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Diets, Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Nutritional Status in Tanzania: Scoping Review

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
This scoping review summarizes evidence on diets, fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake, and nutritional status in Tanzania to identify information gaps and to help with the design and targeting of potential interventions to improve F&V intake. While the majority of existing literature on diets and F&V intake was heterogeneous, evidence suggests that among ...
Dorcas A. Amunga, Sonja Y. Hess, Frederick K. E. Grant, Joyce Kinabo, Deanna K. Olney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Species diversity and human biting rates of malaria and dengue vectors in central and northern Benin. [PDF]

Trop Med Health
Hoyochi I, Zoungbédji DM, Konkon AK, Salako AS, Konkon AC, Adjovi RV, Adoha CJ, Fongnikin A, Sominahouin A, Baba-Moussa L, Akogbéto MC, Padonou GG.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding the Evidence Gaps: Diets and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Across Five Diverse Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
This perspective article synthesizes findings from scoping reviews examining diet and F&V intake, and interventions to increase F&V consumption among population groups in five countries: Benin, Fiji, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. ABSTRACT Poor dietary quality, particularly inadequate fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake, remains a significant ...
Manisha Tharaney, Sonja Y. Hess, Lilia Bliznashka, Dorcas A. Amunga, Fusta Azupogo, Nadia Koyratty, Taryn J. Smith, Imelda Angeles‐Agdeppa, Eva A. Goyena, Frederick Grant, Joyce Kinabo, Irene Medeme Mitchodigni, Anasaini Moala Silatolu, Renuka Silva, Mutinta Hambayi, Thushanthi Perera, Deanna K. Olney   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers to surgical treatment and diagnostic intervals among women with operable breast cancer in Benin: a retrospective study from two referral centers (2019-2023). [PDF]

World J Surg Oncol
Gnangnon FHR, Vodouhè T, Gogan RPC, Acakpo B, Djohou SFJ, Aboubakar M, Gbessi DG, Tonato-Bagnan JA, Denakpo JL, Aguemon CT.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Subnational Border Reforms and Economic Activity in Africa

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using GIS methods, we identify territories in Africa affected by subnational border reforms between 1992 and 2013. Descriptive statistics reveal that these territories differed from other African regions across several key dimensions. For example, these territories were more populous and exhibited greater ethnic diversity.
Thushyanthan Baskaran, Sebastian Blesse
wiley   +1 more source

Durability of the insecticidal activity of next-generation insecticide treated nets distributed for malaria control in Mozambique: Findings from the New Nets Project (2020-2022). [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Fagbohoun J, Abílio AP, N'Dombidje B, Todjinou D, Baes M, Pigeon O, Padonou GG, Fornadel C, Candrinho B, Koenker H, Robertson M, Wagman J, Ngufor C.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Macroeconomic Effects of Public Investment in EMDEs: Nonlinear Effects of the Business Cycle, Fiscal Space, Capital Stock and Efficiency

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines the macroeconomic effects of public investment in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). To this end the analysis develops a new measure of public investment shocks based on cyclically adjusted government investment.
Amat Adarov, Benedict Clements, João Tovar Jalles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic analysis of putative hybrids between Potamochoerus spp. and domestic pigs from sympatric areas in West Africa and Madagascar. [PDF]

PLoS One
Rakotoarivony R, Mary N, Bahleman F, Beckmann J, Blome S, Friedrichs V, Oebel H, Jourdan-Pineau H, Mamiarisoa AM, Michaud V, Michaux J, Netherton CL, Raliniaina M, Randriamparany T, Zouaoui A, Massanas FJ.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Conflict, Climate, and Child Health: Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa

Population and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Many parts of the world are experiencing social and political instability, as well as ongoing climatic changes that are expected to accelerate in the years ahead. These changes can undermine children's health through multiple pathways, and the growing frequency of sociopolitical and environmental stressors increases the likelihood that ...
Brian C. Thiede, Nigel James, Jorden Jackson, Samrin Sauda   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental hut evaluation of mosquito shield, a transfluthrin spatial emanator, for control of wild pyrethroid resistant malaria vectors in Benin. [PDF]

Sci Rep
N'dombidjé B, Syme T, Ahoga J, Pearce B, Yadouleton A, Yamadjako M, Ngufor C.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source