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Objectives: To determine the relative contributions of each of the 10 groups to overall caesarean section rate and identify modifiable groups for intervention to reduce caesarean section rates. Methods: Retrospective record review of the Robson Ten-Group Classification System (RTGCS) for caesarean sections from the statistical department of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department. Results: The overall caesarean section rate is 46.9%. The contribution to the overall caesarean section rate...

Introduction: In most developing countries female education is considered the single most important predictor of maternal health seeking behavior. The study seeks to analyze the role of female education by establishing whether quantitative evidence provides the same conclusions and additional neighborhood influences on maternal health seeking behavior. The study examined female education association with maternal health seeking behavior, its differences in impact and whether it is consistent...

Problem based learning is one of the innovations in tertiary education where appropriate problem is used to increase knowledge and understanding but Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has not yet incorporated it into the curricular of nursing education.Therefore, the purpose of the study was to assess nurse educators' perception of problem-based learning in order to provide useful information for necessary intervention.The study was a descriptive survey.A convenience sampling technique...

This paper investigates the challenges faced by secondary school teachers and pupils in the teaching and learning of algebraic linear equations. The study involved 80 grade 11 pupils and 15 teachers of mathematics, drawn from 4 selected secondary schools in Mufulira district, Zambia in Central Africa. A descriptive survey method was employed to obtain in-depth and richer information about the central issues under study. To address the three research questions, an assessment test for the...

This review of literatures on some developmental anomalies in domestic animals reported in the middle belt region of Nigeria seeks to evaluate the contributions of embryo-toxic contributions of environmental factors in syndromic monsters among domestic species. Three cases were considered including a rare case of Amelia brachiomelia monobrachium in a doe-goat, congenital bovine fetal Anasarca (calf) and Dicephalic, Dithoracic, Abdominopagus, Ischio-omphalopagus Tetrabrachius Tetrascelus...

As a strategy to improve the English language proficiency in secondary school, Tanzania issued a communicative competence based English syllabus in 2005. This syllabus that accommodates Communicative Approach in teaching and learning process was introduced to replace the old syllabus which was claimed to be structure based and hence could not produce communicative competent learners. This study investigated the suitability of the Approach in Tanzania and revealed the practical problems...

Background: School-based sexual health education has the potential to provide an inclusive and comprehensive approach to promoting sexual health among young people. We reviewed evaluations of school-based sexual health education interventions in sub-Saharan Africa to assess effectiveness in reducing sexually transmitted infections and promoting condom use. Methods: We searched ten electronic databases, hand-searched key journals, and reference lists of included articles for potential...

It is a well-known fact that social networking is becoming more and more common among the people of different backgrounds world over. Like their other counterparts across the globe, Nigerian youths especially students in tertiary or higher institutions of learning are seriously engaged in communicating with each other both at local and global levels through these social networks. They are involved in chatting, conveying comments, remarks or feedback on a particular issue at a given social...

Climate change remains the major threat for smallholder farmers in Africa that undermines sustainable development efforts towards achieving the sustainable development goals. This paper reviews the empirical literature on farmers’ perceptions of climate change, its adverse effects on farmers’ livelihood and adaptation strategies in sub-Sahara Africa. It is evident that the majority of farmers in sub-Sahara Africa are aware of climate change which manifests itself as changes in temperatures...

This study identified farmers’ perception of and adaptation to climate change and variability in Assosa district, western Ethiopia, which is severely affected by climate change stresses. Both primary and secondary data were used for the study. Primary data were collected from a randomly selected 140 sample households using interview schedule. Relevant secondary data were also obtained from NMA (National Metrology Agency), Assosa district office of agriculture and different reports....

This study identified farmers’ choice of and factors determining adaptation strategies to climate change in Assosa district, western Ethiopia which is severely affected by climate change stresses. Both primary and secondary data were used for the study. Primary data were collected from a randomly selected 140 sample households through interview and focus group discussions. Relevant secondary data were also obtained from Assosa district office of agriculture, national metrology agency and...

Madagascar has the highest number of cases of chromoblastomycosis in the world, but the areas of highest incidence have limited affordable access and knowledge of first line medications to treat this long-term fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. The impact of a multifocal training targeting medical doctors who live in the area of the country with the highest prevalence of this disease has not been clearly reported. The purpose of this project was to determine the effect of...

Background:In Nigeria, residency training in orthodontics dates back as early as 1 986 with initial accreditation of only one institution granted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. Presently however, there are about ten institutions where orthodontic treatment is offered and most of them are accredited to train orthodontists. Results: In spite of the increase in the number of accredited training institutions, there is still a dearth of orthodontic practitioners with the ratio...

This study investigates the effect of endurance and strength on academic achievement of physical education students in federal college of education, obudu, Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the objectives of this study, two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Literature was reviewed according to the hypotheses directing the study. The survey research design was adopted for the study. Total samples of two hundred (200) respondents were randomly selected for the study. The...

This paper investigates the implementation of energy management key practices in six public higher education institutions in Ghana in order to identify the existence of potential to save energy. Data for this research was obtained through questionnaire based on an energy management assessment measurement tool involving heads of estates/property and maintenance departments of the studied institutions. Total of 45 key practices adapted from previous studies has been used to assess the...

Thalassemias are a group of recessively inherited genetic disorders mostly common in the Mediterranean, the equatorial and near equatorial regions of Africa and Asia. Large number of mutations cause abnormal globin gene expression and result in complete absence or reduction of globin chain synthesis which lead to thalassemia. β-thalassemia is the result of deficient or absent synthesis of β-globin chains, leading to excess α chains. This study was conducted in order to determine the...