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Towards a National AIDS-Control Program in Uganda
Full text linkThis is an article published in special Issue: AIDS-Global perspective in the Western Journal of Medicine. 1987 Dec; 147:726-729. Available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1025994/A national AIDS-control program was developed in Uganda to deal with a potentially serious epidemic of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A cumulative total of 1, 138 cases of AIDS has been reported in Uganda between 1983-since AIDS was introduced into the country and March 1987.
More than 80% of the victims are sexually active persons whereas less than 10% are infants and children younger than 5 years. Virtually no cases or seropositivity is reported in persons between the ages of 5 and 14 years or after the age of 60 years. Most transmission has been through the heterosexual route, and, unlike in the United States, the male-female ratio is 1:1. Heterosexual high-risk behavior is cited as an important mode of transmission. A survey of household contacts showed that despite the closeness, only the sexual partners were seropositive.
A five-year plan of action has been developed, and health education is the main thrust. It also includes blood screening, improved sterile procedures, improved surveillance and notification, research and terminal patient care. The plan stresses integration based on primary health care. There are unresolved moral issues of whether or not to tell the truth to an AIDS victim or any healthy seropositive person in developing countries, especially unstable persons. The best approach is to sensitize everyone so that they become guardians of their lives because sexual behavior is an issue of individual responsibility
Conditional inference
Full text linkThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Statistics, University of Melbourne. Available at: https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/36921Conditional inference is a branch of statistical inference in which observed data is reduced using either sufficient or ancillary statistics. This often simplifies inference about the parameters. In comparison to full likelihood methods, conditional inference theory’s performance still needs validating in many areas. Some of these are the concern of this thesis. While the definition of an ancillary statistic in single parameter models is unequivocal, the presence of accessory (or nuisance) parameters in a model presents problems in defining an ancillary statistic. Statistical literature abounds with definitions of ancillarity in this case. Some of the commonest and most useful of these are discussed and shown to be interrelated. This facilitates the choice of the strongest eligible ancillary in a problem, i.e. that which offers the biggest reduction of the sample space. The Pitman-Morgan test for variance ratios in bivariate normal populations with unknown correlation coefficient is shown to be a conditional test. We condition on sufficient statistics for the accessory parameters to eliminate them. The test statistic is then derived as an ancillary statistic for the accessory parameters. When a probability model depends on a number of accessory parameters which increases with the sample size, estimation methods based on the full likelihood will often be inconsistent. Using a partial likelihood instead has been suggested. Local maximum partial likelihood estimators are shown to exist, and to be consistent and asymptotically normal under mild conditions. These results also cover conditional and marginal likelihoods, thus considerably strengthening earlier results in this area. In planning statistical inferences, it is useful to choose a sampling scheme which provides only the essential data to our inferences. Jagers’ lemma proposes very general conditions under which maximum likelihood estimation from a subset of the data is identical with that from the full data. However, the lemma is incorrect as given. We show that an additional sufficiency condition repairs the lemma. It is further shown that this lemma cannot be extended to general exponential families
Approaches to the effective utilization of Haplochromis spp. from Lake Victoria. I. Chemical composition in relation to utilization
Full text linkThere are over 150 species of the cichlid genus Huplochrornis in Lake Victoria constituting
a major underexploited food resource. As an aid to the processing of the
deepwater stock, chemical composition data were obtained for the whole fish (separated
into weight groups) and for the head, viscera, flesh and residual portions separately.
Data are reported for lipid content, fatty acid composition, crude protein, true
protein, amino acid composition, ash and moisture content
Observations on the Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus, L.) in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Full text linkThe daily activity, feeding habits and intra- and interspecific relationships of the
monitor lizard Varanus niloticus (L.) were studied from 07.00 to 17.00 h. The
lizards basked in the mornings (07.0049.30) and afternoons (14.30-15.10). They
are scavengers and predators
Towards an indigenous understanding and practice of baptism amongst the Baganda, Uganda.
Full text linkThis was submitted as a partial fulfilment of the award of the Master of Arts in Theology Degree of the Bishop Tucker School of Divinity and Theology, Uganda Christian UniversityThe coming of independence and the feeling of nationalism amongst African peoples in the middle of the 20th century also brought the desire for religious independence. The author in this dissertation presents an indigenous understanding and practice of baptism amongst the Baganda of Central Uganda. The author observes that Christianity in Africa is to a large extent wrapped in Western culture. The author asserts that though Christianity in Buganda has taken root, it has not destroyed the indigenous religion and that the indigenous religion continues to have an influence among the Baganda. The author stresses that there is a useful relationship between the Kiganda rites performed in the early period of childhood and baptism. The author high lights the fact that contemporary Baganda Christians have one leg in the Church and the second into the traditional religion. The author recommends the Church leadership in Buganda to employ a positive and understanding approach and study carefully the Kiganda beliefs and practices so as to include the values of Kiganda traditional religion in the life of the Church
The Chemical Composition of Haplochromis spp.
Full text linkThe Haplochromis genus constitutes about 80% by weight of the
fish in Lake Victoria yet only small amounts are utilised directly
for food. There are over 150 species of Haplochromis, in the lake
forming a species flock and any typical catch is made up of a
mixture of many species. Morphological resemblance of the species
makes identification of individual species very difficult. Little
information has been published about the chemical composition of
Haplochrornis. The present study provides chemical composition data for lioid.
protein and other nutritionally important constituents of Haolochromis
as an aid to the processing of the resource and its nutritional
evaluation.
Four batches of Haplochromis from Lake Victoria were received.
The first batch was analysed only for total lipid. Fish from the
other three batches, caught over a five month period, were each
split into four weight groups. Data were obtained for the weight
distribution in the batches, the relationship between weight and
length of the fish, weight and maximum depth of the fish and for the
proportions of head, gut and headless gutless portions in the
different weight groups
The development of Neo-traditional religion: The Baganda experience.
Full text linkThis was submitted as a partial fulfillment of the award of the Master of Arts in Theology Degree of the Bishop Tucker School of Divinity and Theology, Uganda Christian UniversityKiganda traditional religious experience has no name because the experience is far too pervasive to be narrowed down to a specific system which could be defined separately from the rest of life experiences. In this dissertation the author explores the development of the Baganda neo-traditional religious experience in Central Uganda. The author high lights the on-going historical process of development change and adaptation in Kiganda religion both in its pre-alien religious contact and in its present state. The author affirms that this experience has clearly developed into a newness in the continued Kiganda religious beliefs and practices due to alien contact. The author asserts that the Christian and colonial political revolutions of the 1890s and 1900 respectively left Kiganda religion publicly powerless though of course not dead. The author recommends the traditionalization of Christian symbols, establishment of neo-traditional nationalistic movements and Luganda language movement