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Enabling Dynamic Partnerships through JointDegrees between Low- and High-IncomeCountries for Capacity Development in GlobalHealth Research: Experience from the KarolinskaInstitutet/Makerere University Partnership
(PLOS Medicine., 2015-02-03)
Partnerships between universities in high- and low-income countries have the potential to increase research capacity in both settings. We describe a partnership between the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Makerere ...
Household antimicrobial self-medication: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the burden, risk factors and outcomes in developing countries
(BMC Public Health, 2015)
Background: Antimicrobial self-medication is common in most low and middle income countries (LMICs). However
there has been no systematic review on non-prescription antimicrobial use in these settings. This review thus ...
Patterns and Predictors of Self-Medication in NorthernUganda
(PLOS ONE, 2014)
Self-medication with antimicrobial agents is a common form of self-care among patients globally with the prevalence andnature differing from country to country. Here we assessed the prevalence and predictors of antimicrobial ...
Prevalence of K13-propeller gene polymorphisms among Plasmodium falciparum parasites isolated from adult symptomatic patients in northern Uganda
(BMC Infectious Diseases, 2016)
Background: In the absence of an effective vaccine, malaria treatment and eradication is still a challenge in most endemic areas globally. This is especially the case with the current reported emergence of resistance to ...
Essential Oils from Ugandan Medicinal Plants: In Vitro Cytotoxicity and Effects on IL-1𝛽-Induced Proinflammatory Mediators by Human Gingival Fibroblasts
(Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2016)
The study investigated cytotoxicity of essential oils from four medicinal plants (Bidens pilosa, Ocimum gratissimum, Cymbopogon nardus, and Zanthoxylum chalybeum) on human gingival fibroblasts and their effects on ...