Search for dissertations about: "orphan children"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words orphan children.

  2. 1. On Voyage with Cristóvão Colombo : The Privatization of Catholic Orphan Care in São Paulo City, 1892-1922

    Author : Marianne Wifvesson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Latin American History; Brazil; Catholic Church; privatization; abandonment; childhood; education; delinquency; institutional childcare; orphanage; Barnhem; Historia; Brasilien; 1892-1922; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : In 1890, the military overthrew the monarchy, separated the Church from the State, and installed a Federal Republic in Brazil. The decentralization of political powers enhanced the abilities of each federal state to shape its own politics of childhood. READ MORE

  4. 2. HIV-1 infection during pregnancy and in children : significance of HIV-1 variability and the placental barrier

    Author : Charlotte Casper; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : biological phenotype; genetic subtype; chemokine receptor; coreceptor; mother- to-child transmission; placenta; disease progression; child; pregnancy;

    Abstract : With the global increase in human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infection in women of childbearing age, there has also been an alarming increase in the number of mother-to-child transmissions of HIV-1. Although antiretroviral therapy and Cesarian section have been demonstrated to significantly decrease the vertical transmission rate of, these interventions are not widely available in the developing world. READ MORE

  5. 3. Neural stam cells, TLX, and Neuroblastoma

    Author : Ravi Kanth Rao Saini; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neuroblastoma; TLX; Neural Stem Cells; Dedifferentiation; DISC-1; DNA-PKcs;

    Abstract : Neuroblastoma (NB) is one of the most commonly diagnosed extracranial tumors in children below five years of age. Moreover, NB accounts for almost 12-15% of all childhood cancer related fatalities. To date, the origin of NB has been linked to the neural crest derived sympathoadrenal progenitor cells. READ MORE

  6. 4. Health care utilisation in a developing country -the case of Zambia

    Author : Catharina Hjortsberg; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public health; Utvecklingsekonomi; Economics of development; access; health care; utilisation; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; epidemiologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to our understanding of health care utilisation and its determinants in developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This is done by explicitly focusing on health care expenditures and its determinants as well as the choice to seek health care to cure the illness. READ MORE