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The Kenyan Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation was the first in Africa to introduce the new 10-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, PCV-10, in 2011. For successful implementation and to avoid adverse events following immunisation, specific training on handling and storage of the PCV-10 vaccine was required. Therefore, a training DVD was recorded in English and partly in Kiswahili to be used in combination with in-classroom training. Since the Kenyan Immunisation Programme was the...
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Background . While near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has recognized relevance for developing countries, biomedical applications are rare. This reflects the cost and complexity of NIRS and the convention of comprehensive training for accurate data collection. In an international initiative using transcutaneous NIRS to screen for bladder disease in Africa, we evaluated if interactive training enabled clinic staff to collect data accurately. Methods . Workshop training in a Ugandan medical...
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This chapter examines the relationship between climate variability, poverty and livelihood adaptation in the context of international development. Drawing on research in Africa we present examples of some of the shocks and stresses that affect African rural livelihoods and outline ways in which the vulnerability and resilience of livelihoods are shaped by climate impacts. Adaptation, whether considered as coping, adjustment, or wider transformation, is affected by factors operating at a...
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Physical Education (PE) in South Africa has been on the receiving end of curriculum reform with far-reaching consequences. Prior to 1994, PE existed as a stand-alone school subject. In 1997, PE was reduced to a learning outcome of a new learning area titled, Life Orientation, within the new curriculum, Curriculum 2005. Shortly thereafter, a Revised National Curriculum Statement (R-NCS) was established. A second revision of the curriculum followed in 2009, resulting in Curriculum and...
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After a successful first pilot with a mathematics game developed to support autonomous learning in remote areas in Sudan, a second, more substantial pilot was carried out. The aim of this second pilot was to confirm the learning outcomes of Pilot I, in a larger pilot: more children and a longer period of time. At the same time, this pilot intended to investigate and provide more information on psychosocial effects of the introduction of digital, autonomous learning in remote villages....
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E-Learning Sudan (ELS) is a custom-built computer/tablet game that provides alternative learning opportunities to Sudanese children who are excluded from education. Unique in ELS is that children can learn mathematics, in their own remote village, without a teacher. This research study assessed the effectiveness of ELS in two pilots through a pretest– posttest control group quasi-experimental design. In Pilot I, 67 children in three remote villages, aged used the game for a period of six...
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Since the early 1950s, only four funding formulae have been used for public funding of higher education institutions in South Africa. From the introduction of the Holloway formula in 1953 to the current New Funding Formula (NFF), implemented in 2004, the underlying factors that determine the base of funding for higher education stayed the same. Some principles, such as weighted stu-dent numbers, changed the calculation of students, but student intake, student output and research output still...
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International trade is a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Increasing GHG concentrations in the atmosphere ‘cause the sun’s heat (which would otherwise be radiated back into space) to be retained in the earth’s atmosphere, thereby contributing to the greenhouse effect that causes global warming and climate change’. In turn, the physical processes associated with climate change – increasing temperature and changes in precipitation, sea level rise and increasing frequency...
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A doctoral thesis submitted to the department of educational administration curriculum and teaching School of Education, University of East Africa, Baraton, July 2016
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Identifying Sources of Generating Revenue in Private Islamiyyah Schools for Effective Islamic Education in Northern Nigeria Dr. Abdullahi Adamu Sulaiman, Dr. Abdulwahab Muhammad Jamiu Elesin, Dr. Muhammad Alhasan Yunus Abstract Funds generation is one of the major tasks of an administrator of Islamiyyah School apart from instilling Islamic knowledge, ethics and morality on the pupils/students. The success of any Islamiyyah school depends very much on the way the financial inputs are...
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The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Research Series focuses on how to foster inclusive outcomes in sub-Saharan African agriculture by improving agricultural productivity and expanding agribusiness opportunities. This latest analysis is structured in the following sections: i) the importance of closing productivity gaps in sub-Saharan African agriculture; ii) emerging trends, pointing to significant opportunities in agriculture as drivers of transformation and inclusive...
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Despite strong per capita income growth, the structure of sub-Saharan Africa’s economies has not changed markedly in recent decades. In spite of a rapidly growing labour force and urbanizing populations, employment growth in rural areas in general and in non-farm sectors in particular has been slow, and poverty levels in those areas remain relatively higher than in urban areas. So, the key question is: how to catalyse economic transformations that foster inclusive and sustainable...
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Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr.Wilbert Chagula Library, (THS EAF LB1631.T34S89)
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The chapter was inadvertently published without updating Table 1. The erratum chapter has been updated with the change.