Integrating Universal Healthcare in Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Community Development (IHSD)

The early years of life are crucial to establishing a sound foundation for cognitive social emotional and physical development for the rest of children s lives Universal health coverage and nurturing care framework policies ensure holistic child care however many children in Siaya County seem to lack holistically child care in their education as we spend our energies on treatment rather than prevention services which are more cost effective The major question this study sought to respond to was How do preschools integrate universal health care services in early childhood education This is an action research design utilizing both quantitative and qualitative tools of data collection and is informed by humanizing child development theory as proposed by Eugene M De Robertis 2008 The participants for this project included 1400 preschool teachers Instruments of data collection included questionnaires for pre-school teachers interview schedule for teachers and document analysis of curriculum teacher preparation materials and health care records Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics while qualitative data utilized thematic analysis approac

Detection of Cryptococcus neoformans in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Meningitis Patients Associated with HIV/AIDS in Uganda

The significance of Cryptococcus var. neoformans meningitis fatality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients was confirmed in ten cerebrospinal fluids (CSFs) from Entebbe hospitals in Uganda. All ten CSF specimens were turbid, but on centrifugation, their supernatants were clear and colourless. The protein content of the specimens ranged from 20 to 50mg per 100ml of CSF (normal range is 10 to 40mg/100ml). Sugar content ranged between 20 to 60mg per 100ml CFS (normal range 45 to 72mg/100ml). The white blood cell (WBC) counts in the ten specimens ranged from 15 to 40 WBC/mm^3 of CSF (normal range up to 5 WBC/mm^3). Gram stain on the deposits, showed capsulated Cryptococcus (Cr.) neoformans var. neoformans which were further demonstrated in Odongo-Aginya stain using 5% eosin in 10% formalin mixed in equal volume with 7.5% nigrosin in 10% formalin (Odongo-Aginya et al., 1995). Ziehl Neelsen stain on the deposits, for acid alcohol fast bacilli was negative. Cr. neoformans var. neoformans were isolated from all CSF specimens and all patients investigated, died within one week from the time of admission to the hospitals