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Prevalence of giardiasis among primary school children.

This cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of intestinal parasites among primary school children in Northern Jordan. Stool specimens were collected from 1100 children of both sexes from urban and rural schools. A questionnaire covering relevant informations was completed for each child. Wet mount preparation, formaline-ether concentration technique, and trichrome stain were prepared for the recovery and identification of parasites. Giardia lamblia was observed in 396 (36%) of the stool specimens examined. The infection rates were higher in the younger age group where several of them had diarrhoea and reported variable symptoms. The infection rates declined with age and children were asymptomatic. Rates were higher in children from the rural areas, from low income families, and it was higher in boys than girls. Contaminated drinking water is suspected to be the major potential source of infection. The importance of the asymptomatic cases and the epidemiological factors contributing to the transmission in these areas are discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1998

[Urban growth and socio-spatial dynamics: Cairo from 1950 to 1990].

Urban growth patterns in Cairo, Egypt, are analyzed over the period 1950-1990. "In the last 40 years, Cairo's population growth has been accompanied by a major shift in socio-demographic distribution. By using social area analysis models to measure the spatial structuring of social disparities, we can see how Cairo society has moved from sectoral segmentation reflecting a socio-professional hierarchy to a concentric pattern based increasingly on age differences and family structures."

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Global update: Morocco.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1988

The impact of children on the components of parental savings: the case of rural Syria.

"This study is based on a survey conducted by the two authors in 1980 on family income and costs in the rural areas of [Syria. It] examines the indirect impact of children on family savings...with the hypothesis that the number of children has a positive effect on parents' income and a negative effect on their costs.... The conclusions point out that children play a major role in affecting the types of parents' income and expenditure and that increasing the number of children leads to increasing the time during which the parents undertake productive economic activities...."

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Homeward bound: Yemeni return migration.

The author discusses the return migration of Yemenis from Saudi Arabia during the period 1970-1989. "Through the use of original, empirical data collected in Yemen, this article sheds light on who these returning migrants are, where they have come from, and what sort of future awaits them.... The survey conducted on return migration was administered in the winter and spring of 1989 in a region of North Yemen called al-Hujariyya."

Asia↗
PubMed1988

Decree No. 87-010 creating a National Literacy Council, 21 January 1987.

This Decree creates a National Literacy Council under the Mauritania Secretariat of State charged with the battle against illiteracy. The Objectives of the Council are 1) to propose the large outlines of literacy and education programs, as well as the elements of an implementation strategy; 2) to give its advice on any problem that is submitted to it by the Secretariat of State; 3) to mobilize and coordinate national, material, human, and technical forces to be placed at the service of literacy; and 4) to evaluate the progress accomplished in the field of literacy. Decree No. 87-027 of 25 February 1987 creates a special account to record the receipts and expenses in the battle against illiteracy (Journal Officiel de la Republique Islamique de Mauritanie, Nos. 690-691, 29 July 1987, pp. 328-329). Decree No. 87-028 of 25 February 1987 sets up regional literacy coordinators to carry out duties related to fighting illiteracy (Journal Officiel de la Republique Islamique de Mauritanie, Nos. 684-685, 29 April 1987, pp. 209-210).

Africa↗
PubMed1988

Instructions No. 9, 20 February 1988.

These Instructions provide that "any agricultural land possessed absolutely by natural or legal personalities, private, correctly or incorrectly endowed, or possessed by the State and burdened by right of disposal for personalities, which has been left non-planted, without legitimate excuse, for two or three successive years, as regards lands cultivated by rotation (nir by nir) shall be regarded as an absolute property of the State without compensation." Exceptions are made for persons who do not farm "because of establishing estate premises thereon" or because they are in military service of Iraq. Further provisions of the Instructions set forth procedures for expropriating land that has not been cultivated.

Agriculture↗