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Background: Despite the fact that Tuberculosis (TB) is preventable, treatable and curable, it has remained a significant cause of childhood morbidity and mortality.Identifying patterns of TB and its treatment outcome which is the aim of this study is relevant for TB control programmes.Methodology: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study carried out over a three-month period from April-June 2019 at the directly observed treatment Short course (DOTS) clinic of the University of Port...

Distance education is an innovative learning experience which focuses on learning technology with the aim of creating human capital by using delivery of lessons from highly accredited source to the learner.At the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, individuals from diverse backgrounds and organizations embark on distance learning who under normal circumstances would not have had access to attend classes in the mainstream.The compelling need to determine their success in various centres is...

The majority of the population in Yemen lives in rural areas and suffers from parasitic infections. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitoses and schistosome infections among the students enrolled in the primary schools in Hajjah governorate – north of Yemen, along with an assessment of praziquantel (PZQ) in the treatment of microscopy-confirmed cases of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium. For this purpose, 780 samples (320 stool...

This study used multinomial logit regression to determine the factors that influence farmers' choice of adaptation strategies to climate change and variability of farmers in Savelugu-Nanton district, Northern region of Ghana.A simple random sampling was used to select 180 farmers.The data was analysed using a Multinomial logit regression model.From the results, the level of climate change and variability awareness was high and the adaptation strategies identified were mixed cropping, change...

Choosing language of instruction in education is one such concern and often is not free of critics from different perspectives.While students in primary schools come from different language background, it is noted that schools are employing a single language of instruction in classrooms which seems problematic to the students and require investigation.The situation is more worthy in countries like Ethiopia where people live heterogeneously.Hence, the purpose of this study was to assess the...

The need for research and evidence-based practice amongst health professionals in Somalia: The case of “The Training of Trainers' program” in research methodology.

Vitamin D deficiency is not only associated with rickets and osteomalacia, but also with several chronic diseases, such as cancer, ischaemic heart disease, and type 1and 2 diabetes mellitus.Worldwide, an estimated one billion people suffer from vitamin D deficiency.The prevalence of this problem is unknown in Sudan due to scarcity of research in this particular area of concern.The present study aimed to assess the awareness of vitamin D deficiency through the knowledge of the importance of...

Abstract Introduction: An increasingly higher prevalence of overweight and abdominal obesity among children is noted in developing countries, with all its serious consequences. Objective: Determine the prevalence and factors associated with overweight and abdominal obesity among primary school students aged 5 to 12 years in the city of Porto-Novo. Methods: This research work was a cross-sectional and analytical study carried out from December 2016 to May 2017. It focused on 651 primary...

INTRODUCTION: Among common determinants of survival include the ability to effectively execute the basic life support drill during resuscitation. Therefore, this study seeks to determine the knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among medical trainees who are in their clinical years in our tertiary hospital with the aim of identifying knowledge gaps if any.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was cross-sectional and was conducted over 12 weeks from April to June 2017. A pretested...

Instructional materials have always been one of the key factors in enhancing teaching and learning. Hence, teachers assume the responsibilities in selecting effective materials to be used in the classroom. In order to decide instructional materials for the learners, teachers need to have the knowledge and understanding of selection criteria that will guide their decisions. This paper presents the factors that underlie Libyan EFL teachers’ decisions in selecting materials for reading...

The phenomenon of social entrepreneurship is receiving increased attention from policy makers, opinion leaders and academic researchers.The purpose of this article is to identify the factors influencing social entrepreneurial intent among a sample of 476 students studying in seven Moroccan universities.To achieve this objective, a quantitative study is conducted by questionnaire distributed via the Internet based on the technique of the snowball.At the end of this research, twelve factors...

This paper contributes to debates about the complexity of the multi-directional relationships between education, poverty, and inequality in South Africa today, by engaging with findings from an important body of research including from economists working on education within South Africa, from the the World Bank, and from researchers within or linked to the Department of Basic Education. The findings of this research clearly demonstrate the relationship between inequality of educational...

Teaching presence influences student learning, motivation, satisfaction and performance in blended learning courses.Many studies have focused on understanding teaching presence using quantitative measures only.This study explores perceptions of teaching presence (TP) in relation to academic performance among instructors and students in blended learning (BL) courses in Tanzania.Six instructors and 651 students were involved in the study.We examined student perception of TP, the role of the...

The well-known Syrian crisis has made it very challenging for thousands of Syrian children to have access to education. In this article, the authors propose a framework for designing a digital education platform to allow children inside Syria as well as in the refugee camps in bordering countries to have access to education. The authors start by looking at the efforts performed in the field of education in conflict-affected regions, and they extract from them the lessons learned and...

Continuous professional development for all health care providers including nurses is vital to be updated and able to provide quality services.All types of continuing professional development programs are often described as a cycle.This cycle is composed of interrelated components that are the steps of a systematic process, usually starting with identifying learning needs and ending with assessing learning and training evaluation.Training Needs Assessment (TNA) is a method to determine...