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There has been an increasing trend of research studies bearing the phrase “medical students” in their title or keywords. In the haste of publication, the relevance of study population is being forgotten and an emerging phenomenon has been making its presence, that we would like to call the “guinea pig effect”- wherein the choice of study population invariably ends up being members of the medical fraternity- whether or not it is relevant to the research question at hand. To give a rough...

Northern Africa is experiencing warmer and longer summers, more frequent and extreme heat waves, and changed precipitations. This is coupled with considerable socio-economic factors, rapid population growth, and increasing demand on hydro-systems that cause additional health risks to North Africans. Climatic changes impact the health of the region's inhabitants. Either directly through severe heat, drought, and storms, or indirectly through atmospheric pollution or alterations in access to...

This study sought to establish the occurrence and magnitude of droughts in semiarid Eastern Kenya. The study utilized gridded and in situ rainfall data sets for the period 1973–2013. Majority of droughts in Eastern Kenya are moderate. Stations close to Mt Kenya region experienced more droughts during the MAM season, while those in the lowlands had the highest number of droughts during the OND season. The occurrence rate of moderate drought is higher during OND (18%) than during MAM (10%)....

The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is a contact institution with a significant number of its students living in the University’s residences during their studies. However, because of Covid-19, since March 2020, UKZN has had to migrate from contact teaching and learning to a remote, online format. This article sets out the impact of the realisation that a new normal had to be crafted to enable the academic project and academic life at the university in general and the School of Law, in...

Grounded in the intersectionality theory, this research investigates the constructs of gender and social identities (mainly status, race, and disability) in African tourism research. This chapter reviews the state-of-the literature in this domain with a specific contextual focus on African regions to substantiate the current affairs and recommend future research. The bibliometric review was employed to systematically search, identify, screen, and review relevant literature on gender and...

Multilingualism is widespread amongst individuals and communities in African countries. However, language-in-education policies across the continent continue to privilege monolingual approaches to language use in the classroom. In this paper we highlight the colonial origins of these monolingual ideologies and discuss the detrimental effects which arise when learners� linguistic repertoires are not welcomed within the education system. We draw attention to major themes within education...

Despite substantial international evidence that children learn best in a language which they understand, language-in-education policies in much of Africa do not effectively accommodate the range of languages found in the classroom, instead prescribing dominant national languages and/or colonial languages such as English. Further, these language policies continue to reflect a monoglossic conceptualisation of languages and do not adequately account for the multilingual repertoires of...

Objectives: The evaluation of the learning environment has become critical to professional development and student success.This study aims to evaluate the viewpoints of nursing sciences students on the learning environment using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) at a Higher Institute of Nursing Sciences in Tunisia.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 200 students at the Higher Institute of Nursing Sciences.The Dundee Ready Education Environment...

Introduction Vaccines are considered preventive measures to reduce coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread around the world. There are many factors for adherence and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination. Objectives The study aimed to investigate nursing students’ knowledge, perception, and factors that influence their adherence to COVID-19 vaccines. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study design was conducted among nursing students at the Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt,...

This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary and secondary school-age children with disabilities to assess Kenya's disaster readiness and the current mitigating measures using the UNDRO/UNDP Disaster Management and Recovery Program framework.The vulnerability analysis of the education system in Kenya reveals gaps in implementing disaster risk reduction (DRR) programs for children and youth with disabilities.Mismanagement of insufficient resources and services (i.e.,...

This study assessed the effective implementation of inclusive education in enhancing quality education in public primary schools in Tanzania. It specifically aimed at assessing the contribution of school culture in the implementation of inclusive education in public primary schools in Karagwe district. The study employed a mixed method approach and was guided by behaviorism theory. Respondents were sampled by purposive sampling and simple random sampling techniques. The target population...

Higher Education in Mozambique has more than 50 educational institutions, about 230.000 students, and 14.000 teachers, and there is an attempt to implement e-Teaching emerging since 2020 particularly in higher education; considering that the Mozambican population presents basic problems, namely low digital literacy and socioeconomic problems, meanwhile, many institutions are migrating from conventional to virtual classrooms without proper preparation; for some teachers, teaching through the...

This paper explores the quantitative and qualitative nature of services available in University of Juba (UOJ) to students with mental health issues.The study focused on identifying whether students in UOJ were aware of the meaning of mental illness, what caused it, what services were available for the university students with such conditions, where did they get alternative support, the relationship between mental health and academic performance, challenges faced by students with mental...

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) form a regular and relevant feature in drylands, as they stabilize the soil, fix nutrients, and influence water cycling. However, biocrust forming organisms have been shown to be dramatically vulnerable to climate and land use change occurring in these regions. In this study, we used Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data of biocrust-dominated pixels (NDVIbiocrust) obtained from hyperspectral and LANDSAT-7 data to analyse biocrust development...