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The term 'simulation', as it pertains to the training of healthcare professionals, appears in three of the 10 articles selected for publication in this edition of AJHPE. This provides an ideal opportunity to pause and reflect on some aspects of this teaching technique in the context of healthcare training in Africa, a key mandate of the journal. Simulation-based training is not new. The technique, widely known for its use in non-medical industries such as commercial aviation and nuclear...

Like many Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Mauritius is highly vulnerable to the impacts of Climate Change (CC) and Climate Variability (CV). Particularly vulnerable are small-scale farmers who carry out rain-fed agriculture. While adaptation to CC and CV has taken place among small planters, the first methodological assessment of the technology needs for adaptation in the agriculture sector took place in Phase II of the global GEF-UNEP Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. In...

<abstract> <bold>Abstract.</bold> Water is one of the most important natural resources in maintaining the balance of global ecosystems. Water is the engine of life but she can also devastate. Subject of controversy, lusts, strategic issues, water is currently raising awareness of the need to preserve this precious commodity which directly affects food security, socioeconomic development and health. Sustainable management and protection of water resources must then involve all social strata....

Medical training has shown to be strategic for strengthening health systems, especially in those countries identified to have critical shortage of human resources for health. In the past few years, several studies have been conducted to characterize and identify major challenges faced by medical schools worldwide, and particularly in Africa. Nevertheless, none has previously addressed medical training issues in Portuguese Speaking African Countries (PSAC). The aim of this study was to...

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Education, The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor 29 July 2009

This paper is located within the global debates about adoption and use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in developing countries. From the Tanzanian Higher learning Institutions (HLIs), this paper investigates factors influencing the adoption and use of the FOSS. The rationale for the investigation stems from the notion that Tanzanian HLIs is yet to fully adopt and use FOSS, despite huge investments and efforts being made on ground. This is facilitated by the lack of clear FOSS...

<abstract> <bold>Abstract.</bold> Arsenic is a major pollutant of groundwater with evident health impacts on affected populations. Since twenty years, these issues have been highlighted in West Africa. The magnitude of groundwater arsenic contamination is still not sufficiently known in these countries. There is a need to predict exactly in which areas and in which kind of geology arsenic is found in order to give more certainty in the implementation of new boreholes. The main objectives of...

Pediatric neck masses are one of the common surgical conditions presenting to the pediatric surgical wards and clinics in many centers worldwide. There is paucity of published information regarding pediatric neck masses in Tanzania and the study area in particular. This study determines the etiology, clinico-histopathological patterns and treatment outcome of pediatric neck masses and to identify predictors of outcome in our local setting.This was a prospective cross-sectional hospital based...

Telemedicine includes the use of information and communication technology for education in the health sector, tele-education. Sub-Saharan Africa has extreme shortage of health professionals and as a result, doctors to teach doctors and students. Tele-education has the potential to provide access to education both formal and continuing medical education. While the uptake of telemedicine in Africa is low there are a number of successful and sustained tele-education programmes. The aims of this...

Submitted in fulfillment for the requirement of the degree of Master of Education in the School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand 3 March 2014

A Research dissertation submitted to the School of Education, University of Witwatersrand- Johannesburg in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Education (M Ed). December, 2013

This chapter examines the weak inclusion character of Africa’s economic growth and its implications for employment, income distribution, demographics, and the middle class. After outlining Africa’s impressive growth in the last decade which has not created jobs and not reduced poverty fast enough, it discusses various approaches to inclusive growth in relation to gross domestic product per capita, sub-groups, and pro-poor growth, well-being, and opportunities as opposed to outcomes. It also...

A Research report submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Applied English Language Studies. Johannesburg, June 2014

The importance of transportation was established in the study. Also the impacts of climate change on transportation were highlighted. Transportation itself was found to be contributing to climate change through the emissions of Carbon from vehicles. Road transport sector is a significant and growing contributor to green house emissions which scientists have linked to be the major cause of global warming. Road deterioration database was generated in the study. Multimedia road deterioration...

Papua New Guinea is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change since it encompasses 17,000 km of coastline, 600 low-lying islands, and 2,000 coastal villages. It is vulnerable to sea-level rise and other manifestations of climate change. Climate change provides new and unprecedented challenges that demand equally new and urgent efforts to meet them. Research and development efforts are taking rapid strides forward in understanding what is going to happen to farming, fishery, and...

Background. The education environment (EE) of a medical school plays a critical role in the learning of its students. The learner, other learners, teachers and the physical environment (campus and hospitals) influence the EE. In addition to recommendations of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) to revise the clinical training platform, staff and senior medical students occasionally experienced the EE in the clinical departments to be challenging. Objective. To assess the...

Africa’s environmental capital is an asset for African people. However, Africa’s ecological footprint is increasing and is close to exceeding the continent’s biocapacity. Therefore, shifting to “green growth” is an option to achieve sustainable development, and Africa is well placed to generate benefits from existing environmental capital and latecomer’s advantage. One challenge is how to realize the conversion of environmental capital value into economic value. The valuation of...

Marital satisfaction is a pertinent ingredient to the stability of any nation, given that the family is the basic unit of any nation. Too much marital dissatisfaction leads to family members being unstable socially which trickles down to societal problems hence to the nation. A higher level of satisfaction is seen as a measure of marital success. It is, therefore, important to study correlates of marital satisfaction in order to determine what variables could potentially predict the outcome...

Indicators of child well-being vary across the world, as dominant social, political, cultural, and economic practices differ by region. The author of this article presents the case of Zimbabwe and the factors that affect children's welfare through education in that country. Persisting political instability, widespread violence, economic crises, and natural disasters are common factors affecting children worldwide. Zimbabwe serves as a powerful reminder to policymakers about the importance of...