Dennis Twinomugisha Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Colin A. Chapman Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611; Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10460 Michael J. Lawes Forest Biodiversity Programme, School of Botany and Zoology, University of Natal, P/Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South...

Estelle Rochat, Elia Vajana, Licia Colli, Charles Masembe, Riccardo Negrini, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Stéphane Joost and the NEXTGEN Consortium 1 Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems (LASIG), School of Architecture, Civil and environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland 2 Institute of Zootechnics and BioDNA Research Centre, Faculty...

This article is an exploration of the zine as a form practice that radical and disruptive. It takes six sections has its own armature. describes workshop held in Kampala, Uganda, during lockdown, constitutes record event. The authors argue zine-making itself can offer queering status quo make us all. invites reader into space both materially grounded epistemologically challenging.

BACKGROUND Human brucellosis has been found to be prevalent in the urban areas of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. A cross-sectional study was designed to generate precise information on the prevalence of brucellosis in cattle and risk factors for the disease in its urban and peri-urban dairy farming systems. RESULTS The adjusted herd prevalence of brucellosis was 6.5% (11/177, 95% CI: 3....

Sterilization and personal protection procedures are extremely important in dental offices because infections such as hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis can be passed on to the health care worker or the patient during treatment. Thus, sterilization and personal protection procedures are extremely important in dental offices. The aim of the present study was to evaluate awareness of infection control ...

The Kampala cancer registry is the longest established in Africa. Trends in incidence rates for a 20-year period (1991-2010) for Kyadondo County (Kampala city and a rural hinterland) illustrate the effects of changing lifestyles in urban Africa, and the effects of the epidemic of HIV-AIDS. There has been an overall increase in the risk of cancer during the period in both sexes, with incidence r...

BACKGROUND Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease in developing countries yet it is often not recognized, goes unreported and does not attract public health action by these governments including Uganda. OBJECTIVE To estimate the sero-prevalence and assess modifiable risk factors associated with Brucella seropositivity in cattle keepers and consumers of unpasteurized milk in Uganda. ME...

INTRODUCTION Despite the universal right to access the same range, quality and standard of free or affordable health care and programs as provided to other persons, people with physical disabilities (PWPDs) continue to experience challenges in accessing these services. This article presents the challenges faced by PWPDs in accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in Kampala, Ugan...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction towards care during encounter with clinicians is key for better treatment outcomes. We assessed patient satisfaction with TB clinical care consultations in Kampala, Uganda. METHODS This was a facility-based cross sectional study done between September 2012 and February 2013 using qualitative method of data collection. Participants consecutively completed a pre-...

INTRODUCTION Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is still a commonly used investigation in the evaluation of the female genital tract and the main indication for HSG is infertility. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to find the pathology detected at HSG in patients with infertility in our setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of 289 consecutive patients who underwent hysterosa...