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The identification of early risk factors among undergraduate students that impact on health, both mental and physical is a primary focus of this survey. This is more so since people suffering from an illness may not be currently engaging in any health risk behaviours but might have engaged in such behaviours before they developed the illness condition. Therefore the identification of health risk behaviours among this group of people would permit a better understanding of localized patterns...

The Neoproterozoic Bisha volcanic-associated massive sulfide deposit (VMS) is a large (>39 million metric tons (Mt)) relatively high grade Zn-Cu-Au-Ag deposit in a newly discovered VMS district in western Eritrea. The host stratigraphic section comprises a large, possibly coeval and cogenetic intrusion known as the Bisha Gabbroic Complex, ~3 km downsection, a series of mafic to felsic tuffs with minor flows and minor sedimentary rocks in the proximal footwall, and felsic flows, fine tuffs,...

An AIDS epidemic threatens Kenya with a long wave of premature adult mortality and thus with an enduring setback to the formation of human capital and economic growth. According to UNAIDS (2004) about 1.2 million Kenyans were HIV-positive (out of a population of just over 30 million) in 2003 roughly 150000 died of the disease in that year and some 650000 children had been left as orphans. One independent estimate puts the cumulative number of deaths due to AIDS in Kenya from 1984 to 2000 at...

The international recruitment by countries of the North of teachers from less developed countries has become a controversial aspect of the problem of 'brain drain'. As a political and economic issue, the argument is that it reduces human capital within the education system and leads to the movement of highly skilled teachers from countries that can least afford to lose them. In South Africa the issue of teacher mobility is more complex because opinion is divided on the extent of the problem,...

Primary school enrollment rates are very low in francophone Africa. In order to enhance education supply, many countries have launched large teacher recruitment programmes in recent years, whereby teachers are no longer engaged on civil servant positions, but on the basis of (fixed term) contracts typically implying considerably lower salaries and a sharply reduced duration of professional training. While this policy has led to a boost of primary enrolment, there is a concern about a loss in...

To evaluate the effectiveness of the Youth United Through Health Education (YUTHE) program, a community-level, peer-led outreach program to increase awareness and improve noninvasive sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening in youth residing in the targeted community.Sexually experienced youth, aged 12-22 years, anonymously participated in the YUTHE program (a 15-minute encounter, including a risk assessment with feedback and prevention messages). A street- and venue-based intercept...

This article deals with a proposed initiative to train library managers on the African continent. It is argued that such an education initiative will contribute to the socio-economic development of Africa. Issues addressed in the article include the following: the background to and rationale for this initiative, justification for the University of Pretoria to be the degree-issuing institution, the delivery mode, outline of the proposed curriculum and expected outcomes of this initiative.

This article deals with a proposed initiative to train library managers on the African continent. It is argued that such an education initiative will contribute to the socio-economic development of Africa. Issues addressed in the article include the following: the background to and rationale for this initiative, justification for the University of Pretoria to be the degree-issuing institution, the delivery mode, outline of the proposed curriculum and expected outcomes of this initiative.

A training course on managing and dispensing antiretroviral treatment was developed to improve the practices and behavior of personnel at 35 centers providing care for HIV/AIDS patients in Benin. This course proposes several ways to adapt the "Handbook of supply management at first-level health care facilities" (OMS) and to make successful use of "A method for better counseling and dispensing of medicines" developed by the Réseau Médicaments et Développement et le Centre de Pharmacovigilance (Alger).

Abstract School clusters, that is, the grouping of schools within the same geographical location, for economic, pedagogic, administrative and political purposes (Bray, 1987), have arisen as one possible solution to developing countries’ battles to achieve both quantitative and qualitative advances in their education systems within the framework of financial austerity. However, there remain questions regarding how those tasked to implement this innovation perceive it. Through a multi-site...

The question of assessment standards has been at the centre of debate at many regional and international conferences on education. The debates are a result of new education initiatives and call for increased accountability. Expectations about what all students should learn - and, by implication, what they should be tested on - have changed in response to social, economic and technological changes and as a result of the standards-based reform movement. This has intensified the demand for...

Author’s Introduction Davis notes at the outset that Africa is the most impoverished of the continents. This condition in turn has led scholars, development experts, and political leaders in a search for the causes of poverty in Africa in the hopes of finding successful means for addressing it. Focus Questions How can utilizing a historical perspective enhance our understanding of Africa’s widespread and deeply entrenched poverty beyond the explanations of academic disciplines such as...

Library and Information Science (LIS) education can only be meaningfully discussed within the context of education generally, and vis-à-vis the cultural milieu for which it is provided. The growing globalization is equally a necessary factor to consider in this discussion, given its seeping impact on culture, economy and education, especially in developing countries. LIS education programmes in Nigeria are offered at various tertiary level institutions—Colleges of Education, Polytechnics,...

Library and Information Science (LIS) education can only be meaningfully discussed within the context of education generally, and vis-à-vis the cultural milieu for which it is provided. The growing globalization is equally a necessary factor to consider in this discussion, given its seeping impact on culture, economy and education, especially in developing countries. LIS education programmes in Nigeria are offered at various tertiary level institutions—Colleges of Education, Polytechnics,...

The focus of this study is on lessons learned by collaborative partnerships that use ICTs to expand access to and improve the quality of secondary education in South Africa. Secondary education is the most strategic, and unfortunately the least developed education sector in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Empirical studies show that, in addition to traditional solutions, ICTs may be the most feasible and economically sound means of expanding access to and improving the quality of secondary...

This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev)-supported survey of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. Developing the education system in Burkina Faso will involve equipping more people with a basic quality education and guaranteeing development in the post-primary education sector....

This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev)-supported survey of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. The Central African Republic (CAR) faces many challenges to make a greater effort in training, budgeting, and awareness creation concerning the use of ICTs. Introducing ICTs into basic ...

This short country report, a result of a larger Information for Development Program (infoDev)-supported survey of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. In Equatorial Guinea, there is no specific policy concerning ICT, although attempts to improve management in the Ministry of Telecommunications are being made. This could help facilitate the...