The significance of gathering wild orchid tubers for orphan household livelihoods in a context of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania.

We investigated the role of gathering and selling the edible tubers of wild orchids by children orphaned by AIDS as one of their livelihood strategies, through a household survey administered to 152 households in three villages in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania during 2006 and 2007. Additionally, several household heads were selected as case studies and subjected to an in-depth life-history interview. Overall, most households in the study villages were very poor.

Endangered edible orchids and vulnerable gatherers in the context of HIV/AIDS in the southern highlands of Tanzania.

Background: Tanzania is a wild orchid biodiversity hotspot and has a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The wild orchids in the study are endemic and protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Every year, however, between 2.

[Torsional abnormalities and length discrepancies after intramedullary nailing for femoral and tibial diaphyseal fracture. Computerized tomography evaluation of 189 fractures].

Purpose Of The Study: We retrospectively determined by computed tomography torsionnal abnormalities and length discrepancies after diaphyseal tibial and femoral fractures treated by intramedullary nailing.

Material: Eighty femoral fractures and 89 tibial fractures were evaluated after healing. All these patients were treated by Grosse-Kempf intramedullary locked nail.