African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID▲	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
None	None	Reporting Errors in Siblings' Survival Histories and Their Impact on Adult Mortality Estimates: R...	Helleringer S., Pison G., Kanté A.M., Duthé G., Andro A.	2014	Demography	51	2	10.1007/s13524-013-0268-3	Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 60 Haven Avenue, NY, NY, 10032, United Stat...	Helleringer, S., Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 60 Haven Avenue, NY, NY, 1...	Estimates of adult mortality in countries with limited vital registration (e.g., sub-Saharan Afri...	Adult mortality; Data quality; Reporting errors; Senegal; Siblings' survival histories	adolescent; adult; article; female; human; information processing; male; medical record; methodol...	None	View
None	None	Expected to deliver: Alignment of regulation, training, and actual performance of emergency obste...	Lobis S., Mbaruku G., Kamwendo F., McAuliffe E., Austin J., De Pinho H.	2011	International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics	115	3	10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.09.008	Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States; Ifakara Health...	Lobis, S., Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States; Mba...	Objective: Policy, regulation, training, and support for cadres adopting tasks and roles outside ...	Emergency obstetric care; Malawi; Nonphysician clinician; Preservice education; Regulation; Tanza...	article; clinical practice; comparative study; emergency obstetric care; health care personnel; h...	None	View
None	None	Evaluating the impact of community-based interventions on schooling outcomes among orphans and vu...	Chatterji M., Hutchinson P., Buek K., Murray N., Mulenga Y., Ventimiglia T.	2010	Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies	5	2	10.1080/17450121003615351	Mathematica Policy Research, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Suite 550, Washington, DC, United States; Tu...	Chatterji, M., Mathematica Policy Research, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Suite 550, Washington, DC, Un...	In sub-Saharan Africa, an estimated 12 million children under the age of 18 have lost a parent to...	Educational outcomes; HIV and AIDS; Impact evaluation; Orphans and vulnerable children; Zambia	None	None	View
None	None	Piloting the global subsidy: The impact of subsidized artemisinin-based combination therapies dis...	Sabot O.J., Mwita A., Cohen J.M., Ipuge Y., Gordon M., Bishop D., Odhiambo M., Ward L., Goodman C.	2009	PLoS ONE	4	9	10.1371/journal.pone.0006857	Malaria Control Team, Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative, Boston, MA, United States; National...	Sabot, O.J., Malaria Control Team, Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative, Boston, MA, United Sta...	Background: WHO estimates that only 3% of fever patients use recommended artemisinin-based combin...	None	artemisinin; fansidar; antimalarial agent; artemether plus benflumetol; artemisinin; artemisinin ...	None	View
None	None	Inverse relationship of financial risk and performance in commercial banks in Tanzania	Amin M.A.M., Sanusi N.A., Kusairi S., Abdallah Z.M.	2014	Investment Management and Financial Innovations	11	4	None	Malaysia; Tanzania	Amin, M.A.M., Malaysia; Sanusi, N.A., Malaysia; Kusairi, S., Malaysia; Abdallah, Z.M., Tanzania	Studies on the financial risks and financial performance of banks are very limited, especially in...	Commercial bank; Financial performance and financial risk	None	None	View
None	None	Proficiency testing as a tool to assess the performance of visual TLC quantitation estimates	Risha P., Msuya Z., Ndomondo-Sigonda M., Lavloff T.	2006	Journal of AOAC International	89	5	None	Management Sciences for Health, PO Box 50104, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Tanzania Food and Drug Aut...	Risha, P., Management Sciences for Health, PO Box 50104, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Msuya, Z., Tanz...	The use of rapid and inexpensive nonlaboratory-based screening tests for drug quality assessments...	None	Dilutions; Drug quality; Proficiency test; Screening tests; Comminution; Personnel; Quality assur...	None	View
None	None	Performance of the Xpert® MTB/RIF assay in an active case-finding strategy: A pilot study from Ta...	Ntinginya N.E., Squire S.B., Millington K.A., Mtafya B., Saathoff E., Heinrich N., Rojas-Ponce G....	2012	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	16	11	10.5588/ijtld.12.0127	Mbeya Medical Research Programme, National Institute for Medical Research, P O Box 2410, Mbeya, T...	Ntinginya, N.E., Mbeya Medical Research Programme, National Institute for Medical Research, P O B...	In this pilot study, we evaluated the Xpert® MTB/RIF assay in an active case-finding strategy, us...	Household contacts; Index cases; Spot-spot sputum samples	rifampicin; adolescent; adult; antibiotic resistance; article; assay; case finding; child; contro...	None	View
