Browsing School of Social Sciences (SSS) by Subject "Indigenous knowledge"
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The constructions of Ebola and the struggle against the epidemic in Bundibugyo District
(Makerere University, 2021-03)There was an Ebola outbreak in Western Uganda in the Bundibugyo. The outbreak which started in 2007, never received biomedical response for three months. However, as the national and international response teams arrived ... -
Farmer indigenous knowledge and reduction of postharvest handling losses along the maize value chain in Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024-06-07)Indigenous Knowledge (IK) is the information base for a society, which facilitates communication and decision-making (Barrett, 2017). The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of farmer indigenous knowledge ... -
Social distancing in indigenous health-seeking knowledge for epidemic control used in Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak
(Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), 2019)In 2007 an epidemic broke out in Bundibugyo, natives quickly created barriers and boundaries based on their ethnic differences and village locations in the mountain ridges deterring the movement and mixing of infected ...