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This paper documents the determinants of household-level food security based on the data collected in 2003 from 954 randomly-selected households in major drought-prone areas of Ethiopia; namely from the West and East Haraghe zones of Oromiya and South Gonder zone of Amhara.The food security is assessed using the calorie intake, anthropometrical measures and based on household-declared perceptions about the food security situation.The Probit model for factors affecting the food security level...
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American and British models of professional social work that have been exported to Africa have been critiqued as unable to address the unique issues and cultural characteristics of the majority of Africans. Such critiques have increased as the social work profession in the Western world has failed to come up with answers to many of its own most vexing social problems. African social work educators are therefore questioning the borrowing of such ‘problematic’ Western social work knowledge....
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Sexual violence is a significant problem in South Africa. Such encounters bring psychological trauma, social stigma, and the risk of pregnancy, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Existing qualitative research indicates that survivors have difficulty concentrating on school-work, with many reportedly losing interest and some leaving school. The relationship between these experiences and school enrolment and educational attainment has not been...
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A comparative study of the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among post –primary and tertiary school students in Imo state was carried out from January to December 2002. Questionnaires were administered to the respondents to collect vital information before urine sample, vaginal or urethral swab and blood sample were collected. The samples were thereafter analysed using standard techniques. Laboratory findings showed that out of 2,654 post-primary school students aged...
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Science EducationVolume 92, Issue 3 p. 563-565 The Books Changing teaching, changing times: Lessons from a South African township science classroom M. B. Ogunniyi, M. B. Ogunniyi School of Science and Mathematics Education, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Belville 7535, Republic of South AfricaSearch for more papers by this author M. B. Ogunniyi, M. B. Ogunniyi School of Science and Mathematics Education, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Belville 7535,...
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Abortion deaths remain in the forefront of causes of maternal deaths in many developing countries. Most of these deaths are the end point of complications arising from unsafe abortions. This study was to determine the size of the problem, its contribution to maternal mortality, biosocial stratification of the women and the causes of death in most cases. Abortion contributes 13.5% of maternal deaths during the period of study. Women between the ages 20 and 24 years constituted the majority...
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Antenatal care is widely established and provides an opportunity to inform and educate pregnant women about pregnancy, childbirth and care of the newborn. It is expected that this would assist the women in making choices that would contribute to good pregnancy outcome. We examined the provision of information and education in antenatal clinics from the perspective of pregnant women attending these clinics. A cross sectional survey of 457 pregnant women attending six urban and six rural...
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Investment in secondary schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa has been neglected since the World Conference on Education for All at Jomtien. The World Education Forum in Dakar began to recognize the growing importance of post-primary schooling for development. Only 25 percent of school-age children attend secondary school in the region—and fewer complete successfully, having consequences for gender equity, poverty reduction, and economic growth. As universal primary schooling becomes a reality,...
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Our objective was to examine the effects of exercise training (EXS) on quality of life (QoL) in highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-treated HIV-positive (HIV+) subjects with body fat redistribution (BFR) in Rwanda. The effects of a randomised controlled trial of EXS on QoL were measured using World Health Organisation Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF in HIV+ subjects with BFR randomised to EXS (n = 50; BFR + EXS) or no exercise training (n = 50; BFR + noEXS). At 6 months, scores on the...
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When you look at a map of the world showing the location of ground‐based space physics instrumentation (radars, magnetometers, ionosondes, GPS dual‐frequency receivers, and lidars), you quickly recognize Africa's lack of space physics research infrastructure. One priority of the United Nations—sponsored International Heliophysical Year (IHY) is the development of such an infrastructure in Africa. Satellite data have shown that the equatorial ionospheric density structures, especially at the...
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s Can distance education courses increase academic motivation? Digital Library > Conference Papers > SITE > Volume 2008, Issue 1 > Ads by Google Education Online Learning E Learning Africa Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA March 3, 2008 ISBN 1-880094-64-9 Karen McFerrin, Roberta Weber, Roger Carlsen & Dee Anna Willis AACE More Information on SITE Table of
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International Association of Technology Education and Development Proceedings, 3-5 march 2008, Valencia, Spain.