We investigated the behavioural changes of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins Tursiops aduncus in response to boat-based tourism at both group and individual levels. The behaviour, movement and dive patterns of nursing females off the south coast of Zanzibar were investigated between January and March 2000 to 2002 and statistical comparisons were made between observations made at different levels...

The aim of this study is to show how alcohol industry renders women into high risk behavior in Tanzania. Increasing HIV/AIDS prevalence rates, its impact on physical and psychosocial health is a worldwide public health concern. Engagement in multiple sex relations is hereby regarded as a proxy to high risk behavior. Intrinsic factors associated with alcohol are responsible for high risk behavio...

BACKGROUND Tanzania has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world, and unsafe abortion is one of its leading causes. Yet little is known about its incidence. OBJECTIVES To provide the first ever estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion in Tanzania, at the national level and for each of the 8 geopolitical zones (7 in Mainland plus Zanzibar). METHODS A nationally represen...

Indoor residual spraying with DDT was the principle method by which malaria transmission was eradicated or greatly reduced in many countries between the late 1940s and 1970s. Since then, decreasing use of DDT has been associated with a resurgence of malaria in India, Sri Lanka, former Soviet Central Asia, Zanzibar, Venezuela and several other Latin American countries. In India and Zanzibar, DDT...

Coral reefs are important ecosystems in terms of their biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Particularly at local scales, coral vulnerable to natural anthropogenic disturbances, leading the degradation reef health. Here, we employed two different methods monitor First, conducted line transect surveys record benthic community structure infer ecological Secondly, trace metal concentrations sedim...

2015 Vol 7 No 1 South Afr J Gynaecol Oncol Elhassan MMA,1 FCRadOnc, MMedRadOnc, Radiation Oncologist Wu H-T,2 FCPathAnat, MMed, Senior Consultant Van Wijk AL,3 FFRAD(T), Senior Consultant Radiation Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Wad Madani, Sudan Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town National Health Laboratory Service, Groo...