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Enabling pastoralist management of rangelands to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Rangelands cover 54% of the global terrestrial area and are threatened by land conversion and degradation, which erodes their global value and weakens the livelihoods of pastoralists who manage them. Sustainable Development Goal Target 15.3 on Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) provides a framework for sustainable rangelands management, but countries ...
Mounir Louhaichi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical and radiological features of knee osteoarthritis in patients attending the university hospital of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2019
INTRODUCTION: The aim of the present study was to describe the clinical and radiological features of knee osteoarthritis in Congolese outpatients attending the University Hospital of Kinshasa (UHK).
Adolphe Lukusa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unintended pregnancy, induced abortion and abortion care-seeking experiences among adolescents in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To estimate age-specific abortion incidence and unintended pregnancy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and compare care experiences between adolescents (15–19 years) and older women (20–49 years).
A. Fatusi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

African botanical heritage for new crop development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The African continent is rather poor in plant biodiversity when compared to other continents on and around the equator. Nevertheless, lots of useful plant species have been domesticated from Sub-Sahara Africa material.
Termote, Céline, Van Damme, Patrick
core   +3 more sources

Intrapartum oral azithromycin for maternal infection prophylaxis and the risk of postpartum hemorrhage: A secondary analysis of the A‐PLUS trial

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective A single oral dose of azithromycin (AZM) given during labor to women planning a vaginal delivery reduced maternal infections including sepsis, with a stronger effect in sub‐Saharan Africa than South Asia. Since maternal infection contributes to labor dysfunction and postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), we evaluated the effect of AZM on the ...
Larissa Sidze   +37 more
wiley   +1 more source

Manifestations buccales chez les enfants et adolescents infectes par le VIH à Kinshasa (RDC) et facteurs associés

open access: yesRevue Malienne d’Infectiologie et de Microbiologie, 2020
Objectifs : Mesurer l’ampleur des manifestations buccales chez les enfants et adolescents VIH positif fréquentant le milieu hospitalier de Kinshasa et en identifier les facteurs associés.
L Bakama   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analyse de la pollution des eaux des rivières traversant la ville de Kinshasa pendant la saison sèche

open access: yesRevue des Sciences de la Santé, 2023
L’objectif de la présente recherche est d'analyser les paramètres physicochimiques ; parasitologiques et bactériologiques des eaux de ces rivières traversant la ville de Kinshasa pendant la saison sèche en vue d’en déterminer le degré de la pollution ...
Apollinaire MULUMBA NKUADI   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infantile exocrine pancreatic insufficiency due to a homozygous SPINK1 pathogenic variant in two siblings: A case report

open access: yesJPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Infantile exocrine pancreatic insufficiency is a rare condition, most often encountered in the context of cystic fibrosis or Shwachman–Diamond syndrome. The SPINK1 gene encodes a trypsin inhibitor protein that prevents the premature activation of digestive enzymes in pancreatic tissue.
France Chalon   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do the poor need nutrition education? Some methodogical issues and suggestive evidence from Kinshasa, Zaire [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
African Studies Center Working Paper No. 2INTRODUCTION: It is frequently asserted that the diets of poor urban households in Africa and elsewhere are not nutritionally optimal, The composition of family food purchases is thought to be quite inefficient ...
Wheeler, David
core  

Localization Through Coordination? Implementing the Humanitarian‐Development‐Peace Nexus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a global concept and initiative, the Humanitarian‐Development‐Peace Nexus (HDPN) aims to improve integration across the traditionally siloed humanitarian, development, and security sectors, while foregrounding the involvement of local actors.
Marie‐Eve Desrosiers   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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