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This article appraises the library education development in Mauritius. Also it traces the origin and discusses the various available programs and institutions that offer with a critical note on it.
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Introduction African Americans face the most severe burden of HIV among other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Despite representing only 14% of the US population in 2009, African Americans accounted for 44% of all new HIV infections in that year (Center for Disease Control, 2011). While the overall incidence of HIV in the US did not change significantly from 2006-2009, there was a 21% increase in people 13-29 years of age and a 34% increase in men who have sex with men. Among...
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The people of Madagascar often tend to consider their homeland as a world apart, unrelated to the rest of Africa, out of outright abstraction of common geographical, historical and cultural elements, especially common challenges. Similarly, Madagascar has time and again been excluded from the scope of research and studies about the continent; until relatively recent times, documents sparingly alluded to the state of higher education in the “forgotten” giant African island. This chapter...
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Among the activities, seeking the attention of a school principal is keeping staff members professionally active on their job. The target of any school is to bring about student achievement. Students’ achievement, in turn, is directly or indirectly linked with the performance of the front-line actors/teachers. Hence, this study examines the role played by school principals in promoting teachers’ Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in their schools. It is targeted at government...
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Conceptualizing the relationship between Climate Change and Human Health in NigeriaRasak, B. - 2013
ABSTRACT The climate is changing, the effects are already being felt, and human activities are a principal cause. While the reality of climate change can no longer be doubted, the magnitude of consequences and most especially for health can still be reduced. Consideration of the impact of climate change can help political leaders move with appropriate urgency. Climate change endangers human health, affecting all sectors of society, both domestically and globally; study has shown, that...
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This article considers the impact of sea level rise and storm surge on the port cities of Maputo and Beira in Mozambique. By combining a range of sea level rise scenarios for 2050 with the potential maximum storm surge level for the current 100-year storm, we analyze permanently inundated lands and temporary flood zones. In Beira, our analysis finds that a medium Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scenario consistent with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projections through...
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This preliminary survey investigated the language learning strategies employed by ESL secondary school students in Nigeria. The respondents were 40 senior secondary school students (SS2) who have been studying English for a minimum of 10 years. In Nigeria English language is the sole language of instruction across the levels of education right from primary four, making English language proficiency a prerequisite to academic excellence. Using the strategy inventory for language learning...
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Objectives: The study was designed to provide estimates of alcohol use by school-going adolescents aged 12 -18 years old in Madagascar and to identify risk factors associated with. Methods: An analytical cross sectional study was conducted using the Global School-Based Health Survey questionnaire (GSBHS). The study used a self-completed questionnaire administered under confidential control in classroom. Sample was chosen by stratification. Participation in the study was seldom but the rate...
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For an Africanist historian with focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it goes without saying that the exploration of the meanings and repercussions of (post)colonialism is at the core of my research and teaching agendas. That is why I consider it major challenge to sensitize both students and colleagues in the field of historiography to the reciprocity of the (post)colonial situation. The entanglement of intricately intertwined, transformative relationships that evolved from and...
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In this chapter, I examine the meaning of well-being (lafiya) for physically disabled women and men—mainly as a result of polio—who live in Zaria, in Northern Nigeria. For them, the physical condition of being lame is not necessarily a source of stigma. Rather, the disabled person who has established a family with children; has extended family connections, active social and political ties, an education, and work; and who maintains a religious life has lafiya—well-being—despite being...