A case study of fish farming impacts on malaria prevalence in - lumes

Table <strong>of</strong> contents
List <strong>of</strong> figures .................................................................................................................................... 6
List <strong>of</strong> tables ...................................................................................................................................... 7
List <strong>of</strong> acronyms ............................................................................................................................... 8
1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 9
2.0 Theoretical background ...................................................................................................... 11
2.1 Malaria in Uganda ............................................................................................................................ 11
2.1.1 Malaria in Kabale .......................................................................................................................... 13
2.1.2 Land use change and malaria transmission ....................................................................... 13
2.2 Fish <strong>farming</strong> in Uganda and Kabale ................................................................................. 14
2.2.1 Fish <strong>farming</strong> in Uganda ............................................................................................................... 14
2.2.2 Fish <strong>farming</strong> in Kabale ................................................................................................................ 16
2.3 Study area ............................................................................................................................................ 18
3.0 Methodology ............................................................................................................................ 19
3.1 Conceptual/ theoretical framework ......................................................................................... 19
3.2 Study design ....................................................................................................................................... 21
3.2.1 Data collection ............................................................................................................................... 21
3.2.1.1 Secondary data ...................................................................................................................... 21
3.2.1.2 Primary data collection ...................................................................................................... 22
3.3 Data analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 23
4.0 Results ........................................................................................................................................ 23
4.1 Malaria trend and <strong>impacts</strong> ............................................................................................................ 23
4.1.1 Malaria trend .............................................................................................................................. 23
4.2 Fish <strong>farming</strong> and malaria .............................................................................................................. 26
4.2.1 Malaria incidence per a month ............................................................................................ 26
4.2.2 Malaria incidence per sub-county ...................................................................................... 27
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