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UNLABELLED BACKGROIUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a public health problem. Knowing its patterns could help address it more efficiently. OBJECTIVE To determine the hospital incidence, presentation, management, and outcome of TB in our setting. METHODS We conducted a chart review of children with TB during a five-year period at the University Hospital CNHU-HKM, Cotonou, Benin. RESULTS Hospital prevalence of TB among hospitalised children was 0.2%. The mean age was six years, with a male:female...

This paper explores the reasons underlying access students’ decisions on their study programmes as they progress through their extended science degree, including the role of career aspirations in these decisions. Data from semi-structured interviews with 20 third year undergraduates show two groups according to their decision criteria. Programme-focused students are guided by an interest in the science subject and, later, by the possibilities of the study programme. Their main aim is the...

Abstract Zimbabwe is a multilingual country with a less complex multicultural society than other African nations, but the country's national language policy continues to marginalize indigenous African languages at all levels of the country's education system. The aim of this paper is to argue strongly for the recognition and use of all indigenous African languages spoken in the country in both the private and public spheres. The discussion confirms the assertion that when minority linguistic...

Despite many decades of experimentation with supplier-led approaches to credit, limited success has been achieved in improving access to credit for smallholder farmers. In Mozambique, previous attempts by government to improve access to credit for farmers were not successful and the government is looking for more effective strategies. The purpose of this study is to examine government strategies in other developing countries in Africa and Asia. The paper is a multiple case studies selected...

Background: Studies on death and dying predominantly emphasise the needs of the dying patient and the process of bereavement. Few studies have focused on the reactions of medical doctors and students when the patients they have cared for die.Methods: The aim of the study was to explore the thoughts and feelings of doctors and medical students who have lost patients while under their care at the Dr George Mukhari Hospital emergency unit in Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa. The participants included...

Research on school desegregation in South Africa has largely documented an assimilationist process. As in educational contexts elsewhere, the assimilationist position presupposes that learners from non‐dominant groups are made to change their ways of being on entering schools from which they were previously excluded. Drawing on an ethnographic case‐study of a suburban girls’ school in Johannesburg, South Africa, where ‘black’ learners have replaced ‘white’ learners, as well as on...

The effect of concomitant infection with schistosomes, Plasmodium falciparum and soil transmitted helminths (STHs) on anaemia was determined in 609 Zimbabwean primary school children. P. falciparum, haemoglobin levels and serum ferritin were determined from venous blood. Kato Katz, formal ether concentration and urine filtration techniques were used to assess prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni, STHs and Schistosoma haematobium infections. The prevalence of S. haematobium, S. mansoni, P....

This special issue on 'TAe Role of Spirituality, Religion and the African American Church on Educational Outcomes is extremely timely. Moreover, the fact that this conversation is taking place in Journal of demonstrates once again that the ./ME has its finger firmly on the pulse of significant educational and societal issues within the community. My preliminary discussions with the co-editors were quite remarkable in the sense that as we considered books to review to round out this special...

Abstract Approaches to school desegregation in South Africa have been largely assimilationist in nature. The increasing cultural diversity in many schools requires the development of cultural competency among students so as to move towards a school environment that is free of racism and other forms of discrimination. This paper reports on an arts-based inquiry in three multicultural secondary schools which explored the use of ethnodrama in this regard. The ‘raw’ data obtained from drama...

This article critically examines the concept of gender mainstreaming and raises questions about a series of category slippages in debates and discussions. Some key concerns are the way in which women are constructed as a unified analytical category, and how gender equality is frequently reduced to issues of representation. It also critically interrogates how gender mainstreaming initiatives can be undermined by sexist practices such as sexual harassment. Focusing on higher education, it...

This article is mainly concerned with the capability of trainee teachers to implement learner-centred practice at one of the teacher education institutions in Malawi. The notion of learner-centred education has assumed a positive policy position for teaching and learning in both primary and secondary sectors not only in Malawi, but also in the wider world. However, there is no clear evidence on the extent to which trainee teachers or indeed qualified teachers develop and utilise...

ABSTRACT: This laboratory experiment was designed for Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, and Food Technology students of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The experiment shows the advantages of using agricultural waste, copra mannan as potent inducer of β‐mannanase. The students were able to compare the enzyme induction by commercial mannans (locust bean gum, and guar gum), copra meal, defatted copra meal, and monosaccharides (glucose, galactose, mannose, and xylose). The...

During the Cold War, state-led education exchange programmes between post-colonial states and the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) were common. The biggest such project, the School of Friendship (SdF), sent 899 Mozambican children for socialist-inspired schooling in the GDR. By the time they returned to Mozambique in 1988, the transition from socialist-revolutionary state to capitalist society was under way. This article discusses the legacies of socialist education, focusing on the...

An investigation into transferring health information between health professionals in regular contact with women as they seek health services, and women seeking health services, was held with health professionals from three teaching hospitals in Harare, Zimbabwe. The study aim was to investigate health professionals' perspectives about communication with women to identify their models of communication and effectiveness of the models in transferring health information to women. Participants...

The female population in Zimbabwe is currently pegged at 5997 477 (Central Statistical Office, 2002). Women living with disabilities (WLWD) represent 10% (599 747) of the total female population yet their reproductive health needs are poorly understood and not catered for. The study primarily identifies the reproductive health issues for WLWD by specifically investigating knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices pertaining to their reproductive health. It also establishes contributing...

Abstract The Kenyan government banned corporal punishment in Kenyan schools in 2001 and enacted the Children's Act (Government of Kenya, 2001) which entitles children to protection from all forms of abuse and violence. Kenya is also a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (United Nations, 1990) which states that discipline involving violence is unacceptable. In spite of this, the use of corporal punishment continues in Kenyan schools. This study therefore sought to identify...