Published in AIDS (London, England)
To determine the past prevalence of HIV-1 and HIV-2 in West Africa, we tested 440 serum samples collected in 1980 from people living in rural areas of Guinea Bissau. The sera were screened for antibodies by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) using purified simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) isolated from rhesus macaque monkeys (SIVmac) and then confirmed by...
Published in Department of State publication. Background notes series
Sao Tome and Principe are highlighted, islands situated in the equatorial Atlantic about 440 km and 200 km, respectively, off the northern coast of Gabon. They constitute one of Africa's smallest countries. Included in the document are brief descriptions about such points as geography, people, history, type of government, political conditions, econ...
Published in Lancet (London, England)
In a randomised study of 558 children in an urban African community, the protective effect of the Edmonston-Zagreb (EZ) measles vaccine given in a dose of 40,000 plaque forming units from the age of 4 months was compared with the effects of a standard dose (6000 tissue culture infectious units) of Schwarz measles vaccine given from the age of 9 mon...
Published in Annual review of population law
Guinea-Bissau's General Labor Code, Act No. 2 of 1986, requires that employers adopt non-discriminatory procedures in dealing with their employees, disallowing discrimination based on gender, race, national origin, religion, political ideology or inclination, or on whether or not an employee is affiliated to a worker's union. Women are guaranteed e...
Published in Annual review of population law
The government of Hungary ratified this UN Convention and Protocol on refugee status on March 14, 1989; the government of Mozambique ratified the Protocol on May 1, 1989.
Published in Acta paediatrica Scandinavica
The object of this study was to examine the effects of breast feeding, age, and residence location on rotavirus seropositivity among children in Guinea-Bissau. Blood samples were taken from 144 breast fed children aged 9-20 months. Blood samples were taken again 15 months later. The cumulative incidence of seroconversion was 76% or about 3/4 of eac...
Published in Department of State publication. Background notes series
Guinea-Bissau is a small country on the west coast of Africa, bounded on the north by Senegal and on the south and east by Guinea. Most of the coastal area and the lowland along the rivers is covered by palm trees and mangrove thickets; a transitional zone of hardwood gives way to the tree-covered grasslands of the interior. The country's populatio...
Published in The Pediatric infectious disease journal
When blood samples were analyzed for seroconversion after measles vaccination, it was discovered that the vaccine had been ineffective for a certain period. During the 2 years between vaccination and the time of seroanalysis, nonseroconverters had a significantly higher mortality than seroconverters (P less than 0.05). The incidence of measles amon...
Published in Lancet (London, England)
In a community based prevalence study of HIV infection in Bissau, West Africa, 1987, the population in 100 randomly selected "houses" was asked to participate. 89% (1329/1499) were examined and had a blood sample taken. None was HIV-1 seropositive but 4.7% were seropositive for HIV-2 (0.6% in children, 8.9% in those aged 15 years and over, and 20% ...
Published in Pop Sahel : bulletin d'information sur la population et le développement
A conference on awareness in the mass media of the problems of family planning was held in March 1989 at Bissau by the Guinean Association for Education and Promotion of Family Health (AGEPSF). Representatives of radio, a daily newspaper, and the national press agency discussed the objectives of AGEPSF and the benefits of family planning with speci...
