Uganda

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Uganda Lessons from Northern Uganda in Addressing Gender Based Violence

Dermatology in Uganda: Experiences at the University Hospital Mbarara, Uganda

Uganda is an East African country and, together with Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania, a member of the East African Community (EAC). It covers an area of 241,139 km2, which is roughly three-quarters the area of Germany or half that of Sweden. The population, registered as 30.2 million in 2006, is increasing, and reached 40 million at the end of 2009 according to Ugandan statistics. Uganda is...

Travelers’ Reported Preventive Health Behavior in Jinja, Uganda

Introduction: Increasing international travel to low-income areas is confronting travelers with new health threats. This study investigated international travelers’ health advice, behavior, and information needs in a low-income setting.Methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. Between October 27–31, 2014, 127 semi-structured surveys were c...

Kala-azar Control, Uganda

mammalian hosts (9). Drug resistance or sensitivity is based on sequences of M2 and NA. Substitution within residues including L26I, V27A/I, A30S, and S31N of the M2 ion channel protein was used to predict amantadine-resistant mutants, and H274Y of the NA was used to predict for oseltamivir resistance (10). The virus observed in 2006 isolates from Phichit was resistant to amantadine but sensiti...