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A community survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Kenyan children in all primary schools in 2 sublocations in Western Kenya. In total, 3631 children (97% school attendance) aged from 5 to 15 years were examined by one experienced physician and 2 cardiologists between September and December 1985. Six children were found to have evidence of rheumatic heart disease, giving a prevalence rate of 1.7/1000. As all cases occurred in the age group between 10...
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This article discusses the role and functions of the external examiner, a system based on British educational models used in many African universities. The system tries to help achieve quality in education. The author served as an external examiner in midwifery for two years in Malawi.
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Three hundred and seven (307) deaths were recorded out of 3,155 admissions into the Emergency Paediatric Unit of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria between January 1st and December 31st 1986, giving a percentage mortality of 9.9 percent. 67 percent of the patients who died were aged between one month and twenty four months, and the overall male: female ratio of deaths was 1:1.04. Measles with complications was the commonest cause of death (24.1 percent) closely followed by...
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Feature articles should deal with topics applicable to the broad field of program evaluation. Implications for practicing evaluators should be clearly identified. Examples of contributions include but are not limited to reviews of new developments in evaluation; descriptions of a current evaluation effort, research problem, or technique; and discussions of theoretical, legal, or ethical issues affecting evaluation. Manuscripts should include appropriate references and should not exceed 10 double-spaced typewritten pages in length.
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Experimental studies on non-isothermal crystallization on the free surface of a drop of NaCl salt solution have been carried out. The article compares the behavior of the motion of aluminum particle and NaCl crystal on the surface of a drop of an aqueous salt solution. In addition, there is a comparison of the character of the crystal motion at room temperature of 21 °C and at high heat flux when the temperature on the droplet surface is 85 °C. For the first time it is shown that the crystal...
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The problem of this study was the needed administrative competencies of administrators in teacher training colleges in Kenya as perceived by administrators and faculty. A questionnaire (Inventory of Administrative Competencies) was mailed to principals, vice-principals, and four faculty members selected at random from sixteen teacher training colleges in Kenya. Ninety-six questionnaires were returned, yielding a return rate of 100 percent. Responses were analyzed using t-tests and one-way...
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Postgraduate medical education is an important factor in Africa's present emphasis on health care as a basis for socioeconomic development. Such education must be relevant to the realities of health problems in Africa. The priority of most African governments is training in traditional health care management and in fields related to community- and problem-based medicine. Presently, opportunities for such training exist in only seven centers throughout Africa. A model health care system,...
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This study examines the relationship between the number of living sons and contraceptive use among married female teachers in primary and secondary schools of the Enugu urban area, Anambra State, Nigeria. Within each category of number of living children, women with no living sons were least likely to have ever used modern contraceptives. Contraceptive use increased directly with number of living sons. However, women with only sons and no daughters were less likely to have ever used modern...
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: This paper will remind readers about the clinical problems of abruptio placentae that accounts for about 20% of perinatal deaths and can threaten maternal life, usually by haemorrhage associated with blood coagulation failure. In the author's hospital in Nigeria which serves a population of 4 million, the incidence of abruption was 0.4% (81 of 81,215 confinements). This low incidence is partly accounted for by the strict clinical criteria for diagnosis (abdominal pain 85%,...
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Africa′s economic decline over the period since most countries became independent is discussed, and suggestions are offered to make the African management institutions more client‐oriented, such as offering more accessible courses to potential trainees. Existing institutions and their philosophies are described.