@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of pesticide poisoning in rural and urban settings in Uganda",
journal="Environmental health insights",
year="2017",
author="Pedersen, Bastian and Ssemugabo, Charles and Nabankema, Victoria and Jørs, Erik",
volume="11",
number="",
pages="e1178630217713015-e1178630217713015",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1178-6302",
doi="10.1177/1178630217713015",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178630217713015"
}