BACKGROUND Despite the growing burden of injuries in LMICs, there are still limited primary epidemiologic data to guide health policy and health system development. Understanding the epidemiology of injury in developing countries can help identify risk factors for injury and target interventions for prevention and treatment to decrease disability and mortality. AIM To estimate the epidemiolog...

BACKGROUND Tetraethyl lead was phased out of gasoline in Uganda in 2005. Recent mitigation of an important source of lead exposure suggests examination and re-evaluation of the prevalence of childhood lead poisoning in this country. Ongoing concerns persist about exposure from the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, the country's capital. OBJECTIVES We determined blood lead distributions among Kampa...

OBJECTIVES The aim was to report the prevalence of oral diseases/conditions among a Ugandan population. METHODS Subjects aged 12 (n=696) and 35-44 years (n=396) were chosen from randomly selected urban and peri-urban areas of Arua, Mbale, Kampala and Mbarara districts. They were clinically examined by 4 trained and calibrated dentists for oral diseases/conditions using criteria described by W...

Golden monkey populations decline despite improved protection in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda Dennis Twinomugisha and Colin A. Chapman* Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, Makerere University, PO Box 7298, Kampala, Uganda and Anthropology Department and McGill School of Environment, 855 Sherbrooke St West, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, H3A 2T7 and Wildlife Conservat...

© 2008 Association médicale canadienne IMPACT ANALYSIS OF UGANDA HEARING PROJECT. R. Byaruhanga,* M. Awubwa,* B. Westerberg,† N. Shoman,† T. Rolland,‡ J.-P. Vaccani.§ From the *Department of ENT, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, and the Departments of Otolaryngology, †University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, ‡NYU School of Medicine, New York City, NY, and §University of Ottawa, Ottaw...

Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Petersgasse 12, A6 8010 Graz, Austria; Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Messeweg 11, D-38104 Braunschweig, 7 Germany, Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute, National Banana Research Program, 8 Uganda; Makerere University, Department of Agricultural Production, College of 9 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Uganda and B...

In September 2014, a single fatal case of Marburg virus was identified in a healthcare worker in Kampala, Uganda. The source of infection was not identified, and no secondary cases were identified. We describe the rapid identification, laboratory diagnosis, and case investigation of the third Marburg virus outbreak in Uganda.

a Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA b Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA c Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, Legon – Accra, Ghana d Department of Electrical Engineering, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda e Design Science Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA f Department of...

a Department of Forestry and Natural Resource Management, State University of New York, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), One Forestry Drive, Illick Hall 340, 13210 Syracuse, NY, USA b Department of Electrical Engineering and Director, Center for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation (CREEC), Faculty of Technology, Makerere University Uganda, P. O. Box 7062, Kampal...

Most recent cases of staphylococcal osteomyelitis seen at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, have been due to penicillin-resistant organisms. Six severely ill patients-four with multiple bone lesions-were treated with trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole; the response was prompt and satisfactory in all cases.