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  Indigenous to indigenous cooperation: review of the Saami Council projects in Africa

  Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2004

  This report evaluates this institutional support cooperation between the Norwegian section of the Saami Council and two indigenous organisations in Africa, the Organisation of Indigenous Peoples of Africa (OIPA), based in Tanzania, and the First People of the Kalahari (FPK), in Botswana.
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  Orphanhood and the long-run impact on children

  Department of Economics, University of Oxford, 2005

  This study, undertaken in Northwestern Tanzania, finds evidence that orphanhood matters in the long-run for health and education outcomes.In particular, it finds that maternal death causes a permanent height deficit of about 2 cm and a persistent impact on years of education of almost 1 year.
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  Connecting poverty and ecosystem services: focus on Tanzania

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2005

  How are Africa’s ecosystems faring? This report provides a preliminary overview of ecosystem services in Tanzania and the corresponding constituents and determinants of well-being related to the availability of these services.
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  The education of nomadic peoples in East Africa: review of relevant literature

  International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2005

  In the context of a renewed committment to Education For All (EFA) at Dakar, this study examines the apparent failure of most attempts to provide educational services to nomadic groups. The study focuses on Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Sexual behaviour and perceptions of risk: male rural-urban migrants in Tanzania

  Population Environment Research Network, IUSSP-IHDP, 2005

  This study, presented at the 2005 International Population Conference, examines male rural-urban migration in Tanzania and its interaction with HIV risk. The study poses three key questions: does the sexual behaviour of migrants differ from rural residents; how does this sexual behaviour differ; and do these migrants know more about HIV than rural residents?
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  Over diagnosis of malaria in patients admitted to hospital in Tanzania

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Malaria is a major cause of disease and death in sub-Saharan Africa. Up to half of all admissions to hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa are reported to be due to malaria.  However diagnosis in African hospitals is often inaccurate.  Is malaria over diagnosed?  Are patients receiving the treatment they need? 
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  One hit wonder: single dose azithromycin could eliminate trachoma

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Trachoma, caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, is the most common infectious cause of blindness. To prevent trachoma blindness, health programmes in Tanzania and elsewhere currently offer an annual dose of the antibiotic azithromycin to everyone in areas where at least 20 percent of children have active disease. Is this the most effective and efficient dosing strategy?
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  Equity implications of health sector user fees in Tanzania: do we retain the user fee or set the user f(r)ee?

  Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2004

  This paper, published by Research for Poverty Alleviation (REPOA), examines the effects of user fees and community-based insurance for health in Tanzania. It reports that user fee revenues were lower than projected, contributing around 0.6 per cent of the overall health budget, and had declined over time.
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  Scaling-up anti-retroviral treatment and human resources for health: what are the challenges in sub-Saharan Africa?

  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004

  This document, commissioned by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), assesses human resources for health (HRH) constraints for scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) and identifies strategies for overcoming them. The paper also includes a case study of scaling up a project in Tanzania.
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  Enhancing aid relationships in Tanzania: IMG Report 2005

  Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, 2005

  This report, prepared by the Independent Monitoring Group, assesses progress since 2002 on action to redefine relationships between the Government of Tanzania (GOT) and Development Partners (DPs) in conceptualising and managing development, in the broader definition of local ownership of the development agenda, and in enhancing transparency and accountability in the delivery and utilisation of aid

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