Chickenpox Virus Dominated Rash Illnesses Mistaken for Mpox in Sierra Leone
A retrospective screening of MPXV-negative suspected mpox cases in Sierra Leone during the 2025 outbreak found alternative rash-causing pathogens, chiefly ...
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Confidentiality Breaches and Shame Keep Rural Sierra Leone’s Teen Girls From Contraception
A participatory qualitative study across three rural Sierra Leone districts finds that internalised shame, provider disclosure of confidential visits, compounding ...
Hybrid SEIR–machine learning model tests its limits against Sierra Leone COVID-19 surveillance data
A hybrid SEIR–LSTM framework applied to 1,401 days of Sierra Leone COVID-19 surveillance data found the plain mechanistic model outperformed ...
Research report: Geostatistical analysis of baseline prevalence and treatment history drastically reduces the cost of soil-transmitted helminth impact assessment surveys
A geostatistical framework combining baseline prevalence data, environmental covariates and treatment history cut the cost of soil-transmitted helminth impact surveys ...
Sierra Leone caregivers anticipate hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine acceptance
A qualitative study in Sierra Leone found that caregivers anticipate accepting the hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine, driven by trust in ...
Sierra Leone suspected typhoid notifications exceed regional blood-culture benchmark
An observational analysis found that Sierra Leone’s routine suspected typhoid notification rates exceeded an African blood-culture benchmark each year from ...
Mapping Sierra Leone’s cassava reveals regional pest and disease patterns
A survey of 276 Sierra Leonean farms mapped widespread cassava diversity, regionally variable pest pressure and cassava mosaic disease associated ...
Needlestick Injuries Strike More Than a Third of Sierra Leone’s Nurses and Midwives Each Year
A survey of 1,091 nurses and midwives across 26 Sierra Leonean hospitals finds that 36.7 percent suffered a needlestick or ...
Money Matters: How Financial Stress, Literacy and Aid Shape Student Success Through Engagement
A survey of 1,002 university students in Sierra Leone shows that financial literacy and financial aid boost academic performance largely ...
Households Across Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Zambia Want to Recycle Plastic, but Barriers Keep Getting in the Way
A comparative survey of 216 households in Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Zambia finds that willingness to segregate plastic waste is ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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