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‘I am always crying on the inside’ : a qualitative study on the implications of infertility on women’s lives in urban Gambia [PDF]

, 2018
Background: There is an increasing awareness that infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa constitutes a severe social and public health problem. Few of the existing studies on infertility explicitly take into account the differences between women. However, how
Coene, Gily, Dierickx, Susan, Fatou, Jaiteh, Longman, Chia, Rahbari, Ladan   +4 more
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O português, sua variação e seu ensino na África: exemplos de Angola, Caboverde, Guiné-Bissau, Moçambique e São Tomé e Príncipe

Letras & Letras, 2015
A língua portuguesa chegou nos Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (PALOPs) pela colonização. No continente, entrou em contato com línguas da grande família linguística, Níger-Congo A e B.
Bruno Okoudowa
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Community psychosocial music intervention (CHIME) to reduce antenatal common mental disorder symptoms in The Gambia: a feasibility trial

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives Examine the feasibility of a Community Health Intervention through Musical Engagement (CHIME) in The Gambia to reduce common mental disorder (CMD) symptoms in pregnant women.Design Feasibility trial testing a randomised stepped-wedge cluster ...
Paul Ramchandani, Victoria Cornelius, Katie Rose M Sanfilippo, Bonnie McConnell, Buba Darboe, Hajara B Huma, Malick Gaye, Hassoum Ceesay, Ian Cross, Vivette Glover, Lauren Stewart   +10 more
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A prospective registry study of the epidemiology and management of childhood cancer in the Gambia-The first year experience. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
Abstract Background and Aim Globally, over 180,000 children develop cancers yearly, with about 80% residing in low‐ or middle‐income countries where cancer‐associated mortality is also high. In The Gambia, cumulative incidence rate of 27.6 childhood cancers/million population was reported between 2002 and 2011.
Adegoke S, Jallow C, Ogun O, Camara W, Jaiteh M, Mendy P, Ogun G, Leigh O, Pizer B.   +8 more
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Achieving comprehensive childhood immunization: an analysis of obstacles and opportunities in The Gambia [PDF]

, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Immunization is a vital component in the drive to decrease global childhood mortality, yet challenges remain in ensuring wide coverage of immunization and full immunization, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Jallow, YL, Jasseh, M, Kampmann, B, Payne, S, Townend, J   +4 more
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Ajami in West Africa [PDF]

, 2010
West Africans throughout the region have creatively adapted the Arabic script to write non-Arabic languages, a form of literacy known as Ajami which remains widespread today despite little or no government support.
Souag, Lameen
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Experiences of Individual and Collective Stigma Resulting From the 2008–9 Witch‐Hunts Carried Out by the Gambian Dictatorship: Implications for Transitional Justice

Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 35, Issue 4, July/August 2025.
ABSTRACT Yahya Jammeh's 22‐year rule of The Gambia was marked by gross human rights violations, including torture, extrajudicial killings, and enforced disappearances. In 2008–09, Jammeh embarked on a “witch hunt” campaign, mostly targeting poor and elderly men and women.
W. Mick L. Finlay, Blerina Kellezi, Priscilla Yagu Ciesay, Fatou Kantara, Essa Njie, Musa Sannoh, Hugo Lambie, Tadeusz Jones   +7 more
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Becoming local citizens: Senegalese migrants and agrarian clientelism in the Gambia [PDF]

, 2012
Drawing on ethnographic research with Senegalese female migrants in Brikama, The Gambia this article examines local citizenship and agrarian clientelism.
Kea, Pamela
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The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans. [PDF]

, 2009
Africa is the source of all modern humans, but characterization of genetic variation and of relationships among populations across the continent has been enigmatic. We studied 121 African populations, four African American populations, and 60 non-African
A. A. Awomoyi, A. Froment, A. Ranciaro, A. T. Juma, Batini, Behar, Bereir, C. Ehret, C. Wambebe, Campbell, Cann, Cerny, Chen, Coia, Destro-Bisol, F. A. Reed, F. R. Friedlaender, Forster, Forster, Friedlaender, G. Lema, G. S. Pretorius, H. Mortensen, Hassan, J. B. Hirbo, J. H. Moore, J. L. Weber, J.-M. Bodo, Jakobsson, K. Powell, Li, Lind, M. A. Thera, M. Ibrahim, M. J. Kotze, M. W. Smith, O. Doumbo, Parra, Parra, Patin, Patterson, Pritchard, Pritchard, Reed, Reynolds, Rosenberg, Rosenberg, Rosenberg, S. A. Omar, S. A. Tishkoff, S. M. Williams, Salas, Scozzari, Semino, Sirugo, Smith, T. B. Nyambo, Tishkoff, Tishkoff, Verdu, Wang, Wood   +61 more
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ESR1 Variants and Subcontinental Genomic Ancestry: Insights from the 1000 Genomes Project and Native American Populations

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, Volume 118, Issue 1, Page 232-241, July 2025.
The ESR1 gene is relevant in breast cancer treatments in the pharmacogenetics context. However, Native, African, and mixed populations are known to be underrepresented in genomic studies. This is particularly important given that the difference in variants' frequencies among different populations can lead to population‐specific clinical implications ...
Mariana M. Scudeler, Caíque Manóchio, Bruno Miwa, Guilherme Belfort‐Almeida, Lucas Faria‐Costa, Cesar Sanchez, Carlos Padilla, Omar Caceres, Eduardo Tarazona‐Santos, Heinner Guio, Timothy D. O'Connor, Fernanda Rodrigues‐Soares   +11 more
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