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Appendix H. Examples of USAID Support for Science and Technology-Related Programs
Appendix H. Examples of USAID Support for Science and Technology-Related Programs
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Appendix H Examples of USAID Support for Science and Technology-Related Programs USAID has provided the following information about its programs. HEALTH Demographic and Health Survey -- HIV.
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136 APPENDIX H manufacturers in a way that ensures thermo-stability in hot-weather environments and under poor storage conditions. River Blindness -- Onchocerciasis.
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APPENDIX H 137 is injected the plunger automatically locks so that neither the needle nor the syringe can be reused. The World Health Organization called for the design of such devices in 1987.
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138 APPENDIX H insect resistant gene into a variety of potatoes grown by small holder farmers in developing countries. The new variety is undergoing a complete regulatory review for initial commercial release in South Africa.
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APPENDIX H 139 conduct joint research with Czech counterparts on elevated air emissions and their adverse affects on human health in the heavily polluted region of northern Bohemia. This area, along with adjacent industrial areas of Poland and East Germany, were known as the "Black Triangle." The results showed that high exposures to air pollution could affect genetic material, reproductive functions, and early childhood vulnerability to infections.
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