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Local Solutions to Structural Issues: The Fetishization of Custom in Rural Development Interventions in Côte d'Ivoire

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the paradox of seeking local solutions in rural development when conflicts result from structural transformations of the agrarian economy driven by national political choices. Since the 1990s, participatory approaches inspired by neo‐institutionalist theories of local governance have encouraged development actors to view ...
Toni‐Giovanni Pegurri
wiley   +1 more source

Human African trypanosomiasis

, 2013
Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a neglected tropical disease that affects populations in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is caused by infection with the gambiense and rhodesiense subspecies of the extracellular parasite Trypanosoma brucei, and is transmitted to humans by bites of infected tsetse flies.
Lejon, Veerle, Bentivoglio, M., Franco, J.R.   +2 more
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Community Health Workers' Multiple Understandings of Schistosomiasis Transmission Pathways: Exploring Contextual Factors in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya and Uganda

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Schistosomiasis remains a public health concern in sub‐Saharan Africa, affecting over 250 million people. In endemic settings, schistosomiasis transmission is not always understood exclusively in biomedical terms. Community health workers (CHWs) contribute to schistosomiasis control through mass drug administration and health ...
Dianne Verhoeven, Lisa Sophie Reigl, Alice Sereti Sinkeet, Mary Maghanga, Alexise Djouquou Gnahore, Bi Tra Jamal Sehi, Suzanne Lobohon Lavry, Andrea Buhl, Marie Frese, Jennifer Burrill, Eveline Hürlimann, Peter Steinmann, Nora Monnier, Ashley Preston, Janet Masaku, Matthias Richter, Mary Amuyunzu Nyamongo, Alain Toh, Stella Neema, Isabelle L. Lange, Andrea S. Winkler, on behalf of the Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium   +21 more
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In-hospital safety in field conditions of Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) for T. B. Gambiense Sleeping Sickness [PDF]

, 2012
Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) gambiense Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT; sleeping sickness) is a fatal disease. Until 2009, available treatments for 2(nd) stage HAT were complicated to use, expensive (eflornithine monotherapy), or toxic, and ...
Kisala, M, Schmid, C., Kisala, M., Mordt, O. V., Ismael Lumpungu, Mutanda, S, Mays Kisala, Kande, V, Nganzobo Pathou, Kuemmerle Andrea, Blum Johannes, Medard Ilunga, Nono Mubwa, Lumpungu Ismael, Mubwa Nono, Mordt Olaf Valverde, Schmid Caecilia, Mubwa, N, Blesson Severine, Wilfried Mutombo, Nganzobo, P., Mutombo Wilfried, Victor Kande, Mordt, O V, Tete Digas, Tete, D, Blesson, S, Kümmerle, A., Ilunga Medard, Schmid, C, Ilunga, M., Kuemmerle, A, Sylvain Mutanda, Ghabri, S, Ghabri, S., Andrea Kuemmerle, Lumpungu, I, Salah Ghabri, Kande, V., Johannes Blum, Lumpungu, I., Ghabri Salah, Blum, J, Digas Tete, Mubwa, N., Mutanda, S., Pathou Nganzobo, Ilunga, M, Caecilia Schmid, Tete, D., Nganzobo, P, Blum, J., Mutombo, W., Mutanda Sylvain, Kisala Mays, Blésson, S., Olaf Valverde Mordt, Severine Blesson, Kande Victor, Mutombo, W   +59 more
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Prevalence of Human and Animal African Trypanosomiasis in Nigeria: A Scoping Review

Parasitologia
African trypanosomiasis is a protozoan disease that affects both humans and animals. Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a Neglected Tropical Disease targeted for elimination in 2030.
Chinwe Chukwudi, Elizabeth Odebunmi, Chukwuemeka Ibeachu   +2 more
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Garlic‐Derived Behavioural Deterrents: Diallyl Disulfide and TrpA1‐Mediated Suppression of Insect Reproduction

Modern Agriculture, Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2026.
Garlic‐derived diallyl disulfide acts as a behavioural deterrent that suppresses insect mating and oviposition through sensory pathways. The compound is detected through gustatory mechanisms involving the transient receptor potential A1 (TrpA1) channel and neural responses.
Sumit Singh, Shaoying Wu
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Efficacy, safety, and dose of Pafuramidine, a new oral drug for treatment of first stage sleeping sickness, in a phase 2a clinical study and phase 2b randomized clinical studies [PDF]

, 2016
Sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis [HAT]) is caused by protozoan parasites and characterized by a chronic progressive course, which may last up to several years before death.
Carol A. Olson (1807531), Patrick D Yeramian, Bilenge, Constantin Miaka Mia, Pascal Lutumba, Manuel, F, Sonja C Bernhard, Allen, James L., Mpanya, Alain, Alain Mpanya, Blum, Johannes, Lubaki, J P, Richard R Tidwell, Gabriele Pohlig, Constantin Miaka Mia Bilenge, Yeramian, Patrick D., Kazadi Kyanza Serge, Tidwell, R R, Thompson, Mark, Alfred Mpoo Mpoto, Bernhard, Sonja C., Tidwell, Richard R., Christian Burri (141244), Carol A Olson, Sonja C. Bernhard (1807537), Blaise Fungula Munungu, Bernhard, S C, James L Allen, Burri, Christian, Munungu, Blaise Fungula, Olson, Carol A., Francisco Manuel (1807528), Victor Kande Betu Ku Mesu, Constantin Miaka Mia Bilenge (1807513), Lutumba, P, Pohlig, G, Mark Thompson, Francisco Manuel, Blaise Fungula Munungu (1807519), Merolle, Ada, Lutumba, Pascal, Ada Merolle, Mpoto, Alfred Mpoo, Mesu, V K, Christian Burri, Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki (1807546), Allen, J L, Josenando, Théophilo, Ada Merolle (1807540), Johannes Blum, Josenando, T, Lubaki, Jean-Pierre Fina, Gabriele Pohlig (267149), Pohlig, Gabriele, Bilenge, C M, Blum, J, Manuel, Francisco, Merolle, A, Mesu, Victor Kande Betu Ku, Yeramian, P D, Alfred Mpoo Mpoto (1807534), Serge, K K, Munungu, B F, Alain Mpanya (267142), Mark Thompson (533940), James L. Allen (1807522), Olson, C A, Johannes Blum (141240), Mpoto, A M, Victor Kande Betu Ku Mesu (1807510), Théophilo Josenando (1807516), Mpanya, A, Thompson, M, Patrick D. Yeramian (1807543), Richard R. Tidwell (148409), Théophilo Josenando, Burri, C, Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki, Serge, Kazadi Kyanza, Kazadi Kyanza Serge (1807525), Pascal Lutumba (116142)   +79 more
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Influence de la trypanosomose sur la reproduction des bovins en Afrique [PDF]

Tropicultura, 2000
The Influence of African Animal Trypanosomiasis on Reproduction of Cattle in Africa. The main effects of African animal Trypanosomiasis on reproduction of cattle have been reviewed.
Zecchini, M., Kageruka, P., De Deken, R.
doaj  

Human African trypanosomiasis

The Lancet, 2017
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) is a parasitic infection that almost invariably progresses to death unless treated. Human African trypanosomiasis caused devastating epidemics during the 20th century. Thanks to sustained and coordinated efforts over the past 15 years, the number of reported cases has fallen to an historically low level.
Buscher, P., Cecchi, G., /Jamonneau, Vincent, Priotto, G.   +3 more
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Untangling Inositol (Pyro)Phosphate Biology Through Emerging Technologies

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 50, 7 September 2026.
Inositol (pyro)phosphates represent a vital class of intracellular messengers that govern multiple biological processes. The last decade has experienced a surge of interest in the functions of this class of signaling molecules, primarily due to the introduction of several innovative analytical technologies.
Adolfo Saiardi, Mengsi Lu, Yue Zhang, Anuj Shukla, An‐Li Andrea Ko, Henning J. Jessen   +5 more
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