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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A university‐certified course on dossier assessment for regulatory scientists in Africa—Reporting on our 5‐year experience

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim The shortage of trained clinical assessors in African National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) poses a challenge to effective regulatory decision‐making. Developed in line with the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Competency Framework (WHO‐GCF), a university‐certified short course, Dossier assessment for clinical assessors in Africa, was ...
Stephanie Leigh, Boitumelo Semete‐Makokotlela, Ivana Škrnjug‐Yudov, David Mukanga, Delese Mimi Darko, Eric Karikari‐Boateng, Peter Stonier, Luther Gwaza, Precious Matsoso, Bernd Rosenkranz, Birka Lehmann, Arnold G. Vulto, John G. Woodland, Shabir Banoo, Frieda Shigwedha, Maphutheho Selikane, Unathi Mabona‐Mgoqi, Asare Yeboah, Ntombi Mthembu, Goonaseelan ( Colin) Pillai   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

"If you keep your problems in your stomach the dogs cannot steal them" : trauma, forgiveness, and con-viviality in Rwanda : an ethnographic study following the healing and rebuilding our communities (HROC) project in Gisenyi, Rwanda [PDF]

, 2010
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-79).By bringing together survivors of the genocide with released prisoners to discuss trauma, healing, and trust, Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities (HROC) in Rwanda may help people to ...
Forcier, Angela
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Beyond the veneer of reconciliation: human rights and democracy in Rwanda [PDF]

, 2012
In this Opinion piece, PhD candidate Jennifer Melvin argues that Rwanda’s national unity and reconciliation programme promotes two differing but inter-related political images at the domestic and international levels.
Melvin, Jennifer
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Severe Anemia by a Leech Infestation in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report [PDF]

Rwanda Medical Journal, 2020
CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a five-year-old female patient who presented to the Rwanda Military Hospital for left ear foreign body. She had a background of hematemesis and body weakness and was found to have severe anemia.
D. Rutagumba, B. Niyoyita, R. Nyirasafari   +2 more
doaj  

Capacity building in medicines development and regulation in Africa—Overview on recent progress

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Despite advances in health research and digital innovation, many African countries continue to face substantial resource constraints, fragmented capacity‐building efforts and a shortage of skilled professionals in medicines development and regulatory science.
Tirhani Maluleke, Emile Malan, Michael Reid, Patrick Bouic, Haylene Nell, Goonaseelan Pillai, Catriona Waitt, Bernd Rosenkranz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Operationalization of the African Medicines Agency: Retrospective evaluation of the continental centralized pilot procedure timelines to recommendation and national registrations

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Regulatory inconsistency across Africa causes duplicative assessments, prolonged approvals, and delayed medical access. To inform the African Medicines Agency (AMA), the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH) piloted Africa's first continental scientific evaluation of human medicinal products.
Alex Juma Ismail, Lerato Moeti, Delese Mimi Darko, Stuart Walker, Sam Salek   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gastric Rupture in Pregnancy: Case Series from a Tertiary Institution in Rwanda and Review of the Literature

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2016
Background Gastric rupture is a rare, life-threatening condition during pregnancy. Case study We present three cases of gastric perforation during pregnancy and the puerperium.
David Ntirushwa, Stephen Rulisa, Febronie Muhorakeye, Lisa Bazzett-Matabele, Theogene Rurangwa, Maria Small   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘It is not a topic that should be assessed by a test’: Understanding teachers' assessment literacy in the teaching of ‘difficult histories’ such as the Holocaust

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores how history teachers in secondary education in England (a) see their role as assessors and (b) how they make decisions about assessing a difficult history: learning about the Holocaust. Assessment literacy (AL) is recognised as a potentially valuable aspect of good teaching and central to supporting students' learning ...
Mary Richardson, Rebecca Hale, Tom Haward, Kwaku Adjepong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer protection : CRREA Rwanda

, 2011
This presentation by the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) outlines their mandate and consumer protection services. The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection were adopted by the UN General Assembly (1985).
Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency, Mukamurera, Vénérande   +1 more
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