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Regional approach to strengthening biosafety and biosecurity systems in Africa

Global Security: Health, Science and Policy, 2023
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative being implemented across the 55 African Union Member States is presented.
Talkmore Maruta, Jaures Arnaud Noumedem Kenfack, Yenew Kebede Tebeje, Donewell Bangure, Ahmed E Ogwell Ouma   +4 more
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Declining trends in vaccine confidence across sub-Saharan Africa: A large-scale cross-sectional modeling study

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
Current WHO/UNICEF estimates of routine childhood immunization coverage reveal the largest sustained decline in uptake in three decades with pronounced setbacks across Africa.
A. de Figueiredo, E. Temfack, R. Tajudeen, H. J. Larson   +3 more
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Commercial Release of Genetically Modified Crops in Africa: Interface Between Biosafety Regulatory Systems and Varietal Release Systems

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
African countries face key challenges in the deployment of GM crops due to incongruities in the processes for effective and efficient commercial release while simultaneously ensuring food and environmental safety.
Olalekan Akinbo, Silas Obukosia, Jeremy Ouedraogo, Woldeyesus Sinebo, Moussa Savadogo, Samuel Timpo, Ruth Mbabazi, Karim Maredia, Diran Makinde, Aggrey Ambali   +9 more
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Antimicrobial resistance control efforts in Africa: a survey of the role of Civil Society Organisations

Global Health Action, 2021
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health threat in Africa. AMR prevention and control requires coordination across multiple sectors of government and civil society partners.
Jessica L. Fraser, Yewande H. Alimi, Jay K. Varma, Tracie Muraya, Tapiwanashe Kujinga, Vanessa K. Carter, Constance Schultsz, Victor J. Del Rio Vilas   +7 more
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Population health trends analysis and burden of disease profile observed in Sierra Leone from 1990 to 2017

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Sierra Leone, in West Africa, is one of the poorest developing countries in the world. Sierra Leone has experienced several recent challenges namely, a civil war from 1991 to 2002, a massive Ebola outbreak from 2014 to 2016, followed by floods
Jolleen Zembe, Flavia Senkubuge, Tanita Botha, Tom Achoki   +3 more
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Development and Evaluation of an Immuno-Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay to Quantify the Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (Mccp) Protein in Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP) Vaccine

Veterinary Medicine International, 2020
An effective contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) vaccine is essential for the increased production of healthy goats in a cost-effective manner and the prevention of animal-to-animal transmission for both domestic animals and wildlife.
Jean de Dieu Baziki, Bodjo S. Charles, Nick Nwankpa, Naomi Maina, Ethel Chitsungo, Cisse Rahamatou Moustapha Boukary, Takele A. Tefera, Rume Veronica Nwankpa, Nduta Mwangi   +8 more
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Towards the African Economic Community: Legal and Historical Perspectives

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2023
This article submits that the 1963 Charter of the Organisation of African Unity provided a legal foundation for continental economic integration. This was followed by successive declarations and legal agreements such as the Lagos Plan of Action, the ...
Willie Shumba
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Negotiating teacher pedagogies within a transforming South African schooling setting

Journal of South African Democratic Teachers Union, 2022
The paper focuses on the dynamics surrounding teacher’s work in which a combination of teacher personal and professional identities help shape the way teachers conduct their professions. The paper explores various ways in which teacher’s training and the
N. Maharaj, M. Mugwena, D. Matsepe
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ECONOMIC AND TRANSPORT ASPECTS OF THE AFRICAN UNION [PDF]

Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transport, 2018
The paper addresses the changes on one of the largest continents, Africa, in aspect of transport systems and the economy. The African Union is a chance to integrate this area from many points of view.
Maciej MINDUR
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Prioritising Research and Data Collection in Africa’s Drug Control Policy

Journal of Illicit Economies and Development
African countries have been experiencing an upsurge in public health problems as a result of the increased availability and use of psychoactive substances trafficked into the continent and also produced locally.
Abel Basutu, Jane Marie Ogola Ongolo
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