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MARKET PERFORMANCE OF SOFT DRINKS ENTERPRISES IN KIGALI CITY, RWANDA
(International Journal of Marketing Strategies, 2022)Purpose: Even when soft drink production as an entrepreneurial activity has had tremendous impact on society, it continues to face heightened challenges as the world Corona Virus pandemic continues. The choice of a ... -
Medication Adherence and Seizure Remission Prediction Model for Patients with Epilepsy at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
(American Research Journal of Humanities Social Science (ARJHSS), 2023)Epilepsy is a global burden and accounts for 50 million people worldwide with an estimated 5 million people diagnosed with epilepsy each year. The estimated proportion of the general population with active epilepsy at ... -
Medicinal plants used in the treatment of fungal and bacterial infections in and around Queen Elizabeth Biosphere Reserve, western Uganda
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)In Uganda, bacterial and fungal infections are prevalent especially, the sexually transmitted diseases including HIV⁄AIDS. Because of low socio-economic empowerment,traditional beliefs and cultural barriers, the suffering ... -
Medicinal plants used to induce labour during childbirth in Western Uganda
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd., 2006-07-05)Traditional medicine usage in rural Ugandan population for day-to-day health care needs is close to 90%.Women and children form the bulk of the people reliant on herbal medicine. This study was undertaken to document how ... -
Microgeographical and tribal variations in water contact and Schistosoma mansoni exposure within a Ugandan fishingcommunity
(Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2017-06)Objective: To explore patterns of water contact and Schistosoma mansoni exposure by age, sex, tribe and space within a single village. Methods; For 10 months, we systematically observed water contacts made by the 800 ... -
Mobile Telephony as an ICT Tool for Agricultural Information Dissemination in Developing Countries
(East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, 2023)In emerging nations, the use of information and communication technology has considerably benefitted the advancement of agriculture, health, rural development, and education. This technique has had a considerable impact ... -
Molecular epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni in Uganda:DNA barcoding reveals substantial genetic diversity within Lake Albert and Lake Victoria populations
(Cambridge University Press, 2009-06)Representative samples of Ugandan Schistosoma mansoni from Lake Albert and Lake Victoria were examined using DNA barcoding, sequence analysis of two partially overlapping regions – ASMIT (396 bp) & MORGAN (617 bp) – of the ... -
Morbidity due to Schistosoma mansoni: an epidemiological assessment of distended abdomen syndrome in Ugandan school children with observations before and 1-year after anthelminthic chemotherapy
(Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2006-06)Summary: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence and distribution of distended abdomens among Ugandan school children across a range of eco-epidemiological settings and to investigate the relationship ... -
Morphological Deviation in Africa’s New Brood by Timothy Wangusa
(East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 2023)This article attempts to examine the use of morphological deviation as a style of foregrounding in Timothy Wangusa’s poetry. Besides, the researcher used the theory of defamiliarization proposed by Viktor Shyklovsky ... -
Multi-stakeholder partnerships in value chain development
(Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2017)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that agricultural commodity value chain development using multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) can fast-track improvement in the livelihoods of rural farming households. ... -
Non-Timber Forest Products Trade and Community Livelihoods around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda
(Macrothink institute, 2016-09-11)This paper generates data on the diversity and value of non- timber forest products (NTFP) traded in markets adjacent to Mabira Central forest reserve. The objective of the study was to evaluate the contribution of NTFP ... -
Origin and diversification of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005)Schistosoma mansoni is the most widespread of the human-infecting schistosomes, present in 54 countries, predominantly in Africa, but also in Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Neotropics. Adult-stage parasites ... -
The oxytocic properties of Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roem. and Bidens pilosa L., traditionally used medicinal plants from western Uganda
(African Journal of Ecology, 2007)The usage of medicinal plants in childbirth in Uganda is a long standing tradition. Over 80% of Ugandan women have childbirth at home and herbal remedies are administered to complete the process of childbirth. The herbs ... -
Pathogenicity of Pythium species on hosts associated with bean-based cropping system in south western Uganda
(Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Crop Science, Makerere University, Kampala,, 2004)A pathosystem is a subsystem of an ecosystem and is characterised by the phenomenon of parasitism. The bean-Pythium pathosystem consists of the host (bean), the pathogen (Pythium) and their host-pathogen relation. Of ... -
Pathogenicity of Pythium species on hosts associated with bean-based cropping system in south western Uganda
(Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Crop Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 2004-06)A pathosystem is a subsystem of an ecosystem and is characterised by the phenomenon of parasitism. The bean-Pythium pathosystem consists of the host (bean), the pathogen (Pythium) and their host-pathogen relation. Of ... -
The perspective of Environmental Education
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Principles, design and processes of integrated agricultural research for development
(African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013)With increasing recognition holding the promise of overcoming the outstanding problems faced by African agriculture, IAR4D faces the danger of being ‘blurred’ by past approaches and falling short of its potential to ... -
Profiling lifetime episodes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding among patients from rural Sub-Saharan Africa where schistosoma mansoni is endemic
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2016-08-03)Introduction: Severe chronic hepatic schistosomiasis is a common cause of episodes upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, there is paucity of data on clinical epidemiology of episodes ... -
Progress towards countrywide control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda
(Elsevier Ltd., 2005-03-09)Schistosomiasis caused by infection with Schistosoma mansoni is a serious public health burden in 38 of the 56 districts of Uganda. This article reviews the initial experience of the national control programme. Launched ... -
PTSD symptom severity relates to cognitive and psycho-social dysfunctioning – a study with Congolese refugees in Uganda
(European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2017)Background: In the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), civilians have been heavily exposed to traumatic stressors. Traumatizing experiences cumulatively heighten the risk for trauma-related ...