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L’alcoolisme dans une société à culture permissive : Kinshasa, a ce couteau sous la gorge [PDF]
Mouvements et Enjeux Sociaux, 2022 L’alcool existe et s’est socialisé depuis des temps immémoriaux ailleurs comme à Kinshasa. Son accès est d’ailleurs consacré par la législation congolaise, mais assorti d’une série de conditionnalités à observer.
Sylvain SHOMBA KINYAMBA
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New Left Review, 2016 The DRC’s capital is set to become Africa’s largest city, but struggles to assert its authority over a profoundly fractured state as it expands in chaotic fashion. Dilapidated infrastructure and a disintegrating formal economy have not extinguished Kinshasa’s extraordinary cultural vitality, or its role as a centre of political opposition.
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons +9 more
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
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Vascular Health and Risk Management, 2022 Stéphane Yanda Tongo,1 Benjamin Longo-Mbenza,2,3 Antoine Molua Aundu,1 Raoul Gombet,4 Jean Robert Makulo Risasi,5 Christian Kisoka Lusunsi,3 Héritier Mawalala Malengele,1 Augustin Nge Okwe3 1Radiology Service, Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa ...
Yanda Tongo S +7 more
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate if the effect of low‐dose aspirin (LDA) commenced between 6 and 13 weeks of gestational age (GA) on preterm delivery (PTD) is modified by total exposure. Design Post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Setting Hospitals in low‐resource settings in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Musaku Mwenechanya +89 more
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Seeing like a citizen: Experimental evidence on how empowerment affects engagement with the state
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Building a strong and effective state requires revenue. Yet, in many low‐income countries, citizens do not make formal payments to the state or forego engaging with the state altogether due to vulnerability to opportunistic demands by state agents. We study two randomized interventions in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, designed to
Soeren J. Henn +4 more
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EU Policies in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Try and Fail? [PDF]
, 2016 This paper argues that even though EU policies in the DRC integrated different components of human security – namely human rights protection, the restoration of law and order, and effective multilateralism – in practice these policies have
Arnould, Valerie, Vlassenroot, Koen
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Diarrhoea, acute respiratory infection, and fever among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]
, 2009 Several years of war have created a humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with extensive disruption of civil society, the economy and provision of basic services including health care.
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