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This paper describes the operation of a community-based rehabilitation programme specifically for mentally handicapped children and young adults living with their families in rural areas of Zimbabwe. Details are given of the clients enrolled in the programme and the teaching goals used with them. Evaluation data on the programme's effectiveness is also presented. Three features are identified as being central to the programme's success, 1) partnership with existing agencies in the area, 2)...
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It is now clear that the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) is a major health problem affecting almost all countries of the world and particularly those in parts of sub-Saharan Africa 1,2 . Whilst medi cal technology has made possible enormous advances in the knowledge of the agent responsible, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), it is clear that both a vaccine and an effective treatment are still years away 3 . The main avenues open for limiting the spread of the disease are,...
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Stools obtained from 357 urban and 395 rural school children aged 5-11 years in Ile-Ife Nigeria were examined for the prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni and Yersinia enterocolitica during the dry season. C. jejuni were found in stools of about 2% of the urban school children and in more than 7% of the rural children while Y. enterocolitica were found in 2.5% of the urban and 5.8% of the rural children. A higher isolation rate was seen for C. jejuni (p0.01) and for Y. enterocolitica (p0.05)...
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The Cameroon Volcanic Gas Disaster has seen yet again a number of burning issues relating to relief management. These relate to the exxasgerantion and indequacy of facts from the field, media amplification of information, inappropriate and abundant intrnational response and lack of logistic considerations. Disaster relief assessment should continue to be a top priority, no matter who performs it initially. Accurate assessment and immediate and appropriate satisfaction of the needs of victims...
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S ummary . This investigation sets out to determine whether scientific concepts which have been previously acquired in one of the languages, English, Swahili or Kikuyu by multilingual Kenyan secondary school students can be transferred to the other two languages. The investigation is based on practical lessons using worksheets translated into the three languages. The results demonstrate that transfer is possible to the vernacular languages from English and between the two vernacular languages.
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This study examined the historical development of the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and its contributions to adult education both in Nigeria and in other African nations. This was aimed at providing up-to-date insight into the department's contributions to the development of adult education in Nigeria and in other African nations. Specifically, this study examined the department's founders and their goals, the department's management structure, its relationship with other adult education...
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Female school enrolment in Sierra Leone is consistently and significantly lower than that of boys at all levels of the educational system. Certain traditional beliefs, values and practices discriminate against the education of girls. There is an urgent need to adapt the science curriculum to the needs of girls, by including aspects they can relate to and identify with. Using indigenous technology as a basis for science education is a good way to begin. The use of familiar materials and...
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Twenty apparently healthy and normal Nigerian female students, resident at the University of Ibadan campus, were studied for seven consecutive days to assess their food energy intake and energy expenditure during sedentary and physical activities. The mean age (years) of the group was 20.05 (SD 3.44, range 16-29), mean height (m) 1.62 (SD 0.07, range 1.47-1.74) and body-weight (kg) 51.28 (SD 3.21, range 46-58). The food intake of each subject was obtained by direct weighing, and the energy...
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The study showed that human schistosomiasis is endemic in the Bo and Tongo Field areas, and the overall prevalence was low. Of the 656 persons examined, 16.3% and 22.3% were positive for Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni respectively from Bo and Tongo Field areas. Children in the age group 1–5 years old had the lowest infection rate, but females in the same age group were more frequently infected than their male counterparts (10.5% v. 4.5% respectively) and the difference was...
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This study examined the expectations and attitudes of Indian university students toward boys from father-absent nuclear and extended family systems. The subjects (N = 100) had more positive attitudes towards boys from widowed than from divorced homes for both nuclear and extended family systems. They viewed boys from the extended family more positively than those from the nuclear family. More positive expectations were held for boys from widowed-nuclear versus divorced-nuclear families, with...
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This study examined the expectations and attitudes of Indian university students toward boys from father-absent nuclear and extended family systems. The subjects (N = 100) had more positive attitudes towards boys from widowed than from divorced homes for both nuclear and extended family systems. They viewed boys from the extended family more positively than those from the nuclear family. More positive expectations were held for boys from widowed-nuclear versus divorced-nuclear families, with...