THE EFFECTS OF COLONIALITY AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ON MADE IN AFRICA EVALUATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR A DECOLONISED EVALUATION AGENDA

The effects of coloniality and international development assistance on Made in Africa Evaluation: Implications for a decolonised evaluation agenda

Background: It is imperative to recognise the effects of the intrinsically Eurocentric development agenda on attaining transformative evaluation that appropriately addresses development priorities in Africa.The role of international development agencies as critical anchors in African evaluation practice needs examination to tin robot advance the Ma

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Socio-psychological portrait of a modern schoolchild

Introduction.The relevance of studying the socio-psychological characteristics of modern children and adolescents is associated with the processes of globalization, informatization, digitalization of modern society in relation to the education system in general and the personality of a modern schoolboy in particular.In this article, an attempt is m

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Development of standard indicators to assess use of electronic health record systems implemented in low-and medium-income countries.

BackgroundElectronic Health Record Systems (EHRs) are being rolled out nationally in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) yet assessing actual system usage remains a challenge.We employed a nominal group technique (NGT) process to systematically develop high-quality indicators for evaluating actual usage of EHRs in LMICs.MethodsAn initial

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Undergraduate medical students' empathy: current perspectives

Thelma Quince, Pia Thiemann, John Benson, Sarah Hyde Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Abstract: Empathy is important to patient care.It enhances patients’ satisfaction, comfort, self-efficacy, and trust which in turn may facilitate better diagno

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