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ADHERENCE TO A SIX-DOSE REGIMEN OF ARTEMETHER-LUMEFANTRINE FOR TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA IN UGANDA
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene., 200)Measuring baseline levels of adherence and identifying risk factors for non-adherence are important steps beforetheintroductionofnewantimalarials.InMbararainsouthwesternUganda,weassessedadherencetoartemetherlumefantrine ... -
Lowenstein-Jensen Selective Medium for Reducing Contamination in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture
(JCM, 214-07)We compared Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum culture recovery and contamination rates between Lowenstein-Jensenmedium(LJ)containing the following decontaminants and LJalone:(i)PANTA(n 299),(ii) Selectatab-MB(n 299),and(iii) ... -
Blindness in Africa: Zimbabwe schools for the blind survey
(Br J Ophthalmol, 1993-07-01)An ophthalmic assessment survey of 430 students in Zimbabwe's two schools for the blind was conducted in 1988. Bilateral corneal opacity was found to be responsible for 75% of all blindness among institutionalised blind ... -
An Assessment of the Status of Exotic Plant Species and Natural Vegetation Types of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, South-Western Uganda.
(1999)Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (MGNP) is an afromontane forest region in south-west Uganda on the slopes of the Virunga volcanoes, characterised by a great diversity of habitat types associated with its altitudinal range. ... -
Iron status of pregnant women at first antenatal booking in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital
(Tropical doctor, 1999)An assessment of iron status was made on 96 pregnant women and 29 non-pregnant, non-lactating menstruat- ing women of comparable age group as controls. Anaemia (haemoglobin < 110 g/l) was present in 84.4% of the pregnant ... -
Weather patterns at Ruhija, Bwindi impenetrable national park, south west Uganda
(2000)This report describes the weather patterns of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park using data collected at ITFC from Ruhija. Two climatic parameters were used to describe the weather patterns at Ruhija and these are rainfall ... -
The Future of Tropical Water Resources: Using Palaeolimnology to Inform Sustainable Management.
(2000)Lakes are an important resource. They provide vital ecosystem services and employment for many communities worldwide. Maintaining lakes as ecosystem providers without damaging the lake ecosystems themselves, against a ... -
Chimpanzees in Bwindi-Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, Use Different Tools to Obtain Different Types of Honey
(Primates, 2000)Evidence of tool use for foraging for honey by chimpanzees in Bwindi-Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, is reported. These are the first records of tool use by chimpanzees in this region of the Albertine Rift. Tools of ... -
Habitat selection by elephants in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, south-western Uganda
(African Journal of Ecology, 2000)Elephants’ preference for certain habitats of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is discussed in relation to seasonality in plant production. Bamboo forest is favoured during the wet seasons because of the presence of young ... -
Forest Fire Prevention and Control in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, South West Uganda
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation – Ecological Monitoring Programme, 2000)Worldwide, extensive tracts of tropical rain forests are burnt during El Nino droughts. Severe dro ughts have occurred previously without causing such extensive fires. This extensive burning is a result of forests becoming ... -
Conservation in a Region of Political Instability: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
(Conservation Biology, 2000)Bwindi Impenetrable is the most important forest in Uganda for conservation of biodiversity. It contains over half the world’s mountain gorillas. It is surrounded by densely populated agricultural land and lies within a ... -
Regeneration of indigenous trees inMgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda
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Basic in Cost Management
(Fisheries Training Institute, 2001)Ever since the use of money replaced the Barter system of exchange people have been concerned with costs. Furthermore, the increasing emphasis on value for money and the growth of competition have increased the demand for ... -
A Survey of Burnt Areas in Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks, S. W. Uganda
(2001)Fire has been one of the main management challenges and is considered one of the major long term threats to forest biodiversity in Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks. In June, July and August 2000 fire ... -
Childhood bacterial meningitis in Mbarara Hospital, Uganda: antimicrobial susceptibility and outcome of treatment.
(African Health Sciences, 2001)Background: The recommended antibiotic treatment of bacterial meningitis has come under scrutiny following frequent reports of in-vitro resistance by the common causative organisms to penicillin and chloramphenicol. Objective: ... -
Nurse education in Mbarara, Uganda
(Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2001)Aim: To describe the establishment of a professional development programme for qualified nurses at Mbarara University Teaching Hospital, Uganda. Background: Between 1997 and 1999, a group of hospital-based nurses and ... -
The outbreak and control of Ebola viral haemorrhagic fever in a Ugandan medical school
(Tropical Doctor, 2002)Uganda has just experienced the largest outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) ever recorded'. Mbarara UniversityTeaching Hospital (MUTH) is responsible for training approximately one-third of Uganda's doctors. Mbarara ... -
Tuberculosis in children at Mbarara University Teaching Hospital, Uganda: diagnosis and outcome of treatment
(African Health Sciences, 2002)Background: The diagnosis of tuberculosis in children is difficult particularly in HIV infected children. The poor outcome following antituberculosis treatment usually reported in HIV infected children might be due, in ... -
Needle-stick injuries in an Ugandan teaching hospital
(Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2002)The on-going HIV epidemic has generally increased fear of needle-stick injuries (NSI) and renewed interest in the problem such injuries pose in Africa. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the frequency of NSI, ... -
Clinical efficacy of chloroquine or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in children under five from south- western Uganda with uncomplicated falciparum malaria
(Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2002)We conducted a 14-day study (during March- May 1998) to assess the efficacy of chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda. Overall treatment failure ...
