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E M Kiereini

Publications and source records attributed to E M Kiereini.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources

AIDS impact on women and children in Africa.

Some 2 million women around the world are infected with HIV and it is estimated that the number of infected women may overtake the number of infected men by the mid-1990s. But the effect of AIDS on women does not stop here. An incalculable number of women are affected by the economic and social consequences of the disease. Below, the plight of the women in Africa.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

WHO's role in the development of nursing in the African region.

Over the past 20 years WHO has contributed tremendously to the development and progress of the nursing profession in Africa. Its biggest achievement has been in upgrading the varied and inconsistent nursing education and training programmes introduced prior to 1953 during the colonial period. Then there were no independent states. The British controlled most of eastern and southern Africa and some countries in the west, while the French ruled over most of the colonies in western Africa.

Africa