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South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020 Background: Despite increased enrolments at primary schools in Zambia, more than half of the children in Grades 1–4 are unable to meet the required minimum standards for literacy.
Jacob C. Nshimbi +2 more
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Contraceptive use and fertility transitions: The distinctive experience of sub-Saharan Africa
Demographic Research, 2022 Background: Continued rapid population growth in sub-Saharan Africa is driven predominantly by high fertility. Contraceptive use was a key determinant of past fertility transitions.
Aisha Dasgupta +3 more
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Modeling the impact of sweetpotato weevils on storage root yield
Open Agriculture, 2018 This study estimated the amount of loss in storage roots caused by various levels of damage caused by sweetpotato weevils (Cylas spp). Seven varieties of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.
Akansake Daniel A. +2 more
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Goiter surgery recommendations in sub‐Saharan Africa in humanitarian cooperation
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2022 Background The standard treatment for endemic goiter is usually total thyroidectomy. In low‐ and middle‐income countries, the management of thyroid disease, which is commonplace in fully developed countries, is not always possible.
José Gil Martinez +10 more
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Systematic review of birth cohort studies in Africa [PDF]
, 2011 In sub-Saharan Africa, unacceptably high rates of mortality amongst women and children continue to persist. The emergence of research employing new genomic technologies is advancing knowledge on cause of disease. This review aims to identify birth cohort
Campbell, Alasdair, Rudan, Igor
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Genome-wide SNP analysis of Southern African populations provides new insights into the dispersal of Bantu-speaking groups [PDF]
, 2015 The expansion of Bantu-speaking agropastoralist populations had a great impact on the genetic, linguistic, and cultural variation of sub-Saharan Africa. It is generally accepted that Bantu languages originated in an area around the present border between
ANAGNOSTOU, PAOLO +8 more
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Nouvelle offensive diplomatique du Maroc en Afrique subsaharienne : quel regard ?
Paix et Sécurité Internationales, 2015 Morocco's new diplomatic offensive in sub-Saharan Africa: What approach? "Africa must trust Africa": such is the declaration of the King of Morocco Mohammed VI in Abidjan.To join the words to the act, Morocco indeed in recent years due to the South ...
Pierre Afouda ADIMI
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Hepatitis E in Sub Saharan Africa – A significant emerging disease
One Health, 2020 Hepatitis E is an emerging endemic disease found across the African continent, but there are clear differences in epidemiology between North Africa and countries south of the Sahara.
Husein Bagulo +2 more
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Medullary tuberculosis mimicking a multiple schwannoma
Interdisciplinary NeurosurgeryBackground: Despite progress in the management of Tuberculosis (TB), it remains a major public health problem. Intramedullary tuberculosis is rare, and the rarity of this disease in the medullary cone makes preoperative diagnosis difficult.
Mèhomè Wilfried Dossou +5 more
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Defining biotechnological solutions for insect control in sub‐Saharan Africa
Food and Energy Security, 2020 Africa is burdened by food insecurity with nearly a billion people suffering from starvation, undernutrition, and malnutrition. Climate change prediction models forecast changes in rainfall patterns and rising temperature regimes, with impacts ...
Anna‐Maria Botha +3 more
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