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    • A community survey of traditional medical practitioners in high density suburbs of Harare 

      Winston, C.M.; Patel, V.; Musonza, T.; Nyathi, Z. (Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe, 1995-09)
      Traditional medical practitioners (TMP) are an important part of the health system in Zimbabwe. The objective of this study was to determine, in the study area, their numbers, socio-demographic characteristics and clinical ...

    • A Follow-Up Survey Of Out-Patients In A Medical Clinic For Africans At Harare Hospital In Rhodesia 

      Maar, S. A. (Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1973-07)
      It was an early impression when commencing work in a medical unit at 'Harare Hospital that a large proportion of patients failed to return to the out-patient clinic on discharge from hospital despite the chronic or serious ...

    • A Population Policy for Zimbabwe Rhodesia 

      Hanks., John (Rhodesian Economic Society. University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1979-06)
      Few national leaders have systematically attempted to determine how many people their countries can carry at a specified level of food and energy consumption. We all know that we live in a world of finite energy supplies ...

    • A Preliminary Survey Of Marital Adjustment Among Zimbabwe Open University Students 

      Chireshe, Regis; Mapfumo, John (Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2003-11)
      This study sought to establish the level of marital adjustment among 198 students (135 male and 63 female) of the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) at the Manicaland and the Masvingo regional campuses. These students were ...

    • A Study of Snake Bites Admitted to a Hospital in Rhodesia 

      Wapnick, S.; Levin, L.; Broadley, D.G. (Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1972-07)
      The relative abundance of snake species varies geographically. The commonest venomous snakes in Salisbury are probably the Rhombic Nightadder (Causus rhombeatus) (Fig. 1), Egyptian Cobra (Naja Haje) (Fig. 4) and Boomslang ...

    • A Survey of Deaths in Rhodesia Caused by Animals 

      Castle, W.M. (Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.)., 1971-08)
      It is of interest that in Rhodesia deaths caused by animals are far fewer than those caused by man himself. Besides murders and traffic accidents, there are ten times as many deaths amongst Africans due to suicide (Castle ...

    • A Survey of Leprosy amongst the Lovale Tribe in the Upper Zambesi Basin, Northern Rhodesia 

      Worsfold, J.T. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1957-09)
      An extensive health survey, with special reference to an epidemiological study of leprosy, amongst the Lovale tribe who live in the upper Zambesi basin has been carried out. A considerable part of their tribal area is in ...

    • A Survey Of The Purpose Of Extra Classes Provided In Primary Schools Of Harare Province And Their Implications On The Quality Of Education 

      Chidakwa, C.; Chitekuteku, S. R. (Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2012-03)
      The growth of extra tuition in Zimbabwe is increasingly becoming worrisome to the various stakeholders in education. Some stakeholders have become skeptical about the quality of the initial formal teaching in the schools ...

    • Age And Sex Characteristics Of The Population Of Zimbabwe: An Analysis Based On The 1982 Census 

      Zanamwe, L. (Geographical Association of Zimbabwe (GAZ), 1991-12)
      The paper aims to examine the age and sex structure of the population of Zimbabwe, based on an analysis of the 1982 census data. A study of the population based on the 1982 census was carried out by Zinyama and Whitlow ...

    • Biochemical Analysis Of The Liver Functions Of Two Hundred Southern Rhodesian Children And Young Adults (Part I) 

      Sommer, William George (Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.)., 1968-03)
      That liver disease in Africa is a major health problem is well known; less well known and understood is the inter-relation of the various possible etiological factors. Higginson, et al., in a study done on liver biopsies ...

    • Bronchoscopic Extraction Of Aspirated Foreign Bodies In Children In Harare Central Hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe 

      Ahmed, A.A (Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe, 1994-07)
      Aspiration of foreign bodies results in the death of more than 500 children per year in the United States. Foreign body aspiration may be manifested by acute respiratory distress as well as insidious chronic pulmonary ...

    • Clinical Features of Kaposi’s Sarcoma Amongst Rhodesian Africans 

      Gordon, J.A. (Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.), 1973-01)
      Kaposi’s sarcoma, a relatively rare malignancy in the Caucasian world has proved to be surprisingly common in certain parts of Africa particularly the Congo, East Africa and Rhodesia. There is still a great deal of mystique ...

    • Demographic Concepts For Rural And Urban Planners 

      Olthof, W. (2014-10-08)
      This teaching paper provides an introduction to demographic terms and concepts. It treats selected aspects of fertility and mortality, migration, population structure, as well as population distribution. As such it forms ...

    • Domestic Dogs in Communal Lands: Implications for CAMPFIRE Schemes 

      Butler, J.R.A (2014-09-29)

    • Economic Development for an Exploding Population 

      Roukens de Lange, A. (Rhodesian Economic Society. University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1979-06)
      I could use this occasion to come up with lots of facts and figures on population explosion and economic development. Alternatively, I could expand on the nature and use of mathematical computer models of population or ...

    • Epidemiological study of drug use in urban and rural secondary schools in Zimbabwe 

      Acuda, S.W.; Eide, A.H. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1984-08)
      In this survey a total of2 783 secondary school students of both sexes, mean age 15,5 years, from randomly selected schools in both rural and urban areas of Zimbabwe were studied using a self report questionnaire. The ...

    • Essay Review: Famine in Zimbabwe 

      Döpcke, W. (University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 1990)
      The major arguments of this attractively written and easily comprehensible publication are: pre-colonial famines did not normally cause mass starvation and were not responsible for the low population before 1900. Under ...

    • Goitre Survey, Omay Tribal Trust Lands, Kariba District, Rhodesia 

      Whittle, H.; Walker, E. (Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.)., 1968-03)
      There is very little published information about goitre in Southern Rhodesia (Kelly and Sneddon, 1960; Dent and Strover, 1966), and of that available much is not quantitative and impressions rather than figures have been ...

    • Housing Problems And Self-help Solutions In The Third World 

      Teedon, P.L. (Geographical Association of Zimbabwe (GAZ), 1984-09)
      The first stage is to define what 'is meant by the term 'housing problem’. The 'problem’ is that of the groups living in urban areas who are commonly identified as the urban poor. Hence, the stress will be laid upon the ...

    • Housing Problems and Self-Help Solutions in the Third World. 

      Teedon, P.L. (Geographical Association of Zimbabwe (GAZ), 1984-09)