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Studies that specifically test the effectiveness of instructional procedures for improving the writing of young African American males who experience difficulty learning to write are almost nonexistent. Although writing intervention studies include these children, researchers rarely disaggregate their data to determine whether the writing treatment enhanced the writing of this group of students. For this article, we reanalyzed the data from 5 true experiments conducted with mostly young...

The Sustainable Development Goals links together agriculture and education for developing countries towards sustainability. In line with these goals this research has done a “grass-root” experience in a rural area of a sub-Saharan country where a small NPO has been working for more than 20 years. Six villages have been chosen where the NPO already had built wells and child nutritional centres. Regularly, the NPO builds and donates the well for the farmers and starts a training program in...

In national drug policies of many countries, ensuring availability and affordability of essential medicines is indicated among the major policy objectives. To achieve the objectives, countries with low and middle income compile such medicines into NEMLs. This study aims to determine availability and affordability of commonly prescribed antibiotics at a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia by assessing (in private and public pharmacies) 13 antibiotics constituting DU90% at the hospital. Availability...

ObjectivesThis study sought to provide information about pre-hypertension and hypertension status among undergraduate students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted among a total of 540 students. Participants were interviewed using questionnaires and their blood pressures (BP), height, weight were measured and Body Mass Index ‘BMI’ and Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) were calculated. Repeated measurements...

Hatimi A, Tahrouch S, Bouizgarne B. 2018. Effect of symbiotic association of rhizobia and endomycorrhizae from Moroccan arid littoral dunes on Acacia cyanophylla tolerance to drought. Asian J For 2: 39-45. The research on behavior of A. cyanophylla Lindl plants associated with a symbiotic indigenous endomycorrhizal fungi M, and three rhizobia isolates: two low growing isolate R1 (Bradyrhizobium sp. RCM6), and R2 (Bradyrhizobium sp. RLC3) and a fast-growing isolates R3 (Rhizobium sp. S21),...

Purpose Cancer surveillance provides a critical evidence base to guide cancer control efforts, yet population-based coverage in Africa is sparse. Hospital-based registries may help fill this need by providing local epidemiologic data to guide policy and forecast local health care needs. We report the epidemiology of patients with cancer recorded by a de novo hospital-based cancer registry at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi, the sole provider of comprehensive oncology services for half the...

This study aimed to determine and describe hearing loss among preschool children in a South African community representative of typical low- and middle income countries (LMIC). Children between the ages of 3–6 years received a hearing screening at their early childhood development (ECD) center. If a child failed the hearing screening, he/she was seen for a follow-up rescreen and diagnostic assessment if necessary at their ECD center or closest referral clinic. Diagnostic testing consisted of...

This paper aims to analyze the impact of public education expenditures on GDP per capita of Tunisia and Morocco during the period 1980–2015. This study is based on the Auto-Regressive Distributive Lags (ARDL) approach that is proposed by Pesaran et al. The empirical estimate yields interesting results. In the short term, the relationship between public spending on education and GDP per capita in Morocco is positive while it is negative in Tunisia. In the long term, by contrast, public...

Breast cancer occurrences in developing countries are gradually matching caucasian levels. Since early detection is linked to reductions in morbidities and mortality, affordable screening techniques like breast self-examination (BSE) becomes imperative in these resource-limited economies. Ascertaining the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) of breast cancers and BSE among young adult females will help provide baseline information for early and targeted interventions.A cross sectional...

This article argues that it is essential to explore conversations at the intersection between personal religious identity and Human Rights issues in an attempt to bridge the gap between policy and practice.To facilitate this exploration an empathetic-reflective-dialogical approach was adopted to engage with pre-service teachers in a South African Higher Education Institution.Selected pre-service Religion Education teachers were encouraged to engage in self-dialogue and to write their...

The challenges facing government-funded higher education institutions in West Africa in response to the demand for mineral resources require a spectrum of responses aligned with the multinational development programs. Efforts to meet the demands of industry and government organisations for skilled staff are undermined by the large numbers of students attracted to Earth Science courses in Africa. The African Union's African Mining Vision, the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the New...

Background.Waste deposited in dumpsites immediately becomes part of the hydrological system. Over time, waste components bio-accumulate and/or decompose into contaminant liquid, leading to pollution of soil and water and posing a risk to human health.Objectives.The present study employed integrated hydro-chemical and geophysical methods to assess surface water and soil/subsoil within the premises of the Obafemi Awolowo University waste dumpsite in Ile-Ife, southwest Nigeria, for possible...

This abstract focuses on availability and utilization of instructional resources in teaching Special Needs Children in Abia State, Nigeria.A twenty-item check list was employed for data collection while percentage was used for analysis of data.Findings revealed that 40% of the approved resources were availed while 60% of same was not.This implies, inter alia, that effective utilization cannot go beyond 40%.It is, therefore, recommended that all relevant resources should be availed to...

Worldwide recognition of gender inequality and discrimination following the #MeToo movement has been slow to reach the field of global health. Although international institutions have begun to address gender, the perspectives of front-line global health workers remain largely undocumented, especially in regions not captured by large-scale surveys. Long-term collaborative relationships between clinicians and educators participating in paired institutional partnerships can foster...