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Low Input Approaches for Soil Fertility Management in Semiarid Eastern Uganda
(American Society of Agronomy, 2007)
Grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is an important
food crop of semiarid sub-Saharan Africa. Crop yields are generally
low, partly due to low soil fertility. Research was conducted with farmers
to evaluate, ...
Corporate governance and accountability in Uganda a stakeholder perspective
(University of Dundee,, 2007)
The interviews documented in this study suggest that much more sensitisation is
needed to develop an awareness of the importance of good governance and accountability
among a wide range of groups of stakeholders in Ugandan ...
Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes for HIV/AIDS Among Ugandan Grade 11 Students
(Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2007)
This article looks at the importance of student-generated analogies, metaphors, and similes
as an entry point into their understandings of HIV/AIDS. In addition, it argues that
analogies, metaphors, and similes are good ...
Experiments in Visual Analysis: (Re)positionings of children and youth in relation to Larger Sociocultural Issues
(2007)
One of the most distinctive features of the 21st Century is the dominance of the visual and
its relationship to multiple modalities of communication. Human experience is more visual and
visualized than ever before ...
The impact of helminths on the response to immunization and on the incidence of infection and disease in childhood in Uganda: design of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, factorial trial of deworming interventions delivered in pregnancy and early childhood [ISRCTN32849447]
(Society for Clinical Trials, 2007)
Helminths have profound effects on the immune response, allowing long-term survival of parasites with minimal damage to the host. Some of these effects “spill-over”, altering responses to non-helminth antigens or allergens. ...
Meeting the Challenge of Health Literacy in Rural Uganda: The Critical Role of Women and Local Modes of Communication
(Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2007)
This article seeks to better understand the relation between local and traditional
modes of communication and health literacy within the context of a rural West Nile
community in Northern Uganda. Drawing on social semiotics ...
‘Talk what others think you can’t talk’: HIV/AIDS clubs as peer education in Ugandan schools
(Compare, 2007)
The clubs will do peer education; the clubs will be a forum for affected students to
share their experiences. (HIV/AIDS Technical Advisor, Ministry of Education, 4
October 2004)
The clubs extend what we do in the ...
ICT on the Margins: Lessons for Ugandan Education
(Language and Education, 2007)
In this end piece, we argue that while this special issue shifts debates on the digital
divide to address students’ capacity to use Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT) for productive social purposes, access ...
Building Scientific Literacy in HIV/AIDS Education: A case study of Uganda
(2007)
The term scientific literacy is defined differently in different contexts. The term literacy simply refers to the ability for one to read and write, but recent studies in language literacy have extended this definition. ...
Funding mechanisms for the 'private-not-for-profit' health training institutions in Uganda.
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2007-04-01)
The Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP) aims to ensure access to basic health care by the Ugandan population through the delivery of the National Minimum Health Care Package (NMHCP). This requires availability of well-trained ...