Section 101 of the Criminal Code 1960 (Act 29), which was amended in 1998 by the Criminal Code (Amendment), Act 554, stipulates the legal age of sexual consent in Ghana at 16 years [10]. Even though there are laws regulating sexual consent, many children in Ghana start having sexual ...
Optimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence is crucial for lifelong health and well-being1–6. Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight from 71 million participants, to report the he
Although, the scenery was inspired by South African landscapes, such as Oribi Gorge, the movie was shot in film studios in Atlanta and South Korea and only contains some aerial shots of South Africa, Zambia and Uganda. Also Atlanta City Hall is shown as the United Nations building in the f...
features, including clusters, strata and sample weights, to weight each observation by the inverse sampling probability and estimated standard error through Taylor series linearization, as implemented in the R ‘survey’ package60. Computer code was provided to NCD-RisC members who requested assistance....
The lineup includes Goldfish, Tumi Morake, Goodluck, Jesse Clegg and Yaaseen Barnes as well as Maurice Carpede, who will act as the MC. “Our heartfelt and sincere appreciation extends to each and every one of our loyal supporters for the ongoing and continued support,” concluded the stat...
“community leaders in Uganda reported that corporal punishment was more violent and common against orphans than against other children in the household who were more closely related to adult carers or to the head of the household. In Zambia, a study by Human Rights Watch found that orphans who...
bag. The children were allowed to consume foods and drinks as usual. The urine samples were delivered by the parent to the researcher on the same day while they sent their children to the autism rehabilitation centre, preschool or nursery. The urine samples were labelled with code numbers and...
Act, No. 12, 2008, promoting equal access to education and training for all disadvantaged groups, including PwDs. Moreover, Uganda ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and its optional protocol in September 2008. Article 24 of the UNCRPD ...
Colombia and El Salvador included an additional act of (4) threatened to get rid of you. In two countries, emotional violence by a peer was also measured. In Colombia, this was defined as being bullied at least once in the past 30 days. In Zambia, this was measured by using three ...