ABSTRACT Community pharmacies are well positioned to be the first port of call for healthcare in the community. The services they provide improve the health and well-being of customers and therefore affirms their role as establishments for trusted health advisory. The daily demand for health consultation and advice from customers imply that community pharmacies get very busy. Some customers with health concerns cannot make it to pharmacies during working hours due to their busy schedules and ...
Abstract Health literacy has always been a challenge to 100 percent user absorption rate of medicines. The sad truth is that literacy does not always translate into health literacy. And despite the education levels of people, they do not always understand their medical prescriptions. Worst of all is non-literate patients who do not have the luxury of reading their prescription information off the package of drugs especially when they have more than 3 medications with distinct prescription dos...
Abstract With Ghana striving to reach its Millennium Development Goals, the government has employed various tactics to improve healthcare delivery in Ghana. One of these strategies involves deploying Community Health Workers to rural areas to provide residents of such areas with good healthcare. As a result, various Community Health Centers have been set up in rural areas, and Community Health Workers have to attend to the healthcare needs of these communities. In recent past, mobile technolo...
Abstract Wireless communication is one of the dominant discoveries to mankind. Bluetooth, a wireless technology, is a crucial technology enabling wireless communications and more importantly, the internet of things. A recognized challenge in Bluetooth communication is the overlap of frequencies for specific time slots causing decreased throughput and delay of signals. This is described as Bluetooth interference. In order to improve communications in the internet of things, there is the need t...
Abstract In this digital age, it is unanticipated that some organisations and firms still use the manual book system to keep records. Research on the reasons why some organisations are still using the manual way proved that usability is an important aspect when developing a record keeping system. Most available record keeping or inventory systems are tailored for businesses involved in buying and selling goods. Since for such businesses there will be a designated person or few people responsi...
ABSTRACT The current approach adopted by universities in Ghana to verify transcripts is timeconsuming and error-prone. The verification process involves personnel comparing students’ grades on a hard copy transcript to grades retrieved from the academic institution’s database. This approach increases the possibility of academic institutions mistakenly approving incorrect or falsified transcripts as genuine. In this project, a software system is developed to automate the transcript verific...
Abstract Heuristic algorithms have been known to be the most common and effective methods to solving the classical course scheduling problem which has been found to be a nondeterministic polynomial time hard problem. Many software systems have been built on these algorithms to provide a standard and working solution. This paper seeks to look at the gaps of these solutions and propose a newer one which would potentially simplify the process of course scheduling and provide an even more effecti...
Abstract Voting is key in maintaining the structure of society. Voting aids in making a choice in situations where there are multiple options pertaining to a decision being made. The most popular form of voting is the paper-ballot system where voters cast their votes by imprinting their fingerprints on special ballot papers. However, with the rise in technology which seeks to make life better, there have been various attempts to automate the voting process to reduce time spent on casting vote...
Abstract Road accidents are estimated to be the ninth leading cause of death across all age groups globally. 1.25 million people die annually from road accidents and Africa has the highest rate of road fatalities (WHO, 2015). Self-driving technology has the potential of saving over a million lives lost to preventable road accidents world-wide. Africa accounts for the majority of road fatalities and as such would benefit immensely from this technology. However, financial constraints prevent v...
ABSTRACT This project researches on how telemedicine can enhance healthcare delivery for diabetics in Ghana, and based on the findings, builds a technological tool to help diabetics track the level of sugar they consume. Using the Korle-Bu Diabetic Centre as a prototype, a session was conducted to observe activities at the centre, and an interview with the Director of the department was held to gain insight into the state of the hospital. 50 patients were also interviewed to find out how oft...
Abstract This project seeks to demonstrate the use of virtual and cryptocurrencies. In recent years, they have taken on various forms; from mediums of exchange to stores of investment value. This unique function is made secure through the security and reliability of Blockchain technology. This project employs Stellar, a Blockchain implemented network to construct a payment and money exchange technology that has the capability of easing transactions and lowering the cost of money transaction a...
Abstract The Internet has undergone many changes in its 45-year-old history. The next wave for the Internet is the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT is is defined as “group of infrastructures interconnecting connected objects and allowing their management, data mining and the access to the data they generate” (Dorsemaine). This project implements a lightweight IoT system that can control devices in the home. This system can then be extended to other use cases in agriculture, healthcare and education
Abstract Public transit is a very important tool in Ghana for those looking to ease their commutes and also reduce car dependence. Due to the high reliance from the public, the need for information about the public system is very significant to those patronizing the service. This report presents MyRide system -an intelligent transit information system that uses the internet, mobile technology, GPS satellites and crowd sourcing. Its objective is to facilitate intra-city transportation in Ghana...
ABSTRACT Customers are considered to be the most valuable assets of any business, and thus their loyalty is key to profitability as they indulge in repeat purchases and attract their colleagues through word-of-mouth. In competitive markets such as telecommunications, customers have a lot of flexibility due to the variety of service providers available and the introduction of mobile number portability (MNP) thus they can easily switch services and service providers. Customer churn is, therefor...
ABSTRACT: This project is about building a minimal web framework in PHP for developers who use framework for building complex application. I had the opportunity to work with PHP and some of its framework in production level. Some of these frameworks are awesome to work with but depending on the kind of project a developer will be working on, you end up tweaking the internals of the framework which a developer with less knowledge of the framework will find it very difficult to do. There is als...