The application of the IPBES framework enabled comparability needed for developing narratives stakeholder visions that can help identify new pathways towards sustainability and guide planning while retaining context-based nuances remain unresolved with non-participatory methods. Read free Plain Language Summary this article on Journal blog. Effective approaches to challenges require both a glob...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: mountain climate montane circulation land-use change ice-field We compare surface climate (temperature and moisture) measured on an hourly basis at ten elevations on Kilimanjaro with equivalent observations in the free atmosphere from NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data, for September 2004–July 2008. On the lower forested slopes the mountain surface is consistently cooler ...

BACKGROUND Evaluations of the guidelines for the management of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (LRTI) Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Tanzania is scant. AIM The aim of the study was to assess the usefulness of the current Tanzanian treatment guideline for the management lower respiratory tract infection. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A descriptive cross sectional study in 11 hospitals of diff...

BACKGROUND Causes, magnitude and consequences of traumatic spinal cord injury depend largely on geography, infrastructure, socioeconomic and cultural activities of a given region. There is a scarcity of literature on profile of traumatic spinal cord injury to inform prevention and rehabilitation of this health condition in African rural settings, particularly Tanzania. OBJECTIVE To describe t...

The potential capacity of children to confront the HIV/AIDS pandemic is rarely considered. Interventions to address the impact of the pandemic on children and adolescents commonly target only their vulnerabilities. We evaluated the Young Citizens Program, an adolescent-centered health promotion curriculum designed to increase self- and collective efficacy through public education and community ...