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SAFETY AND EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS ROOT BARK EXTRACT OF Citropsis articulata (OMUBORO) ON SEXUAL FUNCTION IN MALE RATS
(Mbarara University of Science & Technology, 2013)About 80% of the world’s population uses herbal medicine for the treatment of various health conditions. Erectile dysfunction is one of the conditions commonly treated using traditional herbs on large scale because the ... -
Schistosoma bovis in western Uganda.
(Journal of Helminthology, 2004)During routine parasitological surveillance and monitoring activities within aNational Control Programme for control of human schistosomiasis in Uganda, it was noted that cattle grazing in a water meadow immediately adjacent ... -
Schistosoma Mansoni in Infants (Aged, 3 Years) Along The Ugandan Shoreline of Lake Victoria
(The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 2006-01)In two complementary epidemiological surveys of villages on the Ugandan shoreline of Lake Victoria, the putative occurrence of intestinal schistosomiasis in the local infants (children aged ,3 years) was investigated. When, ... -
A scoping study of the Hydrological Systems for Lake Edward Basin- Bwindi Impenetrable and Queen Elizabeth National Parks, Southwestern Uganda
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, 2015-08)This study was commissioned, funded and supervised by the Executive Secretariate of the Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC), with the financial support generously provided by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Kigali, ... -
Short communication: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: epidemiology and cost of control
(Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2005-11)A countrywide description of the distribution of soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda is reported, based on data for 20 185 schoolchildren from 271 schools. The overall prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura ... -
Smallholder Farmers’ Coping Strategies to Perceived Climate Change and Variability in Isingiro District, South Western Uganda
(African Journal of Climate Change and Resource Sustainability, 2023)Climate change and variability pose a major challenge facing the agricultural sector around the world and trends are feared to intensify by 2050. This is likely to complicate agricultural decisions affecting local ... -
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING UPTAKE OF COFFEE PRODUCTION RECOMMENDED PRACTICES IN KICHWAMBA AND KIRUGU SUB-COUNTIES RUBIRIZI DISTRICT
(Bishop Stuart University, 2022-12)The study was on socio-economic factors influencing uptake of coffee production recommended practices in Kichwamba and Kirugu Sub-counties Rubirizi district and was conducted in February 2021. Objectives were; to ... -
Socio-economic predictors of dependence on Non-timber forest products: lessons from Mabira Central Forest Reserve Communities
(American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2015-11)Resource user surveys were conducted in 14 villages of Mabira central forest reserve. The study was intended to assess factors that encourage dependency on non-timber forest products (NTFPs). Understanding NTFP dependence ... -
Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Uptake of Coffee Production Recommended Practices in Kichwamba and Kirugu Sub-Counties Rubirizi District, Uganda
(East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, 2023)The study was on socioeconomic factors influencing the uptake of coffee production recommended practices in the Kichwamba and Kirugu Sub-counties of the Rubirizi district and was conducted in February 2021. Objectives ... -
Spatial analysis of the distribution of intestinal nematode infections in Uganda.
(2004)The Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, World Health Organization, World Food Programme and the Wellcome Trust (through its provision of an Advanced Training Fellowship to SB (062692)). The satellite data used in this study ... -
State of the Wildlife Economy in Africa
(African Leadership University, 2022-02-23)Conserving Natural Capital and Enhancing Collaborative Management of Transboundary Resources in East Africa (CONNECT) is a project which aims to strengthen the conservation and management of natural resources shared by ... -
Status of Banana Bacterial Wilt in Uganda
(African crop science journal, 2006)Banana bacterial will caused by xanthromonas was first reported in Ethiopia on Ensete Ventricosum in 1968 and on Bananas in 1974. A similar disease confirmed to be caused by xcm was then reported in Uganda in 2001 on bananas ... -
The Status of Bean Breeding in Uganda
(Namulonge Research Institute, 1993)Field bean phaseolus vulgaris are the most important legume crop in uganda .it is the most important source of protein and from a major component of the diet of many ugandans.over 400,000hectares of are grown annually in ... -
Strongyloides stercoralis: a field-based survey of mothers and their preschool children using ELISA, Baermann and Koga plate methods reveals low endemicity in western Uganda
(Journal of Helminthology, 2008)To ascertain the current status of strongyloidiasis in mothers and their preschool children, a field-based survey was conducted in western Uganda using a combination of diagnostic methods: ELISA, Baermann concentration and ... -
Student on Transmission of Xanthomonas Campestris Pv phaseoli in Common Beans in Uganda
(African crop science journal, 1993-05-05)Students on the transmission of xanthomonas campestris pv phaseoli (xcp) that cause common and fuscous blight of beans were conducted in Uganda.Bean seed was the main source of primary inoculum -
Technical Efficiency of Farming Households in Uganda: Evidence from the national Panel Survey Data, 2005-2010
(2014)We investigate performance of the agricultural sector in Uganda and whether it has varied by the 4 major regions in Uganda using agricultural technical efficiency as a proxy for performance on a nationally representative ... -
Towards University Semester and Examinations Regulations Model Verification
(International Journal of Computer Applications, 2016-07)This paper reviewed the Mbarara University of Science and Technology semester and examinations regulations handbook and diagrammatically identified a number of flaws in the model. The next phase of this research is to ... -
Traditional herbal remedies used in the management of sexual impotence and erectile dysfunction in western Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2005-03)Western Uganda. Reproductive health care is the second most prevalent health care problem in Africa. However, this concept of reproductive health care has been focusing mainly on women disregarding men. Thus, some diseases ... -
Treatment of intestinal schistosomiasis in Ugandan preschool children: best diagnosis, treatment efficacy and side-effects, and an extended praziquantel dosing pole
(Elsevier, 2010)The Ugandan national control programme for schistosomiasis has no clear policy for inclusion of preschool-children (≤5 years old) children. To re-balance this health inequality, we sought to identify best diagnosis of ... -
UNDERSTANDING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CATTLE TICK-BORNE DISEASES AND CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN MBARARA DISTRICT, WESTERN UGANDA
(Bishop Stuart University, 2023-02)A study to examine the association between tick - borne diseases and climate variability in cattle keeping communities in Mbarara district in South in Western Uganda was undertaken aiming at inputting into the tactical ...