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Two Tales of Uncertainty: Calibrating Overprecision With Self‐Regulated Entrepreneurial Learning
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Entrepreneurial success strongly depends on decision‐making under uncertainty. Uncertainty is particularly pronounced when entrepreneurs are confronted with novel situations characterized by an absence of information. While cognitive biases, such as overprecision, can have a negative impact on decision‐making processes by distorting ...
Julian Kolbe +2 more
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Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: The Sierra Leone Ministry of Health has transitioned disease surveillance reporting from a paper-based system to an electronic one. The electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (eIDSR) system was developed to enable the early
Bridget Magoba +9 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background Public health agencies require valid, timely and complete health information for early detection of outbreaks. Towards the end of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in 2015, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), Sierra Leone ...
Charles Njuguna +13 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Legislative frameworks that support gender equality are crucial for addressing structural inequalities, protecting women's rights, and achieving gender‐equitable land degradation neutrality (LDN) outcomes. This study examines the extent to which national‐level policies and legislation governing LDN and related sectors incorporate gender ...
Cynthia Nneka Olumba +1 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 1-26., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
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Evaluating treatment outcomes stratified by regimen among drug-resistant TB patients in Sierra Leone
Public Health ActionSETTING: Sierra Leone has a high burden of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), managed at three treatment centres. OBJECTIVE: To compare treatment success between BPaL (bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid)/BPaLM (bedaquiline, pretomanid, linezolid, and ...
J.A. Koroma +21 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Overexploitation of wildlife is pervasive in many tropical regions, and in addition to being a significant conservation and sustainability concern, it has received global attention given discussions over the origins of zoonotic disease outbreaks.
Franklin T. Simo +8 more
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The impact of COVID‐19 on public perceptions of wild meat in Central Africa
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wild meat is a significant source of food and income generation in Central Africa. However, there is little knowledge of how the assumed link between COVID‐19 and wild meat consumption has been discussed by the media and received by the public. In this study, we conducted media content analysis of 264 articles published in 2019–2020 related to
Yuhan Li +14 more
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Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionElectronic case-based disease surveillance (eCBDS) provides timely and detailed data collection on diseases and their risk factors for control actions.
James Sylvester Squire +13 more
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Pediatric Discovery, EarlyView.In 2021, the burden of pediatric stroke varied substantially across countries and regions. China and India had the highest prevalence, while India and Nigeria accounted for disproportionately high DALYs, indicating greater health loss per case. Marked geographic disparities underscore the need for region‐specific strategies.
Zhao Yang +6 more
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