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Towards Understanding Contemporary Gambling Advertising in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Public Health Challenges
Gambling advertising has become ubiquitous in sub‐Saharan Africa influencing social norms and attitudes towards gambling. The delay or failure of governments to effectively regulate gambling advertising poses a significant threat to public health.
Emmanuel Badu
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The road half traveled [PDF]

This brief reviews the extensive evidence on agricultural market reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa and summarizes the impact reforms have had on market performance, agricultural production, use of modern inputs, and poverty.
Delgado, Christopher L., Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Z., Johnson, Michael, Kherallah, Mylène, Minot, Nicholas   +4 more
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Phylogeography and reassortment patterns of human influenza A viruses in sub-Saharan Africa

Scientific Reports
The role of sub-Saharan Africa in the global spread of influenza viruses remains unclear due to insufficient spatiotemporal sequence data. Here, we analyzed 222 codon-complete sequences of influenza A viruses (IAVs) sampled between 2011 and 2013 from ...
D. Collins Owuor, Zaydah R. de Laurent, John W. Oketch, Nickson Murunga, James R. Otieno, Grace Nabakooza, Sandra S. Chaves, D. James Nokes, Charles N. Agoti   +8 more
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Maternal health service utilisation of adolescent women in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Introduction Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy in the world. While pregnancy during adolescence poses higher risks for the mother and the baby, the utilisation of maternity care to mitigate the effects is low.
Tensae Mekonnen, Tinashe Dune, Janette Perz   +2 more
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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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Risk management in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

This paper investigates the vulnerability of countries in sub - Saharan Africa to uncertainty about commodity prices, exchange rates, and interest rates.
Claessens, Stijn, Qian, Ying
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Family medicine training in Sub-Saharan Africa : South-South cooperation in the Primafamed project as strategy for development [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND. Health-care systems based on primary health care (PHC) are more equitable and cost effective. Family medicine trains medical doctors in comprehensive PHC with knowledge and skills that are needed to increase quality of care.
Ayankogbe, Olayinka, Chege, Patrick, De Maeseneer, Jan, Essuman, Akye, Flinkenflögel, Maaike   +4 more
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An Investigation into the Level of Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, 2019
Financial inclusion is crucial for redistribution of economic resources between the deficit and surplus units in an economy. Despite the importance of financial inclusion, especially for economic growth of developing regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa ...
Abdulmumin Biliqees Ayoola, Etudaiye-Muhtar Oyebola Fatima, Jimoh Abdulrasaq Taiye, Sakariyahu Ola Ridwan   +3 more
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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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Does Africa really benefit from trade? [PDF]

We empirically analyse the impact of trade on income levels in the sub-Saharan African countries. The results indicate that the linkage between these two variables is negative for these countries.
Busse, Matthias, Groizard, José Luis
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