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Prohibitive drug costs are leading some African countries to try to enter the generic market. They would do well to look at India’s model, says Sakthivel Selvaraj

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesVolume 50, Issue 7 p. 19793A-19793A Military Libya: External Army Training First published: 23 August 2013 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825X.2013.05243.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read...

Social Studies Education as a field of study instills in students the knowledge, skills, attitudes and actions that are considered important in the relationship and interaction of man and those around him on one han, and the entire environment (Ogun Bameru, 2006). The paper examines social studies education in the context of Nigeria’s philosophical goals as a nation, the objectives of social studies education and how they can be used to achieve national goals and development and proffers...

This paper uses the external survey assessment techniques of the Probit model to examine the problem facing non-residential students of the College of Technology Education, University of Education, Winneba. The paper reports that non-residential students of the College encounter problems of neighbourhood disputes, severed landlords and landladies relationships, noise pollution, environmental pollution, lack of resting places, frequent water shortages, frequent disputes over payment of...

Management of burns patients before May 2009 was very difficult at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).To compile burns patients' information in the new Burns Intensive Care Unit (BICU), analyze it and draw comparisons to information from the old BICU at KATH.This retrospective study involves data from May 2007 to April 2009 (Group 1--old BICU) and May 2009 to April 2011 (Group 2--new BICU). The parameters of burn patients recorded included: record of admission, gender, age, aetiology...

Research has shown that education is one of the most effective development investments countries can make. Adequate investments in education facilitate the achievement of most other national development goals and increase the probability that progress will be sustained. Education is also universally acknowledged to benefit individuals and promote national development. Educating females and males produces similar increases in their subsequent earnings and expands future opportunities and...

Long before the advent of the Europeans, the Yorubas n the south western part of Nigeria developed a traditional educational system through which an individual behavior is moulded and directed towards their eventual role in the society. Ways, methods and techniques used by Yorubas may not be all that formal if compared with the modern day western education did not touch. Since education sector is like a factory that produces raw materials (human resources) for all other sectors of the...

This study aimed to investigate the level of IT utilization and the factors that influence the IT utilization among the audit practitioners in Yemen.The proposed model investigates the impact of IT knowledge, IT training and firm category on the IT utilization.The researchers use a survey questionnaire, the data were collected from 197 external auditors representing Big-4 and non-Big-4 firms operating in Yemen.The Partial Least Squares (PLS) Structural Equations Modeling Approach was...

The study investigated gender, age and teaching experiences differences in decision-making behaviours of members of selected Kenyan secondary school disciplinary panels.Mixed Methods design was adopted for the study.Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected.Study sample comprised 78 participants drawn from ten secondary school disciplinary panels.Participants comprised 45 males and 33 females, clustered into four age groups of-29 years (n=21), 30-39 years (n=28), 40-49 years...

To determine the prevalence of vaginal infections and associated lifestyles of students visiting the University of Cape Coast Hospital. Fifty female students presenting with clinical symptoms of vaginitis were sampled. One hundred samples made up of 50 urine and 50 higher vaginal swabs (HVS) were obtained from patients and questionnaire administered. Samples were wet prepared, examined microscopically, and cultured on blood and chocolate agars for 24 h at (35±2) °C. Colonial morphology, Gram...

Contents in climate change and disaster risk reduction education are to feature as revolving themes across subjects such as English Studies, Basic Science and Technology, and Religious and Values Education in a new structure of Basic Education (BE) released by Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) in 2012. This paper analyses how basic education curricular can be used to promote global social issues such as enlightening the populace about climate change. The aim is to...

This paper focused on improving classroom instruction through learner centered classroom management approach at the basic level of education in Nigeria. The paper highlighted different strategies of learner centered classroom management which will enhance effective instructions in classes at the grassroots level of education system of the country. Among the strategies discussed are; organizing classroom and supplies, establishing classroom norms and expectations, pestering pupils...

This paper examines the relationship between policy and performance appraisal as well as the extent to which performance appraisal tools influence performance appraisal in high schools in Bomet County. The paper is based on a study that looked into the challenges facing performance appraisal of Teachers Service Commission High school teachers in Bomet Constituency. One of the aims of the study was to look into the challenges facing the T.S.C policy on performance appraisal of High School...

The Tatsawarki River, which is one of the major tributaries of the Kano River, receives all domestic and industrial waste waters from the southern part of Kano metropolis.The river, with no natural flow in the dry season, is extensively used for, irrigation, fishing and domestic water supply.Surface water samples were collected from three different points along the river and ground water samples were collected from three irrigation areas along the river.Control samples were collected from...

Environmental degradation, lack of educational resources and extreme poverty characterize many countries in Africa. These issues require teachers to prepare students to understand, address and solve these and other challenges facing societies in the twenty-first century. Using the environment as an authentic and integrating context, a team of scientists and educators developed a teacher professional development workshop model that actively engages teachers in the science process while...

This article examines continuities and ruptures as well as transformations in the Islamic education at a tiny island called Mozambqiue, situated in the northern part of the contemporary Republic of Mozambique. The field research revealed that the basic Qur’anicschools, called locally madrasa, have remained the only institutions of Islamic education there. Various madrasas were identified and analyzed in terms of their teaching material and methods, organizational and administrative...