Distributing insecticide-treated bednets during measles vaccination: a low-cost means of achieving high and equitable coverage

OBJECTIVE: To achieve high and equitable coverage of insecticide-treated bednets by integrating their distribution into a measles vaccination campaign.METHODS: In December 2002 in the Lawra district in Ghana, a measles vaccination campaign lasting 1 week Gas Oven Valve targeted all children aged 9 months-15 years.Families with one or more children

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Influence of processing route on microstructure and wear resistance of fly ash reinforced AZ31 magnesium matrix composites

Utilizing fly ash (FA) as reinforcement for magnesium matrix Raquette a neige - Raquettes composites (MMCs) brings down the production cost and the land pollution.Magnesium alloy AZ31 was reinforced with FA particles (10 vol.%) successfully by two different processing methods namely conventional stir casting and friction stir processing (FSP).The m

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Management of a Local Productive Arrangement for organizational improvement in the agricultural cooperative sector

This paper describes a case study on Local Innovation Systems in the Special Municipality of the Isle of Youth, whose objective is to: develop a Local Productive Arrangements procedure as a dynamic activity for the improvement of performance in the agricultural cooperative sector.The type of research design used was action research.It Hair Repair M

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