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Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2023 Background: Stab wounds are rare, accounting for around 25 % of all spinal cord injuries. They are the most frequent cause of penetrating wounds and occur mainly after an assault or suicide attempt.
Ibrahim Issa Assoumane +6 more
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Scientific African, 2021 Many pilot-based initiatives have been developed to promote awareness and use of climate information services among vulnerable smallholder farmers in Africa through million-dollar investments.
Mary Mwangi, Evans Kituyi, Gilbert Ouma
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Vaccinology in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
BMJ Global Health, 2019 We undertook a landscape analysis of vaccinology research and training in sub-Saharan Africa in order to identify key gaps and opportunities for capacity development in the field . We conducted interviews with regional and global immunisation experts, reviewed university and research centre websites, searched the scientific literature and analysed ...
Jennifer Moïsi +2 more
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Depression in Sub-Saharan Africa
IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 2022 Mood disorders can be considered among the most common and debilitating mental disorders. Major depression, as an example of mood disorders, is known to severely reduce the quality of life as well as psychosocial functioning of those affected. Its impact on the burden of disease worldwide has been enormous, with the World Health Organisation projecting
Ismail Temitayo Gbadamosi +12 more
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mHealth in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications, 2013 Mobile phone penetration rates have reached 63% in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and are projected to pass 70% by 2013. In SSA, millions of people who never used traditional landlines now use mobile phones on a regular basis. Mobile health, or mHealth, is the utilization of short messaging service (SMS), wireless data transmission, voice calling, and ...
Thomas J. Betjeman +2 more
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A prospective cohort study of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in three sites of Western Kenya
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background Malaria in western Kenya is currently characterized by sustained high Plasmodial transmission and infection resurgence, despite positive responses in some areas following intensified malaria control interventions since 2006.
Benyl M. Ondeto +14 more
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Condoms in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Sexual Health, 2012 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region with the world’s highest rates of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs), yet numerous studies show that condom use is generally rare. This suggests a need for a better understanding of how condoms fit within sexual practices and relationships in SSA.
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Gates Open Research, 2018 Background: Sweetpotato, being a vegetatively propagated crop is prone to seed degeneration, and a continuous source for high quality sweetpotato seed is critical for an efficient seed system.
Phabian Makokha +5 more
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The Lancet Global Health, 2015 We were very surprised to read the recent report by Mathieu Maheu-Giroux and colleagues (May, 2015) of a metaanalysis of Demographic and Health Survey data on fistula prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa. This study can only provide an estimate of urinary incontinence symptoms, and since there was no confi rmation of fi stula diagnosis, the data cannot be ...
Karen Ballard +4 more
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Cyclic Trends of Wildfires over Sub-Saharan Africa
Fire, 2023 In this paper, the patterns of the occurrences of fire incidents over sub-Saharan Africa are studied on the basis of satellite data. Patterns for the whole sub-Saharan Africa are contrasted with those for northern sub-Saharan Africa and southern ...
Reason L. Machete, Kebonyethata Dintwe
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