Circumcision Rollout in Four African Countries Fails to Curb Self-Reported STIs
An analysis of national surveys from Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe finds that rising circumcision coverage was not accompanied by ...
Tag: Sub-Saharan Africa
Locally led simulation training sharply improves laparoscopic skills in Ethiopia
A locally led simulation-based laparoscopic curriculum in Ethiopia produced large, significant skill gains among 28 surgeons and residents without any ...
Diabetes and Hypertension Risk Weighed for Widely Used HIV Drug Regimen in Africa
A systematic review and meta-analysis finds substantial diabetes and hypertension burden among adults on dolutegravir-based HIV therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa, ...
Modeling and Gaps Define HIV Surveillance in Sub-Saharan Africa
A review of five African countries revealed that HIV surveillance relies heavily on mathematical modeling and infrequent surveys, with significant ...
HIV prevention is reaching fewer adolescent girls and young women than the tools allow
A Frontiers in Public Health editorial synthesises nine studies showing that HIV prevention tools for adolescent girls and young women ...
One in Five Died: Nigerian Cohort Tracks 13 Years of Traumatic Brain Injury
A 13-year prospective registry from Nigeria's leading university teaching hospital documents 1,440 traumatic brain injury cases, a 21% in-hospital mortality ...
Spatio-temporal trends of the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial drug resistance markers across sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 to 2024: a systematic review and meta-analysis
A systematic review and meta-analysis found expanding artemisinin-resistance markers in East Africa, declining partner-drug markers in pooled data and pronounced ...
Hepatitis B vaccination gaps cluster by community in eight African countries
An eight-country survey analysis found low and highly clustered hepatitis B vaccination coverage, with partial vaccination common and community context ...
Child development data scattered across silos leaves Africa’s youngest children invisible, review finds
A scoping review of 44 early childhood development data systems across sub-Saharan Africa finds health and nutrition dominate the data ...
Modest Cuts in Antibiotic Use Could Avert 38,000 AMR Deaths Yearly
A global observational study estimates that a 10 percent reduction in antibiotic use could avert about 38,000 antimicrobial resistance deaths ...
Childhood hepatitis C burden falls worldwide but progress stalls in high-burden regions
A Global Burden of Disease 2023 analysis estimates that 10.16 million children and adolescents live with chronic hepatitis C, with ...
Retrospective single-center Rwanda cohort reports treatment gaps and survival estimates
A retrospective cohort of 163 patients treated at one Rwandan cancer center reported estimated median overall survival of 3.68 years ...
Distance Decides Diagnosis: Breast Cancer Clusters Reveal Hidden Care Gaps in Northern Tanzania
A geospatial study of 379 breast cancer patients in northern Tanzania finds that diagnosis rates cluster around the region's only ...
Risky Sexual Behavior Affects Nearly Four in Ten Young Tanzanian Women, Survey Finds
A nationally representative analysis of the 2022–2023 Tanzania HIV Impact Survey found risky sexual behavior in 38.29 percent of sexually ...
Soybean drought resilience requires field validation across African environments
A systematic review of 190 studies finds that drought-resilient soybean in Tanzania requires locally validated genetics, multi-environment testing, phenotyping capacity, ...
Systematic review finds sparse, heterogeneous evidence on hypertension’s economic burden in Sub-Saharan Africa
A systematic review of 22 studies found sparse and heterogeneous evidence on the economic burden of hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa, ...
Gabon’s PMTCT Cuts Baby HIV Risk Sharply, but Early Diagnosis Lags
A study of 713 HIV-exposed infants in Gabon shows maternal PMTCT sharply reduces infection odds, yet only 12.5 percent of ...
Age and Early Death: What Three Years of Stroke Admissions Reveal in Luanda
A three-year registry study at Luanda's Hospital do Prenda finds older age is the strongest correlate of in-hospital stroke death, ...
Rethinking Professionalism: Freirean Pedagogy for Africa’s Clinical Officers
A new conceptual analysis argues that professionalism training for Clinical Associates and Clinical Officers in Sub-Saharan Africa should be reimagined ...
Rwanda’s cervical cancer screening gap defies near-universal awareness
A nationwide analysis of Rwanda's 2025 Demographic and Health Survey reveals that while 93.4% of women have heard of cervical ...
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