Tag: Sub-Saharan Africa

A cross-sectional study in Brazzaville found a significant independent association between lower urinary tract symptoms and erectile function in men ...

A study in BMC Public Health finds that Ugandan health care providers view the dapivirine PrEP ring as a valuable, ...

A new study shows that processed orange-fleshed sweet potato products from South African cultivars can meet the daily vitamin A ...

A 2023 GBD study reveals that the burden of bladder cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa more than doubled between 1990 and ...

A longitudinal cohort study in Malawi found that Tropical Cyclone Freddy was associated with a marked increase in childhood stunting ...

A study of 48 Sub-Saharan African countries finds that agricultural innovation declined significantly between 2000 and 2021, with regulatory quality ...

A cross-sectional study in Botswana found that 43% of virally suppressed adults living with HIV were pre-frail, highlighting a need ...

A narrative review in the African Journal of Urology outlines adaptive strategies for managing metastatic prostate cancer in low- and ...

A systematic review of fourteen studies links air pollution and temperature variability to chronic diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa, with some ...

A new analysis of 2024 survey data from 1,192 Cameroonian households finds that grid access lowers the probability of residential ...

A new prevalence-based modelling study reveals that tungiasis causes up to 575,298 disability-adjusted life-years annually across endemic countries, driven primarily ...

A meta-analysis of 21 studies finds that 35.2 percent of neonates evaluated for suspected sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa have culture-confirmed ...

A systematic review of thirteen studies found antimicrobial self-medication among children and adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa ranged from 21.9% to ...

A secondary analysis of 1,061 potato plots in central Kenya finds female plot managers face a 71% productivity gap driven ...

A longitudinal ecological study across 38 sub-Saharan African countries found that expanding antiretroviral therapy was associated with substantial but regionally ...

A cross-sectional survey of 92 qualified nurses at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Eastern Uganda found that 61.96 percent reported ...

A study of 73 treatment-naïve patients with HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma found that baseline blood levels of eotaxin, interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 ...

A retrospective Tanzanian study of 60 CD117-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumors found that 12 cases, or 20.0 percent, were SDHB-negative, with ...

A qualitative study in rural Burkina Faso finds that mothers and local stakeholders see home gardens as a promising way ...

A machine learning study of 411,863 women across eleven Sub-Saharan African countries achieved 90.2 percent accuracy in predicting preterm birth ...