Forgotten Projects in Zimbabwe: Why Developmental Mega Projects Fail and Delay
Blessing Mathabire, Prince Dzingirayi
DOI : DOI: 10.36344/ccijmb.2020.v02i10.002 | Cross Current Int J Med Biosci; 2020, 2(10): 13-22
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Developmental projects are a beacon of socioeconomic and political growth and stability in the developing world [29]. Projects in Africa and beyond are an instrument of achieving the much needed development that makes a positive growth trajectory. Projects can be locally funded whilst others can have international sponsorships. The success indicators of project ventures are what attract project capital in any specific country. However, in Africa most high level projects are faced with a lot of challenges thereby rendering them to fail and in turn cause the flight of project capital. This research tries to understand the psychological concept of macro-projects failure in Zimbabwe. The major objective is to understand why developmental projects are failing and what can be done to change these failure into success stories. The findings were generated through qualitative methods with the use of desk research and secondary data with particular focus to secondary in-depth interviews of key informants involved in the chosen projects. Reliability and validity was arrived at through collaborating data gathered from interviews with those from documentary search. Results revealed that projects operate within certain spheres or environments. The sphere has to be compatible with the project objectives in order for them to be successfully implemented. It was recommended that there has to be a national project policy that addresses how projects should operate and coordinated on the backdrop of the above spheres. Zimbabwe is recommended to develop a National Project Policy that will guide the execution of high level interventions in order to minimise failure and increase the success of all projects.
Potential Policy-Developed Global-COVID-19-Vaccine: Enriched Medical Sciences and Technology Green-Socio-Economy
Dr. Subhas Chandra Datta
DOI : DOI: 10.36344/ccijmb.2020.v02i10.001 | Cross Current Int J Med Biosci; 2020, 2(10): 1-12
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Global-epidemic COVID-19 changes the human civilization, health, travel, socioeconomic, education, and clinical research totally, with no targeted therapeutics, and treatment options. So, the effect of the virus is likely to be seen long after medical science offers a cure for COVID-19. India emphasis on different nutritious-vegetables for improving immunity to human-disease-free-healthy-life is naturally-infected with different-diseases caused by pathogens, significantly hampering food-production. Though pesticides are the most effective means of control, but they are not, cost-effective and environment-friendly. So, it has been an urgency to require; new and more efficient-solutions, technologies, products to fulfill its food and nutritional requirement, and methods to develop best vaccines or social-vaccine or the best medical therapy for immediately to control the coronavirus- COVID-19-disease and prevent more damage. Amaranth is a nutritious as well as traditional-medicinal-vegetables-plant. So, it is focused on the amaranth-plant, intercropped with okra-plant, to determine the effects on pathogens-infected-diseases of both plants; Root-Knot, Mosaic-Virus and Leaf-Curl-Virus in a well-protected-garden. After harvesting, of the two-plant-species, amaranth received maximum pathogen-infection, forming the ―Potential-Eco-Friendly-Highly-Economical-Biomedicines-Catch-Vegetable-Crop-Plants‖, conserving ―Biodiversity-Conservations-Sustainable- Climate-Health and Development with Important Socio-Economic-Implications in Agriculture‖, though both are highly susceptible to diseases, and the farmers would be benefited double; by controlling-diseases, and by buying-selling the amaranth-okra. In biomedicines, highly-trace-tolerance-amaranth-vegetables or the plant-virus; Amaranth-Mosaic-Virus, Okra-Yellow-Vein-Mosaic-Virus, Amaranth-Leaf-Curl-Virus, and Okra-Enation- Leaf-Curl-Virus, which has been developed as antigenic-epitopes derived .................................
Coping with Cancer: What Illness Perceptions Do?
Nisha Kumari, Anubhuti Dubey
DOI : DOI: 10.36344/ccijmb.2020.v02i10.003 | Cross Current Int J Med Biosci; 2020, 2(10): 23-29
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Cancer has all the potentials to affect nearly each aspect of a person’s life. In fact, the complex treatment procedures of the diagnosed individual itself can create distress which can have a long term damaging impact on patients’ mental health and healing progress in itself. Hence, an understanding of cancer patients’ current experiences and the way they perceive their condition could be very helpful for both patients and health professionals. In that way, the present piece of work attempt to explore the varied illness perceptions of cancer patients to know whether it explain changes in the application of different coping strategies. Self-reported illness perception and coping strategies were investigated using revised illness perception questionnaire and Coping Operation Preference Enquiry (COPE-28). The sample comprised of 80 cancer patients (40 male, 40 female). The results of multiple stepwise regression analysis demonstrated that illness perception dimensions accounted a greater percentage of the variance in the coping strategies used by the participants to manage their illness. Cure/control perception over illness, attributing internal factors to illness causation and having better understanding about the illness encourages adaptive coping strategy which might be important in improving psychological and physical health too. The potential role of varied illness perceptions in the management of cancer is discussed in the light of Leventhal’s self-regulation model (1984).
