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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 ...
Factors associated with carcinoma of the oesophagus at Mulago Hospital, Uganda
(African health sciences, 2008)
In Uganda, as in many other parts of the world cancer of the oesophagus (CAE) is on the rise. Squamous cell carcinoma
and adenocarcinoma are the common subtypes. Risk factors for this cancer have been identified but not ...
Emphasizing the vitality of genomics related research in the area of infectious diseases
(Scientific Research and Essays, 2007)
Sequencing of the human and other species genomes has generated a downstream of sciences that have taken advantage of this knowledge to generate vital links between diseases and genetic variants. Sub-Saharan Africa 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 ...
Age Differences in Sexual Partners and Risk of HIV-1 Infection in Rural Uganda
(JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2003)
Gender differentials in HIV prevalence and incidence among adolescents and young adults have been observed in studies from Uganda (Fig. 1) (1–4) and other sub- Saharan Africa countries (5–7). Female adolescents are, on ...
Survival of cervix cancer patients in Kampala, Uganda: 1995-1997
(mpg, 2003-07-07)
Abstract
The survival experience of 261 patients with cancer of the cervix registered by the Kampala population-based cancer registry, Uganda, in 1995-1997, is described. Vital status of the subjects was established by ...
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 ...
The uses, local perceptions and ecological status of 16 woody species of Gadumire Sub-county, Uganda
(In Plant Conservation and Biodiversity, 2006)
Populations of naturally growing woody species valued for their contribution
to human livelihoods are threatened with extinction. Most at risk are those
existing in human inhabited areas outside protected areas that are ...
Restore, Reform Or Transform Forestry Education In Uganda?
(Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 2009)
The role of participatory approaches to forestry has increased dramatically, and meeting the needs of people is now seen as a primary function of forestry. These changes present both strategic and practical challenges, ...