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Trends in all-cause mortality attributable to particulate matter 2.5 pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa: An age-period-cohort analysis

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) pollution, comprising ambient PM2.5 pollution (APMP) and household air PM2.5 pollution from solid fuels (HAP), significantly impacts population health in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Jing-Fu Bao, Jiaxi Yang, Bao-Cheng Guo, Jia-Ju Mo, Qin-Ying She, Aiqing Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Technology trap and poverty trap in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

Since the industrial revolution, advances in science and technology have continuously accounted for most of the growth and wealth accumulation in leading industrialized economies.
Fofack, Hippolyte
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‘Sometimes, I would look at my books and cry because I felt like I was left behind’: Understanding the learning of Indigenous girls during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the districts of Chongwe and Solwezi in Zambia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah, Leigh Jarvis, Ane Turner Johnson, Chidi Ezegwu, Priscillah Nsama, Austine Nakanga   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Realizing the Demographic Dividend: Is Africa any different? [PDF]

The demographic transition creates a window of opportunity during which economies may benefit from a temporary increase in the working age share of the population.
David Canning, David E. Bloom, Günther Fink, Jocelyn Finlay   +3 more
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financing health in sub-Saharan Africa 1990-2050: Donor dependence and expected domestic health spending.

PLOS Global Public Health
In 2021, global life expectancy at birth was 74 years whereas in sub-Saharan Africa it was 66 years. Yet in that same year, $92 per person was spent on health in sub- Saharan Africa, which is roughly one fifth of what the next lowest geographic region ...
Angela E Apeagyei, Brendan Lidral-Porter, Nishali Patel, Juan Solorio, Golsum Tsakalos, Yifeng Wang, Wesley Warriner, Asrat Wolde, Yingxi Zhao, Joseph L Dieleman, Justice Nonvignon   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Height of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Role of Health, Nutrition, and Income in Childhood [PDF]

Most of the variation in height across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa is due to fixed effects, however, we find that variations in cohort height over time are sensitive to changes in infant mortality rate, GDP per capita, and protein intake, both at ...
David Canning, Yoko Akachi
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Dairy Production and the Rumen Microbiome: Research Directions in a Challenging Future

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Diego P. Morgavi
wiley   +1 more source

Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
wiley   +1 more source

Does Sustainability Auditing Lead to Enhanced Corporate Governance, Environmental Performance, and Financial Outcomes? Empirical Evidence From High‐Impact Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu, Ying Wang, Grace Eghe‐Ikhurhe, Katie Hyslop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source