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Living With Fear: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes About Peace, Justice and Social Reconstruction in Eastern Congo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Analyzes survey findings on views on the Congo wars, exposure to violence, origins of the wars, trials for war crimes, and priorities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Compares survey data with those in Kishasa and Kisangani.
Patrick Vinck   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Program Evaluation of the WASHmobile PICHA7 Mobile Health and Chlorine E‐Voucher Program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesTropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Targeted water treatment and hygiene (WASH) programs for those residing near diarrhoea patients can be a cost‐effective approach during outbreaks to reduce diarrhoea spread by targeting those at highest risk. We designed the WASHmobile mobile health (mHealth) program for high risk populations for diarrhoea.
Christine Marie George   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fugitive Junctures: Life‐Seeking, Route‐Finding and the Mobile Ensemble at Kenya's Borders

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Fugitivity has become an important conceptual frame to understand the illegalised mobilities of contemporary migrants in conjunction with enslaved people's historical lines of flight as spatial praxes to seize their own freedom. Thinking from Kenya, and drawing on research with migrants, border officials, activists, police and smugglers,
Hanno Brankamp
wiley   +1 more source

An updated checklist of Culicoides Latreille, 1809 biting midges from the highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Une liste mise à jour des moucherons piqueurs de Culicoides Latreille, 1809 des hautes terres de l'est de la République démocratique du Congo

open access: yesMedical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 422-440, June 2026.
The highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are home to critically endangered eastern gorillas (Gorilla beringei). Climate change could increase the abundance and distribution of Culicoides‐borne diseases. We utilized morphological and molecular techniques to identify Culicoides spp.
Alisa Kubala   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Household uses of the banana plant in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Banana is ranked first among staple crops in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). Depending on the agro-ecological conditions, cultivars grown, cultural and socio-economic factors, the use of other banana plant parts other than the fruit,
Bigabwa, J.B.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Performance of Lacustrine Protected Areas (LPAs) on Lake Victoria: A Case of Bulago, Uganda

open access: yesAquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2026.
Bulago Lacustrine Protected Area (LPA) on Lake Victoria, Uganda, serves as a sanctuary for fish stocks and biodiversity. This study assesses fish catch per unit effort (CPUE) within LPA and in fishing grounds outside LPA. Using five years of quarterly data, CPUE outside LPA rises first, then declines due to increased effort, with southern sites ...
Kalyango Mustapher   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Banana and plantain (Musa spp.) cultivar preference, local processing techniques and consumption patterns in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This cross-sectional study carried out in North Kivu (NK) and South Kivu (SK) of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo aimed to identify the most preferred Musa cultivars, their processing/cooking methods and Musa consumption patterns among rural ...
Blomme, Guy   +6 more
core  

Bayesian spatial prediction of soil organic carbon stocks in eastern DRC using INLA-SPDE and environmental covariates

open access: yesEnvironmental Challenges
Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays a critical role in climate mitigation and agricultural sustainability, yet its spatial distribution in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains poorly quantified.
Alain Matazi Kangela   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Triple Burden in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Climate Change, Armed Conflict, and the Silent Spread of Arboviruses. A Narrative Review

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces a “triple burden” of public health threats which includes climate change, protracted armed conflict, and the under‐recognized spread of arboviral diseases. Arboviruses, such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and yellow fever, are transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes ...
Stanis Donnang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Entrepreneurial Potential and Agribusiness Desirability among Youths in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesSustainability, 2023
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), entrepreneurship in the agriculture sector remains for youth a key pillar for income creation. However, few are attracted by agribusiness despite stakeholders’ efforts toward engaging youth in agriculture ...
Guy Simbeko   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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