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Current information about climate change leans towards the fact that inter- annual and inter-decadal climate variability have a direct influence on the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases. The current discussions on climate change estimate that average global temperatures will increase the likelihood of many vector borne diseases in tropical countries like Kenya. Malaria and dengue fever are among the most important vector borne diseases in tropical climates like the one we experience here...
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The goal of inclusive education has not been to erase differences among learners, but to enable all students to belong to an educational community that validates and values their individuality. Therefore, inclusive education call for making children with disabilities participate fully in all activities within a regular school. This requires a change in the factors that affect its implementation such as differences in curriculum, environment, and policies for handicapped children and those...
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With the increase of networks and electronic tools, the online antisocial behaviours have increased and cyber threats have consequently became prevalent world-wide. The new technologies are challenging current networking practices, and this has given rise to cyber threats in South African schools. Learners are not aware of what they should do when threatened online. There is a lack of procedures that can be consistently followed by South African schools, governing boards and educators. As a...
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Introduction: As much as 60% of children born in Nigeria are delivered by unskilled traditional birth attendants. It imperative for traditional birth attendants and similar cadre of health care providers in resource-limited settings to be knowledgeable and have the ability to deploy evidence based practices in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV if the goal of an AIDS free generation will be achieved. The successful linkage of evidence with practice in sub-Saharan Africa...
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The purpose of this article is to attempt to bring into fuller perspective than has hitherto been done the issues of the affective in the curriculum debate in higher education in the post-apartheid period. The article poses the question of how the curriculum engages the domain of the affective or that which one might describe as the emotional states of mind that have been left behind since the 1994 settlement that was arrived at between the African National Congress (ANC) and the National...
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OBJECTIVE: Patient satisfaction is an important and commonly used indicator for measuring the quality in health care. Patient satisfaction affects clinical outcomes, patient retention, and medical malpractice claims. It affects the 13 timely, efficient, and patient-centered delivery of quality health care13.A review of quality of services from the patient's perspective could be a method of assessing in order to improve servicesand achieve total quality management. This study was designed to...
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This article utilises the insights of sociology and social psychology in defining social cohesion, outlining the ideal state and making a case for the role of student leadership in social cohesion. It draws from personal experience as former Dean of Students while it relies mostly, not entirely, on secondary sources in the disciplines of sociology and social psychology. The conclusion is that given the numbers behind them and the position of influence derived from student structures, student...
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At the heart of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the reaffirmation of the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights, and the open acknowledgement that civil and political rights alone cannot fully protect the inherent dignity and worth of persons with disabilities. Accordingly, the aims of the CRPD cannot be realised unless the socio-economic rights of persons with disabilities are rigorously enforced. Ghana,...
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Africa’s recent economic performance has been quite impressive. However, strong economic growth has not always corresponded to sufficient poverty reduction, partly because it has failed to generate productive employment. This paper compares the experiences of two fast growing African countries and provides an in depth insight on the different growth paths being pursued. In particular, the study aims to examine the role of education in facilitating structural changes in Mozambique and...
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Combining a process-based and correlative approach to predict the impacts of climate change on schistosomiasis in eastern Africa