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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53525#.VMdJASzQrzE ' Author(s)    Roma Chilengi 1,2* , Cheryl Rudd 1,2 , Carolyn Bolton 1,2 , Bradford Guffey 1,3 , Penelope Kalesha Masumbu 4 , Jeffrey Stringer 2   Affiliation(s) 1 Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia . 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA . 3 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA . 4 Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia . ABSTRACT Introduction: Under five mortality in Zambia is unacceptably high and diarrhoea is the third leading contributor. The Programme for Awareness and Elimination of Diarrhoea (PAED) sought to support the government to accelerate the introduction of new vaccines, including the pneumococcal, second dose measles and rotavirus vaccines in Zambia. Here we present our approach, progress and lessons learned in two years of the programme. Stakehold...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50320#.VDXoGFfHRK0 Author(s)   Maria Sabrina De Gobbi Affiliation(s) International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland . ABSTRACT The need to foster private sector development and to combat youth unemployment has made youth entrepreneurship a very attractive option. The present paper tries to identify key factors determining successful entrepreneurship especially in developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, starting from evidence from both poor and rich economies. Primary and secondary data from the International Labour Organization as well as secondary data from other institutions have been used. It appears that a young entrepreneur aged 25 - 34, wel...