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The contribution of indigenous knowledge to disaster risk reduction activities in Zimbabwe: A big call to practitioners

Jamba, 2018
This article examined the contribution of indigenous knowledge to disaster risk reduction activities in Zimbabwe. The current discourse underrates the use of indigenous knowledge of communities by practitioners when dealing with disasters’, as the ...
Ernest Dube, Edson Munsaka
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence and factors associated with uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis amongst women vulnerable to HIV who received HIV antibodies in Antibody Mediated Prevention HVTN703/HPTN081 trial in Harare, Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Public Health
Introduction There is limited evidence on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake post-trial participation for women vulnerable to HIV. This study investigates the prevalence and factors associated with PrEP uptake post-participation in an HIV prevention ...
Bernard Ngara, Bekezela Siziba, Nyaradzo Mavis Mgodi, Tariro Dianah Chawana, Miria Chitukuta, Pamela Grace Mukwekwerere, Muchaneta Bhondai-Mhuri, Zvavahera Mike Chirenje, Felix Godwin Sivukile Mhlanga   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Antidiabetic Effects of Leaf Extracts from Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae)

Biochemistry Research International, 2020
Fruits and leaves of Persia americana are used in traditional medical practices. This study was carried out to determine the antibacterial, antifungal, and antidiabetic effects of the leaf extracts from P. americana.
Mercy Makopa, Benjamin Mangiza, Benjamin Banda, Winnie Mozirandi, Molly Mombeshora, Stanley Mukanganyama   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health Diplomacy the Adaptation of Global Health Interventions to Local Needs in sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand: Evaluating Findings from Project Accept (HPTN 043). [PDF]

, 2012
Study-based global health interventions, especially those that are conducted on an international or multi-site basis, frequently require site-specific adaptations in order to (1) respond to socio-cultural differences in risk determinants, (2) to make ...
A Buvé, Alfred Chingono, C McInnes, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Chonlisa Chariyalertsak, D Fidler, E Bonventre, Elizabeth Paradza, EM Rogers, FG Castro, G Khumalo-Sakutukwa, Gertrude Khumalo-Sakutukwa, Glenda Gray, GM Wingood, H Feldbaum, Heidi Van Rooyen, I Kickbusch, J Liebowitz, J Wegbreit, Jessie Mbwambo, Katherine Fritz, Kathryn Curran, Khalifa Mrumbi, M Bayer, M Gladwell, Marta Mulawa, National Department of Health, NP Lyman, Oliver Murima, PL Hutchinson, Precious Modiba, RC Veniegas, RC Veniegas, S Surasiengsunk, S Woldehanna, Sebastian Kevany, Stephen F Morin, Surinda Kawichai, Suwat Chariyalertsak, Tanzanian Prime Minister’s Office, TW Valente, UNAIDS, V McKleroy, W King   +43 more
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The growing burden of noncommunicable disease among persons living with HIV in Zimbabwe

AIDS (London), 2018
Objectives: We aim to characterize the future noncommunicable disease (NCD) burden in Zimbabwe to identify future health system priorities. Methods: We developed an individual-based multidisease model for Zimbabwe, simulating births, deaths, infection ...
Mikaela Smit, Jack J Olney, N. Ford, M. Vitoria, S. Gregson, A. Vassall, T. Hallett   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does Formalization Facilitate Environmental Improvements in the Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining Sector?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the link between formalization and environmental performance in the artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) sector, focusing on the case of sub‐Saharan Africa. The impression often conveyed by experts is that a commitment to formalizing ASM—that is, moves made to bring the sector's operations into the legal domain, where ...
Gavin Hilson, Abigail Hilson, Ekow Bartels   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysing Effects of Birth Order on Intelligence, Educational Attainment, Big Five, and Risk Aversion in an Indonesian Sample

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Few studies have examined birth order effects on personality in countries that are not Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD). However, theories have generally suggested that interculturally universal family dynamics are the mechanism behind birth order effects, and prominent theories such as resource dilution would ...
Laura J. Botzet, Julia M. Rohrer, Ruben C. Arslan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with severe malaria among children below ten years in Mutasa and Nyanga districts, Zimbabwe, 2014-2015

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
BACKGROUND: severe malaria is a rare life threatening illness. Only a small proportion of patients with clinical malaria progress to this medical emergency.
Faith Mutsigiri-Murewanhema, Patron Trish Mafaune, Gerald Shambira, Tsitsi Juru, Donewell Bangure, More Mungati, Notion Tafara Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

PSYCHO-SOCIAL EXPERIENCES OF YOUTHS DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: INSIGHTS FROM HARARE, ZIMBABWE [PDF]

Business Excellence and Management, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic that started in Wuhan, Hubei province in China in December 2019 has brought about varied psycho-social experiences to youths during the COVID-19 lockdown period.
Nicola Mazwi, Bongani Seremani, Tsungai Kaseke, Clemencia Lungu   +3 more
doaj  

A Comparative Analysis of the Causes of Gender-Based Violence Against Women Between Low and High-Income Households in Manicaland Province of Zimbabwe

Cogent Social Sciences, 2022
There is a general perception that poverty and/or low income are the root causes of GBV in Zimbabwe. Efforts have been made to economically empower women in a bid to fight poverty and ultimately GBV, but research findings from Zimbabwe noted that GBV ...
Washington Muzavazi, Albert Makochekanwa, Stanzia Moyo, Marvelous Mhloyi, Mulwayini Mundau   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source