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The place of knowledge management in influencing lasting health change in Africa: an analysis of AMREF's progress.
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
INTRODUCTION:
AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) developed a Knowledge Management Strategy that focused on creating, capturing and applying health knowledge to close the gap between communities and health ...
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in Africa.
(1997)
PIP:
With the prevalence of HIV among pregnant women higher than 35% in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the number of HIV-infected children will continue to grow. It is estimated that almost 70% of the approximately ...
Energetic cost of carrying loads: have African women discovered an economic way?
(Nature Publishing Group, 1986-02)
When travelling in East Africa one is often surprised at the prodigious loads carried by the women of the area. It is not uncommon to see women of the Luo tribe carrying loads equivalent to 70% of their body mass balanced ...
Breast milk HIV-1 suppression and decreased transmission: a randomized trial comparing HIVNET012 nevirapine versus short-course zidovudine
(2005)
Objective: To compare the effect of perinatal regimens of short-course nevirapine
(HIVNET012)andzidovudine[Thai-CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC)
regimen] on breast milk viral shedding and perinatal transmission ...
African family and child welfare: Tradition in transition
(Joensuu University Press, 1999)
Many aspects of African traditional family patterns and child-rearing practices are increasingly being challenged by news pressures, reevaluated against emerging values and replaced by new arrangements as part of a continuing ...
Adapting to Climate Change through a Paradigm Shift in Rural Development: The Case of Westgate Conservancy in Samburu County, Kenya
(2012-08)
Climate change poses a plethora of challenges to agro-pastoral production in Africa resulting in different adaptation practices; some household-based, others community-based; many studies focus on the former. This paper ...
Why has the dihydrofolate reductase 164 mutation not consistently been found in Africa yet?
(2005)
Resistance to the antifolate sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP), the current mass-treatment antimalarial drug, is associated with selection of point mutations in dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase. Among these ...
Sexual behavior of HIV-positive adults not accessing HIV treatment in Mombasa, Kenya: Defining their prevention needs.
(2012)
Background:
HIV spread continues at high rates from infected persons to their sexual partners. In 2009, an
estimated 2.6 million new infections occurred globally. People living with HIV (PLHIV) receiving treatment are ...