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Decarbonization in Financial Turbulent Times: Global Value Chains and Regulatory Framework

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how participation in global value chains (GVCs) influences carbon emissions amid financial turbulence, with attention to cross‐country heterogeneity and distributional dynamics. Although existing research has explored trade–environment linkages, limited attention has been given to how GVC integration interacts with ...
Xiaoyong Xu, Lu Zhang, Kingsley Imandojemu, Felix Orole, Romanus Osabohien   +4 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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Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reconciliation studies (RS) has become increasingly influential in understanding alternative views to ending conflict and dealing with the aftermath. As a discipline or field, however, it is not well defined. The actual usefulness of reconciliation (as a concept), or of RS (as a discipline), is debated, and due to its growing usage, it is ...
Colleen Alena O’Brien
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of Spontaneous and Backslopped Fermented Cassava Flour From Different Cassava Landraces and Sensory Acceptability of the Cooked Dough

Food Chemistry International, EarlyView.
The cooked Oko‐iyawo spontaneously fermented cassava flour's sensory acceptability was correlated with its amylose content, pH, pasting temperature, and water absorption capability. Cassava processors may be able to create consistently high‐quality fermented cassava flour for various end users with the use of the information provided in this study ...
Awoyale Wasiu, Yusuf O. Joshua, Irondi A. Emmanuel, Abdulrahman L. Ololade, Allie Georgiana, Olatoye K. Kazeem, Maziya‐Dixon Busie   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with COVID-19 deaths in Sierra Leone, March 2020 - March 2022

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global public health emergency that has claimed millions of lives. In Sierra Leone, limited information exists on the factors associated with COVID-19 deaths.
Stephen Lawrence Musa Kamara, Adel Hussein Elduma, Umaru Sesay, Binta Bah, Joel Francis Mansaray, Magoba Bridget, James Sylvester Squire, Amara Alhaji Sheriff, Solomon Aiah Sogbeh, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru   +9 more
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How Health Systems ‘Software’ Factors Affect Frontline Health Workers' Humanitarian Response Efforts During Infectious Disease Outbreaks in the Rohingya Refugee Camps, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Humanitarian settings face a growing healthcare workforce crisis marked by staff shortages, unsafe working conditions, and limited professional development. Despite being critical intermediaries in outbreak responses, demands on health workers come at a substantial cost to their health and wellbeing.
Georgia Venner, Jennifer Palmer, Tasmia Aksi, Mahima Das Mumu, Mohammed Mirza Nu, Gillian McKay, Mahbub Ur Rahman Ujjal, Bhargavi Rao, Ahmed Hossain, Susannah Mayhew   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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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

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