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Africa is one of the most HIV/AIDS affected area, with children being the main target. Although anti-retroviral drugs are available in the west, the pharmaceutical companies and the western governments are still considering their use in Africa.

Author: Lewis, Stephen
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Current Sociology
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0011-3921
Year: 2001
Management dynamics, Pharmaceutical preparations, Care and treatment, Management, Pharmaceutical industry, HIV (Viruses), HIV, Company business management, AIDS (Disease)

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A dimensional approach to measuring social captial: development and validation of a social capital inventory

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The authors present an instrument for measuring social capital and apply it to analyzing social norms prevalent in Ghana and Uganda. Regression analyses and reliability measures supporting the instrument's validity measures are included.

Author: Narayan, Deepa, Cassidy, Michael F.
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Current Sociology
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0011-3921
Year: 2001
Social aspects, Research, Infrastructure (Economics), Ghana, Uganda, Social norms

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Structural change in Western Africa as a legacy of European colonialism: the labor system in Ghana and the Ivory Coast

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The conditions and processes leading to social change are examined. Assessing the changes in social systems in Africa due to the European colonization does this.

Author: Schuerkens, Ulrike
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Current Sociology
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0011-3921
Year: 2003
Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Analysis, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Colonization, Social systems

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