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Bacteriuria Among Adult Non-Pregnant Women attending Mulago Hospital Assessment Centre in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2011-06-02)Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women are a common problem in primary health care settings. Resistance of bacterial uropathogens to commonly used antibiotics is common in many places. Objectives: To determine ... -
The Bamako Initiative Was Not About Money
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-04)The Bamako Initiative (BI) was a pragmatic strategy to implement primary health care (PHC) in the era of economic structural adjustment. Championed by UNICEF’s charismatic leader, James Grant, it sought to fill the gap ... -
Barriers and motivators to participation in hand washing promotion programs at household level among refugees in Rhino Settlement, Arua District - Uganda
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-05)Introduction: The major aim of hand washing promotion programs is to persuade people to change their behaviour to reduce high-risk hygiene practices and use. Unfortunately, in a refugee setting, there is a dearth of ... -
Barriers to Biomedical Care and Use of Traditional Medicines for Treatment of Cervical Cancer: An Exploratory Qualitative Study in Northern Uganda
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014-06-13)Use of traditional medicines for treatment of cancers has increased worldwide. We used a qualitative approach to explore barriers to biomedical care and reasons for use of traditional medicines for the treatment of cervical ... -
Barriers to enrolment of clients into community client led anti-retroviral therapy delivery (CCLAD) in selected health facilities in Kasese District, Uganda
(African Journals Online (AJOL), 2024-04-08)Community Client Led Anti-retroviral therapy Delivery (CCLAD) Model has been associated with increased community participation and ownership, which leads to better treatment outcomes with reduced workload and increased ... -
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Beyond a focus on textbooks: Negotiating English language and physics gendered textbook constructions in Ugandan secondary school classrooms
(ProQuest LLC, 2017-05-17)This study exceeded the dominant focus on textbooks to include teacher and student classroom engagements with them. It was guided by three research questions: i) In what ways might English and physics textbooks in Ugandan ... -
Beyond Masculinity: Gender, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Northern Uganda
(African Journals Online, 2011)Masculinity and femininity debates of armed conflict in Africa have always regarded men as fighters and women as passive victims of war. The exclusion of women from the armed forces in most traditional societies originated ... -
Beyond “carrots” and “sticks” of On-line Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of Uganda Martyrs University
(Taylor and Francis, 2021-09-07)Listening and appreciating the views of the academic staff and students is critical in a learning period characterised by abrupt changes in the mode of classroom delivery where the traditional classroom teaching and learning ... -
Bhopal 20 Years on: Globalization and Corporate Responsibility
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2004-12)The year 2004 marks the 20th anniversary of the worst industrial disaster in human history. Some 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate leaked from a tank at the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) chemical pesticide plant in Bhopal, ... -
Biotechnology in Organic Agriculture in Africa: Myth or Oversight?
(African Journals Online, 2009)Biotechnology refers to scienti fi c methods and practi ces that are based on biological systems or components. Its applicati ons vary from simple system to amino acids (i.e. DNA and RNA) based applicati ons and are ... -
Books
(2010)Chelpi-den Hamer’s book on the youngest recruits brings to attention the prevalence of the problem of children involved in conflict in Cotê d’ Ivoire. This is important because the problem of the involvement of children ... -
Breaking the Terminal Nature of Primary Teacher Education in Uganda: Innovations at Uganda Martyrs University
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Broken Citizenship: Formely abducted children and their social reintegration in Northen Uganda
(2010)Among the large Scale conflict that have defined the African continent in twentieth and twenty-first centuries, is the Lord Resistence Army (LRA) rebellion against President Museveni's government in Northern Uganda. The ... -
Building Research Capacity in Africa: Equity and Global Health Collaborations
(Public Library Science, 1160 Battery Street, Ste 100, San Francisco, Usa, Ca, 94111, 2014)Global health has increased the number of high-income country (HIC) investigators conducting research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). N Partnerships with local collaborators rather than extractive research ... -
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. ... -
Building Social Capital for Health Information
(Uganda Martyrs University, Department of Health Sciences, 2003-12)The concept of “social capital” has been re-engineered to reflect the level and use of knowledge within society. It includes the extent to which society can create, innovate and use knowledge. This new understanding of ... -
Building trauma and EMS systems capacity in Rwanda: lessons and recommendations
(Ubiquity Press Ltd , Unit 3.22, East London Works, 65-75 Whitechapel Road, London, England, E1 1du, 2021)Background: Surgical capacity building has gained substantial momentum. However, care at the hospital level depends on improved access to emergency services. There is no established model for facilitating trauma and EMS ... -
Building vocational skills for marginalised youth in Uganda:
(Elsevier, 2015)Educational exclusion leads to the marginalisation of many youth in regards to employment and other livelihood opportunities. Vocational education and training (VET) is expected to offer skills to ameliorate this situation. ... -
Business ethics as field of teaching, training and research in East Africa
(African Journal of Business Ethics, 2011)The increase in corporate malfeasance has lead to a rising interest in Business Ethics in general and a particular focus on Business Ethics as an academic field, but the proliferation of Business Ethics as an academic field ...