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PubMed1998

Cholera reveals helminthiasis problem.

Cholera has now lasted for about 6 months in our hilly region in Mwanza, Tanzania. The heavy rains coupled with the poor sanitary conditions and sewage disposal system have worsened the situation. The pit latrines used by the majority of low-income people are either not adequately and properly used for excreta disposal or they overflow. At our regional referral and consultancy hospital we were, for a period, receiving cholera cases which should have been managed in isolation at other centers. (This situation has now been rectified.) Some of the children with cholera either vomited or passed Ascaris lumbricoides in their rice water-like stools. Previously, these children were not being treated for ascariasis. Practical steps can be taken to reduce the transmission of fecal-borne infections. For more than 30 years we have failed to have a latrine for each family; we should aim for at least one for every 10 households. The provision of clean tap-water and facilities to deworm pre-school children would also be welcomed. In addition, medical officers should actively instruct the community in the science of hygiene.

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PubMed1986

The growth of urbanization in Ethiopia, 1966-1984.

"This paper studies the growth and dynamics of urbanization in Ethiopia during the period 1966-1984. Despite its very low level of urbanization (10.6%), Ethiopia experienced rapid urban population growth of 4.8% per annum over the period. The urban growth was more rapid at the beginning (1966-70 = 6.6%) then slowed down to 4.23% in 1970-1984. There is highly uneven regional distribution of urbanization with the core urban region accommodating close to half the urban population; within regions, the majority of the urban population is concentrated in one or very few large urban areas." Data are from the preliminary results of the 1984 census, the two rounds of urban National Sample Surveys, and the Manpower and Housing Survey.

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PubMed1988

Chihowa v. Mangwende, 1987.

The Court held that a woman who has reached the age of majority can succeed her father who has died intestate. It based its decision on the Zimbabwe Legal Age of Majority Act, No. 15 of 1982, which it concluded supersedes customary law prescribing that intestate inheritance is through the male line only.

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