Astronomy Curriculum for Developing Countries

Library and information science curriculum for the developing countries

The contemporary scenario predominated by information and knowledge perspectives indicate the pressing need to educate and train the library and information manpower towards a sustainable professional competence. The manpower of today will meet in the near future the new challenges and the onslaught of the impact of Information Technology on LIS envisages to make substantial contribution to the...

Positioning Secondary School Education in Developing Countries: Expansion and Curriculum

Perceived Requirements of MIS Curriculum Implementation in Bilingual Developing Countries

This paper addresses additional requirements associated with implementing a standard curriculum of Management Information Systems (MIS) in bilingual developing countries where both students and workplace users speak English as a second language. In such countries, MIS graduates are required to develop bilingual computer applications and to communicate bilingually with the anticipated users of s...

Developing drugs for developing countries.

Infectious and parasitic diseases create enormous health burdens, but because most of the people suffering from these diseases are poor, little is invested in developing treatments. We propose that developers of treatments for neglected diseases receive a "priority review voucher." The voucher could save an average of one year of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review and be sold by the...

Telemedicine for Developing Countries

Background: Developing countries need telemedicine applications that help in many situations, when physicians are a small number with respect to the population, when specialized physicians are not available, when patients and physicians in rural villages need assistance in the delivery of health care. Moreover, the requirements of telemedicine applications for developing countries are somewhat ...