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Green Banking Practices, Social, Health and Environmental Disclosures and Bank Financial Performance: The Role of Innovations and Corporate Governance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Regulators in the banking industry in the Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) region are progressively concentrating on corporate innovation and bank social, health and environmental disclosures (BSHED) as crucial corporate governance (CG) structures to improve bank financial performance (BFP).
Douglas A. Adu, Musa Mangena, Emmanuel Adegbite, Frank Boateng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Case report: Multicentric Castleman disease as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in Malawi

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
IntroductionMulticentric Castleman disease (MCD) is a lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by systemic inflammation, lymphadenopathy, and cytopenias. MCD caused by Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (MCD-KSHV) frequently arises in the context of HIV.
Matthew S. Painschab, Matthew S. Painschab, Marriam Mponda, Tamiwe Tomoka, Coxcilly Kampani, Fred Chimzimu, Yuri Fedoriw, Yuri Fedoriw, Satish Gopal   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

Lake Malawi Fisheries, Malawi

, 2020
Source at https://tbtiglobal.net/.
Msomphora, Mbachi Ruth, Njaya, Friday, Hara, Mafaniso   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Starving for Data: Eating Disorders Prevalence and Research Gaps in Southern Africa

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Studies reporting prevalence estimates of eating disorders in Southern Africa are scarce. To fill this gap, the present Research Forum reviews existing literature on the prevalence of eating disorders, including as assessed by clinical interviews, screeners, and self‐reported behaviors, among individuals in Southern Africa.
Bernou Melisse, Jojanneke M. Bijsterbosch, Lot Sternheim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conspiracy Beliefs, Institutional Mistrust, and Health‐Related Behaviours During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Burkina Faso: A Mediation Analysis

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background No study has yet examined the conjoint role of institutional trust and COVID‐19 conspiracy beliefs on compliance with COVID‐19 preventive behaviours among populations of African countries. This study aims to deepen the understanding of the relationship between institutional mistrust, conspiracy beliefs, and health‐related behaviours
Gabin F. Morillon, Marlène Guillon, Jacky Mathonnat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The difference in clinical knowledge between staff employed at faith-based and public facilities in Malawi

Christian Journal for Global Health
Empirical evidence concerning differences in the quality of service offered by faith-based and public healthcare facilities in low-and middle-income countries is limited.
Wiktoria Tafesse, Martin Chalkley
doaj   +1 more source

Patient‐ and caregiver‐reported barriers to chemotherapy in nine sub‐Saharan African countries: A cross‐sectional survey among population‐based registries

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Increasing cancer incidence and mortality in low‐ and middle‐income countries has heightened concerns about limited resources and barriers to care. This challenge is particularly urgent in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where cancer rates are rising sharply. Here, data from population‐based cancer registries in nine SSA countries was assessed to
Tamara König, Nikolaus Christian Simon Mezger, Ole Stoeter, Phoebe Mary Amulen, Margaret Borok, Gladys C. Chesumbai, Moudiongui MBoungou Dimitry, Ima‐Obong Ekanem, Adugna Fekadu, Bakarou Kamaté, William Muller, Alex Alain Kabena Nzambikolo, Abidemi Omonisi, Furaha Serventi, Markus Wallwiener, Biying Liu, Donald Maxwell Parkin, Pablo Sandro Carvalho Santos, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Eric Sven Kroeber   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and psychometric properties of a general cancer stigma scale

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Cancer‐related stigma can fuel anxiety and depression and lead to self‐isolation, delayed treatment, and decreased quality of life. The extent to which stigma impacts cancer patients, however, remains uncertain. This study applied mixed methods in high‐ and low‐income settings, with cohorts in the U.S. state of Utah and Lilongwe, Malawi, to
Stephen M. Kimani, Gita Suneja, Agatha Bula, Chaorong Wu, Abhilasha Khatri, Nehal Bakshi, Olivia R. Hanson, Aparna Mangadu, Mercy Tsidya, Melissa A. Stockton, Brandon A. Knettel, Melissa H. Watt   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source