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Comparison of all-cause and malaria-specific mortality from two West African countries with different malaria transmission patterns. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a leading cause of death in children below five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. All-cause and malaria-specific mortality rates for children under-five years old in a mesoendemic malaria area (The Gambia) were compared with ...
Ndugwa, Robert P, Heribert Ramroth, Ali Sié, Momodou Jasseh, Olaf Müller, Bocar Kouyaté, Jasseh, Momodou, Sié, Ali, Robert P Ndugwa, Müller, Olaf, Ramroth, Heribert, Heiko Becher, Becher, Heiko, Kouyaté, Bocar, Greenwood, Brian, Brian Greenwood, Sié Ali, Greenwood Brian, Kouyaté Bocar, Jasseh Momodou, Becher Heiko, Ramroth Heribert, Ndugwa Robert P, Müller Olaf   +23 more
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Contract Farming and Children's Education: Evidence From Maize Producers in Ghana

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming (CF) has continued to proliferate in the small farm sector of developing countries. While its effects on smallholders across welfare outcomes such as income and food security have been well documented, there are growing concerns about its broader social implications especially on children.
Francis E. Ndip, Abraham M. Adongo, Perez L. Kemeni Kambiet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso: A Reassessment of the Paradox [PDF]

Previous poverty assessments for Burkina Faso were due to the neglect of some important methodological issues misleading and led to the so-called 'Burkinabè Growth-Poverty-Paradox', i.e.
Isabel Günther, Michael Grimm
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From Innovation to Sustainability: Integrating Fintech, Green Trade and Knowledge Systems for Circular Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition toward circular and sustainable growth remains a major challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where resource constraints, limited recycling capacity, and infrastructure deficits constrain environmental performance. Drawing on circular economy and innovation systems perspectives, this study examines how financial technology ...
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu, Bismark Asante, Maria L. Gorbunova, Isaiah Nketiah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes towards abortion and contraception in rural and urban Burkina Faso [PDF]

Using results from the ethnographic literature and two qualitative studies on people’s representations of different means of birth control (abstinence, contraception, abortion) in two populations in Burkina Faso (one rural and one urban), we designed a ...
Clémentine Rossier
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Effects of Development Finance on Energy Transitions and Green Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While global agendas promote energy transition and green growth, Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) struggles with low energy access, highlighting a development paradox between climate goals and energy poverty. By aligning aid and development finance with SDGs 7 and 13, we analyze whether development finance is at a crossroads in supporting ...
Clement Oteng, Pius Gamette, Edward Kweku Nunoo, Frederick Takyi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stress périopératoire et fluctuations glycémiques : cartographie des changements chez le patient ASA 1 [Perioperative stress and glycemic fluctuations: mapping changes in the ASA 1 patient]

Journal de la Faculté de Médecine d'Oran
Résumé Objectif-étudier les variations périopératoires de la glycémie chez les patients ASA 1 bénéficiant d’une chirurgie mineure ou modérée au bloc opératoire du centre hospitalier universitaire de Tengandogo (CHUT) au Burkina Faso.
Farid Pingwindé Belem, Loéticia Yameogo, smaël Guibla, Cheikh Tidiane Hafid Wend-Pouiré Bougouma, Kélan Bertille Ki, Rawelguinbasba Armel Flavien Kabore   +5 more
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Contribution of the Baobab Value Chain to Equitable Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Alleviation in Ghana

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Non‐timber forest products (NTFPs) are central to income diversification and livelihood resilience in Sub‐Saharan Africa. However, the welfare implications of baobab commercialisation remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap by analysing the contribution of the baobab value chain to household income, poverty reduction, and income ...
Frederick Frimpong, Emmanuel Donkor, Victor Owusu, Dietrich Darr   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Through the food lens : the politics of everyday life in urban Burkina Faso [PDF]

, 2015
The subject of the thesis is the everyday life of several Muslim and one Christian family residing in different parts of Bobo-Dioulasso, the second largest town in Burkina Faso, situated in the south west, on the axis between Mali and ...
Debevec, Liza
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Trajet de soins des personnes âgées à Bobo-Dioulasso, au Burkina Faso: une enquête transversale

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015
INTRODUCTION: en Afrique, il y n'a pas encore une maitrise du trajet de soins des personnes âgées pour construire des modèles de soins adaptés afin d'améliorer leur prise en charge.
Hervé Hien, Abdramane Berthé, Blahima Konaté, Maxime koiné Drabo, Fatoumata Tou, DésiréSomda, Fatoumata Badini-Kinda, Jean Macq   +7 more
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