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Background: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in developing countries. Phacoemulsification is beyond the reach of many in these resources limited setting. Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS) is a safe, low-cost, high-quality alternative. This is a review of outcome of SICS performed by trainee Surgeons during the first SICS training course in our centre. Patients and Methods: Eleven experienced Extracapsular Cataract Extraction (ECCE) surgeons from training centers across...

Introduction: Nurses routinely perform activities which are repetitive, labour intensive and involve direct contact with patients.Such activities have been shown to be risk factors for the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders.The prevalence of these conditions amongst nurses in Zambia is not well established.The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders within the last year among nurses at the University Teaching...

Study objective : This study explored mothers' perceptions of the social and emotional needs of their adolescent children with intellectual disability (ID) at George clinic in Lusaka. Design : The qualitative method was utilized to conduct the study with the use of focus group discussions and home observations. MAIN OUTCOMES Sample : Nineteen mothers of adolescents with ID who no longer attend physiotherapy sessions at George clinic were purposefully selected for the study. Measures : A...

The principal purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of training on employee commitment, retention and performance in a Local Municipality situated in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Based on convenience sampling method, a total of one hundred and thirty employees were selected and participated in the study. A questionnaire structured in a likert scale format was employed to gather data on training, employee commitment, retention and performance. Data was analysed using SPSS...

This study assessed the climate of eight secondary schools in Mvomero district, Morogoro. It also examined the relationship and influence between school climate and students’ academic achievement. The study employed quantitative approach within ex post facto research design using three climate questionnaires for secondary schools. A random sample of 160 teachers was drawn, however, only 74 teachers responded to the research tools. The study revealed that the climates of all secondary schools...

Counseling is currently becoming a necessary service for  school learners in the developing world, this is due to fact that, the challenges facing learners in their learning process results into both internalizing and externalizing problems which affect student’s learning in terms of social, psychology and academic. This paper explores the status of school counselor’s training, knowledge and skills in Tanzania secondary schools. It attempt to assess school counselor’s perception towards the...

Learning a language through another language is trivialto any type of language learning, whether it is the learning of a local or a foreign language. South Africa’s language policy for higher education recommends the study of foreign languages (FLs) and indigenous languages.A decade after its adoption, the learning of a foreign or indigenous language in that foreign or that indigenous language, respectively, at universities has been overlooked. In essence, the learning of foreign languages...

The danger of climate change is imminent. This study is an attempt to encourage access to LPG as a preventive measure to prevent the worst effect of climate change in Nigeria. The study exposes the determinants of access to LPG use among urban households in Abia State, Nigeria. It specifically seeks to determine the factors influencing access to LPG; identify problems associated with LPG use and preference pattern of selected cooking energy sources outside LPG. To achieve this, the study...

Samples were collected from four (4) underground water sources in Enyigba Pb-Zn mining district, near Abakaliki in southeastern Nigeria.The samples were acidified to stabilize the metals for periods more than four days without the use of refrigeration.The acidified water samples were analysed by a commercial laboratory at Projects Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS).The elements determined by this method are lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu),...

Education is rightly been described by many scholars as pivotal to development. Nigeria as a country is not left out in this quest for national development through education. The primary school is our children’s first point of contact with formal learning and there is a need for it to be quantitatively and qualitatively adequate. Nevertheless, this condition is far from been achieved in Nigeria. The paper examines the present situation where the phenomenal increase in enrolment since the...

Music education is that which trains the learner on the process of acquiring musical knowledge and skills with ultimate aim of producing music educators. It teaches learners how to use music to improve the quality of their lives, stimulate creative thought, inspire and finally give them a sense of belonging, strength and encouragement for everyday life. Uzoma [1, p-1] emphasized that “Music education has, as one of its cardinal objectives, the provision of experiences and training of...

Developing countries especially in the African continent are bearing the brunt of the impact of climate change. However, what have not been brought to the fore are the impacts of the phenomenon of climate change on African traditional religious practices. This paper, therefore attempts to critically evaluate the impact of climate change on African traditional religious practices. This study is based on two basic assumptions-first, the African traditional religion employs natural elements as...

The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of flood disaster due to climate change on food security of flood disaster victims in Anambra and Imo States of Nigeria. A sample of 120 people drawn from 34 local government areas of the affected communities were selected using simple random sampling. A Structured questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection, using a design time survey design. The results revealed that there was food insecurity as a result of destruction of...

The study explored the perceptions, preferences and factors contributing to the growth of fast food among tertiary students.To meet these objectives, a sample size of 159 consumers was taken from the two leading tertiary institutions in Cape Coast; University of Cape Coast and Cape Coast Polytechnic.Pretested semi-structured questionnaires were administered to the respondents and the data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.The results were presented using descriptive statistics...

Social cognitive factors, such as knowledge of risk, perceived efficacies, and perceptions of risk and barriers, on condom attitudes and usage were assessed for sample of 424 female African American undergraduates at a large urban university. This study finds about 47% used a condom at last sex. Condom users held more favorable attitudes towards condoms and had fewer sex partners. Females who perceived stronger barriers in using a condom and those currently having sex partners had more...