News articles tagged with 'Uganda'
Standard retreatment regimen for TB is inadequate
— 16 Mar 2011 13:37 | HealthThe standard retreatment regimen for tuberculosis has low treatment response rates and is associated with poor long term outcomes in certain subgroups of patients, particularly those…
Child soldier trauma in Uganda shares similarities with Northern Ireland
— 11 Feb 2011 17:12 | HealthPsychology students at Queen's University have discovered similarities between child soldier trauma in Uganda and those children caught up in Northern Ireland's Troubles…
Exposure to worm infection in the womb may protect against eczema, study suggests
— 28 Jan 2011 17:03 | HealthExposure to worm infections in the womb may protect a newborn infant from developing eczema, a study funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests. A large trial in Uganda showed that treating…
Infant hydrocephalus, seasonal and linked to farm animals in Uganda
— 3 Jan 2011 20:02 | HealthHydrocephalus in Ugandan children and other developing countries is seasonal, linked to farm animals and in part, caused by previous bacterial infection, according to an international…
30 years on in the epicentre of the African AIDS epidemic
— 13 Nov 2010 10:02 | HealthThe impact of 30 years of HIV on an area once described as the epicentre of the African AIDS epidemic will be discussed at a lecture hosted by the University of East Anglia (UEA) in…
Further spread of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda likely due to livestock movements
— 16 Dec 2009 13:41 | HealthThe northwards spread of human Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda is likely due to the movement of infected livestock, according to new findings from an interdisciplinary research…
Research uncovers surprising lion stronghold in war-torn central Africa
— 29 Jan 2009 20:26 | EnvironmentTimes are tough for wildlife living at the frontier between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Armies are reportedly encamped in a national park and wildlife preserve…
Escherichia coli bacteria transferring between humans and mountain gorillas
— 25 Nov 2008 22:47 | HealthA new study finds that mountain gorillas are at increased risk of acquiring gastrointestinal microbes, such as Escherichia coli, from humans. The study, published in Conservation Biology,…
Health study in Uganda calls for improved services for internally displaced persons
— 24 Nov 2008 19:22 | HealthThere are over 1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Uganda due to the 20-year conflict waged between a rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, and the central government…
Scientists discover new species of Ebola virus
— 21 Nov 2008 13:48 | BiologyScientists report the discovery of a new species of Ebola virus, provisionally named Bundibugyo ebolavirus, 21 November in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens. The virus, which was…