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Land-Cover Change Trajectories in Northern Ghana
Environmental Management, 2005Land-cover change trajectories are an emergent property of complex human-environment systems such as the land-use system. An understanding of the factors responsible for land change trajectories is fundamental for land-use planning and the development of land-related policies.
Ademola K, Braimoh, Paul L G, Vlek
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Lay reporting of elephantiasis of the leg in northern Ghana
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1995Within a large scale community trial in northern Ghana lay interviewers were trained to inquire about and identify elephantiasis of the leg by the use of local terms and simple examination of respondents. This was repeated a year later after moving the interviewers to different geographical areas.
J O, Gyapong +3 more
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Vitamin A supplementation and childhood malaria in northern Ghana
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1995Two companion, randomized, placebo-controlled trials of prophylactic vitamin A supplementation provided the opportunity to assess the impact of supplementation on malaria parasitemia, morbidity, and mortality in young children in northern Ghana. In the mortality study, 21,906 children were visited every 4 mo over 2 y, and in the morbidity study 1455 ...
F N, Binka +7 more
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The economic burden of lymphatic filariasis in northern Ghana
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 1996The socio-economic impact of lymphatic filariasis was investigated in a rural community in northern Ghana, as part of a multi-country study. The entire community was followed up for a period of one full calendar year, to document episodes of acute adenolymphangitis (ADL), treatment seeking and the cost of treatment.
J O, Gyapong +4 more
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2018
Photobook with accompanying texts for the project Society and Change in Northern Ghana, presenting a shift in perspective on the region in terms of rapid social and economic change in its relationship to historical and cultural traditions still prevalent in the region.
Stravens, Manon, Mangnus, Ellen
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Photobook with accompanying texts for the project Society and Change in Northern Ghana, presenting a shift in perspective on the region in terms of rapid social and economic change in its relationship to historical and cultural traditions still prevalent in the region.
Stravens, Manon, Mangnus, Ellen
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Trachoma in Northern Ghana: A Need for Further Studies
Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2010The northern Ghana Upper East Region [UER], Upper West Region [UWR], and Northern Region (NR) lie within the African trachoma belt. The 3 regions share common features of poverty, dryness, dusty environments, and poor environmental hygiene. Trachoma has been identified previously in the NR and the UWR as a disease of public health importance and a ...
Michael Ekuoba, Gyasi +6 more
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Notions and treatment of guinea worm in Northern Ghana
Social Science & Medicine, 1995Dracunculiasis, infection with Dracunculus medinensis or guinea worm, is widespread in the Northern Region of Ghana, where rural people drink from unprotected water sources such as ponds and small-scale dams. This paper discusses the results of an anthropological study of beliefs and practices concerning commonly occurring illnesses, such as infection ...
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Women empowerment in Northern Ghana
2013Die Diplomarbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Herangehensweise und vor allem Auswirkung zweier lokaler Frauenausbildungsprojekte im Norden Ghanas. Diese zielen darauf ab die massive interne Arbeitsmigration unter Frauen einzudämmen. Zunächst werden Ursachen für Abwanderung vom Norden Richtung Süden des Landes dargestellt. Die Analyse beinhaltet historische,
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Women farmers and economic change in northern Ghana
Gender & Development, 1999This article argues that representations of rural men and women as victims of structural adjustment measures are simplistic, ignoring the complexities of farmers' engagement with economic change.
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Estimation of erodibility in the savanna ecosystem, northern Ghana
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 1995Abstract This paper discusses the concept of erodibility being one of the main parameters needed for erosion risk assessments as well as presents some measurements of erodibility in the savanna ecosystem, northern Ghana, based on three different indices: aggregate stability, shear strength, and the Consistency Index. The study revealed that the overall
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