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Vitamin D Status and Health Indicators in the Malagasy Population: A Pilot Study. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Chudy M, Macounova P, Gottfriedova N, Novotna A, Jaresova K, Tomaskova H, Madar R, Buzga M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much attention has been drawn on Uganda in recent years due to the strengthening of its anti‐LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric. Our study explores the aid‐deterring effect of anti‐LGBTQ legislation in an experimental setting using the Synthetic Control Method.
Elissaios Papyrakis, Luca Tasciotti
wiley   +1 more source

<i>Leptospira</i> prevalence and lineages vary across land-use types due to shifts in small mammal communities. [PDF]

Appl Environ Microbiol
Rajaonarivelo JA, Kauffman KM, Randriamoria TM, Herrera JP, Wickenkamp N, Turpin M, Baudino F, Young HS, Soarimalala V, Goodman SM, Nunn CL, Tortosa P.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Contribution of Educational Changes to Fertility Declines in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Studies in Family Planning, EarlyView.
Abstract Educational expansion is widely regarded as a central mechanism in fertility transitions, yet some research suggests its role may be more modest. This study analyzes birth histories from 414 surveys in 72 low‐ and middle‐income countries to reassess the contribution of the shift in the educational composition of the population to fertility ...
Bruno D. Schoumaker, David A. Sánchez‐Páez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Co-speciation and host-switching drives diversity of picornaviruses and sapoviruses in Malagasy fruit bats. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Kettenburg G, Ranaivoson HC, Andrianiaina A, Andry S, Henry AR, Davis RL, Laboune F, Longtine ER, Godbole S, Horigan S, Ruhs EC, Raharinosy V, Randriambolamanantsoa TH, Lacoste V, Heraud JM, Dussart P, Douek DC, Brook CE.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A climate‐sensitive tropical urbanism under extreme heat†

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.
Tropical urban dwellers face twin climate challenges that impinge on their quality of life: climate overheating and the urban heat island (UHI). The latter superimposed on the former to lead to high levels of thermal discomfort, carbon and energy consequences.
Rohinton Emmanuel
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening health systems through NTD integration: Key insights from a multi-country webinar. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Rozendaal N, Bassabi-Alladji MA, Bishaw T, Omondi W, Tolotra AF, Batchiri SA, Nshimiyimana L, Gnossike P, Jones C, Mubangizi A, Rebollo M.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Anti‐Astrotropik — Outer Space, Technology and Resistance in the Tropics

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.
This paper traces an intellectual and geographical arc of thinking about outer space in the tropics, connecting Peter Redfield's Space in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana (2000), Sean T. Mitchell's Constellations of Inequality: Space, Race, and Utopia in Brazil (2017) and Asif Siddiqi's Cosmic Fragments: Dislocation and Discontent
Rob Krawczyk
wiley   +1 more source

Large-scale field application of a fingerstick blood test for Mycobacterium leprae infection: Monitoring population-wide effects of case finding and post-exposure prophylaxis on transmission in the Comoros and Madagascar. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Pierneef L, Braet SM, de Jong D, Ramboarina S, van Hooij A, Abdou MW, Ortuno-Gutierrez N, Snijders R, Maharavo L, Grillone SH, Randrianantoandro A, Rakoto-Andrianarivelo M, Rasamoelina T, Hasker E, Corstjens P, de Jong BC, Cauchoix B, Assoumani Y, Geluk A.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Red locust phasis in Madagascar [PDF]

, 2009
Chamouine, Abdou, Lecoq, Michel, Luong-Skovmand, My-Hanh   +2 more
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