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Fighting Dog-Mediated Rabies in Namibia—Implementation of a Rabies Elimination Program in the Northern Communal Areas

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
The major part of the global burden of dog-mediated rabies falls on Africa and Asia, where still an estimated 60,000 people die of the disease annually.
Rauna Athingo, T. Tenzin, Albertina Shilongo, E. Hikufe, Kenneth K Shoombe, S. Khaiseb, J. van der Westhuizen, M. Letshwenyo, G. Torres, T. Mettenleiter, C. Freuling, T. Müller   +11 more
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Nutritional assessment of three baled rice straw varieties intended for use as ruminant feed in Namibia

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2021
This study determined and compared the proximate and chemical composition of Angola, IRGA 418 and SUPA rice straw varieties harvested and baled in 2016 and 2017. In both 2016 and 2017, SUPA straw had the highest dry matter (DM) content (960.7 ± 0.50 g/kg
Oscar Madzingira, Venaune Hepute, Evelyn Nanjeke Mwenda, Erick Kandiwa, Borden Mushonga, John F. Mupangwa   +5 more
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Comparison of Medicine Availability Measurements at Health Facilities: Evidence from Service Provision Assessment Surveys in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries. [PDF]

, 2013
With growing emphasis on health systems strengthening in global health, various health facility assessment methods have been used increasingly to measure medicine and commodity availability.
A Cameron, A Demirchyan, AK Rowe, J Robertson, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Paul Ametepi, The Glbal Fund: Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Yoonjoung Choi   +11 more
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Exploring the nexus of water insecurity and psychological distress in Windhoek's informal settlements, Namibia

Journal of Water and Health, 2023
Water insecurity has long been a pressing issue, particularly in the informal settlements of Windhoek. The current study aims to investigate the relationship between water insecurity and residents' psychological distress in Windhoek's informal ...
Tobias Willem Shinyemba, Khanyisile Cloete   +1 more
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User-created persona: Namibian rural Otjiherero speakers [PDF]

, 2015
Persona is a communicative artefact for usability that currently functions under the umbrella of User-Centred Design (UCD). Since we argue usability methods differ across cultures, this project presents a cross-cultural research probe on persona ...
Cabrero, Daniel G.
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Asymmetric continental deformation during South Atlantic rifting along southern Brazil and Namibia [PDF]

, 2017
Plate restoration of South America and Africa to their pre-breakup position faces the problem of gaps and overlaps between the continents, an issue commonly solved with implementing intra-plate deformation zones within South America.
Koehn, Daniel, Passchier, Cees, Salomon, Eric   +2 more
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Teaching to Improve Six-year-old First-graders’ Understanding of Number Sense Concepts

Preschool Education: Global Trends
Introduction. The focus of this qualitative study aimed to investigate how teaching to improve number sense concepts understanding to grade one learners can be attained as this is relevant to build a strong mathematics background.
M. Mukwambo, M. Chuma, В. Simasiku
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The allelopathic, adhesive, hydrophobic and toxic latex of Euphorbia species is the cause of fairy circles investigated at several locations in Namibia

BMC Ecology, 2020
In this multidisciplinary study we present soil chemical, phytochemical and GIS spatial patterning evidence that fairy circles studied in three separate locations of Namibia may be caused by Euphorbia species.
J. Meyer, C. E. Schutte, J. Hurter, N. Galt, P. Degashu, G. Breetzke, D. Baranenko, N. L. Meyer   +7 more
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Factors influencing anticoagulation control of patients on warfarin therapy at Windhoek Central Hospital’s Warfarin Clinic

Hematology
Background: Thrombotic diseases are a global challenge. Warfarin remains the anticoagulant of choice in low- and middle-income countries. In 2017, a study reported suboptimal anticoagulation control of 29.4%, compared to the target of ≥ 65%, in patients ...
Moses Mukwipure Thikukutu, Lauren Jenifer Jonkman, Bonifasius Siyuka Singu, Mwangana Mubita, Roger Karel Verbeeck   +4 more
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Country profile – Primary healthcare and family medicine in Namibia

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2020
Namibia is one of the least densely populated countries in Southern Africa. Namibia’s health services are twofold: private (serving 18% of the population with medical aid) and public (serving the remaining 82%).
Felicia Christians
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