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This study aimed to review experience in the management of hypospadias at a tertiary Paediatric Surgery Centre,Accra,Ghana. This was a prospective study of patientsmanaged for hypospadias at the Paediatric Surgery Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching hospital, between 1st January 2004 and 30th September 2005.Data analysed included the types of hypospadias seen, the types of operations done, the complications and outcomes ofmanagement. A total of 1196 patients were operated within this 21-month...
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This paper aims to introduce selected issues from the international literature on skills training into the South African policy forum. Reform of national strategies in skills production has characterised a number of industrial as well as certain developing economies in recent decades. Their experience is potentially valuable locally. The main lessons are that skills training resembles education in being partly a public good. The acquisition of skills parallels the acquisition of knowledge....
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There can be little question that education plays a fundamental role in income dynamics, and that it should be an important focus of the National Income Dynamics Study. In preparing this document, we have been motivated by two basic questions. First, what are the key research and policy questions related to education in South Africa, especially in relation to income dynamics? Second, what dimensions of education are particularly well suited to analysis using longitudinal data of the type that will be collected in NIDS?
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Attention is rarely given to patients' opinions regarding the quality of care they received, which is an important feedback to healthcare providers, planners and policy makers.To assess how patients who survived life-threatening/emergency conditions percieved the quality of care they received.This prospective study was carried out among adult patients who had received emergency care at the Accident & Emergency (A & E) unit of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu,...
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Nigeria's current status in the world and within the Sub-Saharan region is reviewed in terms of its focus on information technology education, by examining the Higher Education market, private computer industries within Nigeria, and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), a national initiative designed to dramatically improve Nigeria's competitiveness in computer industries. The results of research into the effectiveness of Public-Private Partnerships in Information...
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Without any doubt, leadership plays a dominant role in the outcome of any organized effort aimed at a particular goal or a set of goals. It is the genius of leadership that mobilises human and material resources and creates the necessary climate for productivity. As a matter of fact, studies have shown that leadership accounts for most of the outcomes observable in Organisations. In the view of Jiboyewa (1988), leadership involves much more than the behaviours exhibited by leaders in any other organisation.
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Village Poultry in Ethiopia Socio-technical analysis and learning with farmersAsgedom, A. H. - 2007
In developing countries village poultry keeping is regarded an important livelihood opportunity for the poor. To improve poultry systems, it is necessary to keep in mind a large number of local complexities. This study aimed to integrate participatory-, survey- and model-based approaches to socio-technical analysis and mutual farmer-researcher learning about constraints to and opportunities for village poultry development in Ethiopia. The study applied a combined technography and systems...
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This chapter briefly describes a funding formula which has been developed for Ethiopia’s higher education institutions. It places this in the context of Ethiopia’s history and development stage and the particular requirements of its higher education context. It is argued that such a formula is an important element in the reform of Ethiopia’s civic society by providing: protection for institutional autonomy and academic free speech, while requiring accountability transparency of funding...
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This chapter briefly describes a funding formula which has been developed for Ethiopia’s higher education institutions. It places this in the context of Ethiopia’s history and development stage and the particular requirements of its higher education context. It is argued that such a formula is an important element in the reform of Ethiopia’s civic society by providing: protection for institutional autonomy and academic free speech, while requiring accountability transparency of funding...