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Makerere University

EducationKampala, Uganda
About: Makerere University is a education organization based out in Kampala, Uganda. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The organization has 7220 authors who have published 12405 publications receiving 366520 citations. The organization is also known as: Makerere University Kampala & MUK.


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TL;DR: With advancing age, sex differences found in adolescents increasingly converge toward adult patterns with respect to both direction and magnitude; girls display sex-typed personality traits at an earlier age than boys; and the emergence of sex differences was similar across cultures.
Abstract: Although large international studies have found consistent patterns of sex differences in personality traits among adults (i.e., women scoring higher on most facets), less is known about cross-cultural sex differences in adolescent personality and the role of culture and age in shaping them. The present study examines the NEO Personality Inventory-3 (McCrae, Costa, & Martin, 2005) informant ratings of adolescents from 23 cultures (N = 4,850), and investigates culture and age as sources of variability in sex differences of adolescents' personality. The effect for Neuroticism (with females scoring higher than males) begins to take on its adult form around age 14. Girls score higher on Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness at all ages between 12 and 17 years. A more complex pattern emerges for Extraversion and Agreeableness, although by age 17, sex differences for these traits are highly similar to those observed in adulthood. Cross-sectional data suggest that (a) with advancing age, sex differences found in adolescents increasingly converge toward adult patterns with respect to both direction and magnitude; (b) girls display sex-typed personality traits at an earlier age than boys; and (c) the emergence of sex differences was similar across cultures. Practical implications of the present findings are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved).

137 citations

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TL;DR: The results reinforce WHO guidelines and provide strong motivation for provision of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for at least 72 weeks for all adults starting combination ART in Africa.

136 citations

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16 Sep 2004
TL;DR: Strategies for sustainable land management and poverty reduction in Uganda, Strategies for sustainable Land Management and Poverty Reduction in Uganda as mentioned in this paper, Strategies for Sustainable land management, poverty reduction and land management in Uganda.
Abstract: Strategies for sustainable land management and poverty reduction in Uganda , Strategies for sustainable land management and poverty reduction in Uganda , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی

136 citations

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TL;DR: Possibilities of putting diabetic drugs at facilities closer to patients need to be considered and health facilities should have a constant supply of diabetic drugs.
Abstract: While there are biomedical drugs for managing diabetes mellitus, some patients with diabetes use traditional medicine. The aim of the study was to explore why patients with diabetes use traditional medicine for the treatment of diabetes. The study was conducted in Iganga and Bugiri districts in Eastern Uganda using four focus group discussions (FGDs) with patients with diabetes; two with female patients and two with male patients, thirteen key informant interviews (KIIs); nine with health workers working with patients with diabetes and four with herbalists. FGDs and KIIs focused on what respondents perceived as reasons for patients with diabetes taking traditional medicine. Analysis was done using content analysis. Reasons for taking traditional medicine included finding difficulties accessing hospitals, diabetic drugs being out of stock, traditional medicine being acceptable and available within community, as well as being supplied in big quantities. Others were traditional medicine being cheaper than biomedical treatment and payment for it being done in installments. Traditional medicine was also more convenient to take and was marketed aggressively by the herbalists. Influence of family and friends as well as traditional healers contributed to use of traditional medicine. Possibilities of putting diabetic drugs at facilities closer to patients need to be considered and health facilities should have a constant supply of diabetic drugs. Community members need to be sensitized on the proper treatment for diabetes mellitus and on the dangers of taking traditional medicine.

136 citations

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TL;DR: Describing functional deficits and behaviour problems in children who survived cerebral malaria with severe neurological sequelae and identifying patterns of brain injury found Cerebral malaria may be used as a new model to study the pathogenesis of ADHD.
Abstract: Background Cerebral malaria is the most severe neurological complication of falciparum malaria and a leading cause of death and neuro-disability in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to describe functional deficits and behaviour problems in children who survived cerebral malaria with severe neurological sequelae and identify patterns of brain injury.

136 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Pete Smith1562464138819
Joy E Lawn10833055168
Philip J. Rosenthal10482439175
William M. Lee10146446052
David R. Bangsberg9746339251
Daniel O. Stram9544535983
Richard W. Wrangham9328829564
Colin A. Chapman9249128217
Ronald H. Gray9252934982
Donald Maxwell Parkin8725971469
Larry B. Goldstein8543436840
Paul Gepts7826319745
Maria J. Wawer7735727375
Robert M. Grant7643726835
Jerrold J. Ellner7634717893
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202343
202289
20211,200
20201,120
2019900
2018790