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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...

Malaria in pregnancy, being often asymptomatic, is a major problem in endemic African countries. It is characterized by anemia and placental malaria leading to poor pregnancy outcomes. In 2001 Tanzania adopted an intermittent-preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) policy, which recommends receiving doses of antimalarial drugs every planned visit to the antenatal care centre (ANC), starting from the second trimester. Currently the policy is valid across the whole country,...

The predictive influence of incentives, staff discipline, religiosity, self-esteem, and length of service on job involvement among secondary school teachers was examined in this study. A descriptive research design was employed and data was collected through a structured questionnaire. Eighty (80) teachers comprising of 31 males and 49 females selected through  simple  random  sampling  technique  participated  in  the  study.  The  results  revealed  that  incentives,  staff discipline,...

PreviousNext No AccessInternational Conference on Engineering Geophysics, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, 15-18 November 2015Strong motion source model for the 2003 Boumerdes, Algeria, earthquakeAuthors: Faouzi Gheroudj*Hiroe MiyakeToshiaki YokoiNasser LaouamiFaouzi Gheroudj*CGS, National Center of Applied Research in Earthquake Engineering, Rue Kaddour Rahim, Hussein Dey, B.P. 252, Algiers, Algeria;Search for more papers by this author, Hiroe MiyakeEarthquake Research Institute, University of...

Teaching is the fundamental part of leveling up one’s knowledge. Education is form through teaching and there are different types of teaching strategies that can be done in teaching nursing students on how to apply their knowledge in practical examinations, these are: Lecturing, Discussion, Questioning, Audio Visual, and Interactive learning. This research’s purpose is to determine the most effective teaching strategy the most perceived by the Nursing students of Omar Al-Mukhtar University...

<p>The study explores and unfolds the purpose of education in general, its value and the role it plays in helping development of the people in rural areas especially at Thabaneng Village in Lesotho. It reveals that education is the key to development and functions to equip the rural population in Lesotho with knowledge, training and worthwhile skills that are intended to uplift their standards of living in their respective milieus. Education is so vital for the rural poor for it makes...

This thesis explores how, Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is being influenced by the globalising influences of the Tertiary Education and Training (TET) market and the associated national organisational changes in Botswana. Botswana achieved its independence in 1966 and was once one of the poorest countries in the world. However, since the discovery of diamonds, Botswana has risen into an upper middle-income country with one of the highest investments per GDP in the world...

Due to a limited health workforce, many health care providers in Africa must take on health leadership roles with minimal formal training in leadership. Hence, the need to equip health care providers with practical skills required to lead high-impact health care programs. In Uganda, the Afya Bora Global Health Leadership Fellowship is implemented through the Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) and her partner institutions. Lessons learned from the program, presented in...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the school curriculum. There has been a growing concern about how to make the Mauritian school equipped with computers so that the future school leavers are well trained to fit the highly sophisticated digital world. To cope and compete with the international educational world, the Mauritian Government has invested massively in the Education system.  The quest for adapting the Mauritian education system to the ICT world was studied by...

There has been a growing concern about the provision of quality education in the Mauritian school during the past few decades. Provision of Quality is a very important factor for the continuing growth of educational system in Mauritius. This study has been carried out by studying the different papers published by different Governments elected in Mauritius through the Ministry of Education and Human Resource (MOEHR) by the ministers in quest of providing quality education to the nation. The...

Emerging as a sovereign state from decades of civil war, the Republic of South Sudan now faces poverty, a lack of health care infrastructure, a high burden of infectious diseases and a widespread food insecurity. School-aged children and youth, in particular, represent a high-risk demographic for malnutrition and infectious diseases. We screened 109 school-aged children and youth for nutritional status and malaria antigenaemia in Akuak Rak, South Sudan, and found a large proportion of...

Diabetes is a significant contributor to the burden of disease worldwide. Since its treatment requires extensive self-care, self-management education is widely recommended, particularly in resource limited settings. This study aimed to review the current state of policies and implementation of diabetes self-management education (DSME) in South Africa, with a specific focus on cultural appropriateness.The audit involved a review of policy documents and semi-structured questionnaires with...

BackgroundThis is a description of a pilot project that was implemented at the Muhima Hospital, the largest maternity hospital in Rwanda.The goal of the program was to facilitate the teaching of staff the best practice of maternal child health.The program was established through monthly staff trainings using three evidenced-based global maternal and neonatal health programs: Helping Babies Breath, Helping Mothers Survive, and Basic Life Support. MethodsThe "Train the Trainer Model" was used...

BackgroundIn Rwanda there currently exists a shortage of clinical nursing instructors which impacts the clinical supervision of the nursing and midwifery students. One of the major barriers to learning includes a history of student absenteeism. The Human Resources for Health (HRH) clinical mentors together with their Rwandan faculty counterparts identified the need to create a favorable and effective learning environment at the Rwanda Military Hospital.MethodsOn the first day, during...

In 2014, the East African Community (EAC) partner states began to explore the possibility of harmonizing nursing and midwifery education, practice and legislation.A study to examine harmonization was commissioned and variations in nursing and midwifery education, practice and legislation were discussed among academic institutions in the region.These variations included: admission requirements; duration of training for the same academic programs; and outcome competencies of the...

The use of ICT in education has been proved to be a key milestone in improving the learning process in different levels of education.To tap this opportunity, the government of Tanzania has implemented a number of projects aimed at introducing and using ICT in different levels of education.There have been similar initiatives in the private institutions as well.However, such initiatives have been facing different challenges particularly on the readiness of using ICT for education for private...