Abstract: Background. Since the World Health Organization recommended single low-dose (0.25 mg/kg) primaquine (PQ) in combination with artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in areas of low transmission or artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, several single-site studies have been conducted to assess efficacy. Methods. An individual patient meta-analysis to assess gametocytocidal and transmission-blocking efficacy of PQ in combination with different ACTs was conducted. Random ...
Abstract: The increasing risk of mosquito-borne diseases in African urban environments has been partly attributed to failed planning and resource underdevelopment. Though engineered systems may reduce mosquito proliferation, there are few studies describing this relationship. This study investigates how engineered systems such as roads and piped water systems affect the odds of anopheline immatures (i.e., larvae and pupae) occurring in water bodies located in Malindi, Kenya. Anopheles gambia...
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the determinant of household uptake in community-based health insurance and the effect of uptake in community-based health insurance on household health expenditure in Haramaya and Kersa District. The study used cross-sectional survey research design and quantitative approach. A survey was conducted by using 360 structured close-ended questionnaires distributed equally to community-based health insurance adopters and non adopters in the dist...
Abstract/Overview In modern financial mathematics, accurate values are obtained by taking into account a considerable number of more realistic assumptions in logistic Black Scholes equation. The aspects considered here are cost of transactions in trading, perfect illiquid markets and risks that occur from non – protected portfolio or large investments that have a lot of impact on price of the assets, volatility, the percentage drift and the life of the portfolio itself. In modern world ...
RELEASE FORM Name of author:Ronald. F Musengi Title of project:An analysis on the effectiveness of project management in power plant rehabilitation. A case study of (ZPC) Hwange Power Station. Degree title:Bachelor of Commerce honours in Retail and Logistics Management (HRLM) Supervisor Mr S. Mlambo Year of research 2017 Permission is hereby granted to the Midlands State University Library to produce copies of this dissertation...
This research was initiated to assess the challenges Nigeria is facing in the fight against Boko Haram Insurgency in the North East zone dating from 2009-2015. The objective of the research minorly was to determine the origin, activities, method of operation and targets of Boko Haram and majorly to access the challenges and prospects of Nigeria in their bid to quell the Boko Haram insurgency. Using content analysis and statistical method of enquiry on the budget provisions by the Ministry of...
ABSTRACT The study examined the relationship between procurement planning and accountability of United Nations Logistics Base in Entebbe. Uganda. The study was guided by three objectives: determine procurement planning. extent of accountability of United Nations Entebbe Support Base, and whether there was a significant relationship between procurement planning and accountability of United Nations Entebbe Support Base. Uganda. The study comprised of a population of 190 respondents who included...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to investigate the factors that contribute to loan default at the Amantin and Kasei Community Bank Limited. This study adopted the case study design. The study used qualitative and quantitative research approaches. The population for the study was one hundred and twenty (120). The population of the study was made up of credit officers and customers of Amantin and Kasei community bank Limited in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Th...
ABSTRACT Worldwide facility delivery remains a serious concern and challenge to all international, nation al and local stakeholders. It is important to reduce this burden of large number of women and neonates who die annually from preventable causes as a result of home delivery. Facility delivery is a critical strategy to improve maternal and newborn health in the world, but still a large number of home deliveries occur in the developing countries, mostly in the Sub Sahara African countries. ...
ABSTRACT Background: The referral system is emphasized as a back-up function of particular importance in pregnancy and childbirth, as a range of potentially life-threatening complications require management and skills that are only available at higher levels of care (WHO, 1994). In Ho municipality, the proportion of maternal deaths arising from referrals from the periphery to the Volta Regional Hospital had increased from 63% in 2012 to 81% in 2013. Objectives: The objectives of this study we...
ABSTRACT Access to safe, adequate water and sanitation has been a global developmental priority due to their intrinsic impacts on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Despite the implementation of several measures to improve upon access to safe water and sanitation, residents of Ashaiman still struggle daily to acquire water and have access to sanitation facilities. The research was conducted in four selected communities in the Ashaiman Municipality namely: Adakodzi, Amu...
ABSTRACT The recent revelation that it takes twenty two long years to conclude a case up to the Supreme Court, and between five to ten years at the state High Courts, which has made public the challenge of criminal justice administration in Nigeria is startling. Even without further query, it presupposes that the problem with the judiciary is deeply entrenched at the root of its entire structure, and beginning from the court gatemen to bailiffs, clerks, registrars, and messengers down to typi...
ABSTRACT Dandemutande Investments was face with a network management and tracking problem. The issues that were presented by old manual system include, missed service level agreement due to delayed response to network outages and incidences, the support team had to familiarize with several troubleshooting tools, manual compilation of system reports and the system was reactive and action to resolve network issues were only taken after the they had already occurred. The Infrastructure Surveilla...
ABSTRACT Globally, about 7.7 million children under five years died in 2010. In Ghana, the under-five mortality rate is estimated at 72 deaths per 1000 live births in 2012 according to UNICEF. Although there has been a decline in under-five mortality in Ghana, substantial progress is required to achieve the Millennium Development Goal 4 by reducing child mortality by 2015. Several interventions have been put in place to ensure child survival. The study aimed at examining the relationship bet...
ABSTRACTDecentralization has been viewed widely by many in Uganda as the panacea to the challengesof development in Uganda. With close to five years of the decentralization of the Ministryof Health, the study sought to examine the services delivery of the Departments of Health andSocial Welfare; comparing the progress challced by both Departments and the challenges thatare experienced in the process of decentralization in the Departments. Employing a qualitativeresearch method, in-depth inter...