This study explores the role of NGOs in Angola's post-conflict reconstruction and development process. The study was motivated by a perception obtained from a preliminary literature acquaintance and events that pointed to the developing of a centralised, state-led model. As a result, NGOs were facing funding crises and political pressure which were obstructing their participation in the process. Thus, the study sought to investigate the substance of these trends and how NGOs were responding to them. The study finds that the current policy dynamics underlying the process supports the perception that a centralised, state-led model is developing. At the same time, NGOs are shifting their engagement from emergency work to a development paradigm; they are focusing their activities on rural development and civic awareness; and they are lobbying for the opening of the public space. NGOs believe that they can contribute a unique socib-economic and political capital to the process which neither the public sector nor the private sector can. For this, they argue that the process should be participatory to enable openness and accommodate the contributions of all social actors. However, they believe that the government should playa leading role because of the need to create the infrastructural basis the country lacks to rebuild and develop. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2008.

Made available in DSpace on 2009-11-18T18:56:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 1997 / Esta dissertação discute questões respeitantes a relação entre o servidor público e o público cliente nas instituições públicas angolanas. A abordagem é realizada numa perspectiva administrativa e histórica social, bem como analisa o atual modelo de administração pública do ponto de vista de estrutura, sistema de mérito, relação de poder e causas da ineficiência governamental. Apresenta algumas sugestões para uma administração pública flexível. / The Relation betwen the Civil Servant and the Public Client in Angola. lhis dissertation discusses the relation between the civil servant and the public client in the public institutions of Angola. lhe approach is made in administrative, historie and social perspective, as well analyze the actual angolan model of de public administration in point of view of the merit sistem, the power relacion and causes of the governament ineficience. Introduce sugestions for more flexible public administration.

Nesta tese, analiso o processo de difusão e construção de identidades transnacionais da capoeira angola. Por meio de uma metodologia mista envolvendo reconstituição histórica e etnografia multissituada, busco entender as disputas políticas nas quais os discursos sobre a tradição da capoeira angola foram elaborados, paralelamente à sua difusão espaço-geográfica e a formação de seu mercado cultural transnacional. Discuto a configuração transnacional da capoeira angola baseado na descrição e na análise das conexões entre diferentes núcleos de capoeira angola situados nas cidades brasileiras de Salvador, Curitiba e Porto Alegre, e das cidades europeias de Varsóvia, Paris, Viena e Lisboa. O estudo traz à tona a existência de uma geopolítica nativa pautadaem valores "afrocêntricos" em oposição ao êmicamente reconhecido como "eurocentrismo". Concluo sugerindo que a configuração transnacional da capoeira angola contemporânea expressa uma forma desensibilização global acerca de questões sociais, políticas e econômicas que redefine a hierarquia geopolítica ("centro" e "periferia") legada pelo processo de colonização. / The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the process of diffusion and construction of capoeira angola transnational identities. Through a multimethod research involving historical reconstruction and multi-situated ethnography, I try to understand political controversies, in which discourses about the capoeira angola tradition have been developedin parallel both to its geographical spread and to the constitution of its transnational cultural market. I do discuss the capoeira angola transnational configuration, based on the description and the analysis between different capoeira angola groups, located in the Brazilian cities of Salvador, Curitiba and Porto Alegre and the European cities of Warsaw, Paris, Vienna and Lisbon. The study shows the existence of a native political geo-economy based on "afro-centric" values in opposition to what is emicly called "eurocentrism". I conclude suggesting that the configuration of contemporaneous capoeira angola, expresses a kind of global consciousness regarding social, political and economic issues which redefines the geo-politic hierarchy (center and periphery) inherited from the colonialism.