Prevalence, Intensity of Infection and Co-infections of Soil- Transmitted Helminths among Students of the University Félix Houphouët-Boigny in the south of Ivory Coast
N’gbesso Jean-Paul N’gbesso, Agodio Loukouri, Nicaise Aya N’guessan Epse Okoubo, Doumbia Mariamou Cissé, Serge Mambey, Myékinan sarah Soro Epse Kouadio, Ahoua A. Aimé constantin
DOI : 10.36344/ccijmb.2020.v02i09.04 | Cross Current Int J Med Biosci
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Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) are public health problem in the world and particularly in developing countries. This study initiated at the University Félix Houphouët-Boigny of Cocody (Abidjan - Ivory Coast) aims to determine the level of prevalence, the intensity of infestation and co-infections due to Soil-Transmitted Helminths and the various associated factors. The Mini Flotac technique combined with a questionnaire was the method used to achieve the set objective. The study resulted in prevalence rates of 23.45% for Ascaris lumbricoides, 16.81% for Trichuris trichura and 0.88% for Ankylostoma spp. Co-infection of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura was identified, i.e. a prevalence of 7.96%. The logistic regression model showed that Ascaris lumbricoides infection is associated with property in university toilets (OR=2.53, p≤0.05). This study made it possible to initiate an integrated control programme against Soil-Transmitted Helminths in general and Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichura
infection in particular at Félix Houphouët-Boigny University.
Seronegative Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Epidemiological, Clinical, Therapeutic and Progressive Features
Karima Benjouad, Hassan Ouaya, Soukaina Boudda, Adil Ait Errami, Sofia Oubaha, Zouhour Samlani, Khadija Krati
DOI : 10.36344/ccijmb.2020.v02i09.03 | Cross Current Int J Med Biosci
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Seronegative PBC (specific AMA antibodies are negative) is a particular clinical form of PBC.The aim of this study was to determine the clinical-biological and evolutionary features of seronegative PBCs. Methods: The medical data of 42 PBC patients were evaluated and the AMA positive and negative groups were compared. Results: 42 cases of PBC were collected. These were 41 women and 1 man. The mean age at diagnosis was 46 years (25-70 years). AMA Abs were most often positive (n = 34). Other antibodies were found in 22 patients. In our series, 9.75% of cases had seronegative PBC. By comparing the 2 groups of PBC with or without AMA Abs, depending on age, sex, degree of fibrosis and response to
AUDC, no statistically significant difference was noted. Conclusion: In our series, the prevalence of seronegative PBC was 9.75%. Its clinicalbiological and evolutionary profile under treatment does not seem to differ from that of seropositive PBC.
Autoimmune Diseases Associated With Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Karima Benjouad, Hassan Ouaya, Safae Roudi, Adil Ait Errami, Sofia Oubaha, Zouhour Samlani, Khadija Krati
DOI : 10.36344/ccijmb.2020.v02i09.02 | Cross Current Int J Med Biosci
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Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) can frequently coexist with other autoimmune diseases (AID). The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence and type of associated autoimmune diseases in a series of PBC. Methods: The medical data of 42 PBC patients were evaluated for associated autoimmune diseases. Results: In the study population, 26 (65%) patients had autoimmune diseases associated, including Autoimmune hepatitis 35.7%, dysthyroidism 12%, Gougerot-Sjogren syndrome 9.5%, rheumatoid arthritis 9.5%, scleroderma 2.3%, Raynaud's phenomenon 2.3%. Conclusion: A large number of autoimmune diseases were associated with PBC patients. Screening for these diseases must be systematic during PBC in order to deal with them early.
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) - autoimmune hepatitis (HAI) overlap syndrome (OS)
Karima Benjouad, Hassan Ouaya, fatima-zahra Aboutarik, Adil Ait Errami, Sofia Oubaha, Zouhour Samlani, Khadija Krati
DOI : 10.36344/ccijmb.2020.v02i09.01 | Cross Current Int J Med Biosci
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The AIH-PBC overlap syndrome is the most common form of OS. The aim: to study the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of the overlap syndrome and to specify the therapeutic and evolutionary characteristics. Methods: The medical data of 42 PBC patients were evaluated for associated autoimmune hepatitis. Results: Among the 42 cases of PBC, we retained 16 cases of OS (37%). All female the association of diagnostic criteria for PBC and HAI was simultaneous in 80%. Treatment with AUDC, corticosteroid and Azathioprine was started in the majority of our patients. The course was marked by a complete (10 cases) or incomplete (n = 6) response. Conclusion: OS should be considered in the presence of any mixed cytolytic and cholestatic liver disease. Its recognition is essential in order to adapt treatment and prevent progression to cirrhosis and its complications.
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