The article examines the dynamics of access to electricity in two West African cities: Cotonou (Benin) and Ibadan (Nigeria). Due to poor supply from the grid, households are developing varied ways of accessing electricity, based on different socio ...
Mélanie Rateau, Sylvy Jaglin
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Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite loads in Anopheles gambiae s.l. across agro-ecological zones of Benin: a cross-sectional field study [PDF]
Background Malaria transmission depends critically on the vectorial competence of Anopheles mosquitoes, which is partly reflected by the quantity of infectious Plasmodium falciparum forms harboured in the salivary glands.
Serge Akpodji +16 more
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Agricultural practices drive multifactorial pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles coluzzii populations from southern Benin [PDF]
Background The rapid spread of insecticide resistance threatens the effectiveness of malaria vector control across sub-Saharan Africa. In southern Benin, the respective contributions of agricultural pesticide use and urban vector control interventions to
Mahuna Pierre Boko +15 more
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Mechanism of metabolic resistance in Anopheles coluzzii to insecticides in two urban areas of southern Benin [PDF]
Background Malaria is a disease transmitted by the Anopheles gambiae complex, represented mainly in Benin by the sister species An. coluzzii and An. gambiae sensu stricto.
Isidore Hoyochi +12 more
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Diversity, Host Attachment Preferences and Role of Tick Rhipicephalus microplus in the Transmission of Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia spp. in Cattle From Southern Benin [PDF]
Introduction Ticks, particularly Rhipicephalus microplus, are major blood‐sucking ectoparasites of livestock, causing considerable economic losses both through their direct pathogenic effects and their role as vectors of infectious agents.
Minassou Juvénal Ahouandjinou +11 more
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Management of Stormwater Drainage Networks in Urban Areas: Contrasting Stakeholder Logics in the Municipality of Cotonou, Benin [PDF]
The problem of sanitation in an urban environment is classically based on the evacuation of waste and rainwater through a collection and transport network.
Vidjannagni Victorin Gbenou +1 more
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EU-Sub-Saharan Africa relations: The history of (un)equal partnership [PDF]
The paper explores the exploitative nature of Africa – EU relations. The exploitative tendencies are present from the very beginning, in the Rome treaty itself, and are consistent through Yaounde, Lome, and Cotonou eras as well.
Danilo Babić
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Hyperuricemia and Associated Cardiometabolic Factors: A Cross-sectional Study on Taxi-motorbike Drivers Working in Cotonou, Benin [PDF]
Background: An elevated level of uric acid (UA), also known as hyperuricemia (HUA), contributes to the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, epidemiolocal features of HUA in populations of Benin are rare.
Patrice Hodonou Avogbe, Ambaliou Sanni
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Background The literature on migration-fertility relationship uses various measures of fertility, such as fertility rates, actual fertility and family size preferences.
Boladé Hamed Banougnin
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