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Self‐help and Volunteerism in Tanzania in the 1960s: Voluntary Labour, Nation Building and Constructing Modernity

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United Nations has declared 2026 the International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development. Against that backdrop, this article examines the experience of volunteerism, and specifically self‐help voluntary labour in Tanzania in the early colonial period, to explore the place of volunteerism in the construction of the post‐colonial ...
Michael Jennings
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and Loa loa Filariasis Risk Factors: Case of Koula-Moutou and Surrounding Departments, in Central-Eastern Gabon

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
This prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted from April 3 to July 20, 2023, at the Paul MOUKAMBI Regional Hospital of Koula-Moutou. Blood samples taken from participants were used to diagnose Loa loa filariasis by direct optical microscopy and ...
Thiéry Ndong Mba, Almant Ibouanga Bithegé, Hilaire Moundounga Kenguele, Ibrahim Abdourhaman Touré, Cyrille Bisseye   +4 more
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Effects of the dry season on gorilla diet in Gabon [PDF]

, 1988
It has been shown by various workers that lowland gorillas, Gorilla g. gorillas, in Gabon eat large quantities of succulent fruits (TUTIN and FERNANDEZ, 1985, WILLIAMSON, 1988,WILLIAMSON et al., 1988).
Williamson, Elizabeth A, Rogers, M Elizabeth, Tutin, Caroline E G   +2 more
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The Political U: New Evidence on the Economic Costs of Hybrid Regimes

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent research establishes a positive causal effect from democracy to income, although this evidence relies mostly on binary regime classifications. We extend the identification framework of Acemoglu et al. (2019) to a classification that distinguishes democracies, autocracies, and hybrid regimes for about 170 countries over 1960–2024.
Nauro F. Campos, Fabrizio Coricelli, Marco Frigerio   +2 more
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Impact des Campagnes de Chirurgie de Masse sur la Cécité liée à la Cataracte au Gabon (2020-2024) : une Étude Rétrospective de 1 000 Cas

Health Research in Africa
RESUME Introduction. Au Gabon, la cataracte demeure la principale cause de cécité évitable. Malgré la régularité des campagnes de chirurgie de masse, leur impact réel sur la santé visuelle nationale reste peu documenté.
Assoumou PA, Kapinga Bulanda F, Mekina S, Kougou Ntoutoume A, Nyinko Aboughe H, Matsanga O, Mouinga Abayi DA, Mba Aki TA   +7 more
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Quantitative analysis of bush meat consumptions for a sustainable wildlife managment in Gabon. [PDF]

, 2015
peer reviewedIn Gabon, like everywhere in the Central Africa region, hunting could lead to serious ecological damages in the near future. Yet, quantifying bush meat contribution to local people diet will help to improve the efficiency when operating ...
Ngama, Steeve
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Frequency of arboreality is correlated with longer hand skeletons in Gorilla: Analysis of a new skeletal sample of Bwindi mountain gorillas

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Variation in arboreality across gorilla populations is associated with systematic differences in manual digital lengths. Using a new dataset of linear metrics from the Bwindi mountain gorillas, we quantify metacarpal and phalangeal lengths in eastern and western gorilla populations across all five rays. Consistent with quantified behavioral differences,
Elliot G. Greiner, Christopher B. Ruff, Charlotte King, Aventino Nkwasibwe, Thadee Muhire, Emmanuel Tibenda, Jason S. Massey, Juho‐Antti Junno, Rowan M. Sherwood, Jean Bosco Noheri, Fred Nizeyimana, Tierra Smiley Evans, Richard Muvunyi, Dennis Babaasa, Martha M. Robbins, Shannon C. McFarlin, Tracy L. Kivell   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

High prevalence of asymptomatic Anaplasma spp. infection in school-aged children in southeastern Gabon

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the detection rates of asymptomatic Anaplasma spp. and Ehrlichia spp. infections in children in southeastern Gabon.
Nal Kennedy Ndjangangoye, Patrice Makouloutou Nzassi, Félicien Bangueboussa, Chérone Nancy Mbani Mpega Ntigui, Lady Charlene Kouna, Nancy Diamella Moukodoum, Nick Chenis Atiga, Alain Prince Okouga, Steede Seinnat Ontoua, Jean-Bernard Lekana-Douki, Sandrine Lydie Oyegue-Liabagui   +10 more
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Figures of an Agrarian Nation: Indonesia's Agricultural Census, 1963–2023

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why have Indonesia's decennial agricultural censuses defined their key unit of analysis, the ‘agricultural household’, differently? How do changes to that category shape knowledge production among those who rely on census data? This paper compares definitions of the agricultural household across seven censuses with international ...
Colum Graham
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Épidémiologie et Outils de Prélèvements pour le Diagnostic du Cancer Bronchique Primitif au Gabon : Une Étude Rétrospective de 44 Cas

Health Research in Africa
RESUME Introduction. Le cancer bronchique représente un défi de santé publique croissant en Afrique subsaharienne. Cependant, ses caractéristiques épidémiologiques, cliniques et histologiques restent mal documentées dans des pays comme le Gabon.
LD Ibinga, UD Kombila, PL Andjuma Mindze, N Bivigou, S. Tsioukaka, J. Bouanga Makaya, E Andemey Leyoubou, D Mounguengui, JB Boguikouma   +8 more
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