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Regional approach to strengthening biosafety and biosecurity systems in Africa

open access: yesGlobal 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   +4 more
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Declining trends in vaccine confidence across sub-Saharan Africa: A large-scale cross-sectional modeling study

open access: yesHuman 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   +3 more
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Antimicrobial resistance control efforts in Africa: a survey of the role of Civil Society Organisations

open access: yesGlobal 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   +7 more
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Commercial Release of Genetically Modified Crops in Africa: Interface Between Biosafety Regulatory Systems and Varietal Release Systems

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +9 more
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The role of African Union law in integrating Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article traces how the development of regional law is linked to the state of regional integration in Africa. Given the prominent role European Union law plays in the functioning of the European Union, the question is posed whether there is similar ...
Olivier, Michele, Olivier, Michèle E.
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Population health trends analysis and burden of disease profile observed in Sierra Leone from 1990 to 2017

open access: yesBMC 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   +3 more
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Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, 2000–2009: Massive Human Rights Violations and the Failure to Protect [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article reviews human rights violations in Zimbabwe from 2000 to 2009, under the rule of Robert Mugabe. It argues that these violations, including state-induced famine, illegal mass expulsions, and systemic rape, constituted crimes against humanity.
Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.
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Towards the African Economic Community: Legal and Historical Perspectives

open access: yesPotchefstroom 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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The limits of transnational solidarity : the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Swaziland and Zimbabwean crises [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the main union federation in South Africa, was instrumental in ending apartheid. This paper evaluates COSATU's post-apartheid role in working for democracy elsewhere in Southern Africa through ...
Dibben, Pauline   +2 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

open access: yesVeterinary 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   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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