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Sources of anatomical specimens were reviewed for the past three decades (1970 2000). Old technicians and technologists who had worked in the Departments of Anatomy in the medical schools in Southeastern Nigeria were interviewed. Classifications of different categories of the gross, embryology, and histology specimens, were done as well as their sources. Result show that Government Security Outfits were the sources of most of the cadavers used for dissection. Bones were recovered from...

Twenty-four guinea pigs (Caria porcellus) obtained from the Animal House of College of Health Sciences, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, were weighed individually and divided into six groups of four per group. They were allowed access to rat feed and tap water ad libitum for two weeks acclimatization. Different concentrations of crude oil (5%, 10%, 15%, 20%) were mixed with tap water and served to five experimental groups. The sixth group received 100% tap water and served as control....

A study to determine the impact of hazardous noise on workers was conducted in a surface gold mining company in Ghana. The procedure adopted included noise survey, case history, otoscopy and conventional pure-tone audiometry. Five main areas were surveyed for hazardous noise namely, Pit, Processing, Ana Laboratory, Bore-hole and Mess area. The results showed that all the above areas except the Mess area produced noise levels above 85 dBA. Again, a total of 252 workers were seen at the...

A study to determine the impact of hazardous noise on workers was conducted in a surface gold mining company in Ghana. The procedure adopted included noise survey, case history, otoscopy and conventional pure-tone audiometry. Five main areas were surveyed for hazardous noise namely, Pit, Processing, Ana Laboratory, Bore-hole and Mess area. The results showed that all the above areas except the Mess area produced noise levels above 85 dBA. Again, a total of 252 workers were seen at the...

There is a growing conviction among policy-makers that the availability of adequate numbers of well-trained and motivated human resources is a key determinant of health system' s capacity to achieve their health, responsiveness and fairness-improving goals. The objective of this study was to estimate the cost, effectiveness and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios of various distance-education strategies for the health sector in Swaziland; and recommend the most cost-effective option. The...

One estimate suggests that by 2010 more than 30% of a physician's time will be spent using information technology tools. The aim of this study is to assess the information and communication technologies (ICT) skills of medical students in Tanzania. We also report a pilot intervention of peer mentoring training in ICT by medical students from the UK tutoring students in Tanzania. Design: Cross sectional study and pilot intervention study. Participants: Fourth year medical students (n = 92)...

This paper investigates new ways to transfer entrepreneurial education to previously disadvantaged individuals. It analyses the case of the ASDSE project, implemented in the form of partnership between the Namibian Government, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) and a commercial bank. The main concept was to train the District Learner Officials already in the field for the National Literacy Programme in Namibia (NLPN), and at a later stage to assign them to the tasks of selecting, training...

This paper estimates dynamic random effects models for intakes by 100 Kenyan school children (6-9 years) of dietary energy, protein, calcium, iron, zinc, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin, and vitamins A, C, D, and E within a multivariate longitudinal framework. The explanatory variables were socioeconomic and background variables, children’s height and weight, and maternal education, cognitive test scores and morbidity spells. The model parameters were estimated using the maximum likelihood...

This paper studies the effect that mother's education as knowledge has on child health using height for age as health measure. Using cross sectional data from de 1993 South Africa Integrated Household Survey, and health measures form de National Center for Health Statistics, we find a significant and positive effect of mother's education on the height of a child. Specifically comparing a woman without any education with one with eight years of schooling implies that on average a two-year old...

The genetic control of sickle cell anaemia through prenatal diagnosis was recently introduced in Nigeria. Its acceptability will depend on some factors such as religious, political and social attitudes of the populace. The aim of the study was to determine the awareness and acceptability of parental diagnosis of sickle cell anaemia among health professionals and students in North Eastern Nigeria.Structured questionnaires were administered to health professionals and students.Of 353...

Improvement in any professional calling demands periodic assessment. The purpose of this study was to assess the professional knowledge in relation to skills of the resident dental surgeons in Nigeria in an attempt to contribute to their training needs analysis.A 33-item, self-evaluation one-page questionnaire focussing on their knowledge and skills in the different aspects of clinical dentistry was distributed to the residents in Nigerian teaching hospitals. Sixty-six residents consisting...

Obstructive uropathy is a cause of morbidity and mortality in children. In Port Harcourt, data on causes of obstructive uropathies are not readily available. This study was carried out to identify the causes and outcome of obstructive uropathies seen in our children's ward.The case records of children with the diagnosis of obstructive uropathies who were treated at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) between October 1997 and October 2002 were reviewed.A total of 20...

The state institutionalised political effort to unravel the oppressive historical development of European languages, which earned these languages, particularly English, elitist positions in educational, political, economic, social, technological and religious public domains (Cele 2001), spans throughout the current language policy of South Africa. In spite of the legitimacy of social redress policy, policy-bound hurried attempts to redress cultural injustices lived through language...

This article offers a discussion of the recently finalised Language Policy for Higher Education (November 2002). After a brief account of the general background to the policy, the article focuses on the two main thrusts of the document: the need to develop (South African) African languages as academic/scientific languages for use in instruction; and the need to develop student proficiency in the currently designated language(s) of tuition, namely, English and, to a lesser extent, Afrikaans....

The purpose of my case study research is to explain the development trajectory of Special Needs Education policy in South Africa. I also intended to establish whether this policy reform trajectory could be explained as “non-reform” in Special Needs Education. The development path of policies has been widely researched and explained in relation to theories of change. Over the past decade there has, however, been a growing body of knowledge that has moved the theoretical basis for the...

The standardised precipitation index (SPI) is an index that allows monitoring the intensity and spatial extension of droughts at different time scales (3, 6, 12 and 24 months).The SPI is linked to the probability occurrence of dry or wet events.The SPI allows monitoring operationally any location with a 30-year time series.It is also used here to do a retrospective analysis of the spatial extension and intensity of droughts in South Africa since 1921.According to this index, the 8 most...