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Surgery for hydrocele is commonly promoted as part of morbidity management and disability prevention (MMDP) services for lymphatic filariasis (LF). However, uptake of these surgeries has been suboptimal owing to several community level barriers that have triggered mistrust in such services. This study aimed at documenting mechanisms of unlocking trust in community health systems (CHSs) in the context of a LF hydrocele management project that was implemented in Luangwa District,...

Unwanted pregnancy is observed to be a factor for setback in education and a socio-economic challenge, likewise a serious health problem among senior secondary school female students in Ilorin, Nigeria. It seems that many teenagers experience sex at experimental level and that shows that students may have been exposed to contraceptives while they are at school. And for many female students, sexual intercourse results in unwanted pregnancies. In respect of this statement, this study...

Background: Natural Food Toxins (NFTs) are poisonous substances produced by the biological processes of living organisms. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of tertiary students of the Volta Region of Ghana about NFTs.
 Methods: During March to June 2020, semi-structured questionnaires were used to examine knowledge and attitudes about NFTs among 252 tertiary students from various institutions of the Volta Region of Ghana. Data were statistically analyzed using IBM...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of explicit morphological instruction on vocabulary learning among Yemeni EFL students. To achieve the purpose of the study, three empirical research tools were used to collect the data: Nation's Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT) Version 1, Morphological Relatedness Test and Morphological Structure Test adapted from Curinga (2014). Experimental design was used in this study. The participants of the study were 40 students randomly selected...

Education Standards Officers in Zambia, alongside their inspection and supervision roles, have a responsibility to give a lead in curriculum implementation by their provision of professional advice to schools. However, despite the Ministry of General Education having these officers who should offer support to teachers in various ways of curriculum implementation by offering guidance, teachers still felt Education Standards officers had a lot of shortcomings in their work of helping...

This study proposes a localised approach to school safety and health management. The study proposes that individual schools be allowed to localise school safety and health management according to their local needs. To this effect, the study used comparative study research design which involved three (3) schools sampled from Mongu district of western Zambia. Using a qualitative approach, data was collected using interview schedules, focus group discussion and structured observation. Safety...

To investigate geographical change over time in the burden of neurological impairments in school-aged children in a demographic surveillance area.We investigated changes in neurological impairment prevalence in five domains (epilepsy and cognitive, hearing, vision, and motor impairments) using similar two-phase surveys conducted in 2001 (n=10 218) and 2015 (n=11 223) and determined changes in location-level prevalence, geographical clustering, and significant risk factors for children aged 6...

In this study, the authors explored the level of awareness and views on the activity-based approach to teaching and learning (ABTLA) in enhancing skills, competency, and academic performance among students and other stakeholders from Senior High Schools (SHS) and Colleges of Education (COE) in Barekese District of Ashanti Region of Ghana. A survey involving 510 various stakeholders was conducted within the Barekese District of Ashanti Region of Ghana, using sets of a self-administered...

Air pollution, a major environmental threat to human health, contributes to the premature deaths of millions of people worldwide. Cooking with solid fuels, such as charcoal and wood, in low- and middle-income countries generates very high emissions of particulate matter within and near the household as a result of their inefficient combustion. Women are especially exposed, as they often perform the cooking. The purpose of this study was to assess the burden of disease attributable to...

This study intended to find the effect of setting academic and behavioural goals in the Science Foundation Programme (SFP) of the University of Namibia. In this study foundation students had to set academic and behavioural goals they intended to maintain in order to improve their mathematics performance but the reference was test 1 which was written without set goals. The study sort to find out the effects of setting academic and behavioural goals, classroom factors that need to be...

Acquisition of science skills among pre-primary school learners has had its fair share of challenges with many pre-primary school learners manifesting low competencies in manipulation, experimentation and observation skills. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of teachers’ improvisation of heat-producing materials on acquisition of science skills among pre-primary school learners. The study was guided by Social Constructivism and Instructional Theories. The study adopted...

Globalization and demand for twenty first century skills has led countries to adapt Competency Based Curriculum (CBC). Kenya embarked on curriculum reforms from content based to CBC in 2018. Studies have reported minimal use of CBC teaching-learning approaches in pre-primary schools in Nairobi City County. Teachers are the key implementers of the Curriculum, yet their preparedness to implement the Curriculum in public pre-primary schools remains unknown. Therefore, this study purposed to...

Supervision is in its developmental stages in Kenya. Using a reflective thematic analysis, the authors explored counselors’ (n = 13) experiences and perceptions of supervision. Three key findings from the study were (a) the practice of supervision as less frequent, varied, and limited; (b) up here, and down there: the influence of culture and power in supervision; and (c) the role of the mental health movement in the development of supervision. We provide a background of counseling in Kenya...

Abstract Egypt's water resources are already limited. Moreover, climate change will put greater pressure on these resources. This research aims to assess the impact of climate change on the water demands for one of the most important Egyptian food crops which is the wheat crop. In addition, a number of adaptation strategies were tested to mitigate the negative impact of climate change on wheat productivity and its water relations. The current study was carried out in the Middle Egypt region....

The Ominde Education Reports (1964) commissioned in the first decade of independence in Kenya provide important policy direction on educational developments at the secondary school level yet scholarly historical accounts on this phenomenon are scanty.This paper explores the implementation of the secondary school curriculum proposed by the Ominde Education Commission (1964) at Friends School Kamusinga in Kenya's first decade of independence.The study adopted a historical research design.The...

In a world where the provision of education for persons with disabilities has been a long time battle and still is, worsened by natural circumstances such as the Covid 19 pandemic requiring social distancing, a new thinking of broadening the education opportunities for students with disabilities through distance education emerges. This paper provides a reflection on the possibilities of utilising distance education to broaden the education opportunities for students with disabilities in...