Due to the pastoral mode of life of the communities and the vastness and the rugged nature of the terrain, it is very difficult to provide medical services to the communities living in this region. This means that the sick do not always have access to medical care. It is also not easy to give maternal-child health services to mothers and young children. Lack of adequate health services has adve...

There is increasing interest in rural development circles in promoting alternative livelihoods opportunities for pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods. However, there is very little empirical evidence that effectively evaluates the impact of the existing approaches. As pastoral and agro-pastoral production conditions change, due to factors such as increasing competition over natural resources ...

In recent years, a new role for Black pastors has emerged. As agents of health-related social and behavioral change, Black ministers have taken active roles in preventive medicine at the tertiary, secondary, and primary levels of prevention, succeeding despite resistance by some physicians. The literature detailing these new health-related pastoral roles is reviewed, with special reference to t...

Part 1 of this study1 sought to establish frames of reference for measuring success in pastoral ministry and to evaluate the relationship between leadership practices and those criteria. The purpose was twofold: to discover correlations between leadership practices and success in pastoral ministry, and to move toward evaluating effectiveness of leadership formation in graduate theological educa...

This article focuses on the different images of Mediterranean Portugal developed by three important Portuguese social scientists of the 20th century: the geographer Orlando Ribeiro, the ethnologist Jorge Dias and the social anthropologist José Cutileiro. The article argues that these different images stem from different ideological attitudes towards the countryside, ranging from pastoral to cou...

BACKGROUND Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emerging opportunistic pathogens whose role in human and animal disease is increasingly being recognized. Major concerns are their role as opportunistic pathogens in HIV/AIDS infections. The role of open natural water sources as source and livestock/wildlife as reservoirs of infections to man are well documented. This presents a health challenge ...

Introduction Death is a natural part of the human life cycle. It is inevitable and universal. Sometimes it comes suddenly and unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. Sometimes it comes gently at the end of a long and fruitful life. In other cases, however, death is associated with a particular illness, and the struggle to come to terms with death includes the challenge of dealing constructivel...