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Women’s Agency and Humanitarian Protection in North and South Kivu, DRC

2022
This Working Paper analyses the role and practices of women’s groups in relation to women’s protection in the provinces of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Contrasting qualitative materials from communities in Congo with the literature on women’s agency, we explore the spaces, strategies, and repertoires used by women
Camille Maubert, Jeremy Allouche, Irene Hamuli, Eustache Kuliumbwa Lulego, Gauthier Marchais, Ferdinand Mushi Mugumo, Sohela Nazneen   +6 more
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Basaltic Lavas of South Kivu, Belgian Congo

Geological Magazine, 1940
In 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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Diabetes Knowledge and Self-Care Practices Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Uvira, Kiliba, Sange, and Luvungi, South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care
Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess baseline knowledge and self-care practices about diabetes mellitus (DM) among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Uvira, Kiliba, Sange, and Luvungi (U-KI-SA-LU), South Kivu Province of the ...
Désiré M. Kindarara, Juslin Bamu Murondere   +1 more
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Unraveling fishers' perceptions: Impact of mining on fish yield and diversity in Mwenga, South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
In South Kivu province, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a significant number of active mines are situated near strictly protected ecosystems, where adverse effects including deforestation, water pollution, soil degradation and loss of biodiversity ...
D. S. Wasso, Daud Kassam, A. K. Mweze, S. K. Tungidi, E. T. Ahanyirwe, Christian Masumbuko Baraka, R. Ayagirwe   +6 more
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Mapping and analysis of health financing in South Kivu province (DRC)

Sante publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France), 2023
In 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, Eustache, Ndokabilya, Jean-Claude, Wema, Thomas, Engels, Élisabeth, Paul   +4 more
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Ferroportin Q248H mutation, hyperferritinemia and atypical type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Kivu

Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews, 2013
The ferroportin Q248H mutation is relatively common in sub-Saharan Africa. No previous study examined its relationship with atypical diabetes mellitus (DM) in this area.To determine the potential interactions between ferroportin Q248H mutation, hyperferritinemia and DM in South Kivu (RDC).Presence of ferroportin Q248H mutation and iron status were ...
Philippe Bianga, Katchunga, Marius, Baguma, Jean-René, M'buyamba-Kabangu, Jan, Philippé, Michel P, Hermans, Joris, Delanghe   +5 more
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Assessing Health Information System Data Quality Management in LifeNet-supported Facilities in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Asian Journal of Medicine and Health
Aims: To evaluate the quality of HIS data in LifeNet-supported facilities in South Kivu and correlate data completeness, accuracy, and timeliness with staff competency, training, and governance factors to validate current data management practices.
Bwanondo Kachelewa Sylvain, Joseph Muchiri, D. Niyukuri   +2 more
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Sumbi oil from Katanga and South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Lipid / Fett, 1998
Sumbi oil is the seed oil of Aporrhiza nitida Gilg (Sapindaceae), a tropical tree growing in the Eastern provinces of the D. R. Congo. Sumbi oil has a very good storage stability and is rather resistant against oxidation, an important advantage for use as an edible oil in a tropical climate.
Kurt Aitzetmüller, Edouard Ngoy‐Kihuya, Irène Kitwa‐Kabila   +2 more
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Physicochemical characterization of honeys sold in the city of Bukavu and the those obtained from production sites in the province of south Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Journal of Research in Environmental and Earth Sciences
Honey is an energy food that humanity has known since the dawn of time. A complex, extremely rich product, has many cosmetic, nutritional and therapeutic properties.
Bienvenu Cito Mulemangabo, Kayisu Kalenga KAYISU KALENGA, Ndjango Ndjimani, Joseph Saile JOSEPH SAILE   +3 more
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Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Infants and Young Children Aged 6-23 Months in the South Kivu Region: A Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition
Background: The increasing prevalence of stunting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) represents a major public health concern. Adequate complementary feeding is crucial for preventing and reducing chronic malnutrition in early childhood in the
Marie Amélie Nabuholo, Olouwafemi M Mama, A. Diouf, Esto Bahizire, Nicole Idohou-Dossou   +4 more
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