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Factors influencing the adoption of mobile financial services in the unbanked population

Inkanyiso, 2017
To deliver financial services to the poor has remained a challenge for many decades. However, the growth of technology has emerged as a key solution of financial service delivery to the poor. Financial services delivery through mobile phone platforms can
Aulelius Lema
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Trends in prevalent TB among persons enrolling for HIV care before and after ‘Test and Treat’ across East-Africa

IJTLD Open
BACKGROUND: In 2015, WHO recommended the global adoption of the ‘Test and Treat’ strategy (TTS) for all persons living with HIV (PLHIV). While TTS has improved viral suppression and reduced mortality, its impact on TB in PLHIV remains unclear.
N. Kalema, B. Musick, S. Babirye, L. Najjemba, P Mubiri, A. Kiragga, A. Ddungu, C. Kasozi, L.O. Diero, F. Odhiambo, R. Lyamuya, B. Castelnuovo, J. Musaazi, C.T. Yiannoutsos, K. Wools-Kaloustian, A. Semeere   +15 more
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Determinants of customers’ adoption of mobile banking in Tanzania: Further evidence from a diffusion of innovation theory [PDF]

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, 2020
The main goal of this study was to examine the influence of demographic factors on the adoption of innovative mobile banking services in Tanzania. It utilized Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DIT) to ascertain the importance of situation-based ...
Neema Mori, Rosallia Mlambiti
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Pulmonary rehabilitation for post-TB lung disease led by TB survivors

Public Health Action
BACKGROUND: Post-TB patients often experience persistent lung issues that impair exercise capacity and quality of life. Although pulmonary rehabilitation is known to be effective for chronic lung diseases, its role in post-TB lung disease remains ...
F.J. Mtei, I. Meadows, K. Msaji, F. Thobias, A. Liyoyo, A. Kimaro, P.M. Joseph, C. Gitige, O. Kaswaga, S. Matoi, A. Ngoma, A. Mbuya, P. Mbelele, L. Ritte, L. Subi, P. Neema, R. Kisonga, D. Mbwana, E. Mpolya, M. Drage, L.I. Lochting, S.K.Heysell, S.G .Mpagama   +22 more
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The Economic Costs of Malaria in Children in three Sub-Saharan Countries: Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya. [PDF]

, 2013
Malaria causes significant mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), especially among children less than five years of age (U5 children).
Constenla, Dagna, Lindner, Leandro, Sauboin, Christophe, Sicuri, Elisa, Vieta, Ana   +4 more
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Severity of Visual Field Loss at First Presentation to Glaucoma Clinics in England and Tanzania [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose: To compare severity of visual field (VF) loss at first presentation in glaucoma clinics in England and Tanzania. Methods: Large archives of VF records from automated perimetry were used to retrospectively examine vision loss at first ...
Adegbehingbe BO, Buhrmann RR, Dandona R, David P. Crabb, Ellong A, Fraser S, Heiko Philippin, Matthew J. Burton, Pete R. Jones, William U. Makupa   +9 more
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Understanding the perceptions of risks versus the benefits of COVID-19 vaccinations in Manyara, Tanzania

Journal of Public Health in Africa
Background: Few would argue that vaccines have not saved more lives than any other medical invention. Eradicating smallpox, reducing wild poliovirus, saving the world from the Ebola virus, and reversing the trend of COVID-19 infections, vaccines are ...
Chima E. Onuekwe, Violet M. Mathenge, Alexander Makulilo, William Mwengee, Tumaini Haonga, Grace Saguti, Charles Sagoe-Moses   +6 more
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Foot-and-mouth disease in Tanzania from 2001 to 2006. [PDF]

, 2010
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in Tanzania, with outbreaks occurring almost each year in different parts of the country. There is now a strong political desire to control animal diseases as part of national poverty alleviation strategies ...
Berkvens, D, Casal, J, Kivaria, F, Mosha, R M, Picado, A, Speybroeck, N, Sumaye, R D   +6 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
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