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Tuberculin Testing In African Children
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1971-11)
In African countries tuberculosis remains one of the major health problems. Tuberculin testing is widely used as a screening test for its detection and B.C.G. vaccination is one of the means for its control. The present ...
The Weights of Young African Children in a Township in Rhodesia
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.), 1970-01)
No standards of normal weight for young children exist for the African population in Rhodesia. Ford (1964) suggested that the Havard Standards (Stuart and Stevenson, 1959) could be used as a guide in assessing malnutrition ...
Intestinal Intolerance To Sugars In Children: A Review
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.), 1972-06)
Intestinal intolerance to sugars is now well established as a cause of diarrhea and failure to thrive in children. It is assuming increased importance now that it is realized that a variety of insults to the gut can lead ...
Polymorphonuclear Leucocytic Activity In Malnourished Children
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia), 1972-04)
Investigations of the immune response have, until recently, thrown little light on the reasons for the increased severity of infections in malnourished children. It has been established that in these children levels of ...
Marginal Protein Malnutrition In Some Rhodesian African School Children
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.)., 1972-06)
Children living on a poor diet and showing no clinical signs of protein deficiency may nevertheless have an imbalance of certain amino acids in their plasma (Whitehead, 1964; Whitehead and Dean, 1964). A small pilot survey ...
Pre-School Opportunity And Sex Differences As Factors Affecting Educational Progress
(Faculty of Education, University of Zimbabwe. (formerly University of Rhodesia.), 1973)
Although brief reference will be made to studies across cultures, the main theme of this paper is concerned with differences that appear significant among children from what might reasonably be termed a Western European ...
The Early Years: The Vital Years Of Childhood
(Faculty of Education (FE), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University of Rhodesia.), 1973)
In newly independent countries in Africa, the role of education is seen as being so vital for an early participation in the hoped-for riches of modern, scientific societies that some of these countries nearly bankrupt ...
Sex Differences In Scientific And Mathematical Competence At Adolescence
(Faculty of Education, University of Zimbabwe. (formerly University of Rhodesia.), 1973)
The principal purpose of this paper is not to identify and explain sex differences in scientific and mathematical competence for their own sake. The real aim is to increase our understanding of some of the factors which ...
Suppressive Therapy In The Control Of Bilharziasis: A Comparative Trial In African School Children
(Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia.), 1973-09)
One of the major problems facing the health service in any country which has a high prevalence of bilharziasis is the shortage of medical personnel required for the successful treatment of the large numbers of people who ...