),>),> ABSTRACT Background: A VHT is a voluntary, non-political, health executi ng agency in-charge of the health of public at household levels, comparable to facility level one. A VHT comprises of 4 - 5 people selected on a popular vote in a village. Despite efforts to establish them, they have not functioned to the expectations. Objective: To assess the factors and challenges affecting functionality of VHTs in Lyantonde so as to recommend appropriate strategies aimed at effectively exploit...
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD) recently defined COPD as "A common preventable and treatable disease characterised by persistent airflow limitation that is typically progressive and associated with an increased chronic inflammatory response of the airways and lungs to noxious particles or gases." Despite the fact that COPD patients typically exhibit the symptoms of acute respiratory infections (productive cough, dyspnoea, etc.), there may be a number of metab...
Adolescents continue disproportionately face the impact of HIV and AIDs infections across the world generally and in Sub Saharan Africa in particular. One of these issues is the increasing rates of HIV prevalence and incidence rates over the years. This results from low uptake of HIV prevention services. Adolescents in high density urban areas are prone to several factors that hinder their access to HIV prevention services. Thus, the study sought to unearth factors that determine the accessib...
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ABSTRACT Introduction In developing countries, most of the municipalities spend large proportions of their budgets on the collection, transport and disposal of solid waste. Their solid waste management is a costly service that consumes between 20% and 50% of their available operational budgets for municipal services. The specific objective of the study is; 1. To assess the social economic factors affecting the community in participation in solid waste management in Walukuba I Masese Divisio...
ABSTRACT This is a study canied out in Mubende Regional Referral Hospital with the aim of assessing patients’ perception of health service delivery in Outpatient department (OPD).The hospital faces challenges among which indude limited space, inadequate funding and Inadequate staffing. The hospltai receives ciltidsm from politicians that the services offered are inadequate, yet the health workers feel that they provide the best services to patients. It is upon this background that the res...
ABSTRACT Background: Elashabiyaha is one of the largest districts in Lower Shabelle region Somalia who has accommodated one of the most populous Somali IDPs camps. Only 30% of children are immunized against the six major childhood diseases. These are far below the targeted average percentage of 80%. This study was conducted to explore cunent immunization coverage of the children under five years in Elashabiyaha and to assess factors affecting immunization coverage of the child~en under five...
ABSTRACT Deforestation has become an issue of Global Environmental concern because of the value of forest in biodiversity conservation and in limiting the green house effect. The major objective of the study is to investigate the impact of deforestation on the Environment in Uganda. Specifically, the study aimed at finding out the values of forests to the Environment, investigating the factors responsible for the persistent deforestation, determining the impact of deforestation on the Environ...
ABSTRACT Bushenyi has persistently registered highest levels of childhood malnutrition in the whole of Uganda despite being referred to as "the food basket" of the country. Malnutrition is a major public health problem of developmental concern with both health and socio-economic consequences. High prevalence is in developing countries which contribute up to 50% of the world's under-five mortality. This study determined the prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition among children age...
)> ABSTRACT This study intended to develop a model showing the influence of human population structure dynamics on forest biomass cover. By establishing the relationship between forest cover and human sub-populations, a regression model was generated for the prediction of the survival of Kartala forest. The Zero, Juvenile and Senior free as well as the interior equilibrium states of the model were obtained and analyzed for stability. Numerical simulations of the various model parameters were...
ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the factors that lead to low birth weight (LB W) of children born in the health units in Bushenyi district. The objectives were to establish the prevalence of LBW of babies born in the health units and to establish the relationship between LBW and selected risk factors. The first four hundred and ninety five ( 495) mothers who delivered in the selected health units during July - August 2008 were considered for the study. The study was carried out from th...
ABSTRACT The gastric mucosa defence mechanisms are altered counteractively by 4-aminoquinoline and artemesinin derivatives, yet these drug lines constitute artemisinin based antimalarial combination therapies (ACTs). The study was aimed at determining the gastric mucosa effects of two ACTs (artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine). Specifically to determine the effect of the ACTs on induced ulcer index, antioxidative activity, lipid peroxidation and histopathologies induced by indo...
ABSTRACT Background: Outcomes of surgical versus medical management of first trimester incomplete abortion are poorly documented in Uganda and it is important to guide clinical practice. Objectives: To compare the effectiveness, secondary outcomes and satisfaction level between surgical and medical management of first trimçster incomplete abortion among women admitted at Kampala International University Teachng Hospital. Methodology: Prospective open labelled randomized clinical trial of 100...
ABSTRACT. A descriptive survey design was used to assess the Psychosocial Challengesin Ibagwa-aka Community, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, South East Nigeria. The specific objectives of the were to: identify the mental challenges of the elderly in Ibagwa-aka community; identify the emotional challenges of the elderly in the community studied and determined the social challenges of the elderly in the area of studied.Validated questionnaire was used to administer the inst...
ABSTRACT The research topic was “The impact of human activities on wild-flfe conservation in Kahuzi Biéga National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo. “The main objective of this study was to establish how human activities have affected wild life conservation in Kahuzi-Biega National ‘ark in the Democratic Republic of Congo “.This study used quantitative method for data collection. It is economical and efficient in data collection. It is used in investigating relationships betwee...