Adolescent pregnancy is a worldwide problem. This study attempted to describe and explore the knowledge of female adolescents in Angola's knowledge with regard to contraception. The research results, obtained from interview schedules, revealed that the respondents lacked knowledge about themselves as adolescents as well as a lack of knowledge of their reproductive health and development. Furthermore, the results portrayed a lack of knowledge of contraceptives. The study findings may assist health care providers to identify educational programmes on contraception at schools, markets and in the community. / Health Studies / Thesis (M.A. (Health Studies))

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Florianópolis, 2016. / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-04T04:14:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 344629.pdf: 808725 bytes, checksum: 15f135bc043301b7ba901846580bae23 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / A saúde reprodutiva e o bem-estar da mulher são algumas das principais preocupações do Ministério da Saúde de Angola. Nesse sentido, o governo angolano tem investido na municipalização dos serviços de saúde para redução da mortalidade materna e neonatal, em conformidade com o plano estratégico global de saúde reprodutiva para a região africana da Organização Mundial da Saúde. Este estudo teve como objetivo compreender a gestão do cuidado de enfermagem no atendimento pré-natal em um centro de saúde de Huambo, Angola. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa com o referencial metodológico da Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados (TFD). O cenário de estudo foi um Centro de Saúde Materno-Infantil do Huambo, Angola. Os dados foram coletados de Fevereiro à Maio de 2016, por meio de entrevistas com 22 participantes, divididos em três grupos amostrais (quatro profissionais de enfermagem, seis estudantes de enfermagem e 12 gestantes). A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio das etapas de codificação inicial e focalizada, com auxílio do software N-VIVO 10®. Como resultado dessa etapa, obtiveram-se seis categorias e 10 subcategorias. As categorias são: (1) Recepcionando a gestante para o atendimento pré-natal; (2) Realizando a consulta pré-natal; (3) Inserindo a família da gestante no cuidado pré-natal; (4) Construindo vínculo e relação dialógica com as gestantes; (5) Estabelecendo relações de trabalho colaborativas; e, (6) Sugerindo estratégias para a melhoria da gestão do cuidado prénatal. Por meio da articulação entre essas categorias, emergiu a categoria central ou o fenômeno: ?Realizando a gestão do cuidado pré-natal por meio de relações de trabalho colaborativas visando à construção de vínculo e relação dialógica com as gestantes em um Centro de Saúde de Huambo, Angola?. A gestão do cuidado tem início com a recepção das gestantes e seus acompanhantes no Centro de Saúde, por meio de ações educativas sobre cuidados durante a gestação. A consulta prénatal acontece conforme a ordem de chegada das gestantes e é organizada de forma que cada profissional realiza uma etapa do atendimento. Apesar dessa fragmentação, os profissinais valorizam a construção de vínculos e relação dialógica com as gestantes. Destacou-se o protagonismo da enfermagem, pois no cenário investigado a equipe de enfermagem é responsável pelo atendimento pré-natal. Dessa forma, os resultados desta pesquisa fornecem subsídios para a elaboração de estratégias visando a melhores práticas de gestão do cuidado pré-natal.<br> / Abstract : The reproductive health and women's well-being are some of the main concerns of the Ministry of Health of Angola. In this sense, the Angolan government has invested in the municipalization of health services to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in line with the overall strategic plan for reproductive health for the African region of the World Health Organization. This study aimed to understand the management nursing care in prenatal care at a health center in Huambo, Angola. This is a qualitative research with the methodological framework of Grounded Theory (GT). The study setting was a Health Center Maternal and Child in Huambo, Angola. Data were collected from February to May 2016 through interviews with 22 participants, divided into three sample groups (4 nurses, 6 nursing students and 12 women). Data analysis was performed by the steps of initial and focused coding, with the aid of N-VIVO 10® software. As a result of this step, afforded 10 six categories and subcategories. The categories are: (1) Welcoming pregnant women to prenatal care; (2) Performing prenatal consultation; (3) Entering the mother of the family in prenatal care; (4) Building ties and dialogical relationship with pregnant women; (5) Establishing collaborative working relationships; and (6) Suggesting strategies to improve prenatal care management. Through the articulation between these categories, emerged the central category or the phenomenon: "Performing the management of prenatal care through collaborative working relationships in order to build a relationship and dialogical relationship with pregnant women in a Huambo Health Center, Angola". The management of care begins with the reception of pregnant women and their companions at the Health Center, through educational actions on care during pregnancy. Prenatal consultation takes place in the order of arrival of pregnant women and is organized so that each professional performs a stage of care. Despite this fragmentation, the value profissinais building links and dialogical relationship with pregnant women. We highlighted the role of nursing, because the scenario investigated the nursing team is responsible for prenatal care. Thus, the results of this research provide subsidies for the development of strategies for the best management practices for the prenatal care.

