Rumor as ethical vernacular: Ebola and the womb in eastern Congo
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 3, September 2025.Abstract The position of pregnant women in clinical research remains a topic of international ethical debate. Yet, the reflections of actual and potential trial participants, including pregnant women themselves, often remain absent. Following a policy reversal in 2019, pregnant women were eligible to participate in a second Ebola vaccine trial during ...
Myfanwy James
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South Kivu: a Sanctuary for the Rebellion of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda [PDF]
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).
Rafti, Marina
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Report of the Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]
, 2009 From the 21st of September to the 1st of October, 2008, the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) in conjunction with the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), Global Fund for Women and women's right's activists from Guinea, Swaziland ...
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Child mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: cross-sectional evidence of the effect of geographic location and prolonged conflict from a national household survey [PDF]
, 2014 Background The child mortality rate is a good indicator of development. High levels of infectious diseases and high child mortality make the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) one of the most challenging environments for health development in Sub ...
Banza B Kalambayi +6 more
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Combating Violence Against Women in South Kivu
, 2009 During the on-going civil conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo or DRC), which has raged on and off since 1996 and throughout the post-2002 transition period, thousands of cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence against women have been reported.
D'Odorico, Giulia, Holvoet, Nathalie
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Combating violence against women (VAW) in South Kivu: a critical analysis [PDF]
, 2009 Abstract: During the on-going civil conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo or DRC), which has raged on and off since 1996 and throughout the post-2002 transition period, thousands of cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence against women have been reported.
D’Odorico, Giulia +1 more
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Transnational dimensions to environmental resource dynamics: modes of governance and local resource management in Eastern DRC [PDF]
, 2003 No description ...
Fairhead, James
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First report of Rice yellow mottle virus on rice in the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]
, 2013 International ...
Cinyabuguma, E. +8 more
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Eveil des femmes paysannes pour le développement communautaire dans la région de Lwiro, Sud-Kivu, Zaïre [PDF]
Tropicultura, 1995 Awakening of Country-Women of the Community Development in Lwiro Region, South Kivu- Zaire (. Thirty-five country-women of Lwiro region and its surroundings (South-Kivu, Zaire) exploiting two goggy zones for agricultural activity, have taken up an ...
Mambo Bashi-Mulenda, M.
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Rwandan economic involvement in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]
According to the International Rescue Committee, as many as 3.3 million people have lost their lives, either in direct fighting or from the outbreak of diseases as a result of the war.
Cuvelier, Jeroen, Marysse, Stefaan
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