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The worst and most direct impacts of climate change will fall disproportionately on livelihood systems and vulnerable populations that are already poor and food insecure. The highly vulnerable are communities dominated by farming, with limited livelihood diversification and adaptive capacity at household level. During the past three years, rural enterprises were established in six provinces of South Africa to increase access to food and to create income streams for farming communities in...

Teacher motivation is an integral part of the success of the teaching and learning processes. The purpose of this study was to establish the factors underlying teacher recruitment, motivation and retention within a rural context. A case study design was employed as a methodology for the study. The collected data was analysed by establishing themes and emerging categories. The study established that teachers at rural schools were motivated by crucial work-related factors which were both...

The study investigated the effects of van Hiele’s phase-based teaching strategy and gender on pre-service mathematics teacher attitude towards geometry in Niger state, Nigeria. The study employed pre-test and post-test quasi-experimental design using a two-by-two (2x2) factorial matrix with one experimental and control group. The experimental group was exposed to Van Hiele’s phase-based teaching strategy while the control group was taught the same topics with conventional teaching strategy....

Higher EducationEducation (HE) has a crucial role to play in realizing the sustainable developmentDevelopment agenda and achieving the Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment Goals (SDGs). SDG 4 deals specifically with educationEducation and calls for equitable access to affordable and quality post-secondary educationEducation. That is important, especially in AfricaAfrica, but, as the authors will argue, the role of HE and of Higher EducationEducation Institutions (HEIs) can and should go beyond...

Abstract This paper estimates the effects of an additional year in senior high school (SHS) on early labour market outcomes in Ghana. Using data from a nationally representative household survey, we find that an additional year in SHS increases the likelihood of being employed and being employed in the formal sector but has no effect on the likelihood of being in paid employment. Additionally, we find that the effects are concentrated in female samples. Although the results constitute an...

As lower-income countries look to develop a mature healthcare workforce and to improve quality and reduce costs, they are increasingly turning to quality improvement (QI), a widely-used strategy in higher-income countries. Although QI is an effective strategy for promoting evidence-based practices, QI interventions often fail to deliver desired results. This failure may reflect a problem with implementation. As the key implementing unit of QI, teams are critical for the success or failure of...

This chapter aims to develop a working theory about African American male counselors-in-training. It presents the sociohistorical and sociopolitical context in which African American men approach graduate-level training. The chapter also aim to recognize specific barriers one may encounter when working with counselors-in-training who identify as African American men. It suggests that awareness of personal triggers related to work with counselors-in-training who identify as African American...

A detailed knowledge of the relationship between malaria burden and nutritional status in pregnancy is an important pre-requisite for controlling malaria parasitaemia during pregnancy. The study was undertaken to determine the relationship between nutritional status and malaria density among 364 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital Okolobiri, Yenagoa. Two milliliters of whole blood was collected from each of the consented pregnant women...

Indoor residual spraying (IRS), the coating of interior walls of houses with insecticides, is common in malaria-endemic areas. While important in malaria control, IRS potentially exposes residents to harmful insecticides. The World Health Organization recommends steps to minimize exposure; however, no programme has focused on educating populations.A dramatic presentation and song were developed by study personnel and performed by lay performers in order to spread awareness of the importance...

TheYouth guiding framework for policymaking in KenyaKenya embodies both a national and international outlook. On the one hand is the KenyaKenya Vision 2030 while on the other are the Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment Goals (SDGs). Coincidentally, both frameworks emphasise social inclusion, or what is commonly known as inclusive growth. While day-to-day policies must be located within Vision 2030, the Government of KenyaKenya (GoK) has also launched a roadmap for the implementation of the...

This study investigates the extent to which the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) constructs predict intention to accept and use technology in learning. Data were obtained from 337 students from Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) in Zimbabwe. The findings made three revelations. First, usefulness appears as an important driver for intention to use e-technology in education. Second, Ease-of-Use was contrary to the hypothesis, but was statistically insignificant. Third, Behavioural...

Streptococcus pyogenes is the most frequent cause of pharyngitis and skin infections in children. It is also the causative agent of dangerous immune-complications such as rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease which are common in Yemen. The aim of this study was to determine the throat carriage rate of Streptococcus pyogenes among asymptomatic school children in Sana'a city.A cross-sectional study was conducted from December to March of years 2012-2016. A total of 813 asymptomatic...

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death in young children and the risk of progression from infection to disease is higher in the very young especially among those with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. This study therefore aimed to examine the method of TB diagnosis and how common HIV infection is among children 0-5 years with tuberculosis at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH).
 Methods: Information of children aged 0-5 years from 1st...

Empirical knowledge of the mobility of African scientists, and women scientists in particular, holds an important key to achieving future success in the science systems of the continent. In this article, we report on an analysis of a subset of data from a multi-country survey, in order to address a lack of evidence on the geographic mobility of academic scientists in Africa, and how it relates to gender and career development. First, we compared women and men from 41 African countries in...

Abstract Exposure to community violence is thought to create risk for the social and emotional development of children, including those children living in low‐income, conflict‐affected countries. In the absence of other types of community resources, schools may be one of the few community resources that can help buffer children from the negative effects of community violence exposure. We sampled 8,300 students ranging in age from 6–18 years in 123 schools from the eastern Democratic Republic...