Browsing School of Bio-Medical Sciences (Bio-Medical) by Author "Tumwine, James K."

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    • The contribution of research in advancing health care in Uganda 

      Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University; Sewankambo, Nelson K.; Tumwine, James K. (2005-11)
      This is a book of abstracts of the first annual scientific conference organised by the Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University on "the contribution of research in advancing health care in Uganda" at Imperial Beach Resort ...

    • Emergence of sickle cell gene through migration and intermarriage: A case study 

      Okwi, A. L.; Byarugaba, Wilson; Parkes, Arthur; Bimenya, Gabriel S.; Othieno, Emmanuel; Tumwine, James K.; Ndugwa, Christopher M. (Africa Journal of Animal and Biomedical Sciences, 2009)
      Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inheritable disorder which is very common among persons of equatorial regions including Africa. The evolution of SCD is linked to malaria endemicity in which sickle cell traits are selected for ...

    • An up-date on the prevalence of sickle cell trait in Eastern and Western Uganda. 

      Okwi, A.L.; Byarugaba, Wilson; Ndugwa, Christopher M.; Parkes, Arthur; Ocaido, Michael; Tumwine, James K. (BioMed Central, 2010)
      Background: The first survey on sickle cell disease (SCD) done in Uganda in 1949, reported the district of Bundibugyo in Western Uganda to have the highest sickle cell trait (SCT) prevalence (45%). This is believed to be ...

    • Zinc adjunct therapy reduces case fatality in severe childhood pneumonia: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial 

      Srinivasan, Maheswari G.; Ndeezi, Grace; Mboijana, Cordelia Katureebe; Kiguli, Sarah; Bimenya, Gabriel S.; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Tumwine, James K. (BioMed Central, 2012)
      Background: Pneumonia is a leading cause of children’s deaths in developing countries and hinders achievement of the fourth Millennium Development Goal. This goal aims to reduce the under-five mortality rate, by two thirds, ...