ABSTRACT This study focuses on two key objectives: first, to evaluate the unconditional effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic resilience in Africa and, second, to investigate the relevance of economic complexity in shaping the FDI–economic resilience nexus. The analysis is based on a panel of 34 African countries covering the years 2011–
Ekene ThankGod Emeka +3 more
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Unmet needs for non-communicable diseases and sexual and reproductive health services among women of reproductive age in low-and-middle-income countries: evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys. [PDF]
Yin Y +5 more
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Short Abstract The study investigates the effects of REN on the ecological footprint (EF) and employs the GNNWR model. The GNNWR results suggest that REN and globalisation enhance environmental quality by alleviating the EF. ABSTRACT Energy transition is now an important agenda for policymakers across the world. Being the worst hit region in the world,
Solomon Prince Nathaniel +3 more
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Geospatial variations and predictors of low birth weight in Sub-Saharan Africa: a geospatial modeling using evidence from demographic health survey 2015-2024. [PDF]
Aragie BS +4 more
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Sex Differences in Response to Viral Vector Vaccines—Implications for Future Vaccine Design
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
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Hydropower development and malaria transmission: A geospatial econometric study. [PDF]
Thomas CJ.
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ABSTRACT Malaria, a febrile disease caused by the Plasmodium parasites and transmitted by mosquitoes, is a leading cause of mortality in children under 5 in endemic countries. The widespread deployment of insecticide‐treated bed nets (ITNs) has significantly reduced malaria transmission, but rising levels of insecticide resistance threaten to halt the ...
Harun N. Njoroge +21 more
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[Polyarteritis nodosa: an etiology of myelitis that should not be ignored in subsaharansub-Saharan Africa]. [PDF]
Iba Ba J +8 more
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Abstract The formation of wide, magma‐starved continent–ocean transition (COT) zones remains incompletely understood. We use 2‐D thermo‐mechanical numerical experiments, coupling hydrous mantle melting with parameterized crustal accretion, to explore controls on magmatic lag: the delay between continental crustal break‐up and steady oceanic crustal ...
Yuan Wang, Zhonglan Liu
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Quantifying Depuration of Methylmercury from Fish Consumption by Travelers. [PDF]
Lepak RF +7 more
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