This edition of SACJ is a special edition that focuses on Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) in Southern Africa. ICT4D research (which inherently tends towards being multi-, interor trans-disciplinary) has contributed to understanding the challenges associated with the engineering, application and adoption of technologies in developing countries and contexts, thu...

abstract objective : the policy makers and social managers need some criteria for building up the appropriate health status of the community and observe the equity and equality on it. they have to know the burden of diseases as a main determining factor for decision making, planning and programming. disability adjusted life years (dalys) is a criteria which shows the wasted life time due to ear...

This edition of the Public policy and Health series is a summary of a scientific advisory written by Nicole April, Claude Bégin and Réal Morin of the Direction du développement des individus et des communautés of Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ). This advisory on alcohol consumption in Québec is submitted to the Minister of Health and Social Services for the purposes of imp...

Welcome to the second edition of The Social Enterprise Review! Once again, our students have written interesting opinion pieces on a variety of social enterprise topics pertaining to global development. We are pleased to feature an article from Dr. Gordon Adomdza of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation group at Northeastern University and hope to attract additional contributors from outside the ...