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Mpox Outbreak in the East Africa Region: Current Status, Containment Measures, Challenges, and Future Direction. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
The WHO declares the Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, with the DRC as the epicenter in the EAC. DRC, Uganda, and Burundi experience extensive transmission; Kenya and Uganda show higher case fatality rates. Containment measures include surveillance, public awareness, infection prevention training, and vaccination (>73 ...
Sindayiheba R, Gahamanyi N, Ndayisenga J, Ntagwabira E, Nsengiyumva E, Kabalisa E, Misbah G, Mukagatare I, Mutesa L, Muvunyi CM.   +9 more
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The Growing Mpox Infections by Clade I Variant in African Countries Is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern: A Narrative Review. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aim In 2022, the monkeypox (mpox) outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern. The emergence of a new strain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its identification with neighboring countries led to the declaration of a public health emergency in 2024.
Urmi TJ, Islam MR.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Regulator experiences of trials during Ebola epidemics in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [PDF]

Trop Med Int Health
Abstract Introduction During the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the Ebola outbreaks between 2018 and 2020 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, vaccines and other tools for prevention and treatment had to be taken through trials in exceptional circumstances using accelerated processes.
Kasonia K, Baiden F, Le Marcis F, Lapika B, Kiyulu J, Kimina H, Bikioli F, Attas F, Mansaray A, Burns R, Nouvet E, Thys S, Paviotti A, Manno D, Fahnbulleh MK, Leigh B, Samai M, Greenwood B, Lees S, Mulopo PM, Watson-Jones D.   +20 more
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Quantifying epidemiological drivers of gambiense human African Trypanosomiasis across the Democratic Republic of Congo.

PLoS Computational Biology, 2021
Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) is a virulent disease declining in burden but still endemic in West and Central Africa. Although it is targeted for elimination of transmission by 2030, there remain numerous questions about the drivers of ...
Ronald E Crump, Ching-I Huang, Edward S Knock, Simon E F Spencer, Paul E Brown, Erick Mwamba Miaka, Chansy Shampa, Matt J Keeling, Kat S Rock   +8 more
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Détermination analytique de la nicotine contenue dans les cigarettes des marques Ambassade, Equateur et Master vendues à Kinshasa [PDF]

Mouvements et Enjeux Sociaux, 2023
Le tabagisme représente un problème mondial majeur de santé publique par ses multiples implications socioculturelles, économiques et environnementales.
Leonard WOTO MAKONTSHI, Isaac WOTO TSHIKUMA, Jean Marie TSHITENGE , Daniel YENGE, Wilfried NYUKU LOKINGA   +4 more
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Fishes of the Salonga National Park (Congo basin, central Africa): a list of species collected in the Luilaka, Salonga, and Yenge Rivers (Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo) [PDF]

Check List, 2013
A list of fishes collected in and around the periphery of the Salonga National Park in Equateur Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo is provided.
Raoul Iyaba, Melanie Stiassny
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Prevalence and factors associated with unmet need for family planning among women of reproductive age (15-49) in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A multilevel mixed-effects analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2022
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has experienced high levels of unmet need for family planning (UNFP) for many years, alongside high fertility, maternal and infant mortality rates.
Marie Alice Mosuse, Sylvie Gadeyne
doaj   +1 more source

Hydrology drives export and composition of carbon in a pristine tropical river

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 68, Issue 11, Page 2476-2491, November 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT The Ruki is a pristine blackwater tributary in the Congo Basin draining tropical lowland forest. Daily discharge and fortnightly concentrations, isotopic ratios, and molecular composition of carbon and organic matter were measured for 1 yr (2019–2020).
Travis W. Drake, Matti Barthel, Christian Ekemba Mbongo, Davin Mata Mpambi, Simon Baumgartner, Clement Ikene Botefa, Marijn Bauters, Martin R. Kurek, Robert G. M. Spencer, Amy M. McKenna, Negar Haghipour, Godé Lompoko Ekamba, Jose N. Wabakanghanzi, Timothy I. Eglinton, Kristof Van Oost, Johan Six   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of a health facility based active case finding system for Ebola virus disease in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June–July 2018

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background The ninth outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo occurred in Équateur Province from 8 May-24 July 2018.
Amber Kunkel, Mory Keita, Boubacar Diallo, Olivier le Polain de Waroux, Lorenzo Subissi, Bocar Wague, Roger Molala, Pierre Lonfandjo, Sébastien Bokoo Bokete, William Perea, Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey   +10 more
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Agency and Structure in Militarized Conservation and Armed Mobilization: Evidence from Eastern DRC's Kahuzi‐Biega National Park

Development and Change, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 601-640, May 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT Ongoing debates in conservation studies stress the dire consequences of ‘fortress’ and ‘militarized’ conservation at violent frontiers. Presenting evidence from Kahuzi‐Biega National Park in war‐torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this article shows how the park has become a focal point for armed insurgent groups in the region ...
Fergus O'Leary Simpson, Lorenzo Pellegrini   +1 more
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