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Effect of land use change and slope position on soil organic carbon in Kitabi Watershed Rwanda
(Kitabi College of Conservation and Environmental Management (KCCEM) C/O Rwanda Development Board (RDB), 2015-11-09)
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is widely used as a proxy for soil health and soil fertility. Land use change(LUC) has been implicated as one of the factors leading to the loss of SOC and increased release of green house gases ...
Acacia Trees Enhance Soil Nitrogen That Influences Grass Crude Protein In African Rangelands
(Bishop Stuart University, 2018-06)
The study found out the impact of acacia trees on soil nitrogen and how this nitrogen consequently influences the grass crude protein in Sanga rangeland. Four 100×100m plots were randomly selected in a vast area, five ...
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 ...
Acute and Sub-Acute Toxicity of Ethanolic Leaf Extracts of Rumex abyssinica Jacq. (Polygonaceae) and Mentha spicata L. (Lamiaceae)
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc, 2014-03-20)
Rumex abyssinica Jacq. (Polygonaceae) is locally used in management of allergies and female reproductive healthcare; whereas Mentha spicata L. (Lamiaceae) is used to treat gastrointestinal and respiratory distress, dandruff, ...
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 ...
The antiplasmodial and radical scavenging activities of flavonoids of Erythrina burttii.
(Elserver, 2012)
The acetone extract of the root bark of Erythrina burttii showed in vitro antiplasmodial activity against the chloroquine-sensitive (D6) and chloroquine-resistant (W2) strains of Plasmodium falciparum with IC50 values of ...
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 ...
Adverse impact of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt on farmers’ livelihoods in Eastern and Central Africa
(2015-07)
Banana is a key crop in the livelihoods of many people in the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa. For more than a decade now, the crop has been threatened by Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) which has spread ...
Utilization of Dental Conservation Methods among School Adolescents in Mbarara Municipality – South-Western Uganda.
(Indo-African Journal of Educational Research, 2015-05)
Dental conservation methods are those processes that can be utilized to maintain good oral health. They can be instituted at both individual and professional levels like; tooth brushing, amalgam fillings, inlays, among ...
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 ...