ReviewEnvironmental health insights2017
Characteristics of Pesticide Poisoning in Rural and Urban Settings in Uganda.
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- Worldwide unintentional acute pesticide poisonings: reassessing the occupational and non-occupational burden.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The global distribution of acute unintentional pesticide poisoning: estimations based on a systematic review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Current pesticide suicide surveillance methods used across the African continent: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
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- Predictors of mortality in emergency centre patients with acute pesticide poisoning in Uganda.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2022Article
- Current pesticide suicide surveillance methods used across the African continent: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Acute pesticide poisoning amongst adolescent girls and women in northern Tanzania.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Doctors experiences on the quality of care for pesticide poisoning patients in hospitals in Kampala, Uganda: a qualitative exploration using donabedian's model.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Fatal cases associated with eating chapatti contaminated with organophosphate in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda, 2015: case series.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Sociodemographic Characteristics and Health Profile of the Elderly Seeking Health Care in Kampala, Uganda.Current gerontology and geriatrics research · 2018Article
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Abstract
Pesticide poisoning is a significant burden on health care systems in many low-income countries. This study evaluates cases of registered pesticide poisonings treated in selected rural (N = 101) and urban (N = 212) health facilities in Uganda from January 2010 to August 2016. In the urban setting, pesticides were the most prevalent single poison responsible for intoxications (N = 212 [28.8%]). Self-harm constituted a significantly higher proportion of the total number of poisonings in urban (63.3%) compared with rural areas (25.6%) where unintentional poisonings prevailed. Men were older than women and represented a majority of around 60% of the cases in both the urban and rural settings. Unintentional cases were almost the only ones seen below the age of 10, whereas self-harm dominated among adolescents and young persons from 10 to 29 years of age. Organophosphorus insecticides accounted for 73.0% of the poisonings. Urban hospitals provided a more intensive treatment and had registered fever complications than rural health care settings. To minimize self-harm with pesticides, a restriction of pesticide availability as shown to be effective in other low-income countries is recommended. Training of health care workers in proper diagnosis and treatment of poisonings and improved equipment in the health care settings should be strengthened.
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