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Co-production of access and hybridisation of configurations: a socio-technical approach to urban electricity in Cotonou and Ibadan

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2022
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
exaly   +2 more sources

Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite loads in Anopheles gambiae s.l. across agro-ecological zones of Benin: a cross-sectional field study [PDF]

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Health
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]

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Health
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
doaj   +2 more sources

Mechanism of metabolic resistance in Anopheles coluzzii to insecticides in two urban areas of southern Benin [PDF]

open access: yesMalaria Journal
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]

open access: yesVeterinary Medicine and Science
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
doaj   +2 more sources

Management of Stormwater Drainage Networks in Urban Areas: Contrasting Stakeholder Logics in the Municipality of Cotonou, Benin [PDF]

open access: yesUirtus, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

EU-Sub-Saharan Africa relations: The history of (un)equal partnership [PDF]

open access: yesMeđunarodni Problemi, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Hyperuricemia and Associated Cardiometabolic Factors: A Cross-sectional Study on Taxi-motorbike Drivers Working in Cotonou, Benin [PDF]

open access: yesAvicenna Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Examining internal migration effects on short versus long interbirth intervals in Cotonou, Benin Republic

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
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
doaj   +1 more source

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