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    • Intracranial Burkitt’s lymphoma with extension into orbital spaces resulting in bilateral blindness. 

      Ramesh, K.; Gahukamble, L.D.; Gahukamble, D.B. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1994-08)
      We report a rare case of primary Burkitt’s lymphoma involving the supra and parasellar regions with extension of the tumour into frontal lobes and posterior orbital spaces resulting in bilateral proptosis and blindness in ...

    • Haematologic features of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in black children in Harare 

      Adewuyi, J.O.; Chitsike, I. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1994-12)
      Forty six Black Zimbabwean children aged between three months and seven years who were admitted into Parirenyatwa Central Hospital with serologically positive and symptomatic HIV infection were investigated for their ...

    • A proto-campfire initiative in Mahenye Ward, Chipinge District: development of a wildlife utilization programme in response to community needs 

      Peterson Jr., J.H. (Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) ; University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1992-07)
      Mahenye ward lies in the lowveld at the southeastern edge of Zimbabwe/ adjacent to Gonarezhou National Park which forms the wildlife resource base of the area. Beginning in 1982, Mahenye ward's wildlife utilization project ...

    • 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 ...

    • Rural financial markets: historical overview 1924-1991 

      Chimedza, Ruvimbo (University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 2006)
      In the period 1980 to 1991, Zimbabwe’s commercial farming sector was serviced by a highly developed and regulated financial system. In contrast, the less developed rural sector was inadequately serviced by a poor formal ...

    • Subdural haematoma in infancy 

      Levy, Laurence F.; Hoen, Thomas I.; Cooper, Irving S. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1957-11)

    • Industrialisation strategy for Zimbabwe 

      Makoni, S.H. (Institute of Development Studies Zimbabwe (ZIDS. ), 1982-03)

    • Background to the study 

      Moyana, Rosemary (University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 2000)
      This is the Zimbabwe National Report of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Reading Literacy Research Study which was undertaken between 1989 and 1992. Zimbabwe tested the ...

    • Gold mining in Southern Rhodesia 1919/1953 

      Phimister, I.R. (Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1976-03)

    • A comparison of three types of “M” traps for sampling tsetse fly (Diptera: Glossinidae) populations at South Luangwa Game Management Area, Zambia. 

      Ziba, M.M.; Mukunyandela, C.; Siziya, S.; Chipipa, J.S.; Mwannza, L. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1994-08)
      A field trial was conducted between 27th July and 1st August, 1992 in Mfuwe, south Luangwa, Zambia to assess the effectiveness of locally developed “M” traps for suppressing and sampling the tsetse flies Glossina pallidipes ...

    • Energy planning and policy 

      West, J.H. (Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1975-09)
      World sources of energy are many and varied; they include solar, wind, geothermal, wood, peat, tides, human and animal effort, biological waste and so on. However these are either too small for inclusion in national figures ...

    • An appraisal of the recommendations of the law development commission on misrepresentation in insurance law 

      Menezes, Michele (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1998)
      The Law Development Commission of Zimbabwe,* 1 whose terms of reference were to investigate the application of the duty of disclosure and warranties in insurance law, concluded that the law obtaining to warranties was ...

    • Farm economics with particular reference to farm management 

      Harrison, J.E. (Rhodesian Economic Society. (RES) University of Rhodesia (UR) (now University of Zimbabwe.) (UZ.), 1967-12)
      I should like to commence by quoting briefly from Sir Miles Thomas’s biography—a quotation I consider important because it was made by one of the leading business managers of the twentieth century. “My farming venture in ...

    • Rural poverty: challenges and opportunities 

      Stack, Jayne; Sukume, Chrispen (University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 2006)
      In the 1990 income and expenditure surveys, the Central Statistics Office estimated that 40 per cent of Zimbabwe’s population (4.2 million people) were poor and 17 per cent were very poor (CSO, 1990). By the mid-1990s a ...

    • Amendment of an indictment: when is it proper under Botswana law? 

      Lebotse, Kabelo Kenneth (Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1998)
      Section 149(1) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act1 gives the court discretion to allow amendments to be made in the indictment or summons at any time before judgements if it considers that such amendment will not ...

    • Value added taxation 

      Rule, M. L. (Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1967-12)
      We now face the possibility of a radical alteration—I hesitate to use so emotive a term as “reform”—in our country’s tax system. We face the possible introduction of an entirely new tax, and one which may, I think, be ...

    • Do traditional mosquito repellent plants work as mosquito larvicides? 

      Lukwa, N. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1994-11)
      Malaria is a serious health problem in many African countries, including Zimbabwe1 and the concept that malaria transmission can be interrupted by the use of residual insecticides has long been the basis for malaria control ...

    • Agronomic and economic impact of legume inoculant use in Zambia, 1985-1992. 

      Carr, T.H.; Sloger, C.; Rourke, J.W.; Tembo, H. (University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications. (Department of Soil Sciences), 1998)
      The global economic impact of BNF technology is enormous, estimated at $85 billion annually. But donor and government policy makers do not have access to meaningful and accurate data with which to make effective decisions ...

    • Condom use and the risk of HIV infection: who is being protected? 

      Mbizvo, M.T.; Ray, S.; Bassett, M.; McFarland, W.; Machekano, R.; Katzenstein, D. (Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 1994-11)
      Descriptive baseline data at enrolment into a cohort of male factory workers who were tested for HIV serology and monitored for sero-con version over time, were analysed for condom use. At recruitment, the 1 146 men were ...

    • The nature and measurement of poverty and the role of minimum budgets in Southern Africa: a review of 'The urban poverty datum line in Rhodesia' 

      Hubbard, Michael (Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1975-06)
      The serious reviewer of a new minimum budget study in Southern Africa at the present time has a responsibility to examine not only how good a study is the latest contribution but also the role being played by minimum budgets ...