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Duration and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Mothers in Urban and Semi-Rural Areas of Libreville and Lambaréné in Gabon

Archives of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding from birth to six months of age has an unparalleled benefit on a child's growth and development. This survey aimed to assess the practice of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in Libreville and Lambaréné. Method: This is
Steeve Minto'o, Fifi Claire Loembe, Midili Thècle Larissa, Mireille Mensan Pemba, Koumba Maniaga Raïssa, Mylène Mimbila-Mayi, Yolande Nzame, Essomo Murielle, Eliane Kuissi-Kamgaing, Jean Koko, Simon Ategbo   +10 more
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Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
wiley   +1 more source

A biological forecasting system to control Black Leaf Streak disease of bananas and plantains [PDF]

, 2008
Ce protocole permet de quantifier le développement de la maladie des raies noires (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) du bananier pour contrôler chimiquement cette maladie avec un minimum d'applications de fongicide.
Fouré, Eric, Ganry, Jacky
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The Macroeconomic Drivers of Carbon Emissions in East Africa: Capital‐Driven Versus Trade‐Driven Globalization

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT East Africa has recorded strong economic growth over the past three decades alongside a steady rise in carbon emissions, raising concerns about whether the region can sustain growth without worsening environmental pressures. This study incorporates key macroeconomic drivers of carbon emissions using panel data for 9 countries from 1990 to 2023,
Princewill Okwoche, Abdiaziz Abdikadir Ahmed, Emmanuel Aondongusha Asue   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Baseline Mapping of Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis in the Northern and Eastern Health Regions of Gabon, Central Africa: Recommendations for Preventive Chemotherapy

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018
In order to follow the Preventive Chemotherapy (PC) for the transmission control as recommended by WHO, Gabon initiated in 2014 the mapping of Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH).
Rodrigue Mintsa Nguema, Jacques F. Mavoungou, Krystina Mengue Me Ngou-Milama, Modeste Mabicka Mamfoumbi, Aubin A. Koumba, Mariama Sani Lamine, Abdoulaye Diarra, Ghislaine Nkone Asseko, Jean R. Mourou, Marielle K. Bouyou Akotet, Hélène Moné, Gabriel Mouahid, Julienne Atsame   +12 more
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Does Economic Growth Drive Equitable Water and Sanitation Access? Assessing Inequality Reduction Across 64 Nations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López, Samara López‐Ruiz, Gabriela Cuadrado‐Quesada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aires protégées aquatiques et activités interlopes sur le littoral gabonais

Geography Notebooks
Protected Water Areas and Illegal Activities on Gabon’s Coastline Since 2002, Gabon has been committed to a policy of biodiversity conservation through institutional and legal efforts to regulate and manage maritime areas.
Aline Joëlle Lembe Bekale
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Bartonella infections in fleas (Siphonaptera : Pulicidae) and lack of Bartonellae in ticks (Acari : Ixodidae) from Hungary [PDF]

, 2006
Fleas (95 Pulex irritans, 50 Ctenocephalides felis, 45 Ctenocephalides canis) and ixodid ticks (223 Ixodes ricinus, 231 Dermacentor reticulatus, 204 Haemaphysalis concinna) were collected in Hungary and tested, in assays based on PCR, for Bartonella ...
Márialigeti, Károly, Sréter, Tamás, Sréter-Lancz, Z., Széll, Z., Tornyai, K.   +4 more
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Economic Policy Uncertainty and Structural Transformation in Africa: The Conditional Role of Human Resource Development

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study has investigated two objectives. First, it examines the unconditional impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on Africa's structural transformation. Second, it explores the conditional role of human resource development in the nexus between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and structural transformation.
Ekene ThankGod Emeka, Simplice A. Asongu, Anthony C. Ajah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling as a tool for spatial planning of commodity production: the example of certified oil palm plantations in Central Africa [PDF]

, 2014
The Central African region is targeted by agri-business companies as a suitable place to develop large plantations. Most of the existing assessments of available land are based on an a priori definition of availability and without any operational-level ...
Feintrenie, Laurène, Gazull, Laurent, Nkoua, Méthode, Saidi, Slim   +3 more
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