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Concern Regarding the HIV/AIDS epidemic and Individual Childbearing

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2003
I examine if and how rural Malawians alter their childbearing as a consequence of concern regarding the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The paper is motivated by the debate which opposes two ideas regarding the childbearing effect of high HIV infection rates and ...
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Le Sahara marocain : désenclavement et développement durable [PDF]

open access: yesCinq Continents, 2012
The Moroccan Sahara: opening-up and sustainable development. The enclosing of the Moroccan Sahara results from the inversion and old situation. Indeed, during a very long time, the area was a way of passage, a platform in the south of Morocco.
EL MAHJOUB CHMOURK
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Were rivers flowing across the Sahara during the last interglacial? Implications for human migration through Africa.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Human migration north through Africa is contentious. This paper uses a novel palaeohydrological and hydraulic modelling approach to test the hypothesis that under wetter climates c.100,000 years ago major river systems ran north across the Sahara to the ...
Tom J Coulthard   +4 more
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Guest Editorial: The Nexus of Violence, Violence Research, and Development. Introduction to the Focus Section

open access: yesInternational Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2011
This focus section of the International Journal of Conflict and Violence is dedicated to violence and violence research in the Global South. It examines the causes, forms, perpetrators, processes, and outcomes of violence. While the contributions go into
Peter Imbusch, Alex Veit
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The peopling of the last Green Sahara revealed by high-coverage resequencing of trans-Saharan patrilineages

open access: yesGenome Biology, 2018
Background Little is known about the peopling of the Sahara during the Holocene climatic optimum, when the desert was replaced by a fertile environment. Results In order to investigate the role of the last Green Sahara in the peopling of Africa, we deep ...
Eugenia D’Atanasio   +16 more
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Why are they worried? Concern about AIDS in rural Malawi

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2003
There are two main types of models of behavioral change. What are collectively referred to as "individual models" are the predominant frameworks for studying risk behaviors including those related to HIV/AIDS. Individual models focus on risk perceptions,
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Prevalence Rates and Predictors for Smoking Cigarettes Among Adolescents Attending School in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

open access: yesAdolescents
Substance use is a growing problem among young people in sub-Saharan Africa who increasingly adopt the habit of smoking cigarettes. The aim was to analyse prevalence rates and identify predictors for cigarette smoking among school-attending adolescents ...
Geir Gunnlaugsson   +4 more
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Locally advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Surgical strategies and outcomes in a referral hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa

open access: yesClinical Surgical Oncology
Introduction: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract but remain rare overall. Locally advanced forms present therapeutic challenges, particularly in low-resource settings.
Freddy Houéhanou Rodrigue Gnangnon   +7 more
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The use of medicine retailers by people of Goma as an alternative healthcare provider: a risky but rational practice

open access: yesBMC Primary Care
Background Medicine retailers, considered here as any person or setting dedicated to the sale of retail medicines, fill an important gap in terms of access to healthcare in areas where population are not covered by universal healthcare schemes.
Amandine Oleffe   +2 more
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Epidemiological, clinical and immunological aspects of antisynthetase syndrome: a multicentre study in Dakar

open access: yesThe Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Baïdy Sy Kane   +11 more
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