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Misiones en combate
Missions in combat

Se conoce la contribución de Cuba a las luchas de liberación y movimientos revolucionarios armados, sobre todo en África. Menos conocido es la participación de personal de salud en estas luchas. El objetivo de este ensayo es presentar algunas experiencias poco conocidas de esta colaboración. Se real...

Ancestralidade Africana da Cultura e da Identidade do Samba

Rev. Subj. (Impr.); 16 (1), 2016
O artigo aborda o processo de configuração das identidades negras dos povos da diáspora africana no Brasil, frisando os lugares e os contextos de emergência e o desenvolvimento da negritude como conceito. A partir dessa perspectiva sócio-histórica, faz referência à construção da identidade naci...

Qualitative Description of Global Health Nursing Competencies by Nursing Faculty in Africa and the Americas

Abstract Objective: to analyze qualitative comments from four surveys asking nursing faculty to rate the importance of 30 global health competencies for undergraduate nursing programs. Method: qualitative descriptive study that included 591 individuals who responded to the survey in English (49 from ...

Identification of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) SSR markers suitable for multiple resistance traits QTL mapping in African germplasm

Electron. j. biotechnol; 18 (2), 2015
Background This study aimed to identify and select informative Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers that may be linked to resistance to important groundnut diseases such as Early Leaf Spot, Groundnut Rosette Disease, rust and aflatoxin contamination. To this end, 799 markers were screened across 16 farme...

Brazilian South­South development cooperation: the case of the ministry of social development in Africa

J. Int. Dev; 27 (8), 2015
The article analyses domestic and external drivers of the rise of South–South development cooperation to a foreign policy priority under the Lula administrations. It argues that the rise was a consequence of presidential leadership, growing domestic mobilisation, shifts in the global political economy ...

Ébola: Una amenaza global

Acta méd. costarric; 56 (4), 2014
En marzo de 2014, la Organización Mundial de la Salud notificó de un brote de una enfermedad contagiosa que se caracteriza por fiebre, diarrea severa, vómitos, y una alta tasa de mortalidad en Guinea. La investigación virológica identificó al Zaire ébola virus (EBOV) como el agente causal. El viru...

The association between educational level and dementia in rural Tanzania

Dement. neuropsychol; 8 (2), 2014
The majority of people with dementia worldwide live in developing countries. Studies from the developed world have reported an association between lower educational attainment and dementia, but there are few data from the developing world where literacy and educational levels are frequently much lower. I...

O 'combate' às doenças tropicais na imprensa colonial alemã

Demonstra o quanto determinados jornais em língua alemã constituíram veículo de divulgação para o público leigo sobre o 'combate' às doenças tropicais. Pela imprensa, imigrantes e seus descendentes no Brasil eram informados não apenas sobre as doenças que acometiam os colonos alemães na Áfri...