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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Low-income country"”.
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Detecting subclinical anthracycline therapy related cardiac dysfunction in low income country (SATRACD study)
… based chemotherapy were recruited and followed up to 6 months after ending chemotherapy. Patients' clinical characteristics, laboratory tests, electrocardiogram and echocardiographic data were collected at the baseline and at each follow up visits. Among the 207 patients, 178 (86.0%) were …
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Investigating the Insurance – Growth Nexus from a Low-Income Country: Perspective of Malawi
Malawi is a low-income small country whose financial market is not fully developed, and it is prone to disasters due to adverse weather conditions. The economy depends on subsistence agriculture from small-scale farmers who rely on rainfall for their productivity, and they do not have insurance to …
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Drivers of Change: Explaining IMF Low Income Country Reform in the Post Washington Consensus
… historical structural theory, this study of IMF Low Income Country (LIC) policy change from 1996 to 2010 identifies potential causal variables and mechanisms that drive contemporary reform in the institution toward its poorest member states. Patterns uncovered through principal-agent analysis …
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Shaping and managing corporate social responsibility in a low-income country : lessons from Uganda
… Additionally, Uganda, like many other low-income countries (LIC) has lacked a definitive theoretical base on which to explain what is happening around its CSR affairs. A combination of these two knowledge gaps has left scholars and practitioners wondering what exactly is happening in …
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Coping behaviour of low-income country researchers in global health collaborations with high-income country researchers
… inequality that biomedical researchers based in low-income countries currently experience across key stages of collaboration with researchers based in high-income countries and the extent to which these conditions determine specific individual behavioural responses. Structural inequalities in …
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Tourism destination competitiveness, globalization, and strategic development from a development economics perspective
… model to help tourism policy makers in different country groups acknowledge relevant factors given their unique situational characteristics with regard to globalization and economic development. Studies on tourism destination competitiveness (TDC) have emerged to explain how tourism destinations …
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Outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty at a tertiary institution in South Africa.
… (1%). The overall graft survival at 1-year follow up was 86%. A higher 1-year graft survival rate of 94% was seen in patients with keratoconus. The total number of patients diagnosed with graft failure at 1 year was 13.The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to assess time to graft failure. …
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Nutritional Deficiencies During the Harvest Season According to Household Consumption and Level of Nutritional Knowledge: A Case Study of Northern Mozambique
<p>Mozambique is classified as a low income country, the lowest development classification defined by the World Bank. It is underdeveloped in food security, agricultural production, and nutritional status, and research shows its residents are not foreign to poverty and malnutrition. Low protein, …
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The relationship between educational television and mathematics capability in Tanzania
… can have a positive effect on learning in low-income country contexts when shows are delivered in controlled settings. However, the consequence of day-to-day viewing in such contexts has scarcely been considered. Additionally, no recent published research has provided any information on the …
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Improving corporate governance in Nepalese financial institutions to promote growth and performance
… in developed countries, their applicability in a low-income country such as Nepal may not be efficacious due to differences in political, cultural, social and economic factors. Hence this thesis addresses the requirement for an evidence-based study that evaluates the best fit corporate governance …
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Evaluating localized electrochlorination systems as a low-cost means of producing potable water
… and performance were evaluated. An innovation allowing sodium hypochlorite production coupled into the dosing pump was tested in 31 Decentralized Water Systems (DWS) from Benin. In Congo, a DWS that serves up to 55.000 people was renewed. The Network water samples (boreholes, fountains at …
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THE ECONOMICS OF CHILD ADOPTION: THEORY AND EVIDENCE
… adoption as a situation where families in a low-income country assume the role as suppliers of adoptable children. Under certain condition, the supply function can be downward-sloping. When that is so, we examine the role of household income and size in determining the equilibrium. The …
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How and why do states provide for children? Comparing social grants for families with children in Southern Africa
… The thesis investigates how and why three middle-income countries (South Africa, Namibia and Botswana) and a low-income country (Zimbabwe) in Southern Africa provide for children in different ways. In-depth interviews and desktop research established that ‘child welfare regimes’ (CWRs) (a …
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Ghana's regional development in economics, education and natural resources, with a case study on customers' preferences for household water treatment & safe storage products
… of the few countries that was re-classified from low-income country to low-middle income country in 2011 by the World Bank (World Bank, 2011a). At the same time, Ghana is still in the process of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This thesis uses the MDGs as a guide and backdrop …
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Communications by the ministry of health to help reduce the prevalence of stroke and improve its management : a case of Lusaka, Zambia
… have pointed out that the impact of stroke on lower income countries has drawn significant attention and attracted the need for quick intervention and deliberate policy on creating awareness about this health problem. Research on the matter has revealed that the sure way to curb this condition …
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Communications by the ministry of health to help reduce the prevalence of stroke and improve its management : a case of Lusaka, Zambia
… have pointed out that the impact of stroke on lower income countries has drawn significant attention and attracted the need for quick intervention and deliberate policy on creating awareness about this health problem. Research on the matter has revealed that the sure way to curb this condition …
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MBChB 5th year student response To E-Learning within orthopaedic surgery during Covid-19
… of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent country-wide lockdown, South African (SA) universities were forced to quickly adapt to teaching that minimised or eliminated in-person contact. The pandemic period necessitated rapid changes to the way in which learning occurs and resulted in …
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The effects of a six-week physiotherapist-led exercise and education intervention in patients with osteoarthritis, awaiting an arthroplasty in the South Africa
… literature in this field is available from high income countries exploring the effects of interventions during short waiting periods. Thus research is warranted in a low income country such as SA, in those waiting for long periods to explore the effects of a six-week physiotherapist-led exercise …
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Determinants of Nursing-Sensitive Patient Safety Outcomes Among Patients Admitted to Medical and Surgical Acute Care Settings in Ethiopia: A Mixed-Methods Study
… and the risks to this safety are higher in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The high rates of both communicable and non-communicable diseases, low numbers in the workforce, poor distribution of qualified professionals, and constraints in medical supplies and resources make the …