Nesta tese, analiso o processo de difusão e construção de identidades transnacionais da capoeira angola. Por meio de uma metodologia mista envolvendo reconstituição histórica e etnografia multissituada, busco entender as disputas políticas nas quais os discursos sobre a tradição da capoeira angola foram elaborados, paralelamente à sua difusão espaço-geográfica e a formação de seu mercado cultural transnacional. Discuto a configuração transnacional da capoeira angola baseado na descrição e na análise das conexões entre diferentes núcleos de capoeira angola situados nas cidades brasileiras de Salvador, Curitiba e Porto Alegre, e das cidades europeias de Varsóvia, Paris, Viena e Lisboa. O estudo traz à tona a existência de uma geopolítica nativa pautadaem valores "afrocêntricos" em oposição ao êmicamente reconhecido como "eurocentrismo". Concluo sugerindo que a configuração transnacional da capoeira angola contemporânea expressa uma forma desensibilização global acerca de questões sociais, políticas e econômicas que redefine a hierarquia geopolítica ("centro" e "periferia") legada pelo processo de colonização. / The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the process of diffusion and construction of capoeira angola transnational identities. Through a multimethod research involving historical reconstruction and multi-situated ethnography, I try to understand political controversies, in which discourses about the capoeira angola tradition have been developedin parallel both to its geographical spread and to the constitution of its transnational cultural market. I do discuss the capoeira angola transnational configuration, based on the description and the analysis between different capoeira angola groups, located in the Brazilian cities of Salvador, Curitiba and Porto Alegre and the European cities of Warsaw, Paris, Vienna and Lisbon. The study shows the existence of a native political geo-economy based on "afro-centric" values in opposition to what is emicly called "eurocentrism". I conclude suggesting that the configuration of contemporaneous capoeira angola, expresses a kind of global consciousness regarding social, political and economic issues which redefines the geo-politic hierarchy (center and periphery) inherited from the colonialism.

Nesta tese, analiso o processo de difusão e construção de identidades transnacionais da capoeira angola. Por meio de uma metodologia mista envolvendo reconstituição histórica e etnografia multissituada, busco entender as disputas políticas nas quais os discursos sobre a tradição da capoeira angola foram elaborados, paralelamente à sua difusão espaço-geográfica e a formação de seu mercado cultural transnacional. Discuto a configuração transnacional da capoeira angola baseado na descrição e na análise das conexões entre diferentes núcleos de capoeira angola situados nas cidades brasileiras de Salvador, Curitiba e Porto Alegre, e das cidades europeias de Varsóvia, Paris, Viena e Lisboa. O estudo traz à tona a existência de uma geopolítica nativa pautadaem valores "afrocêntricos" em oposição ao êmicamente reconhecido como "eurocentrismo". Concluo sugerindo que a configuração transnacional da capoeira angola contemporânea expressa uma forma desensibilização global acerca de questões sociais, políticas e econômicas que redefine a hierarquia geopolítica ("centro" e "periferia") legada pelo processo de colonização. / The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the process of diffusion and construction of capoeira angola transnational identities. Through a multimethod research involving historical reconstruction and multi-situated ethnography, I try to understand political controversies, in which discourses about the capoeira angola tradition have been developedin parallel both to its geographical spread and to the constitution of its transnational cultural market. I do discuss the capoeira angola transnational configuration, based on the description and the analysis between different capoeira angola groups, located in the Brazilian cities of Salvador, Curitiba and Porto Alegre and the European cities of Warsaw, Paris, Vienna and Lisbon. The study shows the existence of a native political geo-economy based on "afro-centric" values in opposition to what is emicly called "eurocentrism". I conclude suggesting that the configuration of contemporaneous capoeira angola, expresses a kind of global consciousness regarding social, political and economic issues which redefines the geo-politic hierarchy (center and periphery) inherited from the colonialism.

