ABSTRACT. Introduction Diarrhea is the most important public health problem connected to water and sanitation and can be both “waterborne” and “water-washed”. In recent decades, a consensus developed that the key factors for the prevention of diarrhea are sanitation, personal hygiene, availability of water and good quality drinking water; and that the quantity of water that people have available for hygiene is of equal or greater importance for the prevention of diarrhea as the b...
ABSTRACT EIA is a critical examination of the potential effects of any proposed project on the environment with the aim of mitigating them. It has been noted that the role of EIA which ultimately is to achieve sustainable development, has not been played as expected. This research aims at finding out the extent to which developers in the plastics industry are familiar with EIA and its role in promoting sustainable development, the problems encountered as the process is carried out and implem...
ABSTRACT The study objective was to establish / find out the community perception on mental ill patients in Ishaka Town. The study area was Ishaka Town Council which is found in Bushenyi District Western Uganda. Data was collected by Cross- sectional method where by the questionnaires were availed to the respondents to fill. The participants were residents of Ishaka Town Council, with different marital status, religion, level of education but all were residents of Ishaka Town Council. 100 res...
ABSTRACT Intestinal parasites are amongst the common infections worldwide, it is estimated that 3.5 billion are affected and 450 million are ill as a result of these infections. At Alive medical services the prevalence estimates are not known. A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out at Alive Medical center between 3rd August 2014 and 10th October 2014 to determine the prevalence of gastro intestinal parasites in HIV positive patients, the age group and sex most affected and ident...
Abstract A cross sectional study was conducted in Bushenyi district to review the side effects, adverse effects and the process of collecting herbal medicines between September 2013 and February 2014. The study found out that traditional herbs were being widely used in Bushenyi district in the treatment of malaria, cough, vaginal dryness, abdominal cramps, erectile dysfunction and fevers most frequently than other conditions. The study also found that the most common side effects were nausea ...
ABSTRACT Backgrmmd: More than 50% of all medicines are irrationally used in the world. Rational use of medicines (RUM) means that the right patient receives the right drug, in the right dose, for the right duration, and at the lowest cost for him/her and the community. In a nutshell treatment must follow the standard treatment guidelines of that area. In this case Uganda, the Uganda Clinical Guidelines for treatment of Common Infections is used. The problem of rational use is even most dire w...
Table of Contents DECLARATION .............................................................................................................................................. iv CERTIFICATION .............................................................................................................................................. v DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................................. vi AC...
Table of Contents DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................................ i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................................................... ii ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... vi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ......
Abstract Globally, an estimated 211 million pregnancies and 136 million births occur every year. While they are natural and usual processes, pregnancy and childbirth put every woman at risk of complications. Improving utilization of antenatal care is a critical strategy for reducing the high mortality rate and achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of decreasing the maternal mortality ratio (MMR). While overall utilization has increased recently in Uganda, disparity in access, pr...
ABSTRACT Background: Prescription practice is health care service implemented by a physician or other medical practitioner in the fonn of instructions that govern the plan of care for an individual patient; prescription practice may include orders to be performed by a patient caretaker, nurse, pharmacist or other therapist. Prescription is physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. A prescription has several parts. They include the superscripti...
ABSTRACT Background: Sickle Cell Disease is one of the most common inherited genetic blood disorders affecting humans world-wide. Sickle cell disease predominates in Africa including Uganda (WHO, 2011). Recent data in Uganda shows Northern Uganda is among the regions with the highest prevalence of 19.2% (MoH Uganda, 2014). Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study involving a total of 120 adult patients attending general OPD in Lira Regional Hospital between the Months of Februar...
ABSTRACT Introduction/Objectives: Fluegge a virosa grows wild in tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, tropical Asia, Japan, Australia and Polynesia, and it can also be domesticated. The different parts of the plant have many folkloric usage for diverse ailments including pain, fever, malaria, sexual dysfunction, diabetes, epilepsy, antiarrhythmic, HIV -related illness among many others. The root is claimed to be the most potent part of the plant. In view of the claimed therapeutic potentials, ...
Abstract A cross sectional retrospective study was conducted in Ishaka, Bushenyi municipality, Bushenyi district from January 2014 to June 2014 to determine knowledge and attitudes of mothers towards the utilization of antenatal care services in Ishaka Bushenyi municipality, district, western Uganda. The study found out that 38(60.3%) of the respondents have heard about comprehensive ANC services and 39.7% of the respondents have not heard about comprehensive ANC, that majority of the respon...
ABSTRACT The study on man’s socio-economic activities on protected areas was carried out on Mount Elgon national park and was specifically aimed at identifying communities and their socio-economic activities, the impacts of these activities on the park and the sustainable park management approaches. The study used simple random sampling for the community members and purposive for the knowledgeable about park management, methods of data collection were questionnaire, interview, observation a...
ABSTRACT Knowledge: is familiarity or understanding of something such as facts, information, description, or skills which are acquired by experience, education, perceiving discovering and learning. (Edward bliss 2013) Attitude: this is the positive or negative evaluation of people, objects, events, activities ideas or environment. (Richard, 2013) Immunization: is the cornerstone of diseases prevention worldwide, however, despite the advantages; immunization has still remained a major pro...