University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Factors associated with paediatric ART uptake in Bindura and Guruve districts, Zimbabwe 2015
(2016-10)Paediatric ART coverage in Zimbabwe remains low despite effort to improve it. Currently it stands at 56.7% compared to an adult ART coverage above 75%. Major reasons for this are largely unknown although assumptions are ... -
Release of 7-methyIguanine residues whose imidazole rings have been opened from damaged DNA by a DNA glycosylase from Escherichia coli
(Oxford University Press, 1979-05)Double-stranded DNA containing 7-methylguanine residues whose imidazole rings have been opened, i.e. 2, 6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5—N-methylformamidopyrimidine residues, may be prepared by treatment of DNA with dimethyl sulphate ... -
Financial liberalisation and crisis: Experience and lessons for Zimbabwe
(Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (ZEPARU), 2014-03)The financial sector development history of Zimbabwe has been dominated by episodes of financial repression. The main instruments of financial repression have included interest rate ceilings, selective credit rationing ... -
An analysis of tourism contribution to economic growth in SADC countries
(Botswana Economics Association, 2013-06)The study how the tourism sector can be an engine of economic growth in SADC member countries. The paper found the contribution of tourism to GDP, employment, export receipts and investment is significant. Although this ... -
Assessing Botswana’s textiles export trade potential using the gravity model
(Botswana Economics Association, 2012-04)Through the application of the gravity trade model technique, the study investigates countries for which Botswana has unrealized export trade potential in textile products. The estimated results indicate that Canada, ... -
Examining the long run relationship between import structure and economic growth in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Commerce, 2014)The article applies a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) to examine the long run relationship between Zimbabwe's import structure and economic growth. The research findings indicate the presence of cointegration between ... -
Building and urban planning in Zimbabwe with special reference to Harare: Putting needs, costs and sustainability in focus
(Columbia University, 2014)This article examines construction and its relationship with urban planning in Zimbabwe. Urban planning has been blamed for making the building process cumbersome, thereby raising transaction costs. Such transaction ... -
A review of the evolution and trajectory of the African union as an instrument of regional integration
(Springer Open, 2014-02-19)This review paper seeks to analyse African integration in terms of its magnitude of solidarity, the state and typology of integration and functioning. It assesses the strengths, weaknesses, objectives, successes and ... -
Answering to the domesticability of exotic options and strategies in managing Africa’s urban landscapes for sustainability beyond 2015
(Springer Plus, 2014-05-09)This study aims at critically assessing the land management strategies that can be instrumental in bringing sound governance to urban landscapes in Africa with the view of mapping the potential, minimum conditions for ... -
Ecological planning as an inner-city revitalisation agenda for Harare, Zimbabwe
(Springer Open, 2014-12-10)Background This article examines approaches for integrating ecological thought in inner-city revitalisation with a special focus on the inner-city of Harare. It is an exploration and possible (re-)framing of the garden ... -
Distributive politics at play in Harare, Zimbabwe: Case for housing cooperatives
(Springer Open, 2015-08-07)This paper is a case in distributive politics (and hinges on land-based power dynamics) arguing that in the absence of state capacity to provide for housing, housing cooperatives have emerged and controlled largely by ... -
Guidelines for using digitisation as a sustainable method of preservation at the University of Zimbabwe Library
(2012)This mini-dissertation reports on the guidelines for digitisation that were developed for the University of Zimbabwe Library. A literature study and an empirical investigation were done in order to come up with the guidelines. ... -
Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy at Parirenyatwa hospital
(2016-10)BACKGROUND: There is a global epidemic of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus causes a myriad of microvascular and macrovascular complications. Diabetic retinopathy is one of the main microvascular complications. It is ... -
Management and outcomes of antepartum hemorrhage at Harare maternity hospital
(2016-11)Background: Antepartum haemorrhage and its complications are responsible for a significant proportion of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. At Harare Maternity Hospital, the incidence, major causes, ... -
The relationship between knowledge levels of complications of hypertension and health seeking behaviours among hypertensive patients aged 46-45 years at Parirenyatwa group of hospitals
(2016-11)This correlational study was premised on the basis that increasing knowledge levels of complications of any disease directly translates into concomitant health seeking behaviors. A sample of 80 hypertensive patients, ... -
Use of culture methods for recovery of atypical mycobacteria from stools of AIDS patients
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 2003)Objective: To establish recovery rates of atypical mycobateria from stools of suspected AIDS patients using culture media. Design: Laboratory evaluation of recovery rates, contamination rates, optimum exposure time and ... -
Drinking patterns in Rhodesia Highfield African township
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An approach to the management of volvulus of the sigmoid colon
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1990)The colon involved with the sigmoid volvulus is much thicker than the normal colon. It is easy to handle and holds sutures well. Patients who have sigmoid-colon volvulus do not have much faecal loading. Most of the distension ... -
Annular subvalvular left ventricular aneurysm: A case report
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1997)Annular subvalvular left ventricular aneurysm is a curious condition that has predominantly been seen in Africans. We describe a 36 year old man who presented with chest pain, recurrent syncope and left ventricular failure, ...
