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Digitisation of herbarium specimens to the benefit of research: An African perspective focusing on South Africa and Western Indian Ocean Island states

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Botanical exploration, discovery and conservation rely heavily on access to herbarium collections. Recently, digital access to label information, including georeferenced locality data, and images of herbarium specimens available online have greatly increased usage of herbarium specimen data.
Ronell R. Klopper, Hester M. Steyn, Cláudia Baider, Benny Bytebier, Anisha Dayaram, F. B. Vincent Florens, Nivohenintsoa Rakotonirina, Domitilla Raimondo, Marc Sosef, M. Marianne le Roux   +9 more
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Viral load testing coverage and suppression rate among children and adolescents on ART in Sierra Leone

Public Health Action
SETTING: Anti-retroviral treatment (ART) centres from eight districts of Sierra Leone. OBJECTIVES: Among children and adolescents (0–19 years) registered for ART after January 2023 and currently on care, to assess i) viral load (VL) testing coverage and ...
F. Kanu, F. Lansana, M. Mustapha, E.K. Tabor, P. Thekkur, I.F. Kamara, B.D. Fofanah, J.S. Kanu, N. Sesay, I.S. Turay, J.A. Koroma, W.K. Lahai, A.M. Falama, M.A. Sesay, S. Lakoh   +14 more
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Climate requirements for cultivated Liberica coffee (Coffea liberica) and consequences for its use and development as a crop species

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The global coffee industry, supporting 25 million smallholder farmers, is vulnerable to climate change. Diversifying the coffee species portfolio beyond Arabica and robusta is a promising intervention. Liberica coffee could provide adaptive capacity, although its climate parameters for cultivation are poorly known.
Isobel M. J. Wild, Aaron P. Davis, Kenny Wee Ting Lee, Justin Moat   +3 more
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Physicochemical quality assessment of various brands of paracetamol tablets sold in Freetown Municipality

Heliyon
Paracetamol is a widely used over-the-counter drug for managing fever and pain, but its quality may vary among different brands, especially in low- and middle-income countries, where counterfeit and substandard medicines are prevalent.
Ahmed Vandy, Eugene Conteh, Michael Lahai, Marie Kolipha-Kamara, Mohamed Marah, Foday Marah, Kadiatu M. Suma, Sia C. Mattia, Kenneth D.S. Tucker, Victor S.E. Wray, Abass Koroma, Aiah U. Lebbie   +11 more
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Can Happiness Be Sustainable? Monitoring Global Consumption Footprints From 2015 to 2024

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how happiness relates to resource consumption requires considering not only domestic environmental impacts but also the broader transnational effects embedded in global trade. To address this gap, this study introduces the Consumption Footprint–Happiness Ratio (CHR), a visual analytic metric that captures the intensity of ...
Chong‐Wen Chen
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On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou, Yannis A. Phillis   +1 more
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Anti‐Globalization Dynamics and Africa's Structural Transformation: Identifying Avoidable Environmental Degradation Thresholds

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study pursues a dual objective. First, it investigates the unconditional impact of anti‐globalization on structural transformation in Africa. Second, it explores how environmental degradation interacts with anti‐globalization to influence structural transformation. The analysis focuses on 52 African countries over the period 2005–2023. To
Simplice A. Asongu, Ekene ThankGod Emeka
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Evaluating the implementation of Sierra Leone’s first National Action Plan for Health Security, 2018–2024: lessons learnt and way forward

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
IntroductionThe Parties Self-Assessment Annual Reporting (SPAR) and Joint External Evaluations (JEE) enable countries to assess their capabilities in handling public health threats and addressing gaps through the National Action Plan for Health Security (
Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Foday Sahr, Robert Musoke, Charles Njuguna, Mohamed Vandi, Mustapha Jalloh, James Sylvester Squire, Medlin Soko Tucker, Michael Ndolie, Victor Caulker, Joseph Sam Kanu, Mohamed Boie Jalloh, Stephen Sesay, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Sulaiman Lakoh, Saidu Bamayange, Osman Baimba Koroma, George Ameh   +17 more
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Women's Empowerment, Governance, and the Economics of Clean Cooking Transitions in Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, the global economy, particularly in developing nations, has persistently grappled with rising dependence on conventional energy resources, thus rendering the realization of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 7 (SDGs 5 and 7) an elusive aspiration for the international community.
Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi, Olufemi Gbenga Onatunji, Simplice A. Asongu   +2 more
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Integration and utilization of traditional medicine in child healthcare to achieve universal health coverage: Caregivers perspectives

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: The integration of traditional medicine into healthcare can be a significant option in contributing to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and 2030 agenda of “leaving no one behind”, particularly concerning achieving Universal
Irene Eseohe Akhigbe, Cheryl Olabisi Jones, Abubakarr Bailor Bah, Nellie Valerie Tayo Bell, Lannes Namusa Susan Kamara, Ronita Désirée Cornelia Luke, Ayeshatu Majagbae Mustapha   +6 more
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