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Mpox and the Ethics of Outbreak Management: Lessons for Future Public Health Crises

Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mpox, first identified in captive monkeys in 1958 and recognized in humans by 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was historically confined to sporadic zoonotic outbreaks in Central and West Africa. These outbreaks, often driven by rodent‐to‐human transmission in resource‐limited settings, reflect persistent systemic health disparities ...
Adetayo E. Obasa, Marietjie Botes, Anita Kleinsmidt, Ciara Staunton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate shocks, democratization and (a culture of) cooperation

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract While the direct economic effects of adverse climate shocks are well known, their indirect institutional impact is still poorly understood. To clarify this, we test the idea that adverse climate shocks push time‐inconsistent elites to enact inclusive political institutions, and non‐elites to embrace strong norms of cooperation.
Giacomo Benati, Carmine Guerriero
wiley   +1 more source

Adult patients with sepsis in the ICU in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. [PDF]

Crit Care
Muteya Manika M, Nani-Tuma Situakibanza H, Koffi Tanon A, Mutomb Mujing'a F, Ilunga Kasamba E, Kapend Matanda S, Ngama Kakisingi C, Zalambo Sagboze S, Milinganyo Wasso E, Kusthid Nguz'a N, Mukaz Mbey P, Kabey A Kabey AW, Fefe Iteke R, Kalala Kapend'a L.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Quality of Government and Educational Performance Across Countries

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a new indicator of government quality, two different indicators of educational performance and two different datasets covering up to 120 countries, this study finds robust evidence that a higher quality of government improves educational performance.
Horst Feldmann
wiley   +1 more source

Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

Resurgence of cholera on the shores of Lake Tanganyika: security instability in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as an aggravating factor and call to action. [PDF]

Confl Health
Shangalume FI, Tshimbalanga D, Degina D, Muboyayi MK, Matata OB, Tague C, Akilimali A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Modelled gridded population estimates for Sud-Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo version 4.4.

Ortis Yankey, Chris Nnanatu, Amy Bonnie, Thomas Abbott, Heather Chamberlain, Attila Lazar, Andrew Tatem   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

Human African Trypanosomiasis Transmission, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

, 2006
Gustave Simo, Philémon Mansinsa Diabakana, Victor Kande Betu Ku Mesu, Emile Z. Manzambi, G Ollivier, Tazoacha Asonganyi, G Cuny, Pascal Grébaut   +7 more
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Nutritional Monitoring of Preschool-Age Children by Community Volunteers during Armed Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [PDF]

, 2009
Ghislain Bisimwa, Thierry Mambo, Prudence Mitangala, Carole Schirvel, Denis Porignon, Michèle Dramaix, Philippe Donnen   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

A Bioethical Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of War

Bioethics, EarlyView.
Funda Gülay Kadioglu
wiley   +1 more source