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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine immunization services in Sierra Leone, 2021

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in movement and service restrictions during 2020 and 2021 that may have affected the essential immunization services in Sierra Leone.
Kassim Kamara, Haurace Nyandemoh, Umaru Sesay, Adel Hussein Elduma, Godfrey Kayita, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru   +5 more
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Shifting baselines increase the risk of misinterpreting biodiversity trends

Ecography, EarlyView.
Ecological studies quantifying the impact of land‐use change on biodiversity may be sensitive to the choice of reference points – or baselines – particularly when sampling across human land‐use gradients and other space‐for‐time comparisons. Much depends on whether the chosen baseline has already undergone shifts in species composition because of ...
Ariane Dellavalle, Adam J. M. Devenish, Crinan Jarrett, Nathaniel N. D. Annorbah, Augustus Asamoah, Kwame Boafo, Poppy E. Lane, Jake Owen, Alexandra C. Morel, Mark F. Hulme, Andreanna J. Welch, Ken Norris, Fiona J. Sanderson, Joseph A. Tobias   +13 more
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The impact on key indicators of reproductive and child health after changes in program modalities in Sierra Leone, 2019

Health Science Reports, 2021
Background and aims In 2018, the transition to routine vitamin A supplementation (VAS) was integrated with caregivers' preparation of nutritious complementary food from local produce and confidential counseling and provision of modern contraceptives.
Aminata S. Koroma, Habib I. Kamara, Francis Moses, Mariama Bah, Mohamed Turay, Abdulai Kandeh, Shekuba Kandeh, Henry Allieu, Anita Kargbo, Anna MaCauley, Mary H. Hodges, David Doledec   +11 more
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The Impact of Renewable and Non‐Renewable Energy on Economic Growth: Evidence From Sub‐Saharan African Countries Using Multivariate Panel Vector Autoregressive Modeling

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
This study analyzes energy consumption and economic growth across 39 Sub‐Saharan African countries using a PVAR model. Findings reveal that non‐renewable energy and labor force growth stimulate economic growth, while renewable energy does not stimulate economic growth in the short run.
Amadou Cham, Nana Kena Frempong, Richard Opoku, Francis Davis, Simon Kojo Appiah   +4 more
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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
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Factors associated with antiretroviral therapy default in the 34-Military Hospital, Sierra Leone, 2017-2020

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a group of medicines used to treat people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). ART reduces the mortality and morbidity of people living with HIV. Defaulting on ART means an HIV-positive patient who
Henry Bangura, Fatmata Bangura, Jean Leonard Hakizimana, Adel Hussein Elduma, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru   +4 more
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Revisiting the Nexus Between Trade Liberalisation and Income Inequality: The Case of Sub‐Saharan African Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on income inequality across 24 Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2000 to 2020. Using IV‐Tobit and 2SLS models, we consistently find that greater trade openness significantly exacerbates inequality in the region. Critically, we document an inverted U‐shaped relationship between trade
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha, Le Roi Nso Fils, Ulrich Kevin Kamwa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circulating Vaccine‐Derived Poliovirus Type 2 (cVDPV2) Outbreak Response With Novel Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Type 2 (nOPV2), Sierra Leone's Experience

Public Health Challenges
Background In March 2024, a circulating vaccine‐derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) was isolated in environmental samples (ESs) collected at the Mabella Sawmill Bridge environmental surveillance (ES) site. The Ministry of Health and its partners responded
Desmond M. Kangbai, Edwin N. Sesay, Nella Clemens‐Kangbai, Andrew K. Kemoh, Sallu Lansana, Hassan Benya, Aminata Nunie, Joyce M. Kallon, Edna G. Samuels, Amanda Clemens, Michael Jones, Braima Patrick Kanneh, Peter B. James, Andrew Alfred Nyakeh Jimmy, Mohamed T. M. Kallay, Tom Sesay   +15 more
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Routine vitamin A supplementation and other high impact interventions in Sierra Leone

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2020
In 2017, transition to routine vitamin A supplementation (VAS) commenced as an integrated reproductive and child health service including vaccinations, Albendazole for deworming, complementary feeding demonstrations, ‘quality’ family planning counselling
Aminata S. Koroma, Sulaiman G. Conteh, Mariama Bah, Habib I. Kamara, Mohamed Turay, Abdulai Kandeh, Anna Macauley, Henry Allieu, Anita A. Kargbo, Mustapha Sonnie, Mary H. Hodges   +10 more
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How Does Vulnerability Framing by Microfinance Institutions Leverage Funding Success in Crowdfunding?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama, Ricardo Emanuel‐Correia, Fábio Duarte, Mário Augusto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source