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Child saliva microbiota and caries: a randomized controlled maternal education trial in rural Uganda
(Scientific Reports, 2022-05-12)Undernutrition is a public health challenge in sub-Saharan countries, including Uganda. In a previous randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a nutrition, hygiene and stimulation education intervention among mothers of 6 ... -
Malnutrition and associated risk factors among children 6–59 months old in the landslide-prone Bududa District, Eastern Uganda: a cohort study
(Current Developments in Nutrition : American Society for Nutrition, 2022-01-18)Background The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2.2 calls for an end to all forms of malnutrition. This might be derailed due to persistent landslide disasters in low-income countries like Uganda. Objectives The ... -
Perceptions on the right to adequate food after a major landslide disaster: a cross-sectional survey of two districts in Uganda
(BMC International Health and Human Rights volume, 2015-04-25)Despite the instruments on the right to adequate food adopted by the United Nations, there exists limited information on how this right is perceived. Following a major 2010 landslide disaster in the Bududa district of ... -
Realization of the right to adequate food and the nutritional status of land evictees: a case for mothers/caregivers and their children in rural Central Uganda
(BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2018-05-24)In developing countries like Uganda, the human right to adequate food (RtAF) is inextricably linked to access to land for households to feed themselves directly through production or means for its procurement. Whether ... -
Food variety consumption and household food insecurity coping strategies after the 2010 landslide disaster : the case of Uganda
(Cambridge University Press: Public Health Nutrition, 2016-06-09)To evaluate the nutritional situation of the victims of the 2010 landslide disaster in Uganda, food varieties consumed and coping strategies were assessed. Design Cross-sectional. Food variety scores (FVS) were obtained ... -
Food as a human right during disasters in Uganda
(Elsevier: Food Policy, 2014-12)Natural and human induced disasters are a threat to food security, economic progress and livelihoods in Uganda. However, we have limited knowledge regarding the putative role of the human rights dimension to the impact and ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of nutritional anaemia among female school children in Masindi district, western Uganda
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2013-07-01)Anaemia is the most widespread nutrition related public health problem world-wide and yet in Uganda, there is little national data on anaemia and its likely causes amongst school children. The aim of this study was to ...
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