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Utilization of Plant Resources in the Management of Cough Conditions in Pakelle Subcounty, Adjumani District.
UTILIZATION OF PLANT RESOURCES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COUGH CONDITIONS IN PAKELLE SUBCOUNTY, ADJUMANI DISTRICT

LEBU SARAH ATIENO
08/U/26857/PS

A RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN WILDLIFE HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

JUNE, 2011

DECLARATION
I LEBU SARAH ATIENO declare that the work presented in this special project report is my own original piece of work unless otherwise stated and has never been submitted anywhere for any award or recognition.
Signed-------------------------- Date--------------------------

This work has been supervised and approved by:
Mr. Sebulime Peregrine
Lecturer
Department of Wildlife and Animal Resource Management
School of Veterinary Medicine
Makerere University

Signed------------------------ Date--------------------------

DEDICATION

This work is dedicated to my mother, Gertrude Lebu. You are the best.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I extend my sincere appreciation to the WARM Department for all the assistance they have accorded me. I am forever grateful to my supervisor Mr. Peregrine Sebulime; I would not have succeeded without your help. I am also grateful to the staff of Makerere University Botany Herbarium; Madam Olivia, I owe you.

To my parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lebu, whose tireless efforts in educating me have reaped these results, I offer my gratitude. Special thanks go to Blaise Lebu who assisted me tremendously in the field, local leaders of Pakelle Subcounty, the herbalists, resource users and all respondents in who provided the information.
Heartfelt thanks too go to my dear colleagues, especially Joward Baluku.

To all those who made this possible, God bless you all.

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Indigenous plants play an important role in sustaining the health care of rural people especially in the developing world. About 80 % of the world’s population

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