Dynamics of Land Use/Cover Trends in Kanungu District, South-western Uganda by Barasa Bernard, Egeru Anthony, Okello Patrick, Mutuzo Fridah

“…Household size, type of crops grown, customary  land tenure system, availability of agricultural extension workers, weak environmental laws and policies are significant predictors of land  use/cover change in Kanungu District.@ JASEM J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage. …”
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The complementary role of indigenous knowledge systems in landslide disaster management in Kanungu District, Uganda by Benson TURYASINGURA, Natal AYIGA, Brahim BENZOUGAGH, Shuraik KADER, Sudhir Kumar SINGH, Nuwe John BOSCO, Joseph P. GWEYI-ONYANGO, Elias BOJAGO

“… This study aimed to investigate the use and effectiveness of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in managing landslides in Kanungu District, Uganda. The study used the Likert scale and the multivariate probit (MVP) model and found that marginalization was a significant challenge facing local interventions in landslide disaster management. …”
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Correction to: Do socio-demographic factors modify the effect of weather on malaria in Kanungu District, Uganda? by Katarina Ost, Lea Berrang-Ford, Katherine Bishop-Williams, Margot Charette, Sherilee L. Harper, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus B. Namanya, Yi Huang, Aaron B. Katz, Bwindi Community Hospital, IHACC Research Team, Kristie Ebi

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Civic and political rights of the Batwa ethnic minority in local governance at village level: The case of Kanungu District by Martha Kibukamusoke, Jimmy Alemiga

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Factors influencing antenatal care attendance for Bakiga and Indigenous Batwa women in Kanungu District, Southwestern Uganda by Vivienne Steele, Kaitlin Patterson, Lea Berrang-Ford, Nia King, Manisha Kulkarni, Didacus Namanya, Charity Kesande, Batwa Communities, Sabastian Twesigomwe, Grace Asaasira, Sherilee Harper

“…This study characterised ANC attendance patterns at a hospital, and characterised factors influencing attendance among Bakiga and Indigenous Batwa women in Kanungu District, Uganda. Methods: A community-based, mixed-methods approach was used. …”
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Knowledge and Effects of Teenage Pregnancies Among the Adolescent Girls Between 13 To 19 Years at Mukono Parish Kanungu District – Uganda. by Hubert Nkabura

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Assessing dietary adequacy and temporal variability in the context of Covid-19 among Indigenous and rural communities in Kanungu District, Uganda: a mixed-methods study by G Scarpa, L Berrang-Ford, S Twesigomwe, P Kakwangire, M Galazoula, C Zavaleta-Cortijo, K Patterson, D B Namanya, S Lwasa, E Ninshaba, M Kiconco, IHACC Research Team, J E Cade

“…The aim of this work was to conduct a proof-of-concept study exploring dietary adequacy, and to investigate evidence for temporal variation in the dietary intake of Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in Kanungu District, Uganda in the context of the Covid-19 outbreak. …”
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FACTORS AFFECTING UTILIZATION OF ORAL AND DENTAL SERVICES AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING DENTAL CLINIC AT KATATE HEALTH CENTER IV, KANUNGU DISTRICT. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY. by Syrus Arineitwe

“…The main objective of this study was to determine the factors affecting the utilization of oral and dental services at Katate Health Centre IV, Kanungu district. Methodology.  A descriptive cross-sectional study was done on 61 randomly sampled respondents from whom data was collected using a questionnaire and then analyzed using SPSS version 21. …”
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A Community-Based Approach to Integrating Socio, Cultural and Environmental Contexts in the Development of a Food Database for Indigenous and Rural Populations: The Case of the Bat... by Giulia Scarpa, Lea Berrang-Ford, Sabastian Twesigomwe, Paul Kakwangire, Remco Peters, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, Kaitlin Patterson, Didacus B. Namanya, Shuaib Lwasa, Ester Nowembabazi, Charity Kesande, Helen Harris-Fry, Janet E. Cade

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Circumstances of child deaths in Mali and Uganda: a community-based confidential enquiry by Merlin L Willcox, DPhil, Elias Kumbakumba, MMed, Drissa Diallo, ProfPhD, Vincent Mubangizi, MMed, Peter Kirabira, MPH, Florence Nakaggwa, MSc, Birungi Mutahunga, MPH, Chiaka Diakité, MD, Eugene Dembélé, MD, Mamadou Traoré, ProfAFSA, Pierre Daou, MD, Drissa Bamba, MD, Amadou Traoré, PhD, Diafara Berthé, MSc, Nick Wooding, FRCGP, Kieran Dinwoodie, MRCGP, Sarah Capewell, MRCGP, Hamish Foster, MRCGP, Rowena Neville, MRCGP, Joseph Ngonzi, MMed, Jerome Kabakyenga, ProfPhD, David Mant, ProfFMedSci, Anthony Harnden, ProfFRCGP

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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES TOWARDS FALSE TEETH EXTRACTION AMONG THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ATANGA SUB-COUNTY, PADER DISTRICT. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY. by Howard Ocen, Godfrey P Kingston Ojok

