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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"Gambia"”.
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Healthcare provision in the Gambia : the role of health informatics
… organisations work, healthcare systems in The Gambia are very much lagging behind. No proper patient records or filing systems are in place. Delivery of effective healthcare depends on availability of routinely collected, good quality health data to provide useful information that is accessible …
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Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in The Gambia: Prevalent Species, Carriage and Disease
… from a study of the epidemiology of NTM in The Gambia on pulmonary carriage and disease. I systematically searched electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Popline, Ovid and Africa Wide Information) for English language articles on pulmonary NTM in sub-Saharan Africa published from Jan 1,1940 to …
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Maternal nutrition, breast milk micronutrients and infant growth in rural Gambia
… milk micronutrients and infant growth in rural Gambia The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant’s life. However, the evidence base to support the adequacy of breast milk with respect to infant micronutrient status, across the duration …
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Leprosy: with special reference to its occurrence in the Protectorate of Gambia
Central Africa presents the biggest leprosy problem which the Empire has to face and must face. The extent of the disease is not yet realised nor will it be so until thorough and systematic search be made in the villages in all the colonies. A superficial count is so inaccurate and misleading as to …
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Balancing the need for investment and environmental protection : a case study of The Gambia
… development. The case is no different for The Gambia who has constantly made it its priority to boost its economy and improve the standard of living of its citizens. However, recent economic downturns and global economic instabilities all indicate that The Gambia could be in need of more …
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Mosquito Species Abundance, Diversity and Arbovirus Prevalence across Different Land-use in The Gambia
… remains limited in many countries, including The Gambia. This study investigates mosquito species abundance and diversity, as well as the arbovirus prevalence across human, agricultural, and sylvatic habitats in The Gambia, accounting for ecological and seasonal variation. Adult mosquito samples …
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Where Market Meets Community: An Economic and Gender Study of Microfinance in The Gambia
In The Gambia, financial sustainability and poverty alleviation have been largely based on the assumption that analysis of macro level growth will bridge the gap between the formal and informal sectors; alleviate poverty and exclusion, ignoring other important factors such as political, social, …
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Agricultural tenancy and contracts: an economic analysis of the strange farmer system in the Gambia
… empirically, the role of strange farmers in the Gambia's mono-cash crop economy and analyzes the structure of strange farmer contracts within the context of rural production relations; ie. the relations of economic agents to resources of production in terms of their use and ownership rights and …
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A comparative analysis of off-grid photovoltaic (PV) systems & businesses performance in The Gambia and Kenya
… employs detailed case studies from Kenya and The Gambia—two nations at different stages of PV sector development. Through these case studies, the research highlights the systemic obstacles that hinder the sustainability of off-grid energy systems, including limited capacity building, inadequate …
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An Examination and Analysis of Bank Corporate Governance Regulation in The Gambia: A Grounded Theory Approach
… of Bank Corporate Governance Regulation in The Gambia: A Grounded Theory Approach Abstract The purpose of this research is to carry out an empirical investigation of bank corporate governance regulation in The Gambia. The aim is to determine what contributions, if any, effective governance …
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Assessment of potential agroforestry systems for Kafuta: A village in the Western Division of The Gambia
… KAFUTA: A VILLAGE IN THE WESTERN DIVISION OF THE GAMBIA Committee Chair: John Goodburn Extensive interviews with a sample of 21 government and non-governmental workers in the natural resource field, as well as random surveys of 18 households (i.e. 18 women and 16 men) in the Western Division …
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Assessment of potential agroforestry systems for Kafuta: A village in the Western Division of The Gambia
… KAFUTA: A VILLAGE IN THE WESTERN DIVISION OF THE GAMBIA Committee Chair: John Goodburn Extensive interviews with a sample of 21 government and non-governmental workers in the natural resource field, as well as random surveys of 18 households (i.e. 18 women and 16 men) in the Western Division …
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IMPACT OF HOUSE DESIGN ON THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF INSECT DISEASE VECTORS IN THE GAMBIA
… and exit of insect vectors of disease in The Gambia House design may affect the exposure of the residents to vector-borne diseases in rural areas in Africa. Improving a house by simply closing the eaves gap or by installing a ceiling could go a long way to preventing diseases such as malaria, …
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The Impact of State Violence on Women During the 22 Years of Dictatorship in The Gambia
… the gendered dynamics of dictatorship in The Gambia by exploring the impact of state sanctioned violence on women during former President Yahya Jammeh’s twenty-two years of tyranny in the country. During the two-decade long brutal reign under Jammeh, Gambians from all walks of lives faced …
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Information support for district health care planning and decision making in The Gambia: A holistic approach
… to examine the health care system in The Gambia; • uses action-research to design, develop and implement an integrated district health information system in The Gambia; • uses an interpretive evaluation framework to evaluate the impact of the system development efforts in this research; • …
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Participatory Alternative Forms of Development, Compared with Orthodox top-down, foreign aid strategies for development in neoliberal Gambia/Africa
… facing the African continent in general and Gambia in particular. Specifically, it examines The Gambia\'s dependence on foreign aid, as a result of the Bretton Woods Institutions and the neoliberalization of Africa, and it juxtaposes the aforementioned with microfinance, as an alternative …
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THE PROMOTION OF THE AFRICAN HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS SYSTEM IN THE GAMBIA, A CROSS CULTURAL & AFRICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
… rights organizations, and the government of the Gambia in their efforts to propagate the institutions and legal instruments of the African Human and Peoples' Rights System (AHPRS) in general and the rights and duties of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights in the country of The Gambia …
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A study of food insecurity and rural development in the Gambia: the impact of rural weekly markets (Lumos)
… and is a matter of extreme urgency for The Gambia, where more than half of the population lives below the poverty line. Although extensive research confirms the problems of food insecurity in Africa, no research has concurrently advanced a bottom-up and top-down neo-endogenous theoretical …
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Human papillomavirus Genotype Distribution and Co-infection with Sexually Transmitted Pathogens in Reproductive age Women in Urban Gambia
… is the second most common female cancer in The Gambia, and there have been few studies carried out on the causative agent, human papillomavirus (HPV) in this country. The Gambia introduced the quadrivalent HPV vaccine for girls between the ages of 9-13 years in the urban area in 2014; nationwide …
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