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Global vaccination efforts stall, leaving millions of children vulnerable to preventable diseases
Efforts to vaccinate children globally have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to tetanus, polio, tuberculosis ...
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Water, Sanitation, and Cholera in Sub-Saharan Africa | Environmental Science & Technology - ACS Publications
Improvements in water and sanitation should reduce cholera risk though the associations between cholera and specific water and sanitation access measures remain unclear. We estimated the association ...
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Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and HIV are Associated With Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness in Adults From Sub‐Saharan Africa: Findings From H3Africa AWI‐Gen Study
However, this meta‐analysis included only 1 case‐control study from Africa including 200 stroke cases and 398 controls. 61 The non‐significant association observed in the current study is similar to ...
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Intimate partner violence, contextual factors and under-5 mortality: a multilevel analysis of cross-sectional surveys from 20 Sub-Saharan African countries - BMJ Global Health
Background. Under-5 mortality remains a public health concern in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and reducing it is one of the major development goals—from the World Summit for Children of 1990 to the most ...
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A different coloured spin Test awaits South Africa
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka would be desperate to get their 50-over cricket back on track as they begin preparation for the 2019 World Cup. It's alarming that they have lost as many as 25 ODIs out of 34 ...
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Burden of mental health problems among pregnant and postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol - BMJ Open
Introduction Pregnancy and postpartum-related mental health problems pose serious public health threat to the society, but worryingly, neglected in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This review will assess ...
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Relooted is a high-tech heist game about reclaiming African artifacts from Western collections, which are said to hold '90% of sub-Saharan African cultural heritage' | PC Gamer
At today's Day of the Devs stream, Sithe Ncube, producer at South African game studio Nyamakop, shared a sobering statistic. "A French government report estimated that 90% of sub-Saharan African ...
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The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa - eClinicalMedicine - The Lancet
We searched PubMed for academic articles published in 2025 that assessed the impact of this funding freeze on HIV deaths and new infections in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), in any language, using the ...
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DNA matches remains found in Limpopo to journalist Aserie Ndlovu, partner Nomsa Mdhluli - News24
DNA matches remains found in Limpopo to journalist Aserie Ndlovu, partner Nomsa Mdhluli Noxolo Sibiya Comments Gift article. Bookmark. Share your Subscriber Article. You have 5 ... Conversations with ...
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African swine fever circulating in Europe linked to earlier introduction, not new outbreak - Phys.org
A study in Genome Biology and Evolution finds that the African Swine Fever virus, currently circulating in Europe, is not the result of a recent introduction. Instead, the virus has been present ...
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Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill Could Hurt Global Poor, Especially Africa - The New York Times
In 2024, sub-Saharan Africa received nearly $10 billion in remittances from the United States — almost as much as the $12 billion in foreign assistance it received before President Trump took ...