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2023 Faculty of Education

Evaluation of the effect of Education service interventions on re-integration of ex-combatant children in Haute-Kotto Prefecture of the Central African Republic.

Rukundika Francois; Mwaniki Roseann; Mulegi Tom; Barongo Kirahora Eleanor

2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION | Pp. 120-131

Children who are without their parents, as a result of death or displacement, are more vulnerable than those livingwith their families, and at greater risk of recruitment into armed forces or armed groups. Cut off from a familiarenvironment, they are often fu...

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2023 School of Pharmacy

Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of a combination of juice extracts of Allium sativum bulbs and Curcuma longa rhizomes against methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus

Kaitesi Jolly

2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH | Pp. 31-43

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is spreading around the world, with prevalence ranging from 23.3% to 73 %. This study, therefore, evaluated the antibacterial activity of a combination of crude juice extracts of Alliumsativum and Curcuma lon...

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2023 Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry

Evaluation of the Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting Systems in Hospitals and Health Centers IV and III in Bushenyi District.

Otim Samuel Johnson

2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 59-69

Currently, adverse drug reactions are the 6th global leading cause of death. In sub-Saharan Africa, 6.3% of hospitaladmissions are a direct result of adverse drug reactions. The aim of this study was to evaluate adverse drug reactionreporting systems in hospi...

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2023 School of Pharmacy

Comparative Analysis of the Quality of Selected Brands of Metformin Tablets Sold in Ishaka– Bushenyi, Uganda

Kisakye Jemimah

2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH | Pp. 44-56

Metformin is an anti-diabetic drug classified as a biguanide used as the first-line drug of choice for the treatment oftype-2 diabetes particularly in overweight and obese patients and those with normal kidney function. The aim ofthis study was to investigate...

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2023 Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry

Children’s Vulnerability to Environmental Health: an Overview

Okonkwo Raphael T. U.

2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH | Pp. 116-119

The impact of environmental risk factors on health are extremely varied and complex in both severity and clinicalsignificance. Globally, an estimated 12.6 million deaths each year are attributable to unhealthy environments. Thus, this study examined children’...

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2023 School of Allied Health Sciences

Cervical Cancer: A Review on Young Women

Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu; Carine Byukusenge; Getrude Uzoma Obeagu

2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 92-96

Cervical cancer among young women refers to the occurrence of cervical cancer in individuals who are in theiryounger age groups, typically ranging from late teenage years to their 20s or early 30s. While cervical cancer ismore commonly diagnosed in older wome...

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2023 School of Allied Health Sciences

Breast Cancer: A Review of Risk Factors

Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu; Carine Byukusenge; Getrude Uzoma Obeagu

2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH | Pp. 89-95

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women. The development of breast cancer isa multi-step process involving multiple cell types, and its prevention remains challenging in the world. Earlydiagnosis of breast cancer is one of the b...

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2023 Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry

Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Nutrition Factors Associated with Diarrhea among Children under Five Years of Age in Kijumo Village, Bushenyi District.

Eunice Nelima

2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH | Pp. 1-9

Diarrhea is among the top ten killers and causes 11% of child deaths globally. According to WHO, diarrhea deathsin children under five reach 525,000 and children global diarrhea cases was 1.7 billion every year. In Uganda,diarrhea is among the top four leadin...

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2023 School of Pharmacy

Assessment of Pharmaceutical Waste Management Systems Used By Selected Hospitals in Western Uganda

Kasolo Daniel

2023 | EURASIAN EXPERIMENT JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH | Pp. 65-76

Pharmaceutical waste (such as expired and unused drugs, partially used drugs, sharps, syringes, plastics, glassbottles, damaged vials and ampoules, tablet packages) not only poses threat to the environment but also indicateswastage of valuable resources. If n...

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2023 School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

A Systematic Review of Renewable Energy Trend

Eze Val Hyginus Udoka; Enerst Edozie; Kalyankolo Umaru; Ugwu Chinyere N; Okafor O. Wisdom; Ogenyi, Fabian Chukwudi; Ritah Nafuna; Nansukusa Yudaya; Wantimba Janat

2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | Pp. 93-99

This paper systematically and successfully reviewed the renewable energy trend from 2010 to 2023. This reviewdetailed the difference renewable energy and conclusion was drawn that solar photovoltaic (PV) energy has theleading trend in power generation growth...

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