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Water for sustainable development in the Berg Water Management Area, South Africa

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Science, 2018
Water is fundamental to human well-being and economic growth. Measuring how water contributes to sustainable development is an important aspect of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, ‘Water and sanitation for all’. This importance is
Megan J. Cole   +3 more
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Supporting agriculture in developing countries: new insights on the impact of official development assistance using a climate perspective

open access: yesAgricultural and Food Economics, 2023
Agriculture is a major source of food and income for poor and rural households living in developing countries; yet, agricultural systems are increasingly threatened by changing climate conditions that compromise their productivity and resilience.
Maria Teresa Trentinaglia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal prophylactic vaccination in segregated populations: When can we improve on the equalising strategy?

open access: yesEpidemics, 2015
One of the fundamental problems in public health is how to allocate a limited set of resources to have the greatest benefit on the health of the population. This often leads to difficult value judgements about budget allocations.
Matt J. Keeling, J.V. Ross
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Are cesarean deliveries equitable in India: assessment using benefit incidence analysis

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background In the last two decades, cesarean section (CS) deliveries in India have increased by six-fold and created economic hardship for families and households. Although several schemes and policies under the National Health Mission (NHM) have reduced
Rajeev Ranjan Singh   +2 more
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The Role of Sericulture in Improving the Sustainable Livelihood of Rural Households in Ramyan County

open access: yesجغرافیا و پایداری محیط, 2022
The activity of Sericulture and its ability to develop this industry, its roots in Persian culture and civilization, and the need to maintain and continue it by relying on the development of new silkworm breeding techniques to improve the living ...
Bahman Sahneh, Hossien Sadin, Fatemeh Jahedi
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable trade-off between reliability and electricity prices for geographically isolated communities

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2019
Rural electrification has been identified as one of the essential prerequisite for the development of modern society. Provision of uninterrupted supply for rural enterprises and affordable electricity for low-income users is imperative for the ...
Fabien Chidanand Robert   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Human Capital in Climatic Drought Management, using Fitness Indicators, in the Villages of Kermanshah District

open access: yesجغرافیا و پایداری محیط, 2022
Having sustainable human capital leads to the adoption of strategies which make rural families resilient to risks, especially drought. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of human capital in climate drought management in rural areas of ...
Ramin Pishvayi , Mohammad Saligheh, Mehry Akbary
doaj   +1 more source

Qualitative evidence for improved caring, feeding and food production practices after nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions in rural Vietnam

open access: yesAgriculture & Food Security, 2022
Background Research on nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) has mostly been aimed at demonstrating its impact on nutrition and explicating underlying pathways, and more rarely at understanding processes and lessons learnt from them.
Dai Dinh Nguyen   +5 more
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Carcinomas and Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs and Bronchi in Children and Adolescents: The EXPeRT Recommendations

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary lung carcinomas and bronchial carcinoid tumors (BC) are very rare malignancies in childhood. While typical BC and mucoepidermoid carcinomas are mostly low‐grade, localized tumors with a more favorable prognosis than in adults, necessitating avoidance of overtreatment, adenocarcinomas of the lung are often diagnosed at advanced disease ...
Michael Abele   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social and environmental malaria risk factors in urban areas of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2009
Background Despite low endemicity, malaria remains a major health problem in urban areas where a high proportion of fevers are presumptively treated using anti-malarial drugs.
Ouedraogo Herman   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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