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Child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis of demographic and health surveys (2006-2016).

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundSub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest levels of child malnutrition globally. Therefore, a critical look at the distribution of malnutrition within its sub-regions is required to identify the worst affected areas.
Blessing J Akombi   +4 more
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The relationship between teachers’ professional wellbeing and principals’ leadership styles

open access: yesPerspectives in Education, 2020
Challenges and changes in the South African education system could have an impact on teachers’ professional wellbeing, which, in turn, results in changes in teacher retention rates.
Cornelius Petrus Van der Vyver   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Visceral Leishmaniasis in West Africa: Clinical Characteristics, Vectors, and Reservoirs

open access: yesJournal of Parasitology Research, 2019
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the most serious form of human leishmaniasis. VL is understudied in West Africa. The increasing number of patients at-risk, including persons living with HIV and other chronic immunosuppressive diseases, and likely ...
Abdoulaye K. Kone   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Pragmatic Analysis of President Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Speech: a response to the foremost Military Seizure of Power in Nigeria – January, 1966 [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities, 2021
This study is a pragmatic analysis of President Nnamdi Azikiwe’s speech responding to the foremost Military Seizure of Power in Nigeria – January, 1966.
Emmanuel Tobi Adegoriolu, E-mail: tobiadegoriolu@gmail.com   +4 more
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The challenges posed by COVID-19 to the BRICS education systems: Lessons to be learnt

open access: yesPerspectives in Education, 2021
It is considered an axiom that the national education system is expected to render a service during the real and ever-changing educational needs of a given nation.
Ewelina Kinga Niemczyk   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Transparent Design Approaches to Enable Equitable Student Gains and Success in Higher Education: A Scoping Review [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Education and Learning Technology
As student populations in higher education become increasingly diverse, the need for equitable and inclusive teaching approaches has never been more urgent.
Raymond Emekako   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Declining incidence of malaria imported into the UK from West Africa

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2008
Background Two thirds of all falciparum malaria cases reported in the United Kingdom (UK) are acquired in West Africa (WA). To ensure recommendations and guidelines for malaria prophylaxis in travellers to West Africa correlate to the risk of infection ...
Smith Valerie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hairy Stalagmites, a new biogenic root speleothem from Botswana

open access: yesInternational Journal of Speleology, 2015
Ngamiland in northwestern Botswana hosts the Gcwihaba Caves which present unique subterranean environments and host speleothems never before recorded.
Gerhard C. Du Preez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A quantitative review and classification of empirical models for predicting global solar radiation in West Africa

open access: yesBeni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2018
The knowledge of the global solar radiation is of particular significance in reliable evaluation of the solar energy potential in a given locality. However, ground measurement of global solar radiation (GSR) is not available in most locations in West ...
Samuel Chukwujindu Nwokolo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The affective affordances of frugal science using foldscopes during a Life Sciences water quality practical

open access: yesPerspectives in Education, 2020
Manu Prakash, the developer of the foldscope microscope reported on in this paper, stated that it is important to use tools that can support open-ended inquiry in the classroom, without dumbing down those tools.
Cherine Jackson   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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