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All prevention efforts currently being implemented for COVID-19 are aimed at reducing the burden on strained health systems and human resources. There has been little research conducted to understand how SARS-CoV-2 has affected health care systems and professionals in terms of their work. Finding effective ways to share the knowledge and insight between countries, including lessons learned, is paramount to the international containment and management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this...

Abstract This paper provides new evidence on the impact on educational attainment of an international child support (ICS) program, implemented in ten primary schools located in the peri-urban districts of the city of Goma (Democratic Republic of Congo). Using original micro data from a sample of 309 children (treated, 121; control, 188), we explore, through a difference-in-differences approach, whether the ICS program, which reduces the structural uncertainty faced by the targeted pupils and...

This paper investigates History education in Uganda by interrogating data emerging from interviews with secondary History teachers. Two strands of literature are brought to the data analysis: one strand relates to how decolonisation has been conceptualised in interpretations of History education in Uganda; a second strand relates to what the most appropriate pedagogies might be to underpin History teaching and learning in this postcolonial setting. The pedagogical text is informed by the...

This article examines smallholder women farmers’ awareness of climatic factors and the adaptation strategies to climate change events and how they influence their farming methods. A household survey was conducted on 50 smallholder women farmers at Akropong in the Nkoranza South Municipality in the forest-savannah transition zone of Ghana. The survey was complemented with in-depth and semi-structured interviews. The findings revealed that women farmers use multiple adaptation strategies such...

History CompassVolume 19, Issue 6 e12661 TEACHING & LEARNING GUIDE Teaching & Learning Guide for: Theories of industrialization in Africa Biko Agozino, Corresponding Author agozino@yt.edu Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA Correspondence Biko Agozino, Department of Sociology and Africana Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA. Email: agozino@yt.eduSearch for more papers by this author Biko Agozino, Corresponding Author...

Introduction: Extant and indigenous literature have shown that students with hearing impairment are found to be below their hearing counterparts in the area of academic and their poor academic performance most times, it is traced to lack of communication, paying little or no attention to other factors. Purpose: This study therefore investigated factors such as self-esteem, family connectedness and social skills as determinants of academic performance of students with hearing impairment in...

Previous research on the association between maternal HIV status and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa was published between 2005-2011. Findings from these studies showed a higher child mortality risk among children born to HIV-positive mothers. While the population of women with disabilities is growing in developing countries, we found no research that examined the association between maternal disability in HIV-positive mothers, and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. This study...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine teaching approaches adopted by teachers in ex-Model C English medium secondary schools (former mono-ethnic White Schools) currently in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, after schools became desegregated in 1994 and changed from being mono-ethnic to multi-ethnic. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted through a qualitative research approach against the backdrop of a phenomenological design according to the interpretivist paradigm. Data...

There had been a global concerned by the stakeholders in education over the perceived inadequacies in the management of education system, dwindling quality of education and students’ academic achievement in secondary schools. This study therefore examined the School-Based Management Committee’s (SBMC) involvement and effectiveness in school governance, and students’ academic performance in Nigerian secondary schools; the major challenges facing effective SBM practice were identified as low...

This rapid review synthesises evidence on FCDO climate projects across the East African region in the following countries; Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. This review established that sector stakeholders in countries like Rwanda lacked climate impact information. This highlights the need of providing the right information in the right form to meet the end users need. The above case studies have shown the need for consistent and harmonised future climate projections that are country...

In nursing students, high stress levels can lead to burnout, anxiety, and depression. Our objective is to characterize the epidemiology of perceived stress, stressors, and coping strategies among nursing students in the Middle East and North Africa region.We conducted an overview of systematic reviews. We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, PsycInfo, and grey literature sources between January 2008 and June 2020 with no language restrictions. We included any systematic review reporting...

Background and Study Aim: The purpose of this article is to describe and analyze students' disruptive behavior and teacher trainee responses before and after a “Body Language and to Speak in Public” training module for school teachers at the end of initial training physical education teachers (PET). Material and Methods: Delayed video scope analysis was conducted using the "Disciplinary Incidents Observation System (DIOS)" of “Brunelle J.” (1996) [7]. Results: The data collected, it can be...

There is a spurt in online learning worldwide, particularly in Asian and African countries, after the COVID-19 pandemic. Outcomes Based Education (OBE), the new paradigm in Africa, India and elsewhere in the world promotes e-Learning as part of its Lifelong learning attribute. Design of such e-Learning system should incorporate features of autonomous learner’s characteristics (like African higher education students) for their preparedness and progression phases of e-Learning. This is due to...

<ns4:p><ns4:bold>Background:</ns4:bold> One of the major health concerns in Nakaseke district, Uganda is the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), as of March 2014, the prevalence rate of the disease in the district was estimated at about 8%, compared to the national average of 6.5%, making Nakaseke district have the sixth-highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in the entire country. We set out to explore the knowledge and attitude of...

This paper is an analysis of the characteristics of distance education in Uganda in relation to their conformity to the definition of distance education by ADEA. Very little in depth study had been done on ADEAs recommendations and their application in Uganda. This research undertook a case study of eight universities from Western and Eastern Uganda offering distance education programs. They were analysed using ADEA’s characteristics of distance education namely: institutional accreditation,...

Introduction: Low retention of science teachers has become a major problem in the education sector all over the world. Purpose: The study investigated the effect of working conditions on retention of science teachers in public secondary schools in Kisumu County, Kenya. Methodology: Embedded mixed method design was adopted for the study while target population included 905 respondents which comprised 221 principals and 684 science teachers from 221 public secondary schools in Kisumu County....