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Background: Nosocomial infections increase mortality and morbidity although adherence to simple hand washing procedures is suggested to reduce these. Purpose: To assess knowledge of hand washing among health care providers in Juba Teaching Hospital (JTH) in South Sudan and establish associations with demographic, professional and clinical factors. Methods: A total of 204 participants (126 men and 78 women) enrolled in a cross-sectional survey. Demographic, professional and clinical factors...

Education is the bedrock of any development. It is the best legacy for a future generation of any country. The education sector of Nigeria presently has suffered a major setback; there is no progress as far as the novelist is concerned thereby satirising education and development. The Mirror Image Approach of the Sociology of Literature is employed to analyse the novel Igi Wo ro ko . It is established that Yoruba novelist are conversant and observes the decadence in the education and...

The continuing spread of the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone requiring its declaration as a public health emergency galvanized many African nations into increasing their level of preparedness. The WHO and MSF provided technical support to countries close to and beyond the epicenter. Ghana’s preparedness plan had training of health and other workers as one of its pivots. A team of trainers drawn from academia, the public sector and the World Health Organization...

La recherche recente sur l’Afrique subsaharienne a revele un interet profond pour la question de la pertinence de l’education de base. En effet, il apparait que les contenus et moyens utilises dans l’enseignement ne font pas sens pour une grande partie des apprenants. Apres avoir examine ses principales caracteristiques, nous presenterons les debats prenant place autour du concept de pertinence en Afrique. Nous mettrons ensuite l’accent sur la question des langues d’instruction, qui re etent...

The issue of quality in basic education in sub-Saharan Africa is inseparable from the quality of the teachers involved. From a review of the literature produced since 2000 in English and French, the present appraisal considers the position of these teachers in terms of changes both in their working conditions and their training. It reveals that they work in tough conditions with typically little job security, poor pay and loss of motivation. It also demonstrates that both their pre-service...

The Lihir gold deposit contains seven, large, composite volcanic-hydrothermal breccia bodies that are intimately associated with deposit-scale structures. There is a strong spatial relationship between the margins of the volcanic-hydrothermal breccia bodies and epithermal mineralization in Coastal and Kapit ore zones and the Kapit NE prospect. The volcanic-hydrothermal breccias have a late-mineralization timing.

Liberia as a post- conflict zone faces lots of challenges, but atop of which is preparing reliable and productive human capital through which abundant natural resources that it has can be beneficial and help to change its status of underdevelopment. Further, among negative aftermaths of the 14 years of Civil Wars (1989-2003) in Liberia, is massive migration of professionals and qualified teachers and universities lecturers to the western world mainly the United States of America. Thus, this...

This paper provides an overview of West Africa-based language policy and practice (LPP) research, examining ethnographic and participatory action research from the last 15 years. These methodologies are of particular importance given their social justice orientation and the manner in which they prioritize the research participants throughout the research process, an important consideration given the historical, sociocultural, sociopolitical and post-colonial context of this region. Examining...

Background:  Cancer of the cervix is one of the most common and preventable forms of cancer among women; yet it kills many women in developing countries of Africa and Asia. This study was carried out to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding cervical cancer and its screening among female clinical nursing students in Southern Nigeria. Methodology:  Comparative cross-sectional study was undertaken over a period of 7months (April to November 2013). There were 100 female...

Author(s): Leak, Anne Elyse Emerson | Advisor(s): Harlow, Danielle B. | Abstract: This study examines the role of place-based science education in fostering student-driven health interventions. While literature shows the need to connect science with students’ place and community, there is limited understanding of strategies for doing so. Making such connections is important for underrepresented students who tend to perceive learning science in school as disconnected to their experiences out...

Hearing loss is the most common communication disorder affecting about 1-7/1000 births worldwide. The most affected areas are developing countries due to extensively poor health care systems. Environmental causes contribute to 50-70% of cases, specifically meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa. The other 30-50% is attributed to genetic factors. Nonsyndromic hearing loss is the most common form of hearing loss accounting for up to 70% of cases. The most common mode of inheritance is autosomal...

CONTENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………………………………………………………….……… 1 ZUSAMMENFASSUNG……………………………………………………………….….... 5 SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………………...…... 7 CHAPTER I General introduction …………………………………….…………………….………….….. 9 Outline of the study …………………………………………….…………………………... 21 CHAPTER II – MANUSCRIPT 1 Dietary Plasticity of Generalist and Specialist Ungulates in the Namibian Desert: A Stable Isotopes Approach…………………………………………………………………………… 28 CHAPTER III – MANUSCRIPT 2 Individual variation in isotopic...

Background : Pelvic organ prolapse is the down ward descent of female pelvic organs including the bladder, small and large bowel resulting in protrusion of the vagina, uterus or both. Most women are unwilling to discuss this problem with each other and even with health professionals. This study aimed to assess factors affecting pelvic organ prolapse among gynecologic cases in Wolaita Sodo University Referral Teaching Hospital. Methods: An institutional based case-control study was conducted...

French engineering schools have a lot of students originating from the Maghreb countries who, selected in their countries of origin, choose to obtain their diplomas in France. This article studies the personal experiences of these students, who are part of the international mobility of the elite trend and confronted by the need to build a professional project. Basing their work on the results of a study on the career paths of North African engineers trained in France, they listened to these...