“…The main objective of this study was to determine the factors affecting the utilization of oral and dental services at Katate Health Centre IV, Kanungu district. Methodology. A descriptive cross-sectional study was done on 61 randomly sampled respondents from whom data was collected using a questionnaire and then analyzed using SPSS version 21. …”
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Integrating climate in Ugandan health and subsistence food systems: where diverse knowledges meet by Bianca van Bavel, Lea Berrang Ford, Rebecca King, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus Namanya, Sabastian Twesigomwe, Helen Elsey, Sherilee L. Harper

“…Methods We present a case-study from southwestern Uganda with Batwa and Bakiga subsistence communities in Kanungu District. We conducted 22 key informant interviews to map what forms of monitoring and knowledge exist about health and subsistence food systems as they relate to seasonal variability. …”
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Introduction pages, Nova Geodesia 3(4), 2023 by Paul SESTRAS

“…Among the exciting articles, we invite readers to find news about: Exploring distinctive morphological traits in Beilschmiedia mannii georeferenced by GPS: Implication for conservation; Effect of abiotic factors and seasonal influence on spider diversity in rice agroecosystem of Bargarh District, Odisha, India; The complementary role of indigenous knowledge systems in landslide disaster management in Kanungu District, Uganda; Uncodified system of animal health care in Eastern Himalaya and Indo-Burma hotspots of India: Plant use and their distribution; Responses of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) seedlings from different geographical locations to low temperature stress; Locational variation in rhizospheric mycobiota associated with Elaeagnus latifolia, an endemic plant species of N.E. …”
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Using Village Health Teams for Effective Ultrasound Education in Rural Uganda by Naiim S Ali, Sarah A Ebert, Angela Njeri, Renny Ssembatya, Owani Collins, Picho Alli Shadrack, Asiimwe Allan, Moses Amatsiko, Alphonsus Matovu, Mary H Streeter, Kristen K DeStigter

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Willingness to Stop Growing Tobacco in Uganda by Adelaine Karemani, Fred Nuwaha

“…Participants were active tobacco farmers in 12 villages of Kanungu district (N = 528) and were interviewed in 2013 to assess their willingness to stop growing tobacco. …”
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Mental illness in Bwindi, Uganda: Understanding stakeholder perceptions of benefits and barriers to developing a community-based mental health programme by Kristen L. Sessions, Lydia Wheeler, Arya Shah, Deenah Farrell, Edwin Agaba, Yusufu Kuule, Stephen P. Merry

“…Setting: Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH) in south-west Uganda provides services through a team of community health workers to people in the Kanungu District. Methods: Thematic analysis of 13 semi-structured interviews and 6 focus group discussions involving 54 community members and 13 mental health stakeholders within the BCH catchment area. …”
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Mosquito Net Ownership and Use in an Indigenous Batwa Population after a Targeted Distribution. by Sierra Clark, Lea Berrang-Ford, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus Namanya, Sabastian Twesigomwe, IHACC Research Team, Manisha Kulkarni

“…Two LLINs were given free of charge to each Batwa household in Kanungu District, Uganda in November 2012. Surveyors collected data on LLIN ownership and use through six cross-sectional surveys pre- and post-distribution. …”
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Seasonality, climate change, and food security during pregnancy among indigenous and non-indigenous women in rural Uganda: Implications for maternal-infant health. by Julia M Bryson, Kaitlin Patterson, Lea Berrang-Ford, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus B Namanya, Sabastian Twesigomwe, Charity Kesande, James D Ford, Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change Research Team, Sherilee L Harper

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Using a community-based research approach, we conducted eight focus group discussions-four in Indigenous Batwa communities and four in non-Indigenous communities-in Kanungu District, Uganda, on the subject of climate and food security during pregnancy. …”
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Diversity of KIR genes and their HLA-C ligands in Ugandan populations with historically varied malaria transmission intensity by Stephen Tukwasibwe, James A. Traherne, Olympe Chazara, Jyothi Jayaraman, John Trowsdale, Ashley Moffett, Wei Jiang, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, John Rek, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Samuel L. Nsobya, Maxine Atuheirwe, Mubiru Frank, Anguzu Godwin, Prasanna Jagannathan, Stephen Cose, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Philip J. Rosenthal, Francesco Colucci, Annettee Nakimuli

“…Methods High throughput multiplex quantitative real-time PCR method was used to genotype KIR genetic variants and copy number variation and a high-throughput real-time PCR method was developed to genotype HLA-C1 and C2 allotypes for 1344 participants, aged 6 months to 10 years, enrolled from Ugandan populations with historically high (Tororo District), medium (Jinja District) and low (Kanungu District) malaria transmission intensity. Results The prevalence of KIR3DS1, KIR2DL5, KIR2DS5, and KIR2DS1 genes was significantly lower in populations from Kanungu compared to Tororo (7.6 vs 13.2%: p = 0.006, 57.2 vs 66.4%: p = 0.005, 33.2 vs 46.6%: p < 0.001, and 19.7 vs 26.7%: p = 0.014, respectively) or Jinja (7.6 vs 18.1%: p < 0.001, 57.2 vs 63.8%: p = 0.048, 33.2 vs 43.5%: p = 0.002, and 19.7 vs 30.4%: p < 0.001, respectively). …”
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