Human African trypanosomiasis amongst urban residents in Kinshasa: a case-control study. [PDF]
, 2004 BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) cases have been reported in urban residents of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo since 1996. We set up a case-control study to identify risk factors for the disease.
Bilengue CM +15 more
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Vécu post-traumatique, scolarité et résilience des victimes de viol à Kinshasa [PDF]
Mouvements et Enjeux Sociaux, 2023 Cette étude vise principalement à comprendre le vécu post-traumatique des victimes de viol et son impact sur leur scolarité, tout en mettant l’accent sur les stratégies et les ressources de résilience qui peuvent favoriser leur rétablissement et leur ...
Isabelle MBAKIDI TOKO +2 more
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Recruiting a nonlocal language for performing local identity: indexical appropriations of Lingala in the Congolese border town Goma [PDF]
, 2013 This article describes discursive processes by which inhabitants of the Congolese border town Goma attribute new indexical values to Lingala, a language exogenous to the area of which most Goma inhabitants only possess limited knowledge.
Büscher, Karen +2 more
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Accounting for recent trends in the prevalence of diarrhoea in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) : results from consecutive cross-sectional surveys [PDF]
, 2012 Objectives: To analyse trends in diarrhoea prevalence by maternal education, access to clean water and improved sanitation, household wealth index; to identify the sources of variation and assess contribution of changes in socioeconomic characteristics ...
Emina Be-Ofuriyua, Jacques +1 more
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Review article of recent literature on the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Nzongola-Ntalaja: The Congo from Leopold to Kabila, Trefon (ed): Reinventing Order in the Congo, and Clark (ed): The African Stakes of the Congo War) [PDF]
, 2008 By survival in conditions that are murderous, by evading forms of control and de-linking from the system, people in Congo ultimately limit the reach of the power imposed on them.
Marriage, Zoe
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Journal of Blood Medicine, 2023 Yvon Wangi Ngoy,1– 3 Mireille Solange Nganga Nkanga,1,2 Guy Ndelembo Baina,1 Audrey Katende Katende,3 Jacques Bikaula Ngwidiwo,1 Lethy Mpudi Massamba,1 Fanny Walo Diessa,1 Bienvenu Kuyangisa Boloko,1 Héritier Mawalala Malengele,2,4 Benjamin Longo-Mbenza2,
Wangi Ngoy Y +9 more
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Résultats commentés de l’enquête sur l’informalité et les mutations socioéconomiques qui s’opèrent à Kinshasa [PDF]
Mouvements et Enjeux Sociaux, 2023 En apportant une contribution essentielle à l’analyse dynamique de la pauvreté des ménages urbains en RDC, la présente étude éclaire sur l’évolution des activités des micro-entreprises de l’informel et les mutations socioéconomiques qui s’opèrent et ...
Léopold PONGO OSOMBA W’OMATETE
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South African Family Practice, 2008 Background: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, it was reported in 1995 that the routine coverage for BCG was as low as 47%, and that it was 27% for DPT3, 28% for OPV3 and 39% for measles vaccine. The trend also was declining unevenly.
Mala A. Mapatano +3 more
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Attempts to identify Cassava Brown Streak Virus in western Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]
, 2020 Open Access ArticleRoot necrosis similar to those of the cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) were observed on cassava in western provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR.Congo) in the early 2000’s. However molecular laboratory diagnosis were not
Bakelana, Z. +13 more
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Incidence et sévérité de la mosaïque africaine du manioc dans les champs et les jardins de case à Kinshasa (République Démocratique du Congo) [PDF]
Tropicultura, 2017 Incidence and Severity of the African Cassava Mosaic in Fields and Home Gardens in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo). A prospective survey was carried out from 2010 to 2011 in the cassava fields of Kimwenza and Mitendi and the home gardens of ...
Kadima Kabemba, N. +3 more
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