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Participation of children and young people with cerebral palsy in activities of daily living in rural Uganda

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 274-284, February 2023., 2023
What this paper adds Children and young people with cerebral palsy (CP) attended all activities less than their peers without CP. Differences in attendance were larger for community‐based activities than home activities. When attending activities, children and young people with CP were less involved than their peers.
Carin Andrews, Lukia Hamid Namaganda, Christine Imms, Ann‐Christin Eliasson, Elizabeth Asige, Godfrey Wanjala, Angelina Kakooza‐Mwesige, Hans Forssberg   +7 more
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A food‐based approach could improve dietary adequacy for 12–23‐month‐old Eastern Ugandan children

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 18, Issue 2, April 2022., 2022
Abstract Little is known about dietary adequacy, for young Ugandan children, or context‐specific food choices to improve it. This study estimated the percentage of breastfed 12–23‐month‐old rural Eastern Ugandan children (n = 114) at risk of inadequate intakes of 12 nutrients; and identified realistic food choices for improving it.
Njeri C. Kimere, Joweria Nambooze, Haeun Lim, Andrea L.S. Bulungu, Kate Wellard, Elaine. L. Ferguson   +5 more
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Prevalence of Paediatric Surgical Conditions in Eastern Uganda: A Cross‐Sectional Study

World Journal of Surgery, Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 701-708, March 2022., 2022
Abstract Background The role of surgery in global health has gained greater attention in recent years. Approximately 1.8 billion children below 15 years live in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC). Many surgical conditions affect children. Therefore, paediatric surgery requires specific emphasis.
Mary Margaret Ajiko, Viking Weidman, Pär Nordin, Andreas Wladis, Jenny Löfgren   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phytochemical, Cytotoxicity, and Antimycobacterial Activity Evaluation of Extracts and Compounds from the Stem Bark of Albizia coriaria Welw ex. Oliver

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. Albizia coriaria Welw ex. Oliver (Fabaceae) is one of the plants used by herbalists in the East Africa community to prepare herbal remedies for the management of symptoms of TB. Despite its widespread use, the antimycobacterial activity of this plant was uninvestigated and there was contradicting information regarding its cytotoxicity ...
Samuel Baker Obakiro, Ambrose Kiprop, Isaac K’owino, Moses Andima, Richard Oriko Owor, Robi Chacha, Elizabeth Kigondu, Jorddy Neves Cruz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Information and Communication Technologies to Provide Agricultural Advice to Smallholder Farmers: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 103, Issue 1, Page 317-337, January 2021., 2021
Agricultural advisory services generally rely on interpersonal knowledge transfers by agricultural extension agents who visit farmers to provide information. This approach is not always effective and has proved hard to scale sustainably, particularly in highly dispersed smallholder farming systems. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have
Bjorn Van Campenhout, David J. Spielman, Els Lecoutere   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traditional Medicinal Uses, Phytoconstituents, Bioactivities, and Toxicities of Erythrina abyssinica Lam. ex DC. (Fabaceae): A Systematic Review

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Background. Many studies have been undertaken on the medicinal values of Erythrina abyssinica Lam. ex DC. (Fabaceae). The details, however, are highly fragmented in different journals, libraries, and other publication media. This study was therefore conducted to provide a comprehensive report on its ethnobotany, ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemicals, and
Samuel Baker Obakiro, Ambrose Kiprop, Elizabeth Kigondu, Isaac K’Owino, Mark Peter Odero, Scolastica Manyim, Timothy Omara, Jane Namukobe, Richard Oriko Owor, Yahaya Gavamukulya, Lydia Bunalema, Riaz Ullah   +11 more
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A Bibliographic Assessment Using the Degrees of Publication Method: Medicinal Plants from the Rural Greater Mpigi Region (Uganda)

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
In ethnopharmacological research, many field assessment tools exist. Yet, these miss that critical point of how to really determine which species merit the costly lab studies, e.g., evaluation of traditional use via pharmacological assays and isolation of bioactive secondary metabolites.
Fabien Schultz, Godwin Anywar, Cassandra Leah Quave, Leif-Alexander Garbe, Luiz Felipe Domingues Passero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lusoga Noun Phrase Tonology [PDF]

UC Berkeley Phonology Lab Annual Reports, 2017
Lusoga Noun Phrase ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Caring for children with neurodevelopmental disability: Experiences from caretakers and health workers in rural eastern Uganda.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundLong term outcomes of children with neurodevelopmental disability are influenced by the condition itself, available health services and caretakers' coping ability to nurture the children which may be related to their beliefs and experiences ...
Gertrude Namazzi, Claudia Hanson, Christine Nalwadda, Moses Tetui, Margaret Nampijja, Peter Waiswa, James K Tumwine, Helena Hildenwall   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reconstructing the origins of the Luganda (JE15) modal auxiliaries -sóból- and -yînz-: A historical-comparative study across the West Nyanza Bantu cluster [PDF]

, 2018
In this article, a comparison is made of the expression of possibility in West Nyanza Bantu languages in order to reconstruct the origins of Luganda's two most frequent possibility markers, viz. the near-synonymous auxiliaries -sobol- and -yinz-. Earlier
Bostoen, Koen, de Schryver, Gilles-Maurice, Kawalya, Deo   +2 more
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