Responses to Malaria Incidence in the Sango Bay Forest Reserve, Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorGalabuzi, Charles
dc.contributor.authorNsubuga Nabanoga, Goretie
dc.contributor.authorSsegawa, Paul
dc.contributor.authorObua, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorEilu, Gerald
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-19T17:17:04Z
dc.date.available2022-12-19T17:17:04Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractGlobally 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 utilizationen_US
dc.identifier.citationGalabuzi, 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/s10745-016-9855-4en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI 10.1007/s10745-016-9855-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6436
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHuman Ecologyen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subjectHarvesting protocolsen_US
dc.subjectTraditional medicineen_US
dc.subjectMedicinal plantsen_US
dc.subjectSango Bay Forest Reserveen_US
dc.titleResponses to Malaria Incidence in the Sango Bay Forest Reserve, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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