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Picking up the bill - improving health-care utilisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo through user fee subsidisation: a before and after study. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: User fees have been shown to constitute a major barrier to the utilisation of health-care, particularly in low-income countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Importantly, such barriers can lead to the exclusion of vulnerable
van Griensven, Johan, Zachariah, Rony, Daniel Carter, Seb Mhatre, Maini, Rishma, Van den Bergh, Rafael, Mhatre, Seb, Tayler-Smith, Katie, Ousley, Janet, Katie Tayler-Smith, Carter, Daniel, Rishma Maini, Lara Ho, Janet Ousley, Ho, Lara, Johan van Griensven, Rafael Van den Bergh, Rony Zachariah   +17 more
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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical, parasitological aspects, and gene detection (Pfk13) of Plasmodium falciparum in children aged 6 to 59 months with uncomplicated malaria in Bolenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Orapuh Journal
Introduction Malaria, caused mainly by Plasmodium falciparum in sub-Saharan Africa, remains a major public health concern. It typically manifests as persistent fever and high parasitemia.
Tarcisse KILARA KAPENE, Thérèse N. Mpiempie, Jean Paul M. Pholo, Felicité Makila, Mireille Ngale, Jean Paul N. Divengi, Mamie A. Kondani, Percy K. Velela, Willems M. Ilenga, Constant M. Balu, Isaac T. Woto, Berry I. Bongenya, Papy N. Mandoko, Pierre N. Nsengi, Erick N. Kamangu, Gauthier K. Mesia   +15 more
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Reduced‐Port Versus Multi‐Port Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review, Meta‐Analysis, and Meta‐Regression

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Reduced‐port laparoscopic colectomy (RPLC) for colorectal cancer offers modest intraoperative benefits, including shorter operative time and lower blood loss, while maintaining comparable postoperative recovery, lymph node yield, and complication rates to multi‐port laparoscopic colectomy (MPLC).
Ayesha Shaukat, Saad Ashraf, Hamza Irfan, Muhammad Shahmeer Ullah Shah, Yumna Khabir, Santosh Sah, Um E. Abiha Batool, Muhammad Zain Ul Haq, Omer Bin Khalid Jamil, Aymar Akilimali   +9 more
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The impact of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome on cognitive impairment in patients monitored at the University Clinics of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Orapuh Journal
Introduction Cognitive impairment is common in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), particularly in severe cases, but it often remains underdiagnosed.
Jean Paul Pholo Manzimbala , Fifi MANANA, Christian MATANDA, Gabriel LEMA, Eddy MBAMBU, Augustin NGE, Thierry MATONA, Boniface TETE, Mireille NGANGA, Richard MATANDA, Jérôme SOKOLO   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The informal pharmaceuticals market in the Democratic Republic of Congo

, 1998
In 1996 UNRISD sponsored a survey, using questionnaires, interviews and participant research, into the parallel pharmaceutical market in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire).
Nsarhaza Bishikwabo, Kizito
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Diagnosing the system: Mental health, necropolitical uncare, and the abolition of migration detention

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
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Evaluation of antibiotic use in patients treated for uncomplicated malaria in the city of Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Orapuh Journal
Introduction Malaria remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), it accounts for approximately 12% of morbidity, primarily affecting children under five. Following
Tarcisse KILARA KAPENE, Jean Paul M. Pholo, Thérèse N. Mpiempie, Mireille Ngale, Jean Paul N. Divengi, Mamie A. Kondani, Tony. A. Gimbindu, Percy K. Velela, Willems M. Ilenga, Constant. M. Balu, Isaac T. Woto, Berry I. Bongenya, Papy N. Mandoko, Pierre N. Nsengi, Erick N. Kamangu, Gauthier K. Mesia   +15 more
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Civil society, social services, and the state in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]

, 2009
textdissertation examines the role of civil society actors in the social service sectors of two cities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Although existing scholarship addresses the nature of state-society relations in collapsed states, less is
Seay, Laura Elizabeth
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Human evolution and the obstetrical dilemma: The pelvic floor hypothesis

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Human childbirth is mechanically difficult because a large‐headed, broad‐shouldered fetus must pass through a comparatively narrow, twisted bony birth canal. Traditional explanations of this “obstetrical dilemma” emphasize the role of bipedal locomotion in inhibiting the evolution of a wider, more spacious pelvis.
Barbara Fischer, Ekaterina Stansfield
wiley   +1 more source