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The Problem Of Exact Diagnosis Of Anaemia In The African
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1973-09)This study was undertaken to determine the causes of a moderately severe anaemia i.e. a haemoglobin level of 9,5 G/100 ml. (65 per cent.) or less in the cases admitted to the University Medical Unit of Harare Hospital in ... -
Contrasting The Morbidity Pattern In An African Practice With That In A European General Practice In Salisbury
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1970-03)In Rhodesia, general practice among Europeans is fairly typical of practice in developed countries, and an analysis of morbidity statistics is fairly easy. In contrast, general practice among the African people in Rhodesia ... -
Economic Policy And Wildlife Management In Zimbabwe
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension (AEE); University of Zimbabwe), 1992-11)Wildlife is beginning to make a significant contribution to Zimbabwe's national economy and it would appear that tourism in general but particularly wildlife-based tourism is the fastest growing sector in the economy. The ... -
Language, Science,Technology, Mathematics (STM) and Poverty Alleviation in Africa: A Case for Nigeria
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2008-03)This paper seeks to highlight the power of language in poverty eradication. In doing so, the paper examines the concept and causes of poverty and draws attention specifically to the relationship between language power and ... -
Pericarditis—A Five Year Study In The African
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1973-02)A retrospective study of cases of pericarditis presenting to Harare African Hospital during the five year period 1967-1971 was carried out. This study excludes cases of pericarditis due to rheumatic heart disease and ... -
Children's Literature, Child Engineering And The Search For An Ennobling Gender Paradigm
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2010-07)The article is an exegesis of selected works of Zimbabwean children’s literature in English. It discusses these works with a view to unravel perspectives on gender and child engineering. The conceptual and epistemological ... -
Acne In Mature Members Of The Community
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1973-07)Acne is so common a complaint that junior school children know that some of them will develop spots and pimples as they grow up and that as they mature they will grow out of them.Their doctors will tell their parents that ... -
Towards Local Management Of Mineral Resources In Zimbabwe An Analysis Of Opportunities And Constraints
(Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2000-02)In Zimbabwe today, the State - through its various agencies - is the dominant player in die mining sector, from issuing prospecting licenses right up to marketing. The Mines and Minerals Act (chapter 21: 05) vests authority ... -
Report on a Large-Scale Attempt at Control of Bilharziasis by Combined Mass Treatment and Intensive Snail Control.
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1973-09)The biology of the schistosome parasites allows many theoretical methods of interruption of its life cycle, and therefore control of the spread of the infection or consequent disease. It must be accepted that the practical ... -
Incestuous Child Sexual Abuse In Shona Society: Implications On The Educational Achievements Of The Girl Child
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2010-07)Every society has rules that endorse and those that prohibit sexual relationships between and among its members. Incestuous sexual relationships are amongst the castigated relationships and taboos were put in place to ... -
Crisis In Education And Culture And Its Social Reflection On Women: A Case Study Of Zimbabwe 1980-1988
(Institute of Development Studies (Zimbabwe) (ZIDS), 1991)This paper looks at the crisis of women’s education in Zimbabwe from a socio-cultural point of view; or what the author terms "edu-culture". The main argument of the paper is that in spite of numerous post-independence ... -
Pneumoconiosis In The Chrome Mining Industry Of Rhodesia
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Students’ Career Aspirations Versus Occupational Environments In The Economy Of Ghana
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2008-03)A study was conducted to investigate the relationship between secondary school students’ career aspirations and the various sectors of the Ghanaian economy as well as the occupational environments in it. Specifically, the ... -
Case Study Of Multiculturalism And Diversity In Art And Design Teaching And Learning In Selected Secondary Schools In Bulawayo
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe, 2006-11)This ethnographic study was instituted to investigate how Art and Design teachers conceptualized and implemented the constructs of multiculturalism and diversity in art teaching. It also sought to explore how the constructs ... -
A Study Of The Effects Of Weekly Doses Of Niridazole On Schistosome Egg Output And Miricidial Hatching In A Patient Suffering From Bilharziasis
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1973-09)The concept of “suppressive management” in the control of bilharziasis has long been an attractive idea. If it were possible to administer a dose of a schistosomicidal drug once a week, particularly to children attending ... -
The acceptability of insecticide treated mosquito nets among community members in Zimbabwe
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe, 2002-07)Objectives: To assess the acceptability of insecticide treated mosquito nets (ITNs) among community members in Zimbabwe for the implementation of effective malaria intervention using ITNs. Design: A cross sectional study ... -
Rhinoscleroma : A Report on the First Two Cases from Mozambique
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.)., 1971-11)Rhinoscleroma, also known as lupus scrophulosus of the nostrils and, more recently, as scleroma, was described by Hebra for the first time in 1870. This author considered the first cases he encountered as peculiar forms ... -
The Evolution Of Agricultural Pricing' Policies in Zimbabwe: 1970's And 1980's
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension ( AEE) ; University of Zimbabwe, 1989-05)The object of this paper is to discuss the development of agricultural pricing policies in Zimbabwe during the 1970’s and 1980’s and to make special note of changes in policy formulation since independence in 1980. In ... -
Therapeutic Screening To Differentiate Malaria From Other Tropical Syndromes
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1973-08)In the bush and isolated areas of Africa, falciparum malaria is extremely difficult to diagnose, especially in the pernicious clinical presentation. Although the African states universally accept anti- malarial precautions, ... -
Women’s Access To Teacher Education In Zimbabwe: A Gender Profile
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe, 2006-11)Teaching traditionally is generally perceived to be a feminine profession, yet the situation on the ground in Zimbabwe does not indicate this perception. If anything, more men than women from the colonial period to date ...