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Illegal Gold Mining in the Brazilian Amazon: Environmental Degradation in Yanomami Indigenous Lands, and Regulatory Failures

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Illegal gold mining has emerged as a major sustainability threat in the Amazon, eroding Indigenous rights, forest integrity, and climate mitigation efforts. This study examines how international market incentives relate to the expansion of illegal mining and associated deforestation within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory (YIT) from 2008 to ...
Shirléia Lago Santos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management of imported malaria cases and healthcare institutions in central China, 2012–2017: application of decision tree analysis

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2019
Background Imported malaria has been an important challenge for China. Fatality rates from malaria increased in China, particularly in Henan Province, primarily due to malpractice and misdiagnoses in healthcare institutions, and the level of imported ...
Xi-Liang Wang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk Factors for Imported Fatal Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, France, 1996–2003

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a serious health hazard for travelers to malaria-endemic areas and is often diagnosed on return to the country of residence.
Fabrice Legros   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Right to Food in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Challenges, Policies, and Sustainable Strategies

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the multifaceted issue of food security in Sub‐Saharan Africa and the critical importance of upholding rights to food in the region. It explores the challenges posed by food insecurity, analyzes existing policies and interventions, and proposes sustainable strategies to enhance food security.
Helen Onyeaka   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severity of imported malaria: protective effect of taking malaria chemoprophylaxis [PDF]

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2013
Abstract Background Although chemoprophylaxis remains an important strategy for preventing malaria in travellers, its effectiveness may be compromised by lack of adherence. Inappropriate use of chemoprophylaxis is likely to increase the risk of acquiring malaria, but may probably also worsen the severity of imported ...
Vliegenthart-Jongbloed, Klaske   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Uncovering Biogas Outcomes: Tales of Hubris, Hope, and Failure From Southern Malawi

open access: yesNatural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to speak directly to biogas failure. Over the past two decades, immense amounts of money have been spent by African governments, private individuals, and most conspicuously, international aid agencies and donors, on countless biogas projects in every country on the continent.
Marc Kalina   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiology and clinical features of imported malaria: a 14-year retrospective single-centre descriptive study in Prague, Czech Republic

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2022
Background Malaria represents one of the most important imported tropical infectious diseases in European travellers. The objective of the study was to identify changes in the epidemiological features of imported malaria and to analyse the clinical ...
Milan Trojánek   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Imported Malaria in China, 2012

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
To the Editor: Imported malaria has become a major public health challenge in China. Despite an 89.8% decrease in total cases from 2008 (26,873) through 2012 (2,729), the proportion of imported malaria cases has increased from 14.7% to 89.0% (1). We analyzed the malaria situation in China in 2012 by using data obtained from the national information ...
Jun Feng   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Navigating Ethical Review Processes in Conflict‐Affected, Authoritarian Contexts: A Case Study of Myanmar's Interim Ethics Review Board (IERB)

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the formation and operation of Myanmar's Interim Ethics Review Board (IERB), which was established in November 2023 by displaced academics involved in the Civil Disobedience Movement against the 2021 military coup. Operating within a highly repressive, conflict‐ridden environment, the IERB exemplifies a locally‐led and ...
Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global disparities in prevalence, aetiology, motor impairment severity, access to health care, and mortality in childhood cerebral palsy: A scoping review

open access: yesDevelopmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To map and synthesize the global literature on socioeconomic and structural inequalities in cerebral palsy (CP). Method A scoping review according to the framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley was conducted and reported according to the PRISMA‐ScR guidelines.
Beaudelaire Romulus Assan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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