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The paper explores the impact of floods on women with disabilities in the Tokwe-Mukosi basin, Zimbabwe. It discusses the impact of flooding on the livelihoods of women with disabilities as well as the challenges they are facing in the course of their relocation. The research employed purposive sampling. Data was gathered through key informant interviews and observation in the Tokwe-Mukosi basin, transit camps and the Nuanetsi relocation site. Research revealed that women with disabilities...

Introduction: Since learners in secondary schools fall within the age group hardest hit by HIV/AIDS, it is obvious that these learners might be at high risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. However, little has been explored on the perception of risk of contracting HIV among secondary school learners in Cameroon. This study aimed at examining the perception of risk of contracting HIV among secondary school learners in Mbonge subdivision of rural Cameroon using the Health Belief Model (HBM) as framework.

The female condom is a proven effective female controlled HIV prevention device.Sociocultural and biological factors predispose women to a heavier burden of HIV/AIDS than men.In Cameroon, with a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, no study has investigated the factors influencing use of the female condom.This study was aimed to identify the factors influencing utilization of the female condom among senior secondary school female students in Kumba, Cameroon, using the Health Belief Model (HBM) as...

With the surge of social network and more improving technological messaging functionalities, Polytechnic students in Ghana are more likely to rely on WhatsApp application for their day-to-day communications than mobile voice calls (phone calls).Cost efficiency, effective, quick and easier mode of communication, confidential, and convenient usage are some of the major factors which might influence their decision.However, not much is known empirically of students' preference of voice calls and...

Background: Intestinal helminthic infections are among the most common infections in the world and are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality.The diagnosis of these infections commonly relies on the detection of helminth egg or larvae in stool.The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of kato-katz thick smear and formol-ether concentration methods for the diagnosis of helminthic infections among Wonji Shoa town primary school children.Method:...

The aim of the study was to delve into promotional issues of faculty in tertiary institutions using the University of Ghana, Legon as a case study with a focus on rank at recruitment and current position of faculty. Data were collected using a combination of structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews among 142 faculty made up of 33 women and 109 men. The findings of this study indicate that the male faculty were recruited with higher qualification than their female counterparts and...

The Barombi Mbo Maar (BMM), which is the largest maar in Cameroon, possesses about 126 mthick well-preserved pyroclastic deposits sequence in which two successive paleosoil beds have been identified.The maar was thought to have been active a million years ago.However, layers stratigraphically separated by the identified paleosoils have been dated to shed lights on its age and to reconstruct the chronology of its past activity.The results showed that the BMM formed through three eruptive...

With irrefutable evidences from around the globe, climate change impacts are being felt and are adding significantly to the development challenges in ensuring food security and alleviating poverty particularly to most Sub-Saharan African countries as a whole (Low 2005) and the Sudano-Sahel region of Cameroon in particular. This is strongly due to the fact that agriculture is the mainstay in the region where the majority of the population is very dependent on rain-fed agriculture, accounting...

Nowadays climate change is expected to affect society in a number of ways ranging from food security to water resources. Water plays an important role in the socio-economic development of any society. Thus, this study mainly deals with assessing climate change impact on water availability of Bilate watershed, Ethiopian Rift Valley Basin. The watershed is situated in Ethiopian Rift Valley Basin and covers an area of about 3643 km 2 in which Bilate river is the main river flowing throughout...

Despite the plethora of policy and legal instruments banning corporal punishment (CP) in schools and the sea of knowledge about the negative consequences of CP in children, CP occupies a significant place in the scheme of affairs of schools across the globe. Ethiopia too is not an exception. Teachers’ attitude towards CP can predict their application of it. This investigation thus was designed to assess the magnitude and nature of teachers’ attitude towards CP and its association with...

The purpose of this review is to map out the journey of special needs education in Ethiopia. This journey is from mountainous churches where students used to attend theology scattering under trees and small huts to fenced and relatively favorable classrooms. By that professionals in the field of special needs will have the opportunity to know how the delivery of special education for persons with disabilities was associated with early Christianity and compare the historical development of...

This paper analytically explores the interconnections within moral education and national integration and social order in Nigeria.The paper holds the viewpoint that national integration and social orderliness requires moral education.In lieu of this, Teacher education programs must help teaching students to link the moral purpose that influences them with the tools that will prepare them to engage in productive change.The paper argues for new rationale why moral education and teacher...

This paper analytically explores the missing links between teacher education and social problems also known as social ills.A social problem is a condition which effects large number of people in an adverse manner.It can also be seen as a difficulty of misbehaviour which vast majority wants to correct.Social problem also arises when there is deviation from accepted social norms.These are usually threats to established social norms and therefore, it is necessary to eliminate them as quickly as...

Climate variability and change has resulted to several impacts on the globe, in this regard, this paper seek to address the impact of climate variability and change on the livelihood of the Barbaig Pastoral community and identify strategies they use to adopt and cope with change effects. The study was conducted in selected villages of Hanang district. A sample size of 110 respondents was subjected to structured and semi-structured interviews. In addition, field observation, focus group...

The purpose of the study is to explore, examine and analyze the factors that account for the inability of the trained employees of the MMDAs to apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired from training and development programmes to their job and its effect on organizational performance and effectiveness. It also seeks to identify problems limiting professional development and to propose pragmatic systematic training and development models .To achieve this objective, a descriptive...

Studies indicate that substance use among Ethiopian adolescents is considerably rising; in particular college and university students are the most at risk of substance use. The aim of the study was to assess substance use and associated factors among university students. A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 1040 Haramaya University students using self-administered structured questionnaire. Multistage sampling technique was used to select students. Descriptive statistics, bivariate,...