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Developing Walvis Bay Port into a logistics gateway for southern Africa: Issues, challenges and the potential implications for Namibia’s future [PDF]

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2014
Many developing countries wish to become the ‘gateway’ to a region or part of a continent.One strategy involves encouraging logistics cluster development.
Christopher J. Savage, Logan Fransman, Andrew K. Jenkins, Colin G. Bamford   +3 more
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Beach Buffet: First Observations of White-Backed Vultures <i>Gyps africanus</i> Feeding on a Cape Fur Seal <i>Arctocephalus pusillus</i> on the Skeleton Coast. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Vultures are specialized scavengers that provide critical ecosystem services by clearing carcasses, though their activity in African coastal environments has previously been limited to only two documented species (i.e., the Lappet‐faced and the Hooded Vultures).
Portas R, Aschenborn O, Beytell P, Boorman M, Kolberg H, Melzheimer J, Verwey E, Krofel M.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The anatomical knowledge of Namibian school children. [PDF]

Anat Sci Educ
Abstract The public has limited knowledge of key organs and anatomical structures. The lack of anatomical knowledge and understanding can hinder time to access healthcare, quality of care, and treatment outcomes. The current study investigated the anatomical knowledge among Namibian children by comparing 8 school grades—4 to 12, which covers children ...
Taylor AM, Kirsten L, Sedda L, Wessels Q.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The role of Namibia Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme in strengthening the public health workforce in Namibia, 2012–2019

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Namibia faces a critical shortage of skilled public health workers to perform emergency response operations, preparedness activities and real-time surveillance.
Dimitri Prybylski, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Leigh Ann Miller, Andrew L Baughman, Puumue Katjiuanjo, Michele Evering-Watley, Simon Antara, Penehafo Angula, Honore K Mitonga, Eric J Dziuban, Emmy-Else Ndevaetela   +10 more
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Changing urbanscapes

Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2018
This article investigates how recently-constructed sites that anchor memories of anti-colonial resistance and national liberation have changed the urban landscape of the Namibian capital, Windhoek.
Heike Becker
doaj   +1 more source

Spotted hyaena Crocuta crocuta feeding ecology and selectivity of large herbivorous prey in the Namib desert

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
We have investigated the relationship between spotted hyaenas in the south Namib Desert and large herbivorous prey and have summarized an updated overview of predator‐prey relationships in this resource‐limited arid environment.
Karl Sebastian Moritz Fester, Georgina Hockings, Rudie Jansen vanVuuren, Marlice vanVuuren   +3 more
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Maternal factors associated with immediate low Apgar score in newborn babies at an intermediate hospital in Northern Namibia

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2022
Background. All newborn infants are required to undergo the Apgar score/assessment immediately after birth and again at five minutes. This vital examination is performed to determine how well the infant is adjusting to the birthing process and the ...
Justina Lungameni, Emma Maano Nghitanwa, Laura Uusiku, Abel Karera   +3 more
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Task-shifting point-of-care CD4+ testing to lay health workers in HIV care and treatment services in Namibia

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2017
Introduction: Access to CD4+ testing remains a common barrier to early initiation of antiretroviral therapy among persons living with HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries.
Francina Kaindjee-Tjituka, Souleymane Sawadogo, Graham Mutandi, Andrew D. Maher, Natanael Salomo, Claudia Mbapaha, Marytha Neo, Anita Beukes, Justice Gweshe, Alexinah Muadinohamba, David W. Lowrance   +10 more
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Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) running the gauntlet: an evaluation of translocations into free-range environments in Namibia [PDF]

PeerJ, 2015
Following dramatic range and population declines, the cheetah is Africa’s most endangered large felid. In Namibia, private land managers still trap cheetahs but increasingly consider moving animals instead of killing them.
Florian J. Weise, Joseph R. Lemeris Jr, Stuart J. Munro, Andrew Bowden, Cicelia Venter, Marlice van Vuuren, Rudie J. van Vuuren   +6 more
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Towards medicinal tea from untapped Namibian Ganoderma: Phenolics and in vitro antioxidant activity of wild and cultivated mushrooms

South African Journal of Science, 2022
Ganoderma is a genus of mushrooms that is prized in developed nations, especially those in Asia, due to its health-promoting properties, which are attributed to bioactive compounds such as phenolics.
Karlin K.N. Hamwenye, Isabella S.E. Ueitele, Nailoke P. Kadhila, Werner Embashu, Komeine K.M. Nantanga   +4 more
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