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The purpose of this study was to introduce the principles of initial hospital assessment and treatment of injured patients, tailored to the facilities and resources available in Nigeria. A 3-day didactic and laboratory course was presented by four trauma surgeons. The didactic session stressed the initial assessment and treatment of injured patients. The caprine laboratory taught the performance of common resuscitation manoeuvres: cricothyroidotomy, tube thoracostomy, i.v. cutdown,...

DisastersVolume 20, Issue 2 p. 157-158 Improving the Nutrition of Refugees and Displaced People in Africa: workshop in Machakos, Kenya, 5–7 December 1994. Theme: how to reduce persistent and elevated rates of mortality and malnutrition of refugee and displaced populations in Africa.1 Discussion topics included: quality and quantity of the general ration, micro-nutrient deficiencies, selective feeding programmes, public health issues, information systems, training and follow-up to the...

Journal Article Reading in Two Languages at Year Five in African Primary Schools Get access EDDIE WILLIAMS EDDIE WILLIAMS Reading University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Applied Linguistics, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 1996, Pages 182–209, https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/17.2.182 Published: 01 June 1996 Article history Received: 01 July 1995 Revision received: 01 July 1995 Published: 01 June 1996

Data from observations, participant responses, and anecdotal records of an African‐American adult church‐school group and inter‐generational family cluster were assessed for ways persons explored beliefs and hope through story‐Unking. Participants linked personal stories with biblical and African‐American heritage stories to decide future life directions. In that process, participants, often according to age and story circumstance: (1) used an inductive “Soul Method” entailing recall of...

Abstract Eighty African American college students completed the College Student Reasons for Living Inventory (CSRLI) and reported on their self-perceived level of suicidal risk. Results indicate that the CSRLI holds promise for predicting suicidal risk among African American college students. These data are contrasted with a pre-existing Caucasian study of college students, and the implications are discussed.

When primary cultures of guinea pig gastric mucosal cells were exposed to heat (43 degree C), ethanol, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), or diamide, heat shock proteins (HSP90, HSP70, HSP60, and HSC73) were rapidly synthesized. The extent of each HSP induction varied with the type of stress. Ethanol, H2O2, and diamide increased the syntheses of several other undefined proteins besides the HSPs. However, none of these proteins were induced by exposure to heat or the reagents, when intracellular...

Summary This paper focuses on the current position of environmental education and social studies education in Nigeria in the areas of curriculum structure and content. Enabling strategies for environmental education delivery within the social studies programme are discussed, including a social environmental education (SEE) model/tool which provides a visual summary of relationships, causes and consequences, actions and reactions between people and the physical and socio‐econo‐technosphere.

An AIDS-related knowledge study was carried out on a sample of 462 high secondary school teachers and students, in Kassala, eastern Sudan. The results showed high scores of knowledge about AIDS-transmission and general knowledge about the disease. However, there was a high frequency of AIDS-related misconceptions, especially among females and among teachers and students in the science education track. The study calls for more focus on these misconceptions in health education campaigns...

Results of the empirical studies on Libyan management practice generally, and MTD in particular, indicate that the administrative functions are practised and operated without effective methods, and away from acceptable standards. Libyan public companies have difficulty in identifying the training required for their employees, which has led to a common feeling among employees that they do not have enough training to enable them to perform their job properly. Furthermore, the decisions related...

Existing evidence on the impact of education on agricultural productivity in Africa is mixed, with estimates usually insignificant although sometimes large. Analysis of the first nationally representative household survey of Uganda gives an estimate of the impact of household primary schooling on crop production comparable to the developing country average. In addition, the primary schooling of neighbouring farm workers appears to raise crop production and these external returns exceed the...

This paper provides an introduction to education and health issues in sub-Saharan Africa. Cross-regional and cross-country comparisons reveal that Africa lags behind other parts of the world in the attainment of these components of human development and that there is considerable variation in these indicators within Africa. It explores the determinants of education and health, returns to investments in these forms of human capital and policy issues associated with their provision. It argues...

This paper provides an introduction to education and health issues in sub-Saharan Africa. Cross-regional and cross-country comparisons reveal that Africa lags behind other parts of the world in the attainment of these components of human development and that there is considerable variation in these indicators within Africa. It explores the determinants of education and health, returns to investments in these forms of human capital and policy issues associated with their provision. It argues...

This article assesses the extent to which the reform strategy presented in the World Bank's 1991 Sector Policy paper on vocational education and training (VET) has been implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa. The two main conclusions are, (1) to date, only a small group of countries in Africa have seriously attempted to implement the Bank's reform agenda for skills training; and (2) as currently conceived, it is unlikely that demand-led VET systems and related policies will be successfully introduced in most SSA countries.

This article assesses the extent to which the reform strategy presented in the World Bank's 1991 Sector Policy paper on vocational education and training (VET) has been implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa. The two main conclusions are, (1) to date, only a small group of countries in Africa have seriously attempted to implement the Bank's reform agenda for skills training; and (2) as currently conceived, it is unlikely that demand-led VET systems and related policies will be successfully introduced in most SSA countries.

International organizations are increasingly turning to theatre as a means of raising development issues, exploring options, and influencing behaviour. This paper examines some structures and techniques inherent in this type of applied theatre, analyzing two plays used to supplement AIDS education programmes in Uganda. One is a video production by a typical urban popular theatre group, while the second production analyzed exemplifies the Theatre for Development approach through its...

This paper investigates the factors that determine educational attainment in Ghana. The following specific questions are addressed: 1) What are the relative impacts of economic growth and improvements in school quality on educational attainment? and 2) What policy variables are most effective for reducing the gender gap in educational attainment? We find that economic growth will play the most significant role in raising the school attainment in Ghana in future years. Continued economic...