
(East and central African journal of surgery,, 2009)
Injury and deaths due to road traffic crashes are a major public health problem in developing countries. Boda bodas (motorcycles) are a practical and a sought after economic activity in Uganda’s capital and cities. The ...
Reliability of the Luganda version of the Child Behaviour Checklist in measuring behavioural problems after cerebral malaria
(Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 2009)
No measure of childhood behaviour has been validated in Uganda despite the documented risks to behaviour. Cerebral malaria in children poses a great risk to their behaviour, however behavioural outcomes after cerebral ...
Rainfall intensity and groundwater recharge: empirical evidence from the Upper Nile Basin
(Environmental Research Letters, 2009)
Changes in the intensity of precipitation as a result of global warming are expected to be especially pronounced in the tropics. The impact of changing rainfall intensities on groundwater recharge remains, however, unclear. ...
The independent contribution of individual-, neighbourhood-, and country-level socioeconomic position on attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel model of direct and moderating effects
(Social science & medicine, 2009)
We examined associations between country, neighbourhood, and individual socioeconomic position
(SEP) and attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW).We applied multivariable
multilevel logistic ...