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Equitable Access to Health Professional Training in Uganda: A Cross Sectional Study
(Annals of global health, 2018)
Objective: We set out to assess inequalities to access health professional education, and the impact of an education improvement program supported by MEPI (Medical Education Partnership Initiative). Inequalities in the ...
Impact of Mental Health Training on Mental Well-being of Lay Counselors in Northern Uganda
(Jacobs Journal of Community Medicine, 2018)
Data on the impact of mental health first aid training on the mental well-being of lay counselors is limited despite a wealth of research on the training of lay counselors. We tested the hypothesis that mental health first ...
The Psychological Impact of War and Abduction on Children in Northern Uganda: A Review
(International Journal of Mental Health and Psychiatry, 2015)
In more than two decades northern Uganda was affected by the war between the government and the LRA. Children were abducted and affected during the war, but what is the psychological and social impact of war on the children? ...
Anger and Bitter Hearts: The Spread of Suicide in Northern Ugandan Families
(Journal of Anthropology, 2019)
In many societies, the phenomenon of suicide provides a particularly powerful example of how something sinister might ‘run in the family’. In the Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda, concerns about its capacity to spread ...
Migration and Public Service Delivery: The Status Quo and Policy Responses in Sending and Receiving Countries
(Springer International Publishing AG 2018, 2018)
The recent wave of migration from the Middle East to Europe has brought the complexities of global migration into sharp focus. Images of human suffering, of determination and of triumph have dominated the media in the ...
Study of inheritance and identification of molecular markers for seed protein content in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.)
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Republic of South Africa, 2017)
Pigeonpea is an important source of protein to the vegetarian and poor families around the
globe, however, very little is known about the genetic control of seed protein content (SPC)
and how it relates with other ...
Improvement of resistance to Fusarium root rot through gene pyramiding and validation of SSR PVBR87 marker in common bean
(Makerere University, 2011)
Fusarium root rot caused by Fusarium solani f. sp. phaseoli is among the most serious diseases of
the common bean in Uganda causing total crop loss in susceptible cultivars. Studies have indicated
that 2-9 genes located ...
IMPROVEMENT OF RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM ROOT ROT THROUGH GENE PYRAMIDING IN COMMON BEAN
(African Crop Science Journal, 2012)
Fusarium root rot (FRR), caused by Fusarium solani f.sp. phaseoli, is one of the most serious root rot diseases
of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) throughout the world. Yield losses of up to 84% have been attributed ...
Pyramiding Fusarium root rot resistance genes and validation of SSR PVBR87 in common bean
(RUFORUM, 2010)
This study determined effectiveness of pyramided Fusarium
root rot (FRR) resistance genes and validated association of
SSR PVBR87 marker with FRR resistance in common bean.
A double cross (DC) involving four resistance ...
Genomics-assisted breeding for boosting crop improvement in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)
(Frontiers in plant science, 2015)
Pigeonpea is an important pulse crop grown predominantly in the tropical and sub-tropical
regions of the world. Although pigeonpea growing area has considerably increased, yield
has remained stagnant for the last six ...