Purpose Improving the competitiveness of East Africa's rice industries necessitates increased and viable production quality desired by consumers. This paper aims to understand consumer preferences for attributes in Uganda Kenya inform countries' breeding programs value chain development interventions. Design/methodology/approach Rice samples are obtained from retail markets various districts/co...

background: albinos in africa are at constant risk of developing skin cancer due to the damage caused by ultra-violet exposure. this study identifies the common skin conditions among albinos in kenya as a country located along the equator.    methods: in this descriptive study on albino patients who were admitted to mbagathi district hospital in nairobi, kenya the census method was used for sam...

Background To date, research on priority-setting for new vaccines has not adequately explored the influence of the global, national and sub-national levels of decision-making or contextual issues such as political pressure and stakeholder influence and power. Using Kapiriri and Martin’s conceptual framework, this paper evaluates priority setting for new vaccines in Uganda at national and sub-na...

The spatial ecology of free-roaming dogs determines their role in the transmission zoonoses. This study describes geographic range and identifies sites frequently visited by domestic western Kenya. Eight Busia county, Kenya, were selected. At each site, ten dog-keeping households recruited, a questionnaire was administered, GPS logger fixed around neck one dog household. Loggers programmed to c...

Open since 1995, NTIHC is a drop-in center that offers free reproductive health services to youth, including diagnosis and treatment of STIs, family planning, pregnancy testing and counseling, and antenatal and postnatal care. In 2002, NTIHC began offering VCT two days per week and expanded its facility to provide waiting and counseling space for youth seeking VCT. AIC provided initial technica...

BACKGROUND We aim to evaluate the effectiveness of the Good School Toolkit, developed by Raising Voices, in preventing violence against children attending school and in improving child mental health and educational outcomes. METHODS/DESIGN We are conducting a two-arm cluster randomised controlled trial with parallel assignment in Luwero District, Uganda. We will also conduct a qualitative stu...

OBJECTIVES To describe recent trends in age at first sex in African countries, identifying and making due allowances for a variety of common reporting errors. METHODS Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data from six African countries conducting three or more surveys since 1985 were analysed using survival analysis techniques, combining information on virginity status and retrospective repor...

Following three landmark studies in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda that found male circumcision significantly reduced the risk of female-to-male transmission of HIV, researchers have argued that consideration should be given to the acceptability and feasibility of providing safe services for male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy in areas of Africa where men are not traditionally circu...