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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 ...
Good adherence to HAART and improved survival in a community HIV/AIDS treatment and care programme: the experience of The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), Kampala, Uganda
(BMC health services research, 2008)
Poor adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may result in treatment failure
and death. Most reports of the effect of adherence to HAART on mortality come from studies where special
efforts are made to ...
The impacts of decentralization on health care seeking behaviors in Uganda
(The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2006)
This paper examines the impacts of a public sector decentralization program on health care seeking behaviors in Uganda in the 1990s. Shifting priorities by local governments in Uganda’s decentralized health system away ...
Information manpower capacity building for decentralization in Uganda through industrial training
(IFLA journal, 2002)
Information is a key resource for
development. Information can be
kept in registries, records centres,
archives, libraries, resource centres, research centres, documentation centres and in public offices.
Information ...
Financing Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs)
(Bank of Uganda research department, 2003)
This paper investigates the economic rationale for intervention in support of Small and
Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) on both theoretical and empirical grounds. It argues that
the inherent weaknesses of SMEs in Uganda ...
Agroforestry Practices In The Buffer Zone Area Of Mt Elgon National Park, Eastern Uganda
(African journal of ecology, 2007)
In this study, we investigated the attitude of local people towards the contribution of agroforestry practices to socio-economic development in the buffer zone area of Mt Elgon National Park, Uganda. Primary data were ...
Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States
(Journal of Adolescent Health, 2006)
Purpose: To describe the current status of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune
deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic among adolescents and young adults in the United
States. Despite reported declines in ...
Traditional Herbal Drugs Of Bulamogi, Uganda: Plants, Use And Administration
(Journal of ethnopharmacology,, 2003)
We present here an inventory of the medicinal plants of Bulamogi county in Uganda, including their medicinal use, preparation and administration modes. Fieldwork for this study was conducted between June 2000 and June 2001 ...
Identification of restriction endonuclease with potential ability to cleave the HSV-2 genome: inherent potential for biosynthetic versus live recombinant microbicides
(Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling, 2008)
Herpes Simplex virus types 1 and 2 are enveloped viruses with a linear dsDNA genome of ~120–200 kb. Genital infection with HSV-2 has been denoted as a major risk factor for acquisition and transmission of HIV-1. Developing ...
Ethnography and PRA among Gambian traditional birth attendants: a methods discussion
(Qualitative Research, 2007)
Ethnographers are often sceptical of employing Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) tools in their research, calling them ‘a quick and dirty’ approach. However, ethnography has limitations as a research method. We therefore ...