Information Center: 2009

This paper describes the Milwaukee Protocol and the problems that are curently occuring when trying to apply this standard to the first report of rabies in Equatorial Guinea.

African Systems of Slavery continues a discussion opened by Suzanne Miers and Igor Kopytoff in 1977 with their seminal collection Slavery in Africa. The present volume contains new offerings by original contributors as well as valuable studies by newcomers who share the original editors’ perspectives. These include a nuanced understanding of African institutions of human subordination and a preference for definitions and terminology rooted in African culture.

Understanding the impact of hunting on wildlife populations is crucial to achieving sustainability and requires knowledge of prey abundance responses to different levels of exploitation. While the abundance of primates has been shown to respond independently to hunting and habitat, habitat is rarely considered simultaneously when evaluating the impacts of hunting. Furthermore, the importance of these two factors in determining the abundance of other species has not been well investigated. We evaluate the independent effects of hunting and habitat on the abundance of a diverse assemblage of species, using a series of predictions and data from a study in Equatorial Guinea.

Malaria is a crippling disease within Equatorial Guinea. This article addresses the parasitaemia prevalent in this region and investigates the relative risk factors that are associated with this form of malaria, as well as substantive treatment that could be applied.