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Stigmatization and Disparities in Healthcare Among LGBTQ Population in Africa: Advancing Health Equity

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT With a population of over 1.5 billion people in 2024, Africa is home to a diverse group of individuals, including the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community. However, severe stigmatization and discrimination toward LGBTQ individuals have resulted in healthcare disparities.
Ejovwokeoghene Joseph Omohwovo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional Integration and Participation of COMESA Member Countries in Global Value Chains

open access: yesAfrican Development Review, Volume 38, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This research provides an empirical assessment of the contribution of regional integration to the involvement of COMESA member nations in international value chains from 1995 to 2019. Using the instrumental variables technique, we arrive at the main result that regional integration is a factor for the participation of COMESA member countries ...
Prince P. Asaloko   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex Differences in Response to Viral Vector Vaccines—Implications for Future Vaccine Design

open access: yesImmunological Reviews, Volume 338, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Vaccination represents one of the most impactful public health achievements, preventing 3.5 to 5 million deaths annually according to estimates of the World Health Organization. Yet, recent outbreaks of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases highlight the need for rapid and strategic vaccine development using vaccine platforms ...
Ilka Grewe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commodity price fluctuations and their impact on monetary and fiscal policies in Western and Central Africa [PDF]

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Commodity prices play an important role in economic developments in most of the 24 Western and Central African (WCA) countries covered in this paper. It is confirmed that in the light of rising commodity prices between 1999 and 2005, net oil exporters ...
Adalbert Winkler   +2 more
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Geographical Distribution and Socio‐Economic Importance of Raphia ruwenzorica From South‐West of Burundi

open access: yesPlant-Environment Interactions, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT The genus Raphia is among the commonly used and socio‐economically important plants in Africa. While Raphia ruwenzorica species is known to occur in Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda, its geographical distribution and socioeconomic importance are poorly documented in Burundi. This study maps R.
Jacques Nkengurutse   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonlinearities in real exchange rate determination: do African exchange rates follow a radom walk? [PDF]

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In this paper we aim at modelling the long run behaviour of the Real Effective Exchange Rates (REER) for a pool of African countries. Not much attention has been paid to this group of countries, in particular, to the existence of nonlinearities in the ...
Estefania Mourelle, Juan Carlos Cuestas
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Epidemiological, clinical and injury aspects of fractures in the elderly in Libreville, Gabon [PDF]

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Mba Mba Cyprien   +8 more
openalex   +1 more source

Detection and Genetic Diversity of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts in Human Lice Based on 16S‐rRNA Gene

open access: yesEnvironmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2026.
Candidatus Riesia pediculicola and Wolbachia were found in 79.6% and 95.2% of head lice, and 81.8% and 100% of body lice. Candidatus Riesia pthiripubis and Wolbachia appeared in 41.7% and 75% of pubic lice. Maximum‐likelihood 16S‐rRNA phylogeny revealed substantial heterogeneity within symbiont populations. ABSTRACT Human lice are obligate bloodsucking
Anthony Marteau   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teen Fertility and Gender Inequality in Education [PDF]

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Previous studies in developed countries have found a micro-level association between teenage fertility and girls’ educational attainment but researchers still debate the policy implications of these associations.
C. Shannon Stokes   +1 more
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