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Climatic and Socio-Economic Influences on Malaria and Cholera Risks in the Lake Victoria Region of Tanzania |
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 by
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This paper examines the relationships between socio-economic characteristics, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate-induced malaria and cholera in the Lake Victoria region, Tanzania. It focuses on the Biharamulo and Muleba Districts of the Kagera Region, located in the northwestern part of the country. The paper also aims at informing policy-making in response to climate change that is related to malaria and cholera. |
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African Council for Sustainable Health Development [ACOSHED] |
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 by
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This update on the activities of the African Council for Sustainable Health Development [ACOSHED] is drawn from a briefing of staff of the Health, Nutrition and Population Program of the Africa Region, World Bank on May 31st 2002 following presentation of ACOSHED at the 29th Annual Conference of the Global Health Council in Washington D.C. The briefing was delivered by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Lola Dare, Prof. Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Chair of the Interim Executive Board of ACOSHED and Dr. Bimbola Ogunkelu, Nigerias Minister of Cooperation and Integration in Africa. |
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African Council for Sustainable Health Development [ACOSHED] |
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 by
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This update on the activities of the African Council for Sustainable Health Development [ACOSHED] is drawn from a briefing of staff of the Health, Nutrition and Population Program of the Africa Region, World Bank on May 31st 2002 following presentation of ACOSHED at the 29th Annual Conference of the Global Health Council in Washington D.C. The briefing was delivered by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Lola Dare, Prof. Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Chair of the Interim Executive Board of ACOSHED and Dr. Bimbola Ogunkelu, Nigerias Minister of Cooperation and Integration in Africa. |
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A Community Health, Approach to Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS and Cancer Patients |
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 by
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All five countries have health systems that combine modern medicine and traditional medicine. Access to modern medicine is very limited. The health systems are organized according to different levels of care and great emphasis is placed on primary health care (PHC). In all the countries, there is a serious shortage of human resources and health care providers and hospitals are overloaded by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. |
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A Community Health, Approach to Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS and Cancer Patients |
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 by
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All five countries have health systems that combine modern medicine and traditional medicine. Access to modern medicine is very limited. The health systems are organized according to different levels of care and great emphasis is placed on primary health care (PHC). In all the countries, there is a serious shortage of human resources and health care providers and hospitals are overloaded by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. |
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A Community Health, Approach to Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS and Cancer Patients |
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 by
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All five countries have health systems that combine modern medicine and traditional medicine. Access to modern medicine is very limited. The health systems are organized according to different levels of care and great emphasis is placed on primary health care (PHC). In all the countries, there is a serious shortage of human resources and health care providers and hospitals are overloaded by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. |
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What we can do to protect ourselves from Bird Flu |
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Friday, March 17, 2006 by
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The easiest way to avoid getting avian influenza is to avoid touching poultry of their droppings, washing hands with ash or soap and water immediately before and after contacting poultry, and cooking poultry and eggs thoroughly before eating. This document contains some more specific information on protection against Bird flu. |
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Ukweli Kuhusu Homa ya Mafua ya Ndege |
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Friday, March 17, 2006 by
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Homa ya mafua makali inaweza kumpata binadamu na ina uwezo wa kukufanya ukawa mgonjwa sana au hata kukuua. |
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Facts About Avian Flu/ Ukweli Kuhusu Homa ya Mafua ya Ndege |
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Friday, March 17, 2006 by
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Avian Influenza/ Homa ya Mafua ya ndege inaweza kumpata binadamu na ina uwezo wa kukufanya ukawa mgonjwa sana au hata kukuua. |
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Great lakes: Officials agree to strengthen cooperation on epidemic prevention |
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Monday, March 6, 2006 by
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GREAT LAKES: Officials agree to strengthen cooperation on epidemic prevention
[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] BUJUMBURA, 17 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Health officials in Africa's Great Lakes region have agreed to set up regional monitoring networks and conduct joint mobilisation campaigns against epidemics in their countries. |
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Red Ribbon Award: International AIDS Conference |
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Friday, March 3, 2006 by
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The Red Ribbon is a global symbol in the movement to address AIDS. The Red Ribbon Award is presented every two years to honour and celebrate outstanding community leadership and action that has helped curtail the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS. Deadline for submission of Nominations is March 12th, 2006. |
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Language as a barrier to learning? The implementation of educational language policy |
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 by
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How viable is English as a teaching medium when it is the first language for only a very small number of the population? Will students even need to use English after finishing school? Are schools and teachers adequately prepared to teach using English? A paper from Edge Hill College, UK, examines the relationship between educational language policy and classroom practice in two post-colonial African societies, the Republics of Botswana and Tanzania. |
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Helping Children Reclaim Their Lives: Reducing Child Labor in Tanzania through Education |
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 by
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Commercial agriculture in Tanzania employs large numbers of these youngsters. They provide much of the manual and machine-based labor on tobacco, coffee, tea, sugarcane, and sisal plantations. (Sisal is a fibrous crop from which rope is manufactured.) For example, in one area of the coastal region, 30 percent of the sisal plantation workers are children aged 12 to 14. They labor up to 11 hours per day with no specific rest periods, six days a week. |
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The cultural context of condom use among the Maasai in Northern Tanzania |
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 by
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The male condom offers a safe, cheap and effective means of both preventing conception and the sexual transmission of infections, including HIV. The "ABC" approach to HIV risk reduction is the most widely used model for HIV prevention programme design and implementation, where A=Abstinence, B=Be faithful and C=Condom use. The focus of this paper is on the latter element,C for Condom use. |
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Government ready to adopt ICTs in health services |
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Tuesday, February 7, 2006 by
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The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has said the Ministry of is ready to adopt Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the provision of health services. This was said during a national roundtable workshop on the application of ICTs in the country’s health sector on February 1st 2006.
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