The zebra sea bream, Diplodus cervinus (Sparidae) is an inshore fish comprised of two boreal subspecies from the Gulf of Oman and the Mediterranean / north eastern Atlantic and one austral subspecies from South Africa and southern Angola. The assumption of a single austral subspecies has, however, been questioned due to mounting molecular and morphological evidence suggesting that the cool Benguela current is a vicariant barrier that has separated many synonymous inshore fish species between South Africa and southern Angola. The aims of this thesis are to conduct a comparative morphological analysis of Diplodus cervinus in southern Angola and South Africa in order to classify the southern Angolan population and then to conduct a life history assessment to assess the life history impact of allopatry on this species between the two regions. Results of the morphological findings of the present study (ANOSIM, p < 0.05, Rmeristic = 0.42) and (Rmorphometric = 0.30) along with a concurrent molecular study (FST = 0.4 – 0.6), identified significant divergence between specimens from South Africa (n = 25) and southern Angola (n = 37) and supported stock separation and possibly sub-speciation, depending on the classification criteria utilised. While samples from the two boreal subspecies were not available for the comparative morphological or molecular analysis, comparisons of the colouration patterns between the three subspecies, suggested similarity between the southern Angola and the northern Atlantic / Mediterranean populations. In contrast, the colouration patterns between the southern Angolan and South African specimens differed substantially, further supporting the morphological and molecular results. The distinct morphological divergence between the southern Angolan and South African populations was not reflected within the life history traits of both populations. A combination of methods, including length/age frequency analyses, adult sex ratios and histological analysis was used to determine that this species is a rudimentary hermaphrodite in southern Angola. Peak spawning season was observed between June and July. The overall sex ratio (M: F) was 1:1.52 with females dominating smaller younger size classes and 50% maturity was attained at 210 mm FL and 4.6 years. Females [L(t) = 287.5(1-e⁻°·¹⁸⁽t⁻²·⁸⁴⁾)] grew significantly faster (LRT, p < 0.05) than males [L(t) = 380.19(1-e⁻°·°⁶⁽t⁻⁷·¹²⁾)]. The higher maximum age of the southern Angolan population of D. cervinus (43 years) was older than that of South African individuals sampled in the tsitsikamma national park. The similarities in the life history of the two austral populations are probably a consequence of similar selective pressures in the similar warmtemperate habitats. Evidence to support the above comments was found in the feeding study which showed that the South African and Angolan populations were almost identical, with both populations feeding primarily on amphipods and polychaete worms throughout ontogeny. In contrast, the diet of their boreal conspecifics from the Mediterranean was different, where larger individuals tended to select larger, and more robust, prey items. The life history differences observed between the boreal and austral populations can be attributed to either sampling bias or environmental factors. Sampling biases included the use of different age and growth estimation techniques, while the environmental factors would include differential selective pressures most likely driven by different resource availability and exploitation. The present study provides crucial baseline life history information of a potentially exploitable species off southern Angola as well as information on the life history plasticity of the species. Unfortunately, the current lack of uniformity in the methods used to estimate life history parameters between studies conducted on the boreal and austral populations have complicated our understanding of the evolution of various life history trends in sparid fish. From a management perspective however, the results from the present study can be used to propose management strategies for an emerging trap fishery in southern Angola. Using a balanced exploitation fishery approach (harvesting up to the size-at-100% maturity), the size of the fish traps entrance was calculated based the morphological information from this and other small sparid species that are targeted and was estimated to be 62 mm.

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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. / Bibliography. Also available online.