Despite substantial declines since 2000, lower respiratory infections (LRIs), diarrhoeal diseases, and malaria remain among the leading causes of nonfatal and fatal disease burden for children under 5 years of age (under 5), primarily in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The spatial burden of each of...
deforestation is caused by lack of alternative economic livelihood in the forest communities where the forest serves as a sole source of food, income and employment.The study was conducted in Sissala West District of Ghana, to find out the perceptions of causes of deforestation in the district....
This included an expansive set of rights designed to foster children's welfare and development. These constitutional provisions place obligations on Parliament to legislate to ensure and safeguard the welfare and development of children in Ghana. The legal regime on the protection of children was ...
Thisquantity theory of money(QTM) can be summarized in the equation of exchange, which states that the money supply, multiplied by the rate at which money is spent per year (thevelocity of money), equals the nominal expenditures in the economy:MV = PQ. P (prices) can thus go up as th...
Decades of forest excision and watershed degradation in UMSC have raised ecological and economic concerns. The forest loss has been attributed to land use changes that occurred in the catchment and the rapid population growth of Harare and Chitungwiza (Tendaupenyu et al., 2017). Land use changes...
In Ghana, the prevalence of intimate partner violence is high, with 43 percent of women with partners or spouses reporting experiencing at least one type of IPV in the previous year (ISSER, Ipsos MORI, ICRW and NUI Galway, 2019). According to Cordon, Drame, Schmidt & Stepp, (2018), ...
The growth of Industrialization has made a significant contribution to growth of urban cities in India. Consequently the process of migration from rural areas to urban areas has started and still is in process. Actually urbanization is a process of concentration of population in a particular ...
Now, leading proponents of austerity, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are beginning to recognize that these harsh measures have not led to the expected results, and have harmed both growth and equality [ 5 ]. Will this mean a change in European policies in the near future?
Over 80% of perinatal mortality in Japan is due to stillbirths after 22 weeks of gestation, with one in 300 families experiencing fetal loss every year. This study aimed to assess causes and risk factors for singleton stillbirth in Japan. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted using...
Historically, overhunting is the cause of the extinction of giant lemurs and elephant birds in Madagascar, Miss Waldron’s red colobus monkey in Ghana, moas in New Zealand, Alagoas curassow in north-eastern Brazil, and giant kangaroos in Australia. ...