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We conducted an assessment of orthopaedic surgical capacity in the following countries in East, Central, and Southern Africa: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.We adapted the WHO Tool for Situational Analysis to Assess Emergency and Essential Surgical Care with questions specific to trauma and orthopaedic care. In May 2013-May 2014, surgeons from the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) based at district...

Most climate change literature tends to downplay the gendered nature of vulnerability and adaptation. At best, gender is discussed in terms of the male-female binary, seen as opposing forces rather than in varying relations of interdependency. Such construction can result in the adoption of maladaptive policy presenting culturally unfit gender-blind interventions. In Egypt, which is highly vulnerable to climate change, gender analysis of how intra- and inter-household relations shape...

Abstract Universities of developing countries are faced with increased dropout rate from computing degrees due to the high failure rate of introductory programing courses. In this paper, we apply a grounded theory approach to investigate why student's fail introductory programming courses in a Nigeria University. A qualitative method of data collection was adopted to examine the students’ views about the factors that contribute to student's failure in introductory programming courses. The...

The teaching profession in South Africa, like elsewhere in the world, is regulated by the specific codes of conduct, as stipulated by the South African Council for Educators (SACE). While common criticisms against SACE include failing to ensure the registration of all teachers, and not adequately dealing with the unprofessional conduct of teachers, it is the question of whether SACE can act as an ethical regulator, which attracts the most attention. Seemingly, there exists a tension between...

In this study, we have focused on Verb-Complement relationship (Valence) which is one of the difficulties they experience in learning Turkish as a foreign language learners. The purpose of the study, such as the case for the use of what is wrong in the relationship with the state adds name attached complement of verbs that are determined to avoid the mistakes made in this direction and to make efforts in order to fix it, to make recommendations about what should be done to achieve lasting...

Abstract Gender mainstreaming (GM) within media and journalism education and practice has been described by several scholars as good, representative, critical, ethical, just and balanced journalism. This article presents findings of a study exploring the extent of GM in media and journalism in university departments in Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia. Drawing on qualitative research approaches, the study found minimal, unclear and uncoordinated GM activities within most departmental policies,...

Water-borne diseases have been estimated to cause more than two million deaths and four billion cases of diarrhea annually. Water-borne pathogenic organisms include bacteria, protozoa, and viruses. Heavy metal contamination of water is also a potential threat to human health. This study aimed to detect contamination of potable water with protozoal and bacterial pathogens as well as heavy metals in Gharbiya governorate in the middle of the Nile Delta, Egypt. Therefore, this study was...

Agriculture is considered as an essential economic driver in Egypt. It is an issue as a local food source, for international trade, the food industry and fiber manufacturing as well as water and land use. The climate change vulnerability of agriculture can be mainly attributed to parameters of the economy, society and the environment. Climate change will affect agricultural crop yields which consequently impact different food security domains, namely access to food, food supplies stability,...

BACKGROUND - Globally, human resources for health are being optimized to address the increasing health burden and concomitant increased demands on health professionals. These demands are even more exacting in Sub-SaharanAfrica considering the shortage of health care workers, especially physicians. The noteworthy efforts at deploying task-shifting to address this situation not-withstanding, the situation also signals the need to re-define the objectives of medical instruction to ensure...

The higher education system in Ethiopia has been undergoing rapid transformation and massive expansion over the last two decades that increases the number of universities and enrolments. However, state funding has been unable to keep pace with the continuously expanding system. Hence, the current expansion has created serious financial pressures. Given the limited public funding and the hugely expanding system, therefore, the move towards increased search for non-governmental sources of...

This article explores the transnational exchange of knowledge of ideas in social work in the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing upon the notion of transnational translation of knowledge, the study presented here sheds light on the interaction between the knowledge and ideas brought to Palestine in the early 1930s by German social worker refugees, and the dominant perceptions, values, and conditions of the Jewish community in that country. The case study follows the efforts to...

Purpose: This study investigated the relationship between value, relevance and ethical sensitivity of students in a sample of 350 Business, Science and Engineering students from Ken Saro Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori.It examined the association between personal benefit and ethical sensitivity of Ken Saro Wiwa students in Nigeria.Design/Methodology/Approach: This is an exploratory study that adopted the quantitative research approach in investigating the assumed relationship between personal...

Research Article| September 01, 2016 A palaeoseismic trench investigation of early Holocene neotectonic faulting along the Kango Fault, southern Cape Fold Belt, South Africa– part II: earthquake parameters M.L. Goedhart; M.L. Goedhart Kainos South Africa, P.O. Box 15501, Emerald Hill, Port Elizabeth, 6011, South Africa Department of Geosciences, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa e-mail: mgoedhart@kainossa.co.za Search for other works...

This paper uses propensity score matching to test the robustness of OLS returns to education estimates in Ghana, a country for which other researchers have found low returns to primary school. Matching provides a way to test for common support, which would fail when there are not enough similar non-educated individuals with whom to compare educated individuals. Matching also relaxes the typical linear functional form used in OLS estimates. Common support issues do not seem to bias OLS...