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Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding for the First 6 Months Among Children Under Five in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; a Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's IDPs camps in Goma have very few mothers who are exclusively breastfeeding their children, which is less than half of what is considered the standard by both national and international guidelines. ABSTRACT Introduction Giving only breast milk in the first 6 months lowers the chances of childhood diseases and death.
Alimasi Kashafali   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Livestock feeding practices in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: challenges and opportunities

open access: yesDiscover Animals
Livestock production in South Kivu is a major source of rural income. Increasing livestock productivity through improved livestock feeding is critical to alleviating poverty among smallholder farmers.
P. C. Azine   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Continuous field assessments and data sharing to rationalize the IUCN's impact in mammal conservation: a case study of Rwanda

open access: yesWildlife Biology, Volume 2026, Issue 5, September 2026.
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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual violence in the protracted conflict of DRC programming for rape survivors in South Kivu [PDF]

open access: yesConflict and Health, 2009
Despite international acknowledgement of the linkages between sexual violence and conflict, reliable data on its prevalence, the circumstances, characteristics of perpetrators, and physical or mental health impacts is rare. Among the conflicts that have been associated with widespread sexual violence has been the one in the Democratic Republic of the ...
Schmitz K Peter   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Fixing Epidemic Risk, Fixing Epidemic Spacetime? How Emerging Disease Science Writes Wild Stories About Pandemic Origins

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Using the US Agency for International Development (USAID) PREDICT program as a case study, I argue that mainstream emerging disease science (re)produces Orientalist imaginaries of pandemic risk through narratives about wildlife infections as inherently “backwards” in epidemic time relative to human and domestic animal infections. This temporal
Mollie Holmberg
wiley   +1 more source

Glycated nail proteins as a new biomarker in management of the South Kivu Congolese diabetics [PDF]

open access: yesBiochemia Medica, 2015
Diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa, based on blood analyses, are hampered by infrastructural and cultural reasons. The first aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of glycated nail proteins for diabetes mellitus.
Katchunga, Philippe B   +7 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Green Defence in the Racial‐Colonial Anthropocene: Militarized Twin Transitions and the Necropolitics of ‘Conflict‐Free’ Mineral Securitization in Eastern Congo

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article argues that powerful Western militaries are central architects of the necropolitics underpinning contemporary green and digital transitions. As climate change is increasingly framed as a security threat, NATO, the United States and the European Union pursue climate‐resilient defence infrastructures whose material foundations ...
Ralph Tafon
wiley   +1 more source

South Carolina standards and guidelines for archaeological investigations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The 2009 edition of Standards and Guidelines has been designed as an advisory framework for archaeological fieldwork and reporting in the state of South Carolina.
South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
core   +1 more source

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

Performance of Routine Disease Surveillance in Sub‐Saharan Africa (2010–2024): A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Core Reporting and Detection Indicators

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Public health surveillance systems are essential for early detection and control of outbreaks. This systematic review and meta‐analysis assessed the performance of routine disease surveillance systems in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), focusing on reporting completeness, timeliness, detection and reporting of suspected cases of diseases ...
Ketina Hirma Tchio‐Nighie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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