On July 21 of 1975, an agreement was signed to start a collaboration project for the research of onchocerciasis. For this project, Japan decided to send researchers to Guatemala to aid Guatemalan staff of technicians in a research to combat a disastrous filariasis. This disease was discovered in this country by Dr. Rodolfo Robles in the year 1915 and that is why it is known as Robles disease. T...

Storage drug system is safe, quality, useful and affordable health supplies for the community to ensure implementation of development in order improve status as high possible. The purpose this study was determine whether storage drugs at UPT Pharmacy Installation Banjarmasin City accordance with standards Pharmaceutical Management Training Materials Regency Installations, Directorate Public Dru...

In this era of globalization, with social problems extending across and geographical boundaries, partnerships between governments international organizations are key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Agriculture is essential reducing poverty in Cameroon. Since 2002, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has contributed agricultural development through various projec...

Tick-borne diseases occurring in Zambia are assuming more importance as they continue to be a major economic problem not only in Zambia, but in many parts of Eastern, Southern and Central Africa. The current control methods, which include the use of toxic acaricides to kill ticks, and the virulent sporozoite infection and treatment method have limitations. Recombinant vaccines, currently in the...

Many of previous neuroimaging studies on neuronal structures in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) used univariate statistical tests on unimodal imaging measurements. Although the univariate methods revealed important aberrance of local morphometry in OCD patients, the covariance structure of the anatomical alterations remains unclear. Motivated by recent developments of multivar...

A number of photovoltaic pilot projects have been started in Botswana since 1990. The first photovoltaic project was Manyana PV project which started in 1992. The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) PV solar pilot project is the most recent PV solar project in Botswana, which was launched in 2003 at Kudumatse, Motlhabaneng, and Lorolwana villages. The primary objective of all these...