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(2008). Feeling Stressed: Integrating Climate Adaptation with Other Priorities in South Africa. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 32-41.

A survey of 787 University of Malawi students (481 males and 306 females) using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) indicated that about 72% of responders (78% of males and 63% of females) drink alcohol. The mean AUDIT score was 3.4+/-5.3 for females and 13.2+/-8.9 for males. Some 54.1% of males and 16.5% of females had the AUDIT score above the threshold level of 8.0, which corresponded with high mean values of alcohol consumption per week (222.8+/-162.7 g of pure ethanol...

AIM: To document the prevalence and histological types of cervical carcinoma in Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria and to suggest ways of reducing the incidence. SETTING: The department of Morbid anatomy and Histopathology laboratory of the Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The materials for this study comprised slides and tissue blocks of all cases of cervical cancers diagnosed in department of Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology, OOUTH, Sagamu from...

Background Information: Malaria, a disease which cuts across all age groups, both genders and races, remains the most deadly tropical disease, despite the huge sums of money expended by the World Health Organization, United Nations, Governmental Agencies and other collaborators in search of a long-lasting solution to the menace caused by the disease. Method: The present study focused on evaluation of the knowledge about malaria among Nigerian school children. Research instrument constituted...

Aim: To determine, the adequacy of the radiological request form currently in use at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, the efficiency of its completion by referring clinicians and the utilization of radiological services by clinical units. Materials and Method: The contents and structure of the radiological request form in use at UNTH were compared with those from reputable international radiology centres and also with recommendations of an expert report on the...

A survey conducted to examine the practice of periodic medical examination among health workers was conducted at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin. A total of 74 hospital workers were selected by stratified random sampling from all the departments and units in the hospital and interviewed. More than half (60.9%) of those interviewed were senior staff while 39.1% were junior staff. Most of the respondents (82.8%) had a medical examination since being employed in the hospital....

When vulnerable population groups are numerically small - as is often the case - obtaining representative welfare estimates from non-purposive sample surveys becomes an issue. Building on a method developed by Elbers et al., it is shown how, for census years, estimates of consumption poverty for small vulnerable populations can be derived by combining sample survey and population census information. The approach is illustrated for Uganda, for which poverty amongst households with disabled heads is determined.

Background: Increasing numbers of women experiencing delay in childbirth have been encountered in various locations including churches, community pharmacies, hospitals and even in the neighborhood. Also a higher proportion of women experienced ectopic pregnancies or miscarriages. All this prompted the researchers to try to determine probable causes for these events and thus resulted in this study. Objective: The main purpose of this study was to explore the interrelationship that exists...

Objective: To determine the reasons for endodontic treatment. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study of all patients aged 17years and above of both gender attending the conservative clinic for endodontic treatment during the 18 months study period. Reasons for pulp disease leading to teeth being indicated for root canal therapy were retrieved from the patients\' hospital record. Result: 323 teeth were indicated for endodontic treatment. The teeth included one hundred and two anterior...

Non-formal education, defined as any organized educational activity outside the established formal system whether operating separately or as an important feature of some broader activity that is intended to serve identifiable learning clienteles and learning objective is of great importance to society. It emerged out of the feeling that formal systems were failing in some aspects like irrelevant curriculum and other socio-economic problems. Owing to the dynamics of education in society today...

Educational practices vary widely in sub-Saharan Africa, due to political instability, economic pressures, and availability of resources. This volume examines the history, educational philosophies, and current practices of schools in the region, including a special Day in the Life feature that shows readers what an average student's school day is like for that country. All educational levels are covered, from primary through secondary school, and both public and private systems are...

The study investigated emotional intelligence, religiosity and self-efficacy as predictors of psychological well-being among secondary school adolescents. The study made use of stratified random sampling in selecting 292 adolescents from ten (10) secondary schools in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. The sample age ranged between 13 -20 years. Four instruments were used, namely: General Self-Efficacy Scale, Well-being Manifestation Measurement Scale; The Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale...

The higher education and research sector in the French-speaking countries of Africa has, for more than a decade, been in a state of severe crisis, stemming from an increasing disparity between the requirements vital to providing high quality education and the available resources. The goal of this article is to: i) highlight the factors which have lead to the development of this situation in most countries; ii) identify the conditions for creating a framework to regulate the trends in the...

The article describes the policies, legislation, institutional structures and programmes of the developmental welfare system for physically disabled people in South Africa that have developed since 1994. In so doing, it examines resources and constraints and suggests ways in which improvements might be made following the experiences in the first 12 years of social development in South Africa. The author believes that it is timely to pursue this topic given the barriers experienced on the...

As a member of the United Nations, Zambia is committed to the observance of human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. This is evidenced, among others, by the fact that Zambia is a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Zambia has a permanent Human Rights Commission that includes a subcommittee on child rights whose focus is on child abuse and education. Zambia also has a...

Access to education is not freely available to all. Open Educational Resources (OERs) have the potential to change the playing field in terms of an individual’s right to education. The Open University in the United Kingdom was founded almost forty years ago on the principle of ‘open’ access with no entry requirements necessary. The University develops innovative high quality multiple media distance-learning courses. In a new venture called OpenLearn, The Open University is making its course...

The roles of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the trend of English Language teaching and learning are enormous. These include globalisation of the teaching and learning of English Language, the use of technology to make teaching and learning of English as a Second Language communicative and functional and the development of the trendy English Language teacher. This study in consonance with the foregoing is aimed at examining the impacts of Information Communication Technology...