COVID-19: Perspectives, Based on An Ethnographic Study, from Mauritius, a Southern African Country.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Chan Sun ◽  
Claude Bernard Lan Cheong Wah
Keyword(s):  
African Country ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Southern African Country

Meloidae of Namibia (Coleoptera): taxonomy and faunistics with biogeographic and ecological notes

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4373 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO A. BOLOGNA ◽  
VALENTINA AMORE ◽  
MONICA PITZALIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
African Country ◽  
General Distribution ◽  
Namib Desert ◽  
Succulent Karoo ◽  
Southern African Country ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Xeric Ecosystems ◽  
First Time ◽  
Blister Beetle

The blister beetle (Coleoptera: Meloidae) fauna of Namibia is studied. The species are arranged within a catalogue containing information on their general distribution, including a list of localities and brief taxonomic remarks. Zoogeographic and ecological analyses were carried out and a photographic appendix, with images and maps of almost all Namibian species, is included. According to a chorological analysis, the Namibian blister beetle fauna appears to be zoogeographically distinct because of the dominance of western southern African elements. The faunistic levels of similarity among distinct areas in Namibia are also analysed. Several of the endemic species are related to the xeric ecosystems referable to the Namib Desert, Succulent Karoo and Nama Karoo biomes, but the highest diversity is related to the ecosystems referable to the Savannah biome. A total of 148 species belonging to 28 genera, eight tribes and three subfamilies (Eleticinae,  Meloinae, Nemognathinae) are recorded from this southern African country. Five new genera (Namibeletica gen. nov., Eleticinae Eleticini; Dilatilydus gen. nov. and Desertilydus gen. nov., Meloinae Lyttini; Paramimesthes gen. nov. and Namylabris gen. nov, Meloinae Mylabrini) and a total of 13 new species are described: 11 new species from Namibia (Psalydolytta gessi sp.nov., Paramimesthes namibicus sp.nov., Namylabris adamantifera sp.nov., Hycleus arlecchinus sp.nov., H. planitiei sp.nov., H. dvoraki sp.nov., H. aridus sp.nov., H. san sp.nov., Nemognatha fluviatilis sp.nov., “Zonitoschema” deserticola sp.nov., Zonitoschema dunalis sp.nov.); a new Namibeletica from the Angolan Namib (N. angolana) and a new Afrolytta Kaszab, 1959 from the S African Namaqualand (A. namaqua), both close to Namibian borders. Fourty-eight species and the genus Apalus Fabricius, 1775 are recorded for the first time from Namibia, and a few other species from South Africa (1), Zambia (1), Botswana (1) and Congo (1). The following new synonymies are proposed: Lytta pleuralis var. inpleuralis Pic, 1911 = Lydomorphus (Lydomorphus) thoracicus (Erichson, 1843), syn. nov.; Lytta benguellana Pic, 1911 = Prionotolytta melanura (Erichson, 1843), syn. nov.; Actenodia amoena ssp.anthicoides Kaszab, 1955b = Hycleus amoenus (Marseul, 1872), syn. nov.; Decapotoma csikii Kaszab, 1953 = Hycleus benguellanus (Marseul, 1879), syn. nov.; Nemognatha capensis Péringuey, 1909 = Nemognatha peringueyi Fairmaire, 1883, syn. nov. Several new combinations in the genus Hycleus Latreille, 1817 are also established. 

Exploring the evolution of health promotion in Namibia: opportunities and obstacles during the post-independence era

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 107-113
Author(s):  
Mwakanyadzeni Abigail Chipare ◽  
Roy Tapera ◽  
Ronald Farayi Pachawo ◽  
James January
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
African Country ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
High Coverage ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Southern African Country ◽  
Tremendous Progress ◽  
Independence Era

Namibia is a Southern African country with social inequalities. This paper discusses the historical development of health promotion in Namibia. The country has achieved tremendous progress in public health after gaining independence in March 1990, with increased life expectancy, reduced tuberculosis and AIDS mortality due to high coverage of antiretroviral therapy (90%) in 2012, and a reduced under-five mortality rate, from 74 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 to 50 in 2013. However, challenges still exist in achieving health for all. Non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are among the top 10 diseases and top 15 causes of death, with diabetes emerging as one of the greatest threats to health. Opportunities and obstacles for effective health promotion are discussed. In conclusion, health promotion in Namibia has the potential to improve the health of the populace.

scholarly journals Erythematous Skin Nodules in a Patient Living in Southern Africa: Pseudolymphoma

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-157
Author(s):  
João Borges-Costa ◽  
Jorge Seixas ◽  
Luís Soares de Almeida ◽  
Heinz Kutzner
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
African Country ◽  
Caucasian Male ◽  
Southern African Country ◽  
History Of ◽  
Skin Nodules ◽  
Erythematous Skin

The differential diagnosis of long-lasting erythematous skin nodules in patients living in Africa is broad. We report a clinical case of a 65-year-old Caucasian male, living in a Southern African Country, presenting to our department with an eight- -month history of erythematous skin nodules on the trunk and limbs. The diagnosis was B-pseudolymphoma and we discuss its aetiology and differential diagnosis.

scholarly journals Understanding Women Teacher Transnational Migration: A Narrative Inquiry From Southern Africa

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401986536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dipane Hlalele ◽  
Nontokozo Mashiya
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
African Country ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Southern African Country ◽  
Teacher Migration ◽  
The Family ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Positive Thought

In this article, we explore and seek to understand transnational teacher migration from the narrative expressions of two women who migrated from their home countries to another southern African country. The data are complemented by a self-constructed narrative of a woman who left her home country. Framed through Appreciative Inquiry, the study observes that all individuals, organizations, and institutions are powered by positive thought and have some good or something that works well for them at some point. The data generated from two narrative expressions were analyzed through narrative analysis with emerging themes presented. In addition, data were complemented by a coconstructed narrative of a woman who gave up her career aspirations to migrate with the family. With the latter, the situation got more complicated when the husband untimely passed away. Issues such as gender discrimination and socialization as well as imaginations of positive futures do play a role in women teachers’ transnational migration decisions. We conclude that transnational women teacher migration should be understood within its own socially constructed, relativist ontology and subjectivist epistemology, which may be influenced by the power of appreciative, positive thought.

scholarly journals Militarization's long shadow: Namibia's legacy of armed violence

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
African Country ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Short History ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Southern African Country ◽  
Contemporary Life ◽  
History Of ◽  
Armed Violence

Reviewing how the legacy of Namibia's armed conflict has influenced its path of post-conflict reconstruction, the article reflects on the limitations and failures of efforts geared toward the fostering of sustainable peace and the consolidation of democracy. It begins with a short history of the Namibian conflict, then details the immediate post- independence period, focusing on peacebuilding and democratic consolidation (or the lack thereof), and concludes by considering the militaristic dimensions of governance and nation-building in Namibia, emphasizing the links between the legacy of armed violence and contemporary life and politics in this southern African country.

Roles, rules and rituals: An ethnographic study of a community of the chronically mentally ill

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vadim Moldovan ◽  
Alexandru Ciobanu ◽  
William Divale ◽  
Anatol Nacu
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Chronically Mentally Ill

How Low-Income Mothers Seek Quality Health Care for Their Children: An Ethnographic Study

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marquia Blackmon ◽  
Sherry C. Eaton ◽  
Linda M. Burton ◽  
Whitney Welsh ◽  
Dwayne Brandon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
Low Income Mothers
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