Buzz Byte

This scheme strengthens scientific research capacity in low- and middle-income countries , by providing support for junior researchers to gain research experience and high-quality research training at Master's degree level. Research should be aimed at understanding and improving public health and tropical medicine of local, national and global relevance. Public health and tropical medicine cover a wide range of health problems, including communicable and non-communicable diseases. Topics include: demographic, social science and health economic studies epidemiological, field and community-based studies healthcare systems and policy research measurement of infectious and chronic disease burden population studies clinical trials and case-control studies studies of disease mechanisms in the natural host determinants of disease susceptibility and resistance immunity or resistance in natural hosts or vectors. This can include laboratory-based molecular analysis of field o...

I have until recently thought that education is the route that leads to increased knowledge. It edifies, prepares, instructs, inculcates, enlightens, edifies and much more. But hardly does the definition of education border along the lines of instruction for financial remuneration. Financial benefit is often a consequence to a good-education and not every educated person is able to make wealth or create wealth out of schooling. Sadly, the most important element in this whole misconstrued meaning of education is finance. This therefore means, some parents have worked out what fields or domains of work pay highly and they turn to shift either forcibly or persuasively their children's educational inclinations. The fundamental question posed, is, of what essence is more than a dozen years of schooling worth if it is unable to provide bread on the table or furnish the demands of a decent life? The home indoctrination becomes one which compels children to perform well in t...