Responses to Malaria Incidence in the Sango Bay Forest Reserve, Uganda
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Date
2016
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Human Ecology
Abstract
Globally up to two billion people live without
or with limited access to effective malaria treatment. We
studied a malaria-vulnerable forest community in Uganda
to assess the harvesting protocols of plants used to treat
malaria in order to determine their utilization thresholds.
Up to 232 people were involved in interviews, focus
group discussions, and forest transects walks during data
collection. Data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively
using SPSS 10.0 and MINITAB 12.0. Out of the
52 anti-malarial plants recorded, a total of 29 species
were new to treating malaria in this region. Herbalists
living furthest from the forest were of particular concern
because they collected higher quantities than those closer.
Men and women collected different plant species
(Z = 5.36, P < 0.001) and the distances travelled by
collectors (Z = 4.542, P < 0.001) affected the amounts
gathered per visit. In the event of scarcity of plants for
treatment, forest communities explore new alternatives.
Retraining herbalists in less destructive harvesting procedures
could reduce pressure on target species without
restricting utilization
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Keywords
Uganda, Harvesting protocols, Traditional medicine, Medicinal plants, Sango Bay Forest Reserve
Citation
Galabuzi, C., Nabanoga, G. N., Ssegawa, P., Obua, J., & Eilu, G. (2016). Responses to malaria incidence in the Sango Bay forest reserve, Uganda. Human Ecology, 44(5), 607-616. DOI 10.1007/s10745-016-9855-4