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    Consumers stated and revealed preferences for community health workers and other strategies for the provision of timely and appropriate treatment of Malaria in South East Nigeria

    Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2006
    This article, published in Malaria Journal, examines people’s attitudes towards community health workers (CHWs) as a strategy for improving the timeliness and appropriateness of malaria treatment in Nigeria. CHWs would be better able than most people to recognise the symptoms of malaria and dispense appropriate medication.
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    Migration, human smuggling and trafficking from Nigeria to Europe

    International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2006
    This report contextualises the problems of migration, human smuggling and trafficking from Nigeria to Europe, focusing on cultural and social implications both within Europe and Nigeria.
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    How does distance education for teachers benefit communities?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    For four decades, distance education has helped reduce shortages of primary school teachers. Distance education allows teachers to train without leaving their homes, families and jobs. How does this benefit the wider community within which the teacher lives?
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    Investing in Africa’s fisheries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Fisheries contribute to the food security of 200 million Africans and provide income for over 10 million people. They support economic growth through exports and provide environmental services, for example enhancing the value of water. However, the potential of the sector is not being fulfilled.
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    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Nigeria: western mimicry or indigenous practices?

    International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Nottingham University Business School, 2006
    Drawing empirical evidence from indigenous firms, this study explores the meaning and practice of CSR in Nigeria. It explores whether there is a Nigerian brand of CSR or is it an imitation of western CSR practices.
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    The CAPA handbook: a "how-to" guide for implementing Catchment Area Planning and Action, a community-based child survival approach

    Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival, USAID, 2004
    This manual, published by Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival/Nigeria (BASICS II/N), provides guidelines on an approach to improving child survival known as Catchment Area Planning and Action (CAPA).
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    Polio vaccination campaign meets hostility in northern Nigeria

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Despite their effectiveness at reducing child mortality, global immunisation campaigns often encounter local opposition. In 2003, Muslim leaders in northern Nigeria ordered the boycott of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), claiming that it had been contaminated with anti-fertility substances as part of a plot by Western governments to reduce Muslim populations worldwide.
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    id21 viewpoint - Litigating for climate justice

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Litigation (legal action) for justice over climate change is an immense global issue which is likely to increase in the future. The complexities of legal systems are a disadvantage for poor communities, who often suffer the most serious impacts of climate change. Is it worth these people going to court over climate change?
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    Gender Audit 2003 Elections and Issues in Women's Political Participation in Nigeria

    Women's Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, 2003
    In almost all countries, women have the right to vote and are eligible for elections. In reality, women's representation in public life is still generally very low due to factors ranging from the socio-cultural to the religious, the social and the political. Nigeria is no exception. It has never had a female president, nor are there any female governors.
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    Combined Fourth and Fifth CEDAW Periodic Reports: Nigeria

    United Nations, 2003
    Nigeria's combined 4th and 5th Periodic Report (1994-2002) on the implementation of CEDAW highlights increasing opportunities for achieving equality and women's human rights. Indicators on maternal health, labour relations, education, political participation, employment and legal reforms depict an increasingly supportive environment for eliminating discrimination against women.

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