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A grammar of Fwe : a Bantu language of Zambia and Namibia Universiteit Gent
Deze scriptie bespreekt de grammatica van het Fwe. Het Fwe is een Bantoetaal die gesproken wordt in de Zambezi regio van Namibië (voorheen bekend als Capri-vistrook), en in aangrenzende delen van Zambia, in de zuidwestelijke punt van de Western Province. Met ongeveer 20,000 moedertaalsprekers is het Fwe een kleine taal, maar desondanks niet bedreigd. De gegevens waarop dit onderzoek gebaseerd is heb ik verzameld door middel van veldwerk in zowel ...
Alternative treatments for indoor residual spraying for malaria control in a village with pyrethroid- and DDT-resistant vectors in The Gambia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: Malaria vector control is threatened by resistance to pyrethroids, the only class of insecticides used for treating bed nets. The second major vector control method is indoor residual spraying with pyrethroids or the organochloride DDT. However, resistance to pyrethroids frequently confers resistance to DDT. Therefore, alternative insecticides are urgently needed. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Insecticide resistance and the ...
A socio-ecological assessment aiming at improved forest resource management and sustainable ecotourism development in the mangroves of Tanbi Wetland National Park, The Gambia, West Africa Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Although mangroves dominated by Avicennia germinans and Rhizophora mangle are extending over 6,000 ha in the Tanbi Wetland National Park (TWNP) (The Gambia), their importance for local populations (both rural and urban) has never been highlightedis unstudied. With a given emphasis on forest managementFor the first time, the present study evaluated for the first time the different mangrove resources in and around Banjul (i.e. timber, non-timber, ...
Does insecticide resistance contribute to heterogeneities in malaria transmission in The Gambia? Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: Malaria hotspots, areas with consistently higher than average transmission, may become increasingly common as malaria declines. This phenomenon, currently observed in The Gambia, may be caused by several factors, including some related to the local vectors, whose contribution is poorly understood. METHODS: Using WHO susceptibility bioassays, insecticide resistance status was determined in vector populations sampled from six pairs of ...
The role of leadership in people-centred health systems: a sub-national study in The Gambia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Recently, increasing attention has been given to behavioural and relational aspects of the people who both define and shape health systems, placing them at the core. A growing refrain includes the assertion that important decisions determining health system performance, including agenda setting, policy formulation and policy implementation, are made by people. Within this actor-oriented approach, good leadership has been identified as a key ...
Clonal differences between Non-Typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) recovered from children and animals living in close contact in The Gambia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: Non-Typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is an important cause of invasive bacterial disease and associated with mortality in Africa. However, little is known about the environmental reservoirs and predominant modes of transmission. Our study aimed to study the role of domestic animals in the transmission of NTS to humans in rural area of The Gambia. METHODOLOGY: Human NTS isolates were obtained through an active population-based case-control ...
A decline in the incidence of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella infection in The Gambia temporally associated with a decline in malaria infection Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a risk factor for invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) infection in children. In the last 10 years, indices of malaria infection in The Gambia have fallen substantially. METHODS: We compared temporal trends of childhood malaria and NTS infection in two Gambian locations. In Fajara, on the coast, the incidence of NTS infection at three time points between 1979 and 2005 was compared to the percentage of malaria positive ...
Use of self-reported adherence and keeping clinic appointments as predictors of viremia in routine HIV care in the Gambia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
We followed 205 HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy for at least 12 weeks in a Gambian clinic, where routine viral load monitoring was performed. The 1- and 4-week self-reported adherence and timeliness in keeping to scheduled appointments were recorded at each visit. Seventy patients had measurable viremia between the 12th week and the 3rd year of therapy. Survival analysis of the first detectable viral load on therapy demonstrated an ...
Preliminary studies developing methods for the control of Chrysomya putoria, the African latrine fly, in pit latrines in The Gambia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
OBJECTIVE: To explore ways of controlling Chrysomya putoria, the African latrine fly, in pit latrines. As pit latrines are a major source of these flies, eliminating these important breeding sites is likely to reduce village fly populations, and may reduce the spread of diarrhoeal pathogens. METHODS: We treated 24 latrines in a Gambian village: six each with (i) pyriproxyfen, an insect juvenile hormone mimic formulated as Sumilarv((R)) 0.5G, a ...