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Acceptability of masking and patient separation to control nosocomial Tuberculosis in Uganda: a qualitative study
(J Public Health, 2011)Objectives: This study explored the acceptability of cough etiquette, wearing masks and separation by tuberculosis (TB) suspects and TB patients in two districts in Uganda. Design: The study was conducted in Mukono and ... -
The administrator as a change agent: an overview
(1983-03-18)It is agreed that administration has a major leadership role to fulfill in the work of the agency or organisation. The following are some of the major areas within which administration should take leadership. -
Adolescent fertility and sexuality in Uganda: determinants, consequencies and management.
(2014-11-05)In Uganda, adolescents constitute almost half of the total population and being of reproductive age, they contribute more to fertility than any other categories of persons. Moreover, adolescents have unique problems related ... -
Aerobic cervical bacteriology and antibiotic sensitivity patterns inpatients with advanced cervical cancer before and after radiotherapy at a national referral hospital in Uganda.
(International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2014)Objective: To determine prevalent aerobic cervical bacteria and sensitivity to commonly used antibiotics in patients with advanced cervical cancer before and after 4 weeks of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). Methods: ... -
The agrarian question and the role of women as chief agricultural producers in Africa: the case of Uganda
(1984-02-10)Women's participation in agricultural production cannot be viewed outside the socio-economic, socio-cultural and political contexts of the societies in which they find themselves. Similarly, agricultural productivity must ... -
Agricultural change: compulsion in the implementation agricultural policies: a case study from Iringa
(1985)In order to clarify the content of the tragic case discussed in this paper, background Sections on selected characteristics of the district are given. The paper discusses the evolution of farming systems in Ismani Division- ... -
Agricultural change: compulsion in the implementation agricultural policies: a case study from Iringa
(1985)In order to clarify the content of the tragic case discussed in this paper, background Sections on selected characteristics of the district are given. The paper discusses the evolution of farming systems in Ismani Division- ... -
Aspects of food shortages in Tanganyika (1925-45)
(2014-11-07)The problem of food hunger and shortage has attracted the attention of scholars from a number of different disciplines. Members of the medical profession are interested in the problem largely because of its direct physiological ... -
Aspects of urban unemployment in Uganda.
(1966)From the early years of this century, a periodic problem besetting development in Uganda has been shortage of labour, a shortage which was shared by the Baganda farmers who came to depend on hired labour. From the 1920s ... -
Aspects of urban unemployment in Uganda.
(1966)From the early years of this century, a periodic problem besetting development in Uganda has been shortage of labour, a shortage which was shared by the Baganda farmers who came to depend on hired labour. From the 1920s ... -
Assessing the institutional capacity of external agencies in holding Local Governments Accountable in Uganda
(UTS ePRESS, 2012)The Government of Uganda established external agencies as part of the control mechanisms aimed at promoting accountability in the public sector in general and local governments (LGs) in particular. The two cardinal control ... -
Assessing the role and capacity of civil society organisations in holding local government accountable in Uganda
(African Consortium of Public Administration, 2011-09)Decentralised local government is arguably the most direct mechanism of ensuring that the local leaders are accountable to the citizens, in form of downward accountability. Civil society participation is thus seen as a ... -
Assessing the spatio-temporal climate variability in semi-arid Karamoja sub-region in north-eastern Uganda
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2014)Semi-arid areas show climatic variability on a spatio-temporal scale. There are few studies on the long-term trends and intensity of this variability from East Africa. We used National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration ... -
Attitudes and knowledge gaps of the communities about cervical carcinoma and it’s detection in four selected districts of Uganda
(INABSTA, 2007)The main objective of the study was to determine the attitudes and knowledge gaps about cervical carcinoma in the urban and rural women and health workers. A cross sectional study survey was done on four districts of ... -
A brief description of the social system of the Lugbara.
(1950)The Lugbara and Madi (properly Ma’di, but I shall keep the traditional spelling) are the most easterly speakers of the Eastern Sudanic group of languages, which stretches from the Lake Chad region to the Nile Valley. They ... -
Broken symbols and religious innovation in Africa: An evaluation of theories of religious change.
(1982)The following essay represents a search for heuristically useful theory to understand the forces of religious innovation in an African context. The search progresses by employing a model derived from studies in symbolic ... -
Broken symbols and religious innovation in Africa: An evaluation of theories of religious change.
(1982)The following essay represents a search for heuristically useful theory to understand the forces of religious innovation in an African context. The search progresses by employing a model derived from studies in symbolic ... -
The causes of labour migration.
(1968)Labour migration in East Africa persists as a continuing movement of farmers and school leavers to sell their labour in rural or urban areas away from their homes. In a situation where the supply of this unskilled labour ... -
The causes of labour migration.
(1968)Labour migration in East Africa persists as a continuing movement of farmers and school leavers to sell their labour in rural or urban areas away from their homes. In a situation where the supply of this unskilled labour ... -
Chiefs and the "Land Question" in Busoga District, Uganda, 1895-1936
(Boston University African Studies Center, 1979)Introduction: The control of land in precolonial Busoga was so central a factor that it had ramifications for almost all other aspects of that society. That is, an individual who was authorized to distribute land was not ...