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Assessment (Social Environmental Strategic Assessment) Study in the Coastal Area of Guinea-Bissau

, 2023
Consulenza scientifica, per la società SETIN srl (Roma), per gli aspetti relativi alla pianificazione urbanistica locale e generale, alla componente paesaggistica e storico culturale, e agli aspetti legati al cambiamento climatico finalizzati alla ...
Rosalba D'Onofrio, Elio Trusiani, Giorgio Caprari   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Commentary: Beneficial non-specific effects of measles vaccine: Fact or fiction?

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
A PLOS One review has claimed that randomized controlled trials (RCTs) show no beneficial nonspecific effects (NSEs) of measles vaccine (MV). Since this claim contradicts previous meta-analyses, we examined the contradictory views.
Peter Aaby, Sebastian Nielsen, Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer, Cesario Martins, Christine S. Benn   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of 50 000 IU Vitamin A with BCG Vaccine at Birth on Growth in the First Year of Life

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2011
Vitamin A supplements may interact with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine causing increased female mortality. In a randomised trial of neonatal vitamin A supplementation (VAS), we examined growth during the first year of life in 808 children ...
Ane Bærent Fisker, Christine Stabell Benn, Birgitte Rode Diness, Cesario Martins, Amabelia Rodrigues, Peter Aaby, Bo Martin Bibby   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A clinical score has utility in tuberculosis case-finding among patients with HIV: A feasibility study from Bissau

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background: Clinical scores are promising case-finding tools for tuberculosis (TB) among HIV-infected patients. The Bandim TBscore has been shown to increase the diagnostic yield among patients with presumed TB in general, but has not previously been ...
Johanna Wøldike Aunsborg, Bo Langhoff Hønge, Sanne Jespersen, Frauke Rudolf, Candida Medina, Faustino Gomes Correira, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Christian Wejse   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Drivers of Sustainability Transitions in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Why One Size Does Not Fit All

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing emphasis on sustainability transitions in developing economies, evidence remains limited on how environmental, social and governance (ESG) conditions shape sustainability outcomes in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). This study examines the environmental, social and governance drivers of sustainability transition performance across 39 ...
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu, Bismark Asante, Gabriel Eweje   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tobacco smoking impact on tuberculosis treatment outcome: an observational study from West Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Objective: Both tuberculosis (TB) and tobacco smoking are preventable health hazards. Few studies have examined the relationship between TB and tobacco smoking in an African setting, where the two health burdens collide heavily.
Julie Glerup Bay, Cecilie Blenstrup Patsche, Nicoline Marie Svendsen, Victor Francesco Gomes, Frauke Rudolf, Christian Wejse   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Carbon dioxide emissions and vulnerability to climate change in Africa: How public goods moderate policy syndromes

Environmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and climate vulnerability are major concerns affecting sustainable development in Africa. This study assesses how the provision of public goods moderates the effects of policy syndromes on CO2 emissions and vulnerability to climate change in the continent.
Simplice A. Asongu, Judith C. M. Ngoungou, Thales Pacific Yapatake Kossele   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parental Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine scars decrease infant mortality in the first six weeks of life: A retrospective cohort study

EClinicalMedicine, 2021
Background: Live attenuated vaccines have been observed to have particularly beneficial effects for child survival when given in the presence of maternally transferred immunity (priming).
MLT Berendsen, F. Schaltz-Buchholzer, P. Bles, S. Biering-Sørensen, KJ. Jensen, I. Monteiro, I. Silva, P. Aaby, CS. Benn   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Time and Free Trade Agreements: Implications for the AfCFTA

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how free trade agreements (FTAs) can boost economic growth by increasing trade, with clear implications for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Our main finding is that in general, the effects of FTAs are delayed by at least 3 years on average for intra‐African trade.
Michael Olabisi, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool‐Tasie, Evans Osabuohien   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pre-eclampsia as a predictor of early-onset cardiovascular impairment among young women (PREECARDIA study): protocol for a prospective cohort study

BMJ Open
Introduction Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy-related complication estimated to affect up to 8% of pregnancies worldwide. It is associated with an increased risk of postpartum sustained hypertension, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease ...
Albertino Damasceno, Amabelia Rodrigues, Nuno Lunet, Ruben Turé, Eunice Barai, Almame Cissé, Gabriel Sanca, Tida Iafa, Waldir Jalo, Bubacar Embalo, Marcos Dju, Vasco Iala   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source