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The study sought to document the experience of immunological improvement among Ghanaian PLHIV on HAART comparing different categories of patients.Serology Unit, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.The study comprised a convenient sample of 303 treatment naïve HIV patients due to start HAART.Questionnaires were used to collect patient demographic and clinical data. Four CD4 counts were measured at six-monthly intervals to determine rates of CD4 change. These were pre-therapy, 1(st)...

High prevalence of early and unprotected sex, resulting in adverse reproductive health outcomes, has been reported among adolescents in Nigeria. While school-based sexual and reproductive health interventions for in-school adolescents is widely recognized, little is known on the kind of involvements desired by teachers and their perceptions of handling students' reproductive health concerns. In this study, the teachers favoured school-based reproductive health education (RHE), but have...

This research builds on work carried out in England looking at how faculty negotiate their personal and professional identities. It focuses on a sample of full-time faculty in a private secular university in Kenya. Weekly time logs with follow-up individual semi-structured interviews were used as a basis for an examination on how faculty spend their time and cope with the dilemmas they face. The research probes the motivations and priorities of faculty and draws tentative conclusions...

Prediabetes (impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose) is usually associated with a higher health risk profile for cardiovascular diseases. To our knowledge, no data about its prevalence in Egyptian patients are available. We aimed to determine the prevalence of prediabetes among Egyptian patients who were known to be neither diabetic nor prediabetic & referred to undergo coronary angiography. The study included 1000 consecutive Egyptians in the Cairo governorate with no...

This paper reports on a study conducted to explore senior high school mathematics teachers’ use of School-Based Assessment (SBA) guidelines and test scores in the Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana. A total of 110 educators comprising 100 male and 10 female mathematics teachers participated in the study. A questionnaire and an interview schedule were used to collect data for the study and descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data.*- Findings revealed that mathematics teachers in senior...

This study examines the forces behind female labour force participation (flfP) in Ghana by focusing on the role played by fertility and education, for both urban and rural dwellers. Applying a logistic regression to the fifth round of the Ghana Living standards survey (Glss 5) we established that women with basic and tertiary education have a higher propensity of participation compared with those with no education. The results further indicate significant positive marginal effects for women...

This study examines the forces behind female labour force participation (flfP) in Ghana by focusing on the role played by fertility and education, for both urban and rural dwellers. Applying a logistic regression to the fifth round of the Ghana Living standards survey (Glss 5) we established that women with basic and tertiary education have a higher propensity of participation compared with those with no education. The results further indicate significant positive marginal effects for...

The study examined the applicability of the Combined Drought Index (CDI), Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and IHACRES (identification of unit hydrographs and component flows from rainfall, evaporation and streamflow data) model in characterizing extreme weather events in relation to streamflow variations of the River Malaba. The results showed that the extreme weather events return period had reduced from 4–10 to 1–3 years over the catchment. The CDI was a better predictor of drought...

Objective: To investigate the prevalence and pattern of Visual Impairment(VI) and blindness among primary school pupils in Kitale Municipality from February to March 2009. Design: Cross-sectional school based study. Setting: Primary Schools in Kitale Municipality, Kenya. Subjects: Seven hundred and seventy six pupils of the age range 5-22 and mean of 10.81 years from standard one to standard eight. Results: The prevalence of visual impairment was 4.77% and 0% for severe visual impairment...

The Moroccan economy suffers deeply from two exogenous shocks: high oil prices and drought periods. The irregular rainfall and instability of oil prices increase the volatility of economic growth and the uncertainty around growth forecasts. We exploit the vulnerability to these shocks in order to forecast the economic growth in Morocco. We use for this an Error Correction model linking output and trade balance in a vector augmented by oil prices and cereal production as exogenous variables...

Armed conflict and exposure to violence contribute to high rates of intimate partner violence1 (IPV) and create challenges to the implementation of effective IPV prevention strategies in post-war s...

Introduction Jacquelyn Jackson, an American politician on 29 September 2010 made it clear during a gathering that ... education must remain the basis of Democracy and not a political (http://jaibihar.com/voter-awareness-will-push-politicians-to-act-experts-say/6106/). Unfortunately, most countries around the world make education a political football instead of the basis of Democracy. In Arizona Illustrated Al Melvin, another American stated am not here to advocate for one or the other; I am...

The Botswana Government recognises the role of human resource in the development of the country's economy. The Botswana National Development Plan 9 of 2003-2009 (Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, 2002) and 10 of 2009-2016 (Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, 2007) emphasise the importance of quality education as an important ingredient in achieving economic growth. Most of the non-governmental institutions set up in the country offer programmes/courses from cross-border...

Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for hydatid cyst, but the development of antihelminths has become a boon in the management of the disease.The role of medical management is now well defined, alone or with surgery or percutaneous aspiration, injection and re-aspiration (PAIR).The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of antihelminth treatment on 16 selected patients (10 females and 6 males) with hydatid cyst.Hydatid cyst was diagnosed radiologically and treated with...

Untreated sewage can contribute a significant proportion of urban groundwater recharge, via on-site sanitation facilities and sewer exfiltration. In the West Bank of the Palestinian Territories 94% of sewage is discharged untreated to the ground or surface waters. This has contributed to increasing nitrate concentrations in groundwater, which is the critical water source. In this case study of a drainage catchment from the city of Nablus, a water balance indicates that sewage as a source of...

It is globally assumed that improvements in Information Communication Technology (ICT) will enforce a better global communication; improve business processes and commercial activities, thereby leading to superior standards of living for individuals while benefitting society. This paper narrates the experiences of fifteen HCT students who visited Kenya in an attempt to narrow the existing “Digital Divide” by building computer networking labs in some of the vocational institutes in remote East...