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Militarized Sexual Violence in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012Eastern DRC has been the site of a protracted conflict in which sexual violence has been a defining feature. The method used was a retrospective registry-based study of sexual violence survivors presenting to Panzi Hospital between 2004 and 2008. This analysis aimed to describe the patterns of sexual violence described by survivors and to analyze ...
Susan, Bartels +6 more
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Appearance of konzo in South-Kivu, a wartorn area in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2011Konzo is an upper motor neuron disease characterized by sudden-onset and irreversible spastic paraparesis occurring in nutritionally compromised people. It is associated with consumption of insufficiently processed cyanogenic-toxic cassava. Cassava, the main caloric source in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been safely consumed for decades in the
J N, Chabwine +11 more
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Traditional uvulectomy, a common practice in South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Médecine et Santé Tropicales, 2018Traditional uvulectomy in children, a very common and dangerous practice, remains poorly documented in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The aim of this study was to establish the epidemiological and clinical profile of children after a traditional uvulectomy and to determine their outcome of the children after this practice in 2 pediatric ...
R, Mbusa Kambale +5 more
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Basaltic Lavas of South Kivu, Belgian Congo
Geological Magazine, 1940In a recent memoir (Holmes and Harwood, 1937, p. 276) I had occasion to point out that “one of the most remarkable features of the igneous activity of late Cretaceous and early Tertiary times is the geochemical and petrological contrast between the kimberlite and olivine-melilitite which perforated the crust of Southern Africa and the widespread ...
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Mapping and analysis of health financing in South Kivu province (DRC)
Sante publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France), 2023In South-Kivu, the health system is underfunded due to numerous constraints. Several initiatives have been tested but are insufficient for increasing and sustaining health financing.Analyze the health financing system in South-Kivu, through a mapping as well as quantitative and qualitative analysis of health financing mechanisms.The provincial health ...
Yann, Tapsoba +4 more
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Non-agricultural activities and income distribution of rural households in South Kivu
Cahiers du cedimes, 2023The current debate on the non-agricultural rural sector shows that this sector has become a major importance in most developing countries, Mélèric Sillie agriculture remains the main source of income and jobs. It is in this context of the EDUE that this study proposes as a objective of demonstrating the role that non-agricultural activities in reducing
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[Carotid intima-media thickness in the Congolese hypertensive in South Kivu].
Annales de cardiologie et d'angeiologie, 2017The present work aims to establish the frequency, determinants, and the influence of the increased carotid intima-media thickness on the assessment of cardiovascular risk in hypertensive Congolese subjects.The carotid intima-media thickness was systematically measured using B-mode ultrasound in 254 hypertensive patients aged≥25years, all native of ...
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South Kivu: a sanctuary for the rebellion of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda [PDF]
, 2006 The rebellion of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) is the most recent in a series of rebellions that aimed to fight the post-genocide Rwandan regime from bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The FDLR is a politico-military movement, which allegedly aims to initiate a national dialogue in order to change the Rwandan ...
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Constraints, Opportunities and Hope: Artisanal Gold Mining and Trade in South Kivu (DRC)
2011The dominant discourse on mineral resources and local livelihoods in the DRC emphasises people’s constraints. For most, the exploitation of mineral riches does not contribute to improved livelihoods; small diggers are forced by master traders and/or armed groups to work in the mines, with the profits from mineral exploitation and trade flowing to ...
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