The study primarily aimed at assessing the appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions in a section of public health institutions in Lesotho using an assessment tool formulated from principles of antibiotic prescribing. Relevant data on procedures of infection diagnosis and prescribed antibiotics were collected from both inpatient and outpatient case reports for a one-month period in five publi...

In Lesotho, snow cover is not only highly relevant to the climate system, but also affects socio-economic factors such as water storage for irrigation or hydro-electricity. However, while sound knowledge of annual and inter-annual snow dynamics is strongly required by local stakeholders, in-situ snow information remains limited. In this study, satellite data are used to generate a time series o...

BACKGROUND In 2009 Lesotho had an estimated TB prevalence of 696 cases/100 000 population - the 4th highest in the world. This epidemic was characterised by high rates of death, treatment failure and unknown treatment outcomes. These adverse outcomes were attributable to a high rate of TB and/or HIV co-infection and weaknesses in the implementation of Lesotho's National Tuberculosis Programme (...

Electronic learning is a techno approach that brings new opportunities for teaching and in many fields of education compared to the traditional classroom environment. However, there dearth research on its effectiveness practicality whether it dependable enough during learning. Thus, this systematic review aims provide evidence from numerous findings reliability components (such as functionality...

One way in which the practice of inclusion can be actualised classrooms is through use consistent, appropriate differentiated instruction. What remains elusive, however, insight into what teachers different contexts think and believe about differentiation, how consistently they differentiate instruction challenges experience doing so. In study reported on here high school a private government L...

Abstract Background Access to finance has been identified as one of the biggest problems faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in most developing economies. Similarly, access a dominant constraint facing SME sector Lesotho. This paper established factors related that influence competitive growth The were include financial information access, bank business support services, structur...