BACKGROUND Studies on the association between partners' controlling behaviors and intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) in Uganda are limited. The aim of this paper was to investigate the association between IPSV and partners' controlling behaviors among married women in Uganda. METHODS We used the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) data, and selected a weighted sample of 1,30...

• Beans are vital sources of protein, iron and other micronutrients in Rwanda and Uganda. • The average yield gain over local varieties from adopting improved bean varieties is 53% in Rwanda and 60% in Uganda. • Rwandan households planting improved bean varieties gain, on average, an extra 42 kg of the crop over local varieties per agricultural season, increasing household revenue by US$50. • F...

in a study to determine the influence of sexual behaviour to hiv contamination, in 22 patients infected with aids in iran, this survey was conducted. the subjects were 21 male and one female. one of the male patients was from uganda, another was an intravenous drug addict, and one patient has been abroad for sometime. one of the patients had been abroad and received blood there, and other patie...

Uganda is widely recognised as a country that has made significant achievements in implementing policy reform over the past decade. Is this because Uganda ‘owned’ the policy reforms? The government was certainly committed to policy reform, but is this ownership? This paper aims to clarify the notion of ownership of policy reform, using ‘pro-poor’ policies in Uganda as a case study. We provide a...

This study aimed at investigating the prevalence and factors associated with living alone among older persons in Uganda. A secondary analysis of the 2010 Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) data was conducted. A complementary log-log regression model was used to estimate the association between living alone and demographic, socio-economic and health factors. Nearly one out of ten (9%) older...

Birds from three National Parks (Bwindi Impenetrable, Kibale, and Queen Elizabeth) in western Uganda were surveyed during the dry season in July 2003 and investigated for hematozoa by microscopic examination of stained blood films. Of 307 birds examined, representing 68 species of 15 families and four orders, 61.9% were found to be infected with blood parasites. Species of Haemoproteus (15.3% p...

This article reports on the lessons learnt from the implementation of a computerized information system (CIS) for managing human resources at the Ministry of Education in Botswana, and on the usage of CISs in the management of secondary schools in Uganda. The findings from these African studies portray the levels of usage, their impact and the critical success factors that most influence the ut...

The export of vegetables from African countries to European markets presents consumers with an ethical dilemma: should they support local, but relatively well-off farmers, or poorer farmers from distant countries? This paper considers the issue of farm worker health in the U.K. and Uganda, and considers the dilemma facing U.K. consumers if Uganda achieves their aim of exporting more vegetables ...

Chronic necrotizing skin ulcers caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans are a common and serious disorder in certain parts of the tropics. This infection was first described in Australia, but most of the reported cases have come from Uganda (where the disease is known as Buruli ulcer) and from the Congo. The disease is also known to occur in Nigeria, Ghana, Mexico, and New Guinea. The results of epide...

Despite the high unmet demand for contraceptives in Uganda, use of modern methods in the country remains low, with no sign of it increasing to meet this demand (Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2007). The resulting wide gap between wanted and actual fertility leaves a large number of Ugandan women to resort to abortions in order to meet their fertility goals, despite the fact that abortion is highly...