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Lepra pada sisa rangka manusia dari Lewoleba: relevansinya terhadap sejarah penghunian Indonesia
Leprosy is a chronic, mildly communicable disease of man which primarily affects the skin, mucous membranes, peripheral nerves, eyes, bones and testes due to Mycobacterium leprae. Some researches show the evidence of leprosy spread worldwide in recen...
PubMed
Child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis of demographic and health surveys (2006-2016)
PLoS One
BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest levels of child malnutrition globally. Therefore, a critical look at the distribution of malnutrition within its sub-regions is required to identify the worst affected areas. This study provides a...
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Evolutionary History of Rabies in Ghana
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Rabies virus (RABV) is enzootic throughout Africa, with the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) being the principal vector. Dog rabies is estimated to cause 24,000 human deaths per year in Africa, however, this estimate is still considered to be conserva...
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The Weevil Genus Rhamphus (Curculionidae, Curculioninae) in Southern Africa—Description of Thirteen New Species
Insects
The southern African species of the genus Rhamphus Clairville, 1798, is herein revised for the first time. Fourteen species are recognized, 13 of which are new to science. The single known species was Rhamphus namibicus Korotyaev, 1994 (Namibia), whe...
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Inventions and patenting in Africa: Empirical trends from 1970 to 2010
J World Intellect Prop
Economic development is increasingly dependent upon on utilizing new knowledge to innovate and create value, even in traditional industries and in low‐income countries. This analysis uses evidence on patent families to assess innovation activity th...
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Short-term risk of anaemia following initiation of combination antiretroviral treatment in HIV-infected patients in countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia-Pacific, and central and South America
J Int AIDS Soc
BACKGROUND: The objective was to examine the short-term risk and predictors of anaemia following initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in HIV-infected patients from the Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Central Africa...
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Equal access of COVID‐19 vaccine distribution in Africa: Challenges and way forward
J Med Virol
The World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa and Africa Center Disease Control (Africa CDC) urge the international community and different countries in Africa to ensure sustainable and concrete action to ensure equal and easy access to the COVID‐1...
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Phylogenetic and Evolutionary Relationships among Yellow Fever Virus Isolates in Africa
J Virol
Previous studies with a limited number of strains have indicated that there are two genotypes of yellow fever (YF) virus in Africa, one in west Africa and the other in east and central Africa. We have examined the prM/M and a portion of the E protein...
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Equity in international health research collaborations in Africa: Perceptions and expectations of African researchers
PLoS One
INTRODUCTION AND METHOD: Africa is currently host to a number of international genomics research and biobanking consortia, each with a mandate to advance genomics research and biobanking in Africa. Whilst most of these consortia promise to transform ...
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The Chronic Kidney Disease in Africa (CKD-Africa) collaboration: lessons from a new pan-African network
BMJ Glob Health
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem, seemingly affecting individuals from low-income and-middle-income countries (LMICs) disproportionately, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the growing evidence pointing to an incr...
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Cochrane Africa: a network of evidence-informed health-care decision making across sub-saharan Africa
Pan Afr Med J
Cochrane Africa is a network of researchers and health stakeholders who aim to support the use of high quality Cochrane evidence to improve health outcomes in Africa. It comprises a coordinating centre in South Africa, a Francophone hub directed from...
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Revisiting the out of Africa event with a deep-learning approach
Am J Hum Genet
Anatomically modern humans evolved around 300 thousand years ago in Africa. They started to appear in the fossil record outside of Africa as early as 100 thousand years ago, although other hominins existed throughout Eurasia much earlier. Recently, s...
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Health diplomacy in Africa-opportunities post-COVID-19
Pan Afr Med J
For the last seventy years, Africa has suffered a disease burden that is steadily growing in scale and complexity. Despite that, health development in the continent has continued to rely on donors´ packages since decolonization. The last decade, how...
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Spatial heterogeneity of haemoglobin concentration in preschool-age children in sub-Saharan Africa
Bull World Health Organ
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether blood haemoglobin concentration in preschool-age children (< 5 years of age) is geographically heterogeneous in sub-Saharan Africa and describe its association with environmental variables that drive anaemia of d...
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The Prevalence of Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Among Patients with Inflammatory Back Pain from Northwest and South Africa: Data from a Noninterventional, Cross-Sectional Study
Rheumatol Ther
INTRODUCTION: Information is limited on the prevalence and clinical characteristics of nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) among patients with inflammatory back pain (IBP) in African countries. A global study estimated the prevalence o...
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El Niño and the shifting geography of cholera in Africa
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and other climate patterns can have profound impacts on the occurrence of infectious diseases ranging from dengue to cholera. In Africa, El Niño conditions are associated with increased rainfall in East Afric...
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A critical appraisal of clinical trials conducted and subsequent drug approvals in India and South Africa
BMJ Open
OBJECTIVES: To assess the relation between the number of clinical trials conducted and respective new drug approvals in India and South Africa. DESIGN: Construction and analysis of a comprehensive database of completed randomised controlled clinical ...
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EPID-23. A SYSTEMIC REVIEW OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMORS IN AFRICA FROM 1960 – 2017 AND THE NEED FOR A CENTRAL BRAIN TUMOR REGISTRY IN AFRICA
Neuro Oncol
PURPOSE: Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors pose a substantial health problem. Although data on specific time periods and regions of Africa has been previously reported, no study has yet to provide a systemic review on the frequency of CNS tumors fo...
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The need for a central brain tumor registry in Africa: A review of central nervous system tumors in Africa from 1960 to 2017
Neurooncol Pract
BACKGROUND: Central nervous system (CNS) tumors pose a substantial health problem. Although data on specific time periods and regions of Africa have been previously reported, no study has yet to provide a systematic review of CNS tumors for the entir...
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A decade of nutrition research in Africa: assessment of the evidence base and academic collaboration
Public Health Nutr
OBJECTIVE: Malnutrition in Africa has not improved compared with other regions in the world. Investment in the build-up of a strong African research workforce is essential to provide contextual solutions to the nutritional problems of Africa. To orie...