Mountains of the Moon University
Jotham Bamuhiiga
Jotham Bamuhiiga
MPH (Dundee) D.C.E.H (London) D.C.C.H(Fort Portal)
Head of Department of School Health Sciences
Department of Public Health
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Jotham started his Medical Carier as a Diploma Physician in
In 1990, he developed a program for control of River Blindness using a combination of relatively new drug ivermectin a lavicide Temophos .. This began his biomedical Research Career.He worked with GTZ in the district Health Services together with a German Public Health specialist Dr. Walter Kipp.
They published a paper which was reporting a prevalence of onchocerciasis much higher in Kabarole District than was projected for the entire
This interested Prof. Buttner who was the WHO expert committee chairman who later established a collaboration with the GTZ Project. This was a big boost to the biomedical Research on onchocerciasis. Together with this team, the Control Program transformed into a Vector eradication program. Which eradicated onchocerciasis from the districts of Kyenjojo and Kabarole. A number of papers were published in International Journals.
In 1994, together with his team, Jotham discovered mansonella streptocerca, another filaria worm in the skin. This was the 1st time mansonella strepocerca was being reported in
Consultances:
- In 1990’s trained onchocerciasis Control Programme for sight Savers International.
- River blindness foundation.
- 1998 – 2000 with Ministry of Health on Formulation of Guidelines and standards for managing disability.
- Long time Lecturer in the
Publications:
- 2003: Kipp Walter; Bamuhiiga Jotham; Rubaale Tom
Simulium neavei-transmitted onchocerciasis: HIV infection increases severity of onchocercal skin disease in a small sample of patients.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2003;97(3):310-1. - 1998: Kipp W; Burnham G; Bamuhiiga J; Weis P; Büttner D W
Ivermectin distribution using community volunteers in Kabarole district, Uganda.
Health policy and planning 1998;13(2):167-73. - 1998: Fischer P; Büttner D W; Bamuhiiga J; Williams S A
Detection of the filarial parasite Mansonella streptocerca in skin biopsies by a nested polymerase chain reaction-based assay.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 1998;58(6):816-20. - 1997: Fischer P; Garms R; Buttner D W; Kipp W; Bamuhiiga J; Yocha J
Reduced prevalence of onchocerciasis in Uganda following either deforestation or vector control with DDT.
East African medical journal 1997;74(5):321-5. - 1997: Fischer P; Bamuhiiga J; Büttner D W
Treatment of human Mansonella streptocerca infection with ivermectin.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 1997;2(2):191-9. - 1997: Fischer P; Bamuhiiga J; Büttner D W
Occurrence and diagnosis of Mansonella streptocerca in Uganda.
Acta tropica 1997;63(1):43-55. - 1996: Fischer P; Bamuhiiga J; Kilian A H; Büttner D W
Strain differentiation of Onchocerca volvulus from Uganda using DNA probes.
Parasitology 1996;112 ( Pt 4)():401-408. - 1996: Tawill S A; Gallin M; Erttmann K D; Kipp W; Bamuhiiga J; Büttner D W
Impaired antibody responses and loss of reactivity to Onchocerca volvulus antigens by HIV-seropositive onchocerciasis patients.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1996;90(1):85-9. - 1996: Kipp W; Burnham G; Bamuhiiga J; Leichsenring M
The Nakalanga syndrome in Kabarole District, Western Uganda.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 1996;54(1):80-3. - 1996: Fischer P; Kilian A H; Bamuhiiga J; Kipp W; Büttner D W
Prevalence of Mansonella perstans in western Uganda and its detection using the QBC-fluorescence method.
Applied parasitology 1996;37(1):32-7.