Introduction The 1st Regional pain medicine symposia were held between the 14th and 18th of November 2011 in 3 cities (Nairobi, Mombasa and Dar-es-salaam), across 2 countries, Kenya and Tanzania. It was funded by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), through the IASP developing country education grant for 2011 and The Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi (AKUHN). It was or...

1 Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 3 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa, 4 Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Uni...

This study sought to understand how individuals reveal their HIV test results to others and the ways in which social relations affect the disclosure process. The data were collected through open-ended interviews administered in Swahili to informants who had just been tested for HIV and to those who were living with HIV in Dar es Salaam and Iringa regions. Analysis shows that social relations in...

1 Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, 310 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA; E-Mails: [email protected] (R.A.K.); [email protected] (A.L.); [email protected] (C.J.P.) 2 Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 9 Circuit Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA 3 National Institute for Medical Research, 2448 Barack Obama Drive, P.O. Box 9653, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; E-Ma...

1 Department of Medicine, AIDS Research Institute, National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, Via Portuense, 292-00149 Rome, Italy 2 AIDS Research Institute, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Internal Medicine, Muhimbili University of H...

Many different wireless sensor nodes for gas pipeline leak detection and location has been proposed but still there are challenges particularly on environmental issues and signal accuracy. This paper discusses theories and environmental constraints for wireless sensor nodes, a case study of Dar es Salaam Tanzania and finally presents a design and simulation results of the proposed wireless sens...

Dar es Salaam is exceptional in East Africa for having a record of relatively little ethnic tension, and remaining tranquil and true to its name, the ‘harbour of peace’. This paper explores the interface between ethnic and national identities in Tanzania’s capital city, focusing on its ethnic foundations and their malleability with regard to nationalism, asking how nationalist identities were n...

1York Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Dynamics (KITE) and Centre for the Integration of Research, Conservation and Learning (CIRCLE), Environment Department, University of York, YO10 5DD, UK 2Flamingo Land Ltd., Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire YO17 6UX, UK 3Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK 4Missouri Botanical Ga...

This study explored the ways pre-service teachers from Dar es salaam University College of Education (DUCE) in Tanzania, can develop Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). 42 pre-service science and mathematics teachers and 4 instructors participated in the study. Findings revealed a limited TPACK among pre-service teachers at DUCE. Participation in authentic learning activities s...