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The impacts of extremely high temperatures on plants, human beings and animals’ health have been studied in several parts of the world. However, extreme events are uncommon and have only attracted attention recently. In this study, extreme temperature behaviour was modelled through the application of extreme value theory using maximum monthly temperatures over a 32 years period. Data on monthly maximum temperature from the Upper East Region were modelled using generalized extreme value (GEV) ...

Retrospective analyses of records of patients were done at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) from 2010 to 2014 to study the diseases trends and its causes in Northern Ghana and to determine the causes of the epidemiological transition. Morbidity and mortality from infective and non-infectious diseases were both at higher levels. Analysis of data from the GSS revealed that there has been an accelerated urbanization from 1970 to 2014. This unplanned urbanization coupled with lack of health edu...

There is paucity of data on the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among out-patient attendees from individual Institutions and Health Care Facilities performing sputum smear microscopy in Ghana. This retrospective study analyzed sputum smear microscopy results among pulmonary TB suspected patients presenting to the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern Region of Ghana. Sputum smear microscopy for Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) results of new suspected pulmonary TB (Diagnosis) patients an...

Fosterage is a traditional cultural practice where children are given to relatives and friends to raise up. It was done to ensure that children were raised under strict conditions that will prepare them to face life in adulthood. This kind of strict training could not be offered by biological parents. It was also done to foster family and friendship ties. However, in most cases, fostered children are excessively used for domestic chores at the expense of their education. The paper examines t...

This study was conducted to verify whether conversion of the dense forest cover of Asunafo to cultivated land and other opportunistic land covers has resulted in land degradation. If so, there is the need to enhance the knowledge of how local people, particularly farmers, manage forest land degradation. The aim of the study is to investigate how local people in Asunafo, particularly farmers, manage forest land degradation. The specific objectives included the examination of: 1). the...

The research focuses on female participation in technical and vocational education a training with particular emphasis on skill training opportunities for females in Northc Ghana. In Ghana, labour markets have become so competitive that females need to be assist to enter such markets. Expanding skill-training opportunities for females in traini institutions could meet this demand. It is for this reason that this thesis sought to identJ gender disparities in technical and vocational ...

The purpose of the study was to investigate the human resource needs of the administrative staff of University for Development Studies, Tamale. The study looked at sources of recruitment, sources of data for determining training needs, training methods used for the administrative staff training programme, performance appraisal and staff development programme. Purposive sampling was used to select administrative staff of the University for Development Studies. A total of 76 respond...

this study examined the impact of microfinance on SME development and household welfare in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality in Northern Ghana. Using structured questionnaires, the study compared SMEs that accessed microfinance and SMEs that do not access microfinance for business operations with respect to savings culture, employment generation, increased incomes, improvement in household welfare and poverty reduction. The study established that access to microfinance impacts positi...

A retrospective study of potts diseases was conducted at the Tamale Teaching Hospital from January 2012 to December 2013. The highest number of patients was referred from Upper East Region (78%). The disorder was common among women and young adults. Chronic back pain and neuropathy was the frequent presenting complains. The dorsal spine remains the site of preference while L1\L2 recorded the highest incidence. The vertebral body was destroyed in all the cases and the fragmentary type of bone ...

A Retrospective study of Pott’s diseases was conducted at the Tamale Teaching Hospital; from January 2012 to December 2013. The highest number of patients was referred from Upper East Region (78%). The disorder was common among women and young adults. Chronic back pain and neuropathy was the frequent presenting complains. The dorsal spine remains the site of preference while L1/L2 recorded the highest incidence. The vertebral body was destroyed in all the cases and the fragmentary type of bon...

This retrospective study was intended to report the improved detection rate and also the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis at the Tamale Teaching Hospital of Northern Ghana. Sputum smear microscopy for acid fast bacilli (AFB) results of newly suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (Diagnosed Clinically) was analysed for the study. Patients and their demographic data, comprising age, and sex recorded from January 2004, to December 2012, were retrieved from the chest clinic and laboratory registe...

Maternal mortality is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, from any cause aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes. In Ghana, the estimated maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is 350, while the number of maternal deaths stands at 2700. MMR for the Sub-Saharan countries is 500 with maternal deaths of 162,000. The estimates for global MMR are 210, with 28700...

Ghana, one of the challenging contexts settings in sub-Saharan Africa, is a strong democratic nation and one of the area's emerging economies, yet the country still faces poor maternal health with maternal mortality ratios at 350/100,000 live births. This statistic means that the country's efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goal-5-the reduction of maternal mortality by 75 per cent by 20 l 5-remains a mere dream. ln this dissertation, I explore rural Ghanaian women's perspecti...

The study was conducted to examine yam production and its contribution to household income and food security in Zabzugu. The techniques of data collection employed were Questionnaire administration, focus group discussion, in-depth interviews and observation. Simple random sampling was used to select fifty (50) households for the study. Employing primary and secondary data, the study demonstrated that yam contributes significantly to households' livelihood in the study area. The study reveale...

In Ghana, since the introduction of extension service as an agency for modernizing agriculture through bringing innovations generated by research, the process of bringing these innovations to farmers has for many years taken the form of Transfer of Technology (T.O.T). (Ramirez, 1997:3) The Transfer of Technology approach is a simple linear process which involves the Extension agent picking the new idea generated through research and communicating it directly to the farmer. The farme...

Soil and water conservation technologies are practiced in Northern Ghana to help farmers reduce food insecurity and promote sustainable agriculture. This work seeks to understand the effects of soil and water conservation techniques on the physical and chemical properties of soils in the savannah ecological zone. Three and two communities in the Kumbungu district and Kasena Nankani East Municipality, respectively, were selected for the study. Rainfall data from 1977 to 2012 was anal...

Ferulic acid constitutes a major constraint to ruminal fibre digestibility. The overall objective of this study was therefore to determine the effects of a first (non-fibrolytic) - or a third (ferulic acid esterase-producing) - generation inoculant on the fermentation characteristics, aerobic stability and nutritional value of silages. In experiment 1, barley and corn silages were inoculated with a first- generation inoculant containing Lactobacillus plant arum, Enterococcus faecium...

The rapid population growth coupled with the effects of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa has made adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) techniques even more crucial for increased farm productivity. A study on the socioeconomic analysis of SWC techniques to improve agricultural production therefore becomes imperative. This study sought to examine the farmer, farm and socioeconomic/institutional characteristics that influence the adoption of SWC techniques and adoption eff...