Search results for "Senegal"
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Leprosy: report of a case with severe peripheral neuropathy
2009
Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, with cutaneous and neurological manifestations. Leprosy is very rare in Europe but some cases are reported, especially among people coming from endemic areas. Here, we report a case of Hansen's disease and emphasize the importance of a prompt diagnosis and treatment also in non-endemic areas.
Impact of new teacher recruitment policies on development of educational systems in sub-Saharan Africa
2014
The development of Education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole and specially in Burkina Faso, Congo, Senegal shows ups and downs due to their low development, despite commitments made by the international community in 1990 at Jomtien in Thailand. The Dakar Forum in 2000, while recognizing progress recorded since independence for African countries,highlighted the need for States to undertake deep reforms with regard to education systems. Actually, since independence, the will shown by States to grant priority to education - as they are convinced that education has a positive impact on development of nations - was undermined by a number of uncertainties, including Structural Adjustment…
Les choix des parties prenantes dans les organisations de microfinance au Sénégal
2019
As African organizations operate according to universal principles (Western) while such principles often ignore African specificities, this study proposes to relate Western theory to African specificities. This doctoral study examines a Western model, the Mitchell and al. (1997)’s model, applied to the governance of microfinance organizations in Senegal. Many researches explain that microfinance organizations’ problems are related to corporate governance difficulties. Moreover, most studies consider that the concept of stakeholder is the foundation of the governance of microfinance organizations. Finally, the model of Mitchelland al. (1997) is cited as one of the most relevant typologies in…
La importancia del marabout en la educación de la sociedad senegalesa
2012
En este artículo nos centramos en la figura del marabout al descubrir su relevancia en la sociedad senegalesa en el transcurso de un proyecto que emprendimos en Senegal para conocer sobre el terreno los distintos aspectos del impacto de la emigración en un país de origen como éste que aporta un alto contingente de inmigrantes a España. La investigación principal analizaba las causas que generan la emigración y los modos en que ésta se realiza y ha concluido con la publicación de un libro, pero al margen de ésta, nos dimos cuenta de que había un personaje, el marabout, cuyas múltiples facetas vertebraban en cierta manera el fenómeno de la migración. Este artículo es el resultado del trabajo …
Epidemiological analysis of Salmonella enterica from beef sampled in the slaughterhouse and retailers in Dakar (Senegal) using pulsed-field gel elect…
2007
Seventy-eight isolates of Salmonella spp. isolated from beef sampled from the official city slaughterhouse and from retailers in Dakar, Senegal were analyzed using serotyping, antimicrobial testing and macrorestriction profiling by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE). These analyses were done to identify clonal relationships and potential transmission routes in beef channel. XbaI macrorestriction allowed defining 17 genotypes among the six main analyzed serotypes: Salmonella bredeney (3 genotypes), S. muenster (6), S. waycross (1), S. corvallis (3), S. kentucky (1) and S. brandenburg (3). The cross analysis of PFGE profiles and origin of the beef samples reveals a wide range of contamin…
Prevalence and antibiotic-resistance of Salmonella isolated from beef sampled from the slaughterhouse and from retailers in Dakar (Senegal)
2005
A study was made of Salmonella contamination in beef sampled from a slaughterhouse and from retailers in Dakar, Senegal. The serotypes as well as antibiotic-resistance patterns of the Salmonella isolates were determined. A total of 435 meat samples (236 from the slaughterhouse, 199 from retailers) were tested. Among them, 275 (63%) were positive for Salmonella, 43% (101/236) from the slaughterhouse and 87% (174/199) from the retailers. Furthermore, 97% of the investigated retailers had at least one beef sample contaminated by Salmonella. The 286 Salmonella isolates were divided into 51 serotypes. The most prevalent serotypes were Salmonella bredeney (25%), S. muenster (8%), S. waycross (7%)…
Prefazione, Flussi migratori
2013
I fenomeni migratori intra-africani sono nella stragrande maggioranza dei casi generati da fattori che riguardano le problematiche economiche, politiche e sociali delle diverse regioni del mondo, ed in particolare in quelle aree in cui la povertà, la fame, la mancanza di lavoro o il lavoro ridotto a schiavitù, le carestie, le guerre, la sovrappopolazione, i regimi oppressivi, le persecuzioni delle minoranze e i disastri ambientali.
Nouveaux enjeux pour l'école moyenne en Afrique
2005
05113; On constate aujourd'hui une augmentation massive de la scolarité des 12-16 ans dans les pays africains en développement. Ce phénomène est lié au développement voulu et obtenu des scolarités primaires.Pour diverses raisons, l'école moyenneconstitue un cycle terminal pour la grande majorité des enfants qui la fréquentent. Son organisation actuelle, telle qu'on peut l'observer dans différents pays, est cependant très proche du collège secondaire français et donc inapte à fournir le cadre adéquat pour un cycle terminal générateur de progrès économiques et sociaux.Bâti sur cette problématique de l'articulation entre les flux d'élèves, les contenus pédagogiques et les modalités d'organisat…
LES RESSOURCES NUMÉRIQUES DANS L’ENSEIGNEMENT SUPÉRIEUR SÉNÉGALAIS : état des lieux et étude prospective
2014
It is in the context of poverty or information exclusion that the massive dissemination of information and technology tools in Senegalese academic libraries responds to an urgent need for transformation and improvement of operational modes as well as modernization of services for different audiences, in particular students. Currently, in almost all academic and research libraries of Senegal digitization activities that crossed the rise of the Internet are being developed. This has created a real increasing effect of digital resources, by the establishment of means of creation and by expansion of access and of sharing of scientific and technical information in higher education institutions. …
Heat wave occurrences over Senegal during spring: regionalization and synoptic patterns.
2020
18 pages; International audience; Based on 12 Senegalese stations of the Global Summary of the Day (GSOD) database (1979–2014), heat waves (HW) are defined for each station in spring (March–April–May, the hottest season in Senegal) as the daily maximum temperature (Tx), minimum temperature (Tn), or average apparent temperature of the day (AT), exceeding the corresponding 95% mobile percentile for at least three consecutive days. A hierarchical cluster analysis used to regionalize HW in these 12 stations is applied to simultaneous occurrences of daily temperature peaks over their 95% mobile percentiles. Three homogeneous zones of four stations each are identified (Zone 1, Zone 2 and Zone 3),…