The 20th Tanzania Economic Update (TEU) shows that accelerating a fertility decline has the potential to enable the country to reap the benefits of a demographic dividend, which refers to how improved health and reduced fertility can drive economic growth. When a country experiences better health outcomes and fewer births, …
Deep-sea survey for oil off Tanzania will be conducted through a joint venture between an American firm, Western Geophysical of Houston, and state-owned Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation ( tpdc ). The us firm brought in specialised vessel, MV Explora , to conduct the survey, the first-ever to be conducted outside …
The European Union ( eu ) has banned fish imports from Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. The decision was taken after reports that Uganda had restricted the sale of fresh fish products from Lake Victoria, the world's second largest freshwater lake that borders the three East African countries. Fisherfolk in the …
The king of all animals in the Serengati game reserve, Tanzania, is facing annihilation. Lions in the game reserve are dying in hundreds from canine distemper disease they contracted from pet dogs, said a conservation group on January 13. The disease has already claimed more than a thousand lions
it is an experience most of us would have had many times. How come mosquitoes and other winged creatures are partial in their biting habits? They seem to have distinct favourites, whose blood is selectively devoured. While scientists always suspected that it is something to do with one's skin or, …
malaria research has thrown up yet another factor which determines why the disease varies in its manifestations in different people, from children to adults. Nitric oxide, a toxic gas and an air polluter, is also found in the human body. It can attack fungi, parasites and bacteria, either by killing …
The details of tracking down of the canine distemper disease that broke out among the lion population in, the Serengeti National Park, (Down To Earth, Vol 4, No 16) were recently made public. If it would not have been . for some smart sleuthing by medical experts, the killer disease …
Lions of Tanzania are facing a serious threat from an unlikely quarter - domestic dogs. Canine distemper spread by these dogs have already killed 100 lions in the Serengeti region of Tanzania according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's species survival commission. It is an airborne disease …
The lions of Serengeti National Park in anzania must be cured of canine distemper. Veterinarians working with the Institute of Zoology in London and the various national parks in the country have resolved to deal with the menace - that has killed almost 1,000 lions since mid-1993 - once and …
Paluther, an anti-malarial drug developed by Chinese scientists in 1973, promises new hope to the millions suffering from the killer disease. On trial for the past 3 years in Tanzania and Kenya, the drug is expected to replace chloroquine and other anti-malarials in use in the 2 countries. Shrikant Bhatt, …
All is well again with the lions in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. Their tribe is rapidly increasing, reassures Melody Roelk-Parker, veterinary officer of the Tanzanian national parks. Conservationists in the country were having sleepless nights as canine distemper virus cut a broad swathe last year through the lion population. In …
Tanzanian farmers need no longer flee to the cities in search of greener pastures. The spectre of mass migration from rural areas has been haunting the nation ever since it was hit by a severe crop failure early this year due to drought in its northern highlands and the late …
STRANGE as it may sound, research projects aimed at saving small populations of endangered species may have actually helped sign their death sentences. This possibility is being seriously examined by researchers probing the extinction of packs of wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), which were the subject of a scientific study between …
WEALTHY Arabs, who angered environmentalists in India for hunting the rare Great Indian Bustard, have touched Tanzanian wildlife experts in the raw for allegedly using automatic weapons to mow down buffalo and antelope. What has enraged Tanzanian wildlife lovers even more is that UAE deputy defence minister Mohammed Abdul Rahim …
