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Adaptation of the Sniffin’ Sticks Test in South-Kivu

European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases, 2020
The "Sniffin' Sticks" test is widely used in Europe as a standard test to assess olfaction. Several culturally-adapted versions have been developed. However, no version adapted to Sub-Saharan African populations exists. The aims of the present study were (1) to assess the applicability of the Sniffin' Sticks test in the population of South Kivu (DR ...
P, Balungwe, C, Huart, R, Matanda, G, Bisimwa, A, Mouraux, P, Rombaux   +5 more
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Cholera epidemics, war and disasters around Goma and Lake Kivu: an eight-year survey. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009
BackgroundDuring the last eight years, North and South Kivu, located in a lake area in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have been the site of a major volcano eruption and of numerous complex emergencies with population displacements.
Didier Bompangue, Patrick Giraudoux, Martine Piarroux, Guy Mutombo, Rick Shamavu, Bertrand Sudre, Annie Mutombo, Vital Mondonge, Renaud Piarroux   +8 more
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The use of health facility data to assess the effects of armed conflicts on maternal and child health: experience from the Kivu, DR Congo

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background In conflict-affected settings, data on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) are often lacking for priority setting and timely decision-making.
Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Chiara Altare, Rosine Nshobole Bigirinama, Ghislain Bisimwa, Robert Banywesize, Nabil Tabbal, Ties Boerma   +6 more
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Weed diversity in tomato crops in the mountainous region of South Kivu, DR Congo

Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2020
Description of the subject. Despite the importance of tomato in Central Africa, little is known about the weed flora occurring in tomato crops in this part of the world. Objectives.
Victoire M. Aganze, Marcellin C. Cokola, Justin M. Salimbasi, Arnaud Monty   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact des activités non agricoles sur la sécurité alimentaire au Sud-Kivu montagneux

Tropicultura, 2021
Impact of non-agricultural activities on food security in mountainous South Kivu. According to the results of the participatory poverty analysis (28), the current economic and financial crisis, which is now extending to all underdeveloped and ...
Angélique Neema Ciza, Clérisse Casinga Mubasi, Richard Amani Barhumana, Delvaux Kabike Balyahamwabo, Jean-Luc Namegabe Mastaki, Philippe Lebailly   +5 more
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Ferroportin Q248H mutation was not found to be protective against malaria and anemia in children under 5 years living in South Kivu/Democratic Republic of Congo, an endemic area of Plasmodium infection

Heliyon, 2022
Background: Ferroportin (FPN) is known as an iron exporter and its effect on RBC iron could therefore hamper the growth of malaria parasites, since parasites are in need of iron.
Yvette Lufungulo Bahati, Joris Delanghe, Ghislain Bisimwa Balaluka, Karl Vandepoele, Justin Cikomola Cirhuza, Antoine Sadiki Kishabongo, Jan Philippé   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors for viral infection in blood donors of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]

Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
Assessing the knowledge, attitudes, practices and behaviors among blood donors in South Kivu and identify risk factors for viral markers.A descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study involved 595 blood donors in the city of Bukavu (Head city of the province of South Kivu) in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Our sample consisted of 70.3 ...
Kabinda Maotela, Jeff, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Donnen, Philippe, Miyanga, Serge Ahuka, Van Den Ende, J.   +4 more
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Assessing smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to climate change and coping strategies in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Environmental Systems Research
It is now well established that climate changes is affecting smallholder farmers and threatening agricultural production and livelihoods in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), due to their limited capacity to cope with ...
P. C. Azine, Y. Mugumaarhahama, V. Mutwedu, J. Mondo, G. B. Chuma, Aksanti Buchekabiri, Thomas Mutume, E. Bagula, R. Ayagirwe, Simon Patrick Baenyi, S. Bacigale, K. Karume   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

L’ASSEMBLEE PROVINCIALE ET L’INGOUVERNABILITE DE LA PROVINCE DU SUD-KIVU : DE LA DESILLUSION AU NOUVEAU DEPART

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Studia Europaea
The Provincial Assembly and the Ungovernability of the South-Kivu Province: from the Disillusionment to New Departure. The 2018-2023 legislature started with an autosubliminal show in South Kivu, a province of Congo-Kinshasa.
Alain de Georges SHUKURANI MUGENGERE
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Continuous field assessments and data sharing to rationalize the IUCN's impact in mammal conservation: a case study of Rwanda

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Taxonomic work, conservation practice, and Red List assessments from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) are intricately linked. The primary conservation goal for biodiversity is to halt the factors driving local extinctions of species.
Methode Majyambere, Pacifique Niyodushima, Alexis Nsabimana, Philbert Ndahayo, Simon Muhayimana   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source