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Positioning palliative oncology in health care in Caribbean and Sub-Saharan African countries: Leveraging social and economic opportunities. [PDF]

Palliat Care Soc Pract
Telesford L, Theodore K, Edan C, Nedd K, Green T, Assani K.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The dynamics of wild and alternative meat consumption across Gabon, Central Africa

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Long‐term overharvesting of wild animals for their meat threatens wildlife and the people dependent on wild animal meat for their diets and incomes. Interventions to reduce wild meat consumption must be built upon a complete understanding of the roles of wild meat and its alternatives within food systems.
Joshua Bauld, Lauren Coad, Robin C. Whytock, Donald Midoko Iponga, Margeorie Babicka, Sophie Pambo, Paul Loundou, Daniel J. Ingram, Kathryn Jeffery, Mattia Bessone, David S. Wilkie, Malcolm Starkey, Steeve Ngama, Daniel Cornelis, Katharine A. Abernethy   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early-onset cancer in Latin America: incidence trends, evidence gaps and clinical implications. [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine
Lopes-Júnior LC, Batista de Azevedo L, Loiola Passos GA, Giacomin LM, D'Agostini NS, Grassi J, Avancini Guimarães AC, Barreto Silva Neto LC, Pessanha RM, Carneiro da Silva Minarini EJ, Coimbra Dos Santos J, Nascimento Carlini MB, Borges RP, Pereira GC, Garcia de Lima RA, Ponce LV, Roitberg F, Vasconcellos VF.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Suitability of slightly saline irrigation for alleviating drought stress in taro and yam in Tonga: Implications for climate‐resilient Pacific cropping systems

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
There is an increasing risk of drought and salinisation of soil and groundwater globally, including in Pacific Island countries such as Tonga. Irrigating crops with slightly saline water, such as that produced by emerging desalination technologies, could help to alleviate droughts.
Harry Myrans, Mona E. Mahani, Lily McDonald, Vunivesi Minoneti, Hepisipa Lavaka, Salote Puletau, Viliami T. Manu, Juan F. Torres, Roslyn M. Gleadow, Steven Crimp   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-Native Rodents Dominate Understory Frugivory in the Eastern Caribbean Islands. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Kim S, Tarazona-Tubens FL, Vollstädt MGR, Gonçalves F, Claré EA, Norrild AK, Welzel H, Zhang T, Hulme M, Kaiser-Bunbury C, Galetti M, Simmons B, Dalsgaard B, Searcy C.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Capsicum chinense as an African traditional vegetable: Culture, resilience, and opportunity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Capsicum chinense is central to everyday diets, cultural identity, and smallholder livelihoods across Sub‐Saharan Africa, yet remains overlooked in agricultural research and policy. This paper reframes C. chinense as a traditional, climate‐resilient vegetable shaped by centuries of farmer stewardship and cultural selection.
Derek W. Barchenger, Herbaud P. F. Zohoungbogobo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness and feasibility of vaccination interventions for Indigenous and hard-to-reach populations in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

Ther Adv Vaccines Immunother
Husaini DC, Morales S, Hung JC, Eck L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ethnobotanical and genetic assessments of Central American avocado landraces reveal novel sources of biodiversity and ancient migration patterns

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Avocados are a multibillion‐dollar global commodity, but their growing export market pressures local farmers to abandon local fruit tree diversity in favor of commercial cultivar production. Interviews with rural avocado farmers and households from the Southern Mexican Highlands, Pacific Coastal Honduras, and Western Nicaragua, as well as the genetic ...
Kevin Wann, Heather B. Thakar, Courtney A. Hofman, Hector Neff, Logan Kistler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source