1 Department of Anthropology and McGill School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 2T7, Quebec, Canada 2 Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 1B1, Quebec, Canada 3 McGill School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 2A7, Quebec, Canada 4 National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, PO Box 343, Jinja, Uganda 5 Makerere University Biological Field St...

We examine violent conflict's spillover effects on food insecurity in Uganda, Ethiopia, and Malawi. Using a contiguity matrix weighted the distance between housing units data from Living Standard Measurement Survey, we find statistically significant effect of conflict security Ethiopia Uganda. Statistically indirect were negative within Malawi positive Ethiopia. Direct conflicts other covariate...

INTRODUCTION Cross-border cholera outbreaks are a major public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa contributing to the high annual reported cholera cases and deaths. These outbreaks affect all categories of people and are challenging to prevent and control. This article describes lessons learnt during the cross-border cholera outbreak control in Eastern and Southern Africa sub-regions using th...

A synthesis of the Phaeogenini occurring in Afrotropical region is provided. Three species are newly described: Centeterichneumon nambi Dal Pos, Diller & Di Giovanni sp. nov. from Uganda, Chauvinia ganota Claridge Kenya, and Kibalus nonnaritae Pos Uganda. Heterischnus mfongosi Rousse van Noort, 2013 recorded for Kenya Tanzania male diagnosed first time. Also, female Arearia oxymoron time on...

The paper by Jones-López et al. in this week’s PLoS Medicine [1] (hereinafter ‘‘the Uganda study’’) illustrates the challenge of conducting research in resource-constrained settings. At the time the study was proposed and initiated, the prevalence of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) in Uganda was unknown. Further, second-line therapy for MDR-TB, available in other settings, was not avai...

Brucellosis is endemic in livestock and humans in Uganda and its transmission involves a multitude of risk factors like consumption of milk from infected cattle. To shed new light on the epidemiology of brucellosis in Uganda the present study used phenotypic and molecular approaches to delineate the Brucella species, biovars, and genotypes shed in cattle milk. Brucella abortus without a biovar ...

As a follow up to OpenCon 2014, International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) students organized a 3 day workshop Open Access, Open Education Resources and Open Data in Kampala from 15-18 December 2014. One of the aims of the workshop was to engage the Open Access movement in Uganda which encompasses the scientific community, librarians, academia, researchers and students. ...

Short birth spacing continues to be a problem in Uganda and Zimbabwe, resulting in negative infant, child, and maternal health outcomes. This study investigates community-level influences on birth spacing outcomes among women aged 15-49 in Uganda and Zimbabwe, using Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 2011 (Uganda) and 2010-2011 (Zimbabwe). Women living in communities with higher mean m...