Savings, Not Foreign Cash, Lift Women’s Economic Prospects in Burkina Faso
A 35-year econometric study of Burkina Faso finds that net national savings, amