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To estimate the prevalence of goitre, urinary iodine status, coverage of supplementation of iodized oil capsules, and current use of iodized salt in children in Lesotho.Cross-sectional study of children from 50 primary schools in Lesotho. Thyroid glands of children aged 8-12 years were measured by palpation and graded according to the WHO, UNICEF, and the International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency's (ICCIDD) joint criteria. The use of iodized oil capsules was determined by a...
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Failure to accumulate human capital is one of the pressing problems of developing countries. Lacking human capital formation bears consequences on an economy wide level, since education contributes to labor productivity. We examine the impact of increased school enrollment with regard to economic growth and income inequality. A dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model applying a 2000 SAM for Tanzania is used to evaluate the quantitative long-term effects of increased school...
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A cross sectional study was undertaken with the main objective of determining the prevalence and patterns of undescended testis (UDT) among 437 primary School pupils from randomly selected primary schools in one Division of ampala in Uganda. The study variables included age, tribe, scrotal findings, side and location of the undescended testis plus associated groin and external genitalia abnormalities. UDT was found in 27 of the 437 children. The right side alone was involved in 17 (63%),...
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Non-point source pollution from agricultural land is a major contributor of N, P and sediments resulting into eutrophication and siltation of water bodies. The extent of this pollution is accelerated by poor land management practices that lead to extensive soil erosion. PoUutant concentrations and loads from two micro-catchments of Bukora sub-catchment. a predominantly agro-pastoral area of Rakai district. were studied over a three-year period. The two microcatchments are drained by two...
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Depuis quelques annees, Lome, la capitale du Togo, connait une situation de pauvrete de masse et de serieux problemes d'environnement. Si les causes de la pauvrete sont avant tout d'ordre economique (secteur industriel limite et peu competitif, secteur agricole peu mecanise et domine par la main d'œuvre familiale, secteur touristique peu dynamique, emploi moderne limite) et d'ordre social (exode rural important, taux de chomage eleve) le phenomene s'est toutefois renforce depuis 1990...
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The adjustment of black African students to what, under apartheid, were white universities has long been a concern for South African educators. Dimensions of adjustment to university were examined for 339 African black and white freshmen attending a historically white South African university, using the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire. No significant differences were found between black African and white participants on academic adjustment or institutional commitment. However,...
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National environmental education policy is essential for guiding and coordinating environmental education activities within a country. The Zimbabwean Environmental Education Policy development process took place between 2000 and 2001.This paper looks at stages in the policy development process, the factors that influenced it and the lessons learnt from the process.
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Economic analysis demonstrates that, continuing from its intentionally racist beginnings in the 1920s, the American Bar Association's system for accrediting law schools excludes most African-Americans from the legal profession, while allowing whites to enter. The discriminatory impact of ABA accreditation takes two forms. First, the ABA accreditation standards inflict academic racism. The standards impose academic requirements that African-Americans tend to lack, eliminating most schools...
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This paper puts into historical perspective the changing trends in the training of information professionals in Kenya since 1970.Issues and trends are discussed on the basis of a literature review representative of popular publications and research reports from 1970 to the current time.This paper is adapted from a chapter on such research completed by the authors.The information reflected herein will be helpful for comparative studies on Library and Information Studies (LIS) education in...
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In order to fight digestive and urinary parasitoses, a national program of surveillance has been founded. The screening of these parasitoses among the non permanent resident students in Tunisia (ENRPTS) is one of the main actions of this program. Among 2560 ENRPTS tested in the laboratory of Parasitologie of Institut Pasteur of Tunis, between 1998 and 2002, 674 were infected by parasites, which represents a global prévalence of 26.3%. The intestinal protozoa constitute the majority of...