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Climate change has quickly become one of the greatest challenges impacting regions all over the world. Despite it being a global challenge, developing countries have had a much more difficult time combating these effects (South Africa’s 2nd Annual Climate Change Report, 2017). This is largely due to the population density, lack of funds and necessary resources in most developing countries. This article will explore climate change and the impact of this phenomenon on the country of South Africa.

Periodontal diseases are a group of chronic inflammatory diseases that may cause tooth loss. For the past four decades, it has been documented that periodontal disease has an association with several systemic health issues such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Prevention of periodontal disease requires continuous education from health care professionals.
 A cross-sectional survey study was conducted on 500 students from the Higher Institute of Medical Professions in...

Purpose This study aimed to establish the use of electronic learning centres in public libraries in the city of Johannesburg, which is under one of the biggest metropolitan municipalities in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative research approach was adopted, and questionnaires were used to collect primary data. The target population for this study was the entire users of the electronic learning centres and librarians in the public libraries within the city of...

Technology is relevant in achieving educational development. Exploring how best to pattern and incorporate educational technology to engender sustainability remains relevant. It is against this backdrop that this study examined the Prospect of online instructional delivery in sub-Saharan African Universities using Google Classrooms ascertained concerning usability and accessibility while examining impending challenges. This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The study population was...

This chapter provides an overview on the nature of transition in demographic training in African institutions. It is motivated by the shift in the diversification of the discipline, debates and criticisms on the didactic enterprise. The institutions offering training in demography at the post graduate level ought to review and to refine their training philosophies, objectives, curricular and delivery modes in the light of the emerging developments and changing world order. This need arises...

Irresponsible self-medication is associated with many potential risks such as antimicrobial resistance, adverse drug reactions, drug dependence, prolonged patient suffering and waste of resources. This practice is commonly reported among university students. This study was undertaken to determine the patterns of self-medication among undergraduate pharmacy students at the University of Benghazi, Libya. A cross-sectional survey via a self-administered questionnaire was carried out at the...

This study covered nineteen senior secondary schools in the Northern region of Sierra Leone. The study is aimed at assessing the comparative attainment of pupils in single-sex and co-educational schools. A desk study of secondary data wherein documents and records relating to appropriate data sources were studied to obtain background information on co-education and chemistry attainment. A sample size of eight hundred and fifty seven (857) pupils from nineteen (19) senior secondary schools in...

The use of Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has become a standard of care for the treatment of HIV infection. The therapy restores immune function and reduces HIV-related adverse outcomes. However, treatment failure erodes this advantage and leads to an increased morbidity and compromised quality of life in HIV patients. Thus, this study aimed to assess anti-retroviral treatment failure and associated factors among HIV patients on the first line ART at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital. A...

Data from the 2016-17 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey from Nigeria are used to study the relationship between child stature, mother's years of education, and indicators of early childhood development (ECD). The relationships are contrasted between two empirical approaches: the conventional approach whereby control variables are selected in an ad-hoc manner, and the double machine-learning (DML) approach that employs data-driven methods to select controls from a much wider set of variables...

This chapter shares an analysis of the National School Nutrition Program that feeds over nine million learners in schools across South Africa every school day. New qualitative research, a review of the program documents and existing literature are used to give a picture of the quality and safety of the food provided and the extent to which the large state procurement involved is creating a more just and equitable food system. This is in the context of high levels of food insecurity, poverty...

Background: Despite the induction of labor (IOL) having had some undesired consequences, it also has several benefits for maternal and perinatal outcomes. This study aimed to assess the proportion and outcome of IOL among mothers who delivered in Teaching Hospital, southwest Ethiopia. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted from June 10 to June 20, 2019, among 294 mothers who gave birth between November 30, 2018, and May 30, 2019, by reviewing their cards using a...

Worldwide, the phenomenon of internal displacement by disasters shows an increasing trend; this situation is particularly relevant for African countries, where the effects of disasters related to climate change have shown a greater impact in recent decades. This chapter presents an analysis of the phenomenon of internal displacement due to disaster situations based on the collection and analysis of official data on trends in climate change and the incidence of disasters in the African...

Assessment techniques in special education provide information on how teachers can evaluate learners with special educational needs to ease educational placement and instructional decisions. This paper aimed at investigating assessment techniques used by teachers in assessing learners with special educational needs in inclusive schools in the Volta Region of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was employed for the study. The study involved 80 teachers in all selected pilot inclusive schools...

Inclusive growth in the context of regional integration and the African Continental Free Trade Area is discussed in this chapter and the ways in which the regional integration agenda is reflected in the Free Trade Area as an instrument to foster inclusive growth and “build back better” in the aftermath of the pandemic are clarified.

Over the past decades, regional integration in Africa has not involved a purely trade liberalization agenda, but rather been based on a pillar of collective self-reliance or, in current terms, been a step towards a peaceful, prosperous and integrated continent.

A key obstacle to greater intra-African trade is the low complementarity of regional trade, which can be overcome through greater market access under the African Continental Free Trade Area. The present chapter contains an examination of the benefits of the Free Trade Area for merchandise and services trade, the ways in which it can support inclusive growth in Africa, an outline of some of the benefits of the export potential for transformative and inclusive growth, including emerging value...

A common two-exon deletion distinguishes the gene encoding the free hemoglobin capturing protein—haptoglobin (HP)–into two alleles: HP1 and HP2 . To evaluate the impact of this copy number variant (CNV) on neurocognitive impairment (NCI) in people living with HIV, we imputed this variant in 432 European-descent (EUR) and 491 African-descent (AFR) participants from the CNS HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Effects Research Study using an optimized imputation pipeline and evaluated its associations...

Bu araştırmanın amacı geçici koruma altındaki Suriyeli çocukların uyum süreçleri ve eğitime katılımlarına ilişkin sınıf öğretmenlerinin bilgi ve deneyimlerinin görünür kılınmasıdır. Suriye’deki iç savaş nedeniyle Türkiye’ye sığınan Suriyelilerin çocuklarına yönelik gerçekleştirilen eğitsel uygulamalara uyum sağlama ve dahil olma noktasında çocukların hangi durumlar karşısında nasıl bir yaklaşım sergilediklerini ve bu süreçten nasıl etkilendiklerini ortaya koymanın öneminin daha da...