Sökning: "Mainland Tanzania"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden Mainland Tanzania.

  1. 1. Geological development of the East African coastal basin of Tanzania

    Författare :Samson Mpanda; Ole Veibaeck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Marine Geology; seismic methods; seismic stratigraphy; multichannel seismic recordings; tectonic development; Karoo; Mesozoic; Tertiary; East Africa; Tanzania; Earth sciences; Geovetenskap; allmän och historisk geologi; General and Historical Geology;

    Sammanfattning : The East African coastal basin of Tanzania, which is characterised by an extensional tectonic style, is located along the passive continental margin of the western Indian Ocean. The present study is concerned with the Mafia Island and the Mafia Channel which together form a subbasin within the north-south elongated coastal sedimentary basin of Tanzania. LÄS MER

  2. 2. New strategies and tools for Plasmodium falciparum case management and surveillance in the era of imminent resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapy in Tanzania

    Författare :Lwidiko E Mhamilawa; Andreas Mårtensson; Billy Ngasala; Ulrika Morris; Ib Christian Bygbjerg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; artemether-lumefantrine; drug resistance; Tanzania; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Sammanfattning : Artemether-lumefantrine has been an efficacious first line treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Tanzania since its introduction in 2006. Interest has developed in understanding the observation of high residual PCR determined positivity rates on day 3 after supervised artemether-lumefantrine treatment in the magnitude of almost 30% in previous assessments from 2015 in Bagamoyo district, Tanzania. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Jesus for Zanzibar : Narratives of Pentecostal Belonging, Islam, and Nation

    Författare :Hans Olsson; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Nyckelord :Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity; Zanzibar; Islam; Nationalism; identity politics; Mainland Tanzania; Christian-Muslim relations; belonging; values; conflict; Christian sociality;

    Sammanfattning : This study addresses the presence of religious difference in the Muslim-dominated cultural setting of Zanzibar, a context in which, in 2012, Christian minorities became targets in violent events directed against representations of the politically contested Union with Mainland Tanzania. As the attacked churches are primarily attended by people of non-island origins and the incidents were blamed on local Muslim-revival groups, the events posed questions about the political significance produced at the intersection of religious belonging, ethnonational origins, and Union politics. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Shallow water carbonate basin of the Zanzibar channel, Tanzania

    Författare :Yohanna W Shaghude; Birger Larsen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; allmän och historisk geologi; General and Historical Geology;

    Sammanfattning : The shallow water carbonate basin of the Zanzibar channel, Tanzania, has been investigated. This study discusses and describes the sea bottom topographic features, sediment composition, major characteristics of sediment distribution, provenance of sediments, and the depositional settings of the sediments . LÄS MER

  5. 5. Managing malaria in under-fives : prompt access, adherence to treatment and referral in rural Tanzania

    Författare :Daudi Simba; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Malaria;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Nearly a million people die of malaria each year, the majority are children in rural African settings. These deaths could be reduced if children had prompt access to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACTs), demonstrated adherence to treatment and to referral advice for severe malaria. LÄS MER