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There can be no doubt that large-scale humanitarian assistance is a necessary element of today’s global geopolitical environment. Wars, civil strife, environmental catastrophes, and other events compel significant numbers of people into situations in which they face a dire need for food, shelter, security, and a path toward a return to lives interrupted by tragedy. This assistance is currently provided in a number of ways through governmental, quasi-governmental, and nongovernmental...
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Within the Child Friendly School approach, UNICEF Rwanda in partnership with the Ministry of Education is building new educational infrastructures in many Primary Schools all around the country. This paper presents few developed toilet solutions to promote a fruitful exchanges amongst participants on sanitation for primary schools.
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This article argues that the Humanities in South Africa are under threat, from various quarters, both structurally in higher educational institutions, and conceptually in the corporatization of present-day ways of thinking. It suggests some of the ways in which the structural issues may be dealt with by Higher Education Authorities, and uses Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) as a specific example of some of the problems and challenges facing the Higher Education sector in general, but the Humanities in particular.
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When the OECD Development Centre launched research in 2005 to document the economic, political and social impacts of China’s and India’s economic growth on sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, the arrival (or resurgence) of new important players had triggered concerns among traditional donors. Accusations ran from free riding on Western debt relief over violation of governance standards and unfair company competition to fragmentation of aid delivery. At the same time, there was a tendency to...
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L'objectif vise a travers ce travail a ete de faire un diagnostic du risque de pollution environnementale, consequence de l'utilisation des intrants chimiques du cotonnier dans la region de l'est du Burkina Faso. Un suivi de soixante exploitations cotonnieres de la province de la Kompienga et des observations sur les pratiques agricoles ont permis de recueillir les donnees. L'etude a revele une imprecision manifeste de concentration des insecticides avec une moyenne du nombre d'epandages de...
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The results of a three year study of the climate change and its effect on dams in three communities in Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria are presented. Low vegetation, high temp of between 39 – 44 o C, dams sizes and location as well as the vertical land formation have been identified as major factors for drying up of the dams with the attendant hardship in the dry season and the flooding at the onset of the raining season. Competition between human and...
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Adverse transfusion reactions can cause morbidity and death to patients who receive a blood transfusion. Blood transfusion practice in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda is analyzed to see if and when these practices play a role in the morbidity and mortality of patients.An observational study on three wards of Mulago Hospital. Physicians, paramedics, nurses, medical students and nurse students were observed using two questionnaires. For comparison, a limited observational study was performed...
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In April 2009, Boston University’s African Studies Center was the lead sponsor of a two-day event titled “Africa 2060 A.D.: What We Don’t Know About Malaria, and When Didn’t We Know It.” (See box on page 5). Based on the discussion that took place among the experts gathered over the two days, this paper explores the theme posited in the event’s title. In particular, the paper is framed by conversations that centered on the benefits of “failure analysis”— a rigorous study of the failures of...