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Healthcare Waste Generation Rates in the Three Categories of Public Healthcare Facilities in Malawi

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2026.
Two tertiary (Kamuzu and Mzuzu Central), secondary (Nkhata Bay and Rumphi), and primary (Bolero and Chintheche Rural) healthcare institutions participated in a study on healthcare waste. Waste was categorized as nonhazardous or hazardous. Significant differences in waste generation rates were observed on the basis of facility type (p < 0.001). ABSTRACT
Grace O. Ogbonna   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated evaluation of environmental monitoring, rheumatoid arthritis biomarkers, and genetic variants in textile dyeing workers. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Egypt Public Health Assoc
Saad-Hussein A   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Molecular Detection of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Ticks Collected From Wildlife Carcasses at a Bushmeat Market in Ghana

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2026.
At the Atwemonom bushmeat market in Kumasi, 211 ticks were collected from 46 wildlife carcasses and grouped into 94 pools. Rickettsia DNA occurred in 10 pools (10.64%), comprising Rickettsia africae and Rickettsia massiliae; Coxiella burnetii was undetected.
Emmanuel Kwame Amoako   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cyanogenic Compounds, Physicochemical Parameters and Metals in Water From Cassava Processing Areas: A Study in the Brazilian Amazon, Using Multivariate Analysis

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, Volume 41, Issue 12, Page 1671-1687, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the water quality of artesian wells and effluents generated in cassava processing in a rural area of Bragança, Pará, with emphasis on physicochemical parameters, multielement composition, and cyanogenic compounds. The well water presented specific nonconformities, highlighting pH values below the recommended level and high
Alana Coêlho Maciel   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a Politics of (In)Fertility: Reproductive Debility in Africa

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 4, Page 709-718, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa has some of the highest estimated rates of infertility or involuntary childlessness in the world, leading epidemiologists to refer to parts of the region as the “infertility belt.” The medicalization of infertility and the situating of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) as the treatment for infertility have siphoned ...
Tessa Moll
wiley   +1 more source

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