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Background: Malaria is a public health problem globally especially in the Sub-Saharan Africa and among the under five children and pregnant women. Malaria in pregnancy is well known to be associated with a lot of maternal and fetal complications. Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine is the currently recommended regimen for prevention of malaria in pregnancy in the endemic areas. Objective: The study was on the effect of intermittent preventive treatment of...

Promoting innovation through education is a challenge for both advanced industrial and developing economies. The linkages between public and private investment in education, the kind of education that is needed and sources of social and economic dynamism are all-important. These linkages are particularly challenging in the Global South, where many types of dynamism and social need are ‘below the radar’. This is the backdrop to a practice-based project that used training in technology policy...

One of the key goals of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. In the Nigerian context,  unemployment is a major cause of poverty which can be eradicated through empowerment and wealth creation. Printing technology, a technical based  course offers benefits in this regards. Today, digital technologies have  brought a paradigm shift to the business models used in the printing industry. For this reason, an analysis of the printing curriculum...

Objectives: Examining consumers' healthcare behavior can help in the design of ways to ensure better access to health and the quality of care.Health-seeking behavior is viewed as the varied response of individuals to states of illhealth, depending on their knowledge and perceptions of health, socioeconomic constraints, adequacy of available health services and attitude of healthcare providers.This study examines health-seeking behavior of university students, their use of healthcare services...

Anxiety is a common cause of poor academic performance among students in every part of the globe. The aim of this study was therefore to determine the relationship between and academic performance of students in the faculty of Nursing, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State. A descriptive survey was used to obtain data from respondents who gave consent to the study. Data obtained was analysed using Statistical Package for Science Solutions (SPSS) version 17. Result...

We analyze the productivity changes in basic and secondary education for 24 governorates in Tunisia over the period 2004-2008. In methodological term, we employ the Malmquist index, to estimate changes in total factor productivity which can be decomposed into two main components namely, technological change and technical efficiency change. We use four input variables (number of teacher per students, number of classes per students, number of schools per inhabitants, and expenditure in...

We evaluate the efficiency of basic and secondary education in 24 governorates of Tunisia during the period 1999-2008 using a non-parametric approach, DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis). We use four inputs: number of teacher per 100 students, number of classes per 100 students, number of schools per million inhabitants and education spending per student, while the output measures include the success rate of baccalaureate exam and the rate of non-doubling in the 9th year. Our results show that...

Missed or inappropriately-treated splenic injury is a significant cause of preventable trauma-related death. Physical examination and abdominal ultrasonography are essential tools for early diagnosis of splenic injury. However, some injuries may not be accurately diagnosed by ultrasonography at initial evaluation.The aim of this study was to audit indications for splenectomy at the University College Hospital, Ibadan and to compare the intra-operative findings in trauma-related cases with...

Water is a multi-dimensional issue and a prerequisite for achieving human security, from the individual to the international level. The Nile River has long been a crucial component of both the identity and the vitality of Egypt. Egypt faces a rapidly increasing deterioration of its surface and groundwater due to increasing discharges of heavily polluted domestic and industrial effluents into its waterways. Excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers in agriculture also causes water pollution...

To determine the types of functional disabilities in adult and paediatric burns survivors, with specific emphasis on potential risk and socio-economic factors of burn disabilities present in Ghana.The descriptive study was carried out in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana from May 2011 to April 2012. Burn survivors who came for follow-up visits after been discharged home and had functional disability were the participants of the study. They were physically examined and interviewed...

This study examines farmers’ general understanding of climate change in Ikwuano LGA of Abia State, Nigeria. Data were collected by use of structured questionnaire administered to 420 farmers randomly selected from eight communities in the study area. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze data obtained from the survey. A 4-point Likert Rating Scale was used to gauge farmers’ response to 29 perception questions posed in the questionnaire. The result showed that the prevalent changes in...

Business and occupations are becoming more reliant on cognitive-capacity of workers who are well grounded in critical thinking skills. This study is, therefore, focused on the enhancement of critical thinking skills of vocational and adult education students for entrepreneurship development in Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Four hundred and eighteen lecturers in vocational and adult education programmes in universities in South-Eastern Nigeria made up...

The overall goal of this study was to address areas of improvement in physical education to help primary schools achieve its objectives in Nigeria. It was seen that developing programmes for physical education which maximize opportunities within the school programme and promote sport, dance, and outdoor education opportunities beyond the school day; improving the effectiveness of learning and teaching; making better use of assessment to provide pupils with the kind of feedback that will...

The study sought to find out how far technical education has been able to solve unemployment among technical graduates of pre-university institutions in the Bolgatanga Municipality of Ghana. A sample of fifty responders, comprising forty technical graduates who completed their pre-university education in 1998 and ten employers of such graduates, where selected for the study in the Bolgatanga Municipality. Snowballing was used to identify the 1998 batch of technical graduates of...

The purpose of the study was to find out the state of teachers’ involvement in decision-making in public senior secondary schools in the Bolgatanga Municipality of Ghana. Eighty-four (84) professional teachers and three school heads that had been in their present schools for periods not less than six months were stratified and randomly selected for the study. Two sets of questionnaires were developed one for teachers and the other for school heads. The teachers’ questionnaire had 45 items...

Higher education in developing countries presents an opportunity both for investment and development, if specific challenges can be overcome. This article looks at the opportunities for higher education in a developing country, Kenya, and how these experiences have enabled an identification of issues that must be dealt with for higher education to grow both as an investment and capacity-building opportunity for developing countries. It offers a brief narrative on the history of higher...

Guidance and Counselling and vocational education have long been recognized as a major vehicle for national development and growth. This study was aimed at evaluating the opinions of employers of labour on the roles of guidance and Counselling and vocational education in sustainable development in Nigeria. The sample comprised of 80 indigenous and 68 multi-national employers in the south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. A...

The study investigated the status of guidance services in some Secondary schools in Rivers State. Out of the two hundred and fifty (250) public schools in Port Harcourt, only twenty (20) have at least a practicing counsellor. Fourteen schools with practicing counsellors were sampled in this study. The two Federal Government and University Demonstration Schools in Port Harcourt were also included in the study. Data was collected through the administration of a questionnaire on guidance...

Background: This study was carried out to highlight the prevalence of cancer of the uterine cervix and shortcoming in the management of cervical cancer in our hospital.There is the need to improve on our personnel training and equipment acquisition.Method: This was a retrospective study.Case folders of forty-seven patients who were diagnosed with cancer of the cervix were retrieved and reviewed.Information on age, parity, clinical presentation, stages of the disease and management as well as...