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Population-based concordance of Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes between ocular and urogenital samples in Nauru [PDF]

open access: yesMicrobiology Spectrum
Chlamydia trachomatis causes sexually transmitted urogenital infections, as well as ocular infections, the latter mostly spread between children and responsible for the blinding disease trachoma.
Kym Lowry   +10 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Formal education in Nauru: A Pacific development assistance story [PDF]

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint
Formal education in Nauru can only be fully understood in the light of the external influences, mostly Australian in origin, acting upon it as a small island state in the Central Pacific.
Greg Burnett
exaly   +3 more sources

The Legacy of Colonialism and Ecological Genocide on Indigenous People of Nauru

open access: yesAndalas Journal of International Studies, 2023
This paper explains the connection between colonialism, environmental destruction, capitalism, and dependency in Nauru. Nauru is an extreme example of how the legacy of colonialism has had a destructive impact on the indigenous people.
Baiq Wardhani
doaj   +2 more sources

International Status in the Shadow of Empire: Nauru and the Histories of International Law by Cait Storr

open access: yesOsgoode Hall Law Journal, 2023
IN 2007, THE PARLIAMENT OF NAURU, a (formerly) phosphorus-rich island nation located in the southwest of the Pacific Ocean, was presented with a report completed by its appointed Constitutional Review Commission that sought to explain, in short, β€œβ€˜[w]hat’
Jordan Crocker
doaj   +2 more sources

ComCard Pacific Phonecards and Presentation Folders from the Republic of Nauru

open access: yesPacific Arts, 2023
This research note describes ComCard Pacific phonecards from the Republic of Nauru as well as phonecard presentation folders. Eighteen phonecards are identified and classified into five thematic groups based on the images they feature.
Wagner De Souza Tavares   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Moral injury related to immigration detention on Nauru: a qualitative study

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2022
Background Immigration detention is associated with detrimental mental health outcomes but little is known about the underlying psychological processes. Moral injury, the experience of transgression of moral beliefs, may play an important role. Objective
Sandra Passardi   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A national survey integrating clinical, laboratory, and WASH data to determine the typology of trachoma in Nauru.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundThe epidemiology of trachoma in several Pacific Islands differs from other endemic settings, in that there is a high prevalence of clinical signs of trachoma, particularly trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF), but few cases of trichiasis ...
Kathleen D Lynch   +19 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Counting the Cost of Diabetes in the Solomon Islands and Nauru

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
AimTo determine the costs associated with diabetes to governments, people with diabetes and their carers, and its impact on quality of life in two Pacific Island countries--the Solomon Islands and Nauru.Materials and methodsThis cross-sectional cost of ...
Ruth Colagiuri
exaly   +3 more sources

Assessment of groundwater resources: Nauru project 2010 – 2019

open access: yesAcque Sotterranee, 2019
Nauru is a small limestone island in the Pacific region where, as in many small islands in the world, the population heavilyrely upon groundwater as primary freshwater resource, in conjunction with rainwater and desalinated water.The Nauru project ...
Luca Alberti   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Asylum seeking children and adolescents in Australian immigration detention on Nauru: a longitudinal cohort study

open access: yesBMJ Paediatrics Open, 2020
Introduction Immigration detention has a profound and negative impact on the physical health, mental health, development and social-emotional well-being of children, adolescents and their families.
Rishi Agrawal   +19 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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