None	None	Evaluation of four modelling techniques to predict the potential distribution of ticks using indi...	Zeman P., Lynen G.	2006	Experimental and Applied Acarology	39	2	10.1007/s10493-006-9001-x	Medical Laboratories, Konevova 205, 130 00 Prague-3, Czech Republic; Veterinary Investigation Cen...	Zeman, P., Medical Laboratories, Konevova 205, 130 00 Prague-3, Czech Republic; Lynen, G., Veteri...	Efficient tick and tick-borne disease control is a major goal in the efforts to improve the lives...	GIS; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Statistical prediction; Tanzanian indigenous cattle; Tick dist...	abundance; calibration; cattle; comparative study; discriminant analysis; disease control; distri...	None	View
None	None	Optimal CD4 count for initiating HIV treatment: Impact of CD4 observation frequency and grace per...	Ewings F.M., Ford D., Walker A.S., Carpenter J., Copas A.	2014	Epidemiology	25	2	10.1097/EDE.0000000000000043	Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, Keppel Street, London W...	Ewings, F.M., Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, Keppel St...	BACKGROUND:: In HIV infection, dynamic marginal structural models have estimated the optimal CD4 ...	None	Anti-HIV Agents; CD4 Lymphocyte Count; Computer Simulation; Disease-Free Survival; Drug Administr...	None	View
None	None	Impact of antiretroviral therapy on adult HIV prevalence in a low-income rural setting in Uganda:...	Nsubuga R.N., Maher D., Todd J.E.	2013	Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	62	5	10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182847033	Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute (MRC/ UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda; Department...	Nsubuga, R.N., Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute (MRC/ UVRI), Entebbe, Uga...	Objective: To estimate the contribution to HIV prevalence of lives saved due to the introduction ...	Antiretroviral therapy; Epidemiology; Estimation; HIV; Prevalence	antiretrovirus agent; adult; article; cohort analysis; controlled study; demography; female; heal...	None	View
None	None	Wildlife Conservation in Zambia: Impacts on Rural Household Welfare	Richardson R.B., Fernandez A., Tschirley D., Tembo G.	2012	World Development	40	5	10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.019	Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States; United Nations World Food Programme, Dar ...	Richardson, R.B., Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States; Fernandez, A., United N...	We investigate the impact of wildlife conservation policies in Zambia on household welfare in gam...	Africa; National parks; Rural development; Wildlife conservation; Zambia	buffer zone; conservation management; household survey; national park; nature conservation; rural...	None	View
None	None	Evaluation of the Genotype® MTBDRplus assay as a tool for drug resistance surveys	Rigouts L., Hoza A.S., De Rijk P., Torrea G., Chonde T.M., Basra D., Zignol M., Van Leth F., Egwa...	2011	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	15	7	10.5588/ijtld.10.0515	Microbiology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Pharmacy...	Rigouts, L., Microbiology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Departmen...	SETTING: A national tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance survey in Tanzania. OBJECTIVE: To compare t...	Diagnosis; Drug resistance surveillance; Isoniazid; Rifampicin; Tuberculosis	isoniazid; rifampicin; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic sensitivity; article; assay; bacterium c...	None	View
None	None	The impact on orchid species abundance of gathering their edible tubers by HIV/AIDS orphans: A ca...	Challe J.F.X., Struik P.C.	2008	NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences	56	3	10.1016/S1573-5214(08)80011-5	Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Co-operative, Department of Research and Training, Miko...	Challe, J.F.X., Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Co-operative, Department of Research an...	This paper examines the gathering of wild orchids and its effect on orchid species diversity and ...	Chikanda; Edible orchids; Gathering pressure; Orchidaceae; Species diversity; Survival strategies	abundance; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; angiosperm; anthropogenic effect; edible species;...	None	View
None	None	Linking environment and livelihood: Process and impact of hydrological drought in the Usangu-Mter...	Malley Z.J.U.	2009	International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development	8	1	10.1504/IJESD.2009.023712	Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Agricultural Research Institute-Uyole, P...	Malley, Z.J.U., Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Agricultural Research In...	Environmental sustainability is one of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for sustai...	Energy generation in Kidatu; Gradual environmental change; Hydrological change; Rainfall amounts;...	None	None	View
None	None	Monitoring, characterization and control of chronic, symptomatic malaria infections in rural Zamb...	Hamainza B., Moonga H., Sikaala C.H., Kamuliwo M., Bennett A., Eisele T.P., Miller J., Seyoum A.,...	2014	Malaria Journal	13	1	10.1186/1475-2875-13-128	Ministry of Health, National Malaria Control Centre, Chainama Hospital College Grounds, off Great...	Hamainza, B., Ministry of Health, National Malaria Control Centre, Chainama Hospital College Grou...	Background: Active, population-wide mass screening and treatment (MSAT) for chronic Plasmodium fa...	Community health worker; Malaria; Passive and active case detection; Rapid diagnostic tests; Surv...	artemether plus benflumetol; pyrimethamine plus sulfadoxine; article; bed net; cost effectiveness...	None	View
None	None	Relative effects of Moringa oleifera leaf meal and molasses as additives in grain sorghum based d...	Kaijage J.T., Mutayoba S.K., Katule A., Kakengi A.M.V.	2014	Livestock Research for Rural Development	26	12	None	Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, Department of Animal Production and Marketing In...	Kaijage, J.T., Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, Department of Animal Production a...	The effects of supplementing Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) and molasses to grain sorghum base...	Agroforestry; Leg weakness; Minerals; Mortality; Pigments	Moringa oleifera; Sorghum bicolor bicolor	None	View
None	None	Effects of period of stay in feedlot on growth performance and carcass characteristics of Tanzani...	Shirima E.J.M., Mtenga L.A., Kimambo A.E., Laswai G.E., Mgheni D.M., Mkwanda A.T., Lemoringata T.S.	2012	Livestock Research for Rural Development	24	2	None	Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, P.O. Box 9152, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; Departme...	Shirima, E.J.M., Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, P.O. Box 9152, Dar-es-Salaam, T...	Seventy castrated sheep (wethers) of Tanzanian long fat-tailed strain (21.1 ± 0.6 kg initial body...	Carcass yield; Fattening; Indigenous sheep; Molasses; Wethers	Animalia; Cenchrus; Cenchrus ciliaris; Ovis aries	None	View
None	None	Impact of African Swine fever epidemics in smallholder pig production units in Rombo district of ...	Swai E.S., Lyimo C.J.	2014	Livestock Research for Rural Development	26	2	None	Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, PO Box 9152, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; District L...	Swai, E.S., Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, PO Box 9152, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania...	Animal diseases have multiple direct and indirect effects on human livelihood, health and welfare...	Disease; Economics; Impact; Mortality; Outbreak; Viral	None	None	View
None	None	Hatchery hygiene evaluation by questionnaire and microbiological screening of hatchery samples	Swai E.S., Sanka P.N., Daborn C.J.	2013	Livestock Research for Rural Development	25	7	None	Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries, Box 9152, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; Veterinary In...	Swai, E.S., Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries, Box 9152, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; S...	Questionnaire and microbiological-based surveys were conducted, during the period of March to Aug...	Commercial hatchery; Microbiological screening; Poultry; Tanzania	None	None	View
None	None	Performance of crossbred calves raised on different dietary treatments under smallholder dairy fa...	Lyimo H.L.N., Laswai G.H., Mtenga L.A., Kimambo A.E., Mgheni D.M., Hvelplund T., Weisbjerg M.R., ...	2010	Livestock Research for Rural Development	22	3	None	Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries, P.O. Box 9152, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Sokoine ...	Lyimo, H.L.N., Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries, P.O. Box 9152, Dar es Salaam, Tan...	An on-farm study was carried out in Tanzania to assess the performance of crossbred (Frisian/Ayrs...	Calf concentrate; Feed intake; On-farm study; Weight gain	Bos; Bos indicus	None	View

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