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Self-reports of induced abortion

This study estimated the proportion of incomplete abortions that are induced in hospital-based settings in Tanzania. METHODS: A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted in 2 phases at 3 hospitals in Tanzania. Phase 1 included 302 patients with a diagnosis of incomplete abortion, and phase 2 included 823 such...

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Supplemental vitamin A improves anemia and growth in anemic school children in Tanzania

We conducted a randomized controlled trial of the effects of dietary supplements on anemia, weight and height in 136 anemic school children from a low socioeconomic background in Bagamoyo District schools in Tanzania. The aim of the current study was to investigate the impact of dietary supplements on anemia and anthr...

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Survey on Knowledge, Attitude and Practise (KAP) of Adolescents with regard to Reproductive Health and Sexually Transmitted Infection, Including HIV/AIDS in Lindi Region

In November 1999 as survey has been conducted in four districts of Lindi Region, in order to assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practise of adolescents with regard to Reproductive Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS. A total of 1560 Standard VI students in 48 schools have been include...

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Tanzania assistance strategy: HIV/AIDS
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The cultural context of childhood diarrhoea among Gogo infants

The paper describes the cultural context of two specific types of childhood diarrhoea during breastfeeding among the Wagogo of Tanzania. Wagogo believe that both the mother's and the father's behaviour affect the proper development of their newborn child. Parents' moral failure, such as a violation

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The effect of environmental insult on permeability barrier of the claw horn of cattle

When cattle are housed or are in enclosures the claw horn is exposed to various environmental insults that are thought to predispose to lesions which may have some detrimental effects on claw horn function. The effects of pyroleum pini (Stockholm tar) 15% and 25% soap solutions and water on the permeability barrier fu...

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The effectiveness of chemotherapy as an aid to the control of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in Tanzania

An observational study to assess the effectiveness of chemotherapy as an aid to the control of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) was carried out in Dodoma district. A total of 24 animals showing typical signs of CBPP were purchased and grazed together with 24 healthy animals period of 4 weeks after which the la...