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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong, Lukas Kornher, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, Aslihan Arslan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening healthcare worker knowledge for outbreak preparedness and response via mobile technology in Nigeria and Uganda. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Kozikott S, Thomas MP, Adedire E, Bwire G, Keefer K, Kyarisima C, Muruta A, Obiekea C, Omaiye BI, Ogbureke N, Saleh F, Wailagala A, Yahya A, Mearns S, Landegger J.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Anti‐Globalization Dynamics and Africa's Structural Transformation: Identifying Avoidable Environmental Degradation Thresholds

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study pursues a dual objective. First, it investigates the unconditional impact of anti‐globalization on structural transformation in Africa. Second, it explores how environmental degradation interacts with anti‐globalization to influence structural transformation. The analysis focuses on 52 African countries over the period 2005–2023. To
Simplice A. Asongu, Ekene ThankGod Emeka
wiley   +1 more source

Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices for Surgical Prophylaxis in Caesarean Sections at Kawempe National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
Nkalubo J, Goulart DB, Mitra A, Martin A, Amponsah RD, Murugappan M, Ademola EA, Nyiro B, Namatovu I, Lamorde M, Kajumbula H, Beaudoin A, Kline S.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Women's Empowerment, Governance, and the Economics of Clean Cooking Transitions in Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, the global economy, particularly in developing nations, has persistently grappled with rising dependence on conventional energy resources, thus rendering the realization of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 7 (SDGs 5 and 7) an elusive aspiration for the international community.
Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi, Olufemi Gbenga Onatunji, Simplice A. Asongu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capacity building for ethical use of artificial intelligence in health: protocol for a scoping review of training initiatives and gaps in Africa. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Mwaka J, Mulebeke R, Dedibo R, Nalubega JF, Ankunda C, Musoki D, Muluga WU, Nataliya J, Kirabo J, Jjuuko E, Karamagi Y, Imanzi B, Nabukenya S.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Green Finance, Energy Transition and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa: A Dynamic Analysis of African Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluates the dynamic relationship between Green Finance (proxied by green Official Development Assistance) and the expansion of Renewable Energies on biodiversity conservation across 48 African countries over the period 2000–2017.
Mounkaila Gourouza Nana Hadiza, Mohamed Kouni   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early-life infectious and nutritional exposures and cardiovascular risk in early adulthood in Uganda: protocol for a new round of data collection in the Entebbe Mother and Baby Study birth cohort at 21 years (EMaBS@21). [PDF]

BMJ Open
Sekitoleko I, Komata R, Ssali I, Kyasanku R, Nakyesige R, Sewankambo M, Akello F, Twinamasiko N, Namutebi M, Tumusiime J, Akantorana C, Akurut H, Balungi PA, Akello M, Atkinson SH, Niwaha A, Wajja A, Kyegombe N, Nyirenda M, Elliott AM, Walusimbi B, Webb EL.   +21 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of maternal glucose to birth weight is smaller in Uganda (sub-Saharan Africa) than in Afro-Caribbean or white ethnicity mother-child pairs from outside Africa. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Nakanga WP, Sekitoleko I, Andrews RC, Hughes AE, Tino S, Freathy RM, Shields BM, Lowe WL, Jones A, Hattersley AT, Nyirenda MJ.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source