Scoping Review Maps Limited Digital Health Evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa
A comprehensive scoping review published in BMC Digital Health on July 13, 2026, reveals that published research on digital health ...
Tag: Africa
Two-Thirds of South African Chiropractors Report Imposter Syndrome
A cross-sectional survey published in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies reveals that two-thirds of practicing chiropractors in South Africa experience moderate ...
Nearly Half of Stroke Patients in Africa and Asia Show Low HDL Cholesterol
A meta-analysis of 28 studies and 6,033 stroke patients in Africa and Asia found decreased HDL-C in 48.11% and elevated ...
Nearly half of child antibiotic prescriptions in Africa may be inappropriate, review finds
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 11 African studies finds a pooled 44 percent prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic use in ...
Birding science takes flight across Africa as citizen data reshapes conservation
A new Frontiers in Bird Science collection shows how birding, citizen science and artificial intelligence are driving evidence-based conservation across ...
Green finance shows the most consistent link to renewable energy across Europe and Africa
A new panel study of 50 European and African countries finds green finance is the most consistent financial correlate of ...
Social media aids malaria fight but rarely reaches health outcomes, review finds
A scoping review of 30 studies finds social media increasingly supports malaria communication and surveillance intelligence, but only two studies ...
Drone lasers map forests from above, but China dominates the research
A bibliometric analysis of 66 peer-reviewed documents from 2015 to 2025 finds China dominates UAV-LiDAR research for forest structure estimation ...
African-led genomics takes centre stage in global precision oncology push
A conference synthesis report in BMC Proceedings outlines African priorities for precision oncology, from genomic infrastructure and cancer registries to ...
Artificial intelligence could reshape antimicrobial stewardship in Africa, but evidence remains early
A new commentary argues that artificial intelligence could strengthen antimicrobial stewardship across Africa, but finds most applications remain at pilot ...
Africa’s GM Food Revolution Stalls at Just 15 of 54 Nations
A new review finds only 15 of Africa's 54 nations use GM crop technology, with misinformation, patchy regulations and missing ...
Systematic Review Maps the Genetic Landscape of Epilepsy Across Africa
A systematic review of 78 studies found 165 diagnostic genes and marked population-specific founder variants in African families with genetic ...
Modern contraceptive uptake in Ugandan border district stays below national average
A cross-sectional study of 690 women in Kisoro District, Uganda, finds modern contraceptive prevalence at 27.3 percent, below the national ...
Longer HPV Vaccine Programmes Tied to Higher Coverage Across 31 African Countries
An analysis of WHO immunisation data from 31 African countries finds HPV vaccination coverage rising slowly since 2011 but still ...
Rice farming’s link to young women’s joblessness in Africa is fragile, study finds
A dynamic panel study of 41 African countries finds rice-area intensity negatively associated with young women's NEET rates, but the ...
Blueprints for a Pan-African Digital Research Infrastructure Take Shape
The DIGITAfrica project has published a blueprint-based methodology and deployment roadmap for a federated pan-African research infrastructure in digital sciences, ...
Scoping review finds clinical supervision of radiography students in Africa lacks structure and training
A scoping review of 15 studies from five African countries reports that radiography students' clinical supervision is constrained by limited ...
Youth Advisors Across Africa Describe a Gap Between Council Rhetoric and Real Influence
A mixed-methods study of 154 youth advisory council members across 15 African countries finds broad agreement that meaningful engagement means ...
Generative AI shows promise for renewable energy, but Africa lacks field evidence
A systematic review of 75 studies finds generative AI advancing renewable energy globally, but almost no African field validation exists ...
Nearly a Third of African Poultry Carry Toxoplasma gondii, Meta-Analysis Finds
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 studies reports a pooled Toxoplasma gondii prevalence of 29.0 percent in African poultry, ...
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