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Blood pressure pattern among blood donors exposed to SARS‐CoV‐2 in Luanda, Angola: A retrospective study

Health Science Reports, 2023
Background and Aims SARS‐CoV‐2 infection is a public health concern. Several aspects related to the pattern of infection remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the blood pressure pattern among blood donors exposed to SARS‐CoV‐2 in Luanda, Angola,
Cruz S. Sebastião, Euclides Sacomboio, Ngiambudulu M. Francisco, Edson K. Cassinela, António Mateus, Zinga David, Victor Pimentel, Joana Paixão, Jocelyne Neto de Vasconcelos, Joana Morais   +9 more
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<i>Rotavirus alphagastroenteritidis</i>: Circulating Strains After the Introduction of the Rotavirus Vaccine (Rotarix^®) in Luanda Province of Angola. [PDF]

Viruses
Rotavirus alphagastroenteritidis (R. alphagastroenteritidis) remains the leading cause of pediatric diarrhea. Although Angola introduced Rotarix®, the human monovalent R.
Vita DG, Santiso-Bellón C, Lemos M, Neto Z, Fortes-Gabriel E, Brito M, Sebastião CS, Rodriguez-Diaz J, Cunha C, Istrate C.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

BLOCOS URBANISM: Capitalism and Modularity in the Making of Contemporary Luanda

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2023
In this article we portray and unpack the fabric of urban expansion in contemporary Luanda. In doing so, we examine interdependencies and complementarities between the organization of oil extraction off the coast of Angola, the emergence of particular ...
Ricardo Cardoso
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Unseeing urban divides in Luanda and Maputo. [PDF]

Environ Plan D
Taking China Miéville's novel The City & The City as our point of departure, we develop the idea of “unseeing” as a central cultural skill to make sense of, and live with, contemporary urban inequality. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Luanda
Schubert J, Sumich J.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Demographic characteristics and risk factors related to high blood pressure among healthy blood donors from Luanda, Angola: A retrospective study

Health Science Reports, 2023
Background and Aims Hypertension is a public health concern, mainly in resource‐limited countries. We investigated the characteristics and risk factors related to high blood pressure in healthy blood donors from, Luanda, the capital city of Angola ...
Cruz S. Sebastião, Euclides Sacomboio, Ngiambudulu M. Francisco, Joana Paixão, Edson K. Cassinela, Jocelyne Neto deVasconcelos, Victor Pimentel, Joana Morais   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Trends in active hepatitis B virus infection and associated risk factors among blood donor candidates from Luanda, Angola. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health concern with a high burden in the African region. Assessing trends in HBV infection over time can provide insights into the effectiveness of prevention/treatment strategies in different settings.
Sebastião CS, Machado MG, Vigário J, Comandante F, Armando A, Silva MLS, Sebastião JMK, Manico E, Machado D, Pimentel V.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

LUANDA

Revista Tamoios
A literatura pode representar a cidade ao recriar seu espaço físico, funcionando como um mapeamento imaginário (Tally Jr, 2013). Esses espaços, vistos sob uma perspectiva antropológica (Augé, 2013), tornam-se cenários de conflitos individuais e contribuem para a construção da identidade nas obras. Assim, a cidade nos textos ficcionais permite reflexões
Julia Santos Menezes
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Climate change and DIY urbanism in Luanda and Maputo: new urban strategies?

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2019
Climate-related phenomena historically have had an impact on the lives of urban dwellers of Luanda and Maputo. Recently, however, urban expansion and congestion of different sorts, aggravated by climate change impacts, call for renewed responses on the ...
Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues
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Crumbling modernisms: Luanda architectonic utopias after the boom

Critical African Studies, 2022
In Luanda maybe more than elsewhere, controlling the city landscape is synonymous with controlling the polity at large. Despite a tremendous political change in Angola during the twentieth century, the paper traces how the modernist plans elaborated in ...
Chloé Buire
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Planning for Informal Urban Green Spaces in African Cities: Children’s Perception and Use in Peri-Urban Areas of Luanda, Angola

Urban Science, 2021
Urbanization has placed considerable constraints on the preservation and maintenance of formal green spaces in African cities. This situation has given attention to the potentials of informal green spaces (IGS).
Euridice Lurdes Jorge Pedrosa, Seth Asare Okyere, Louis Kusi Frimpong   +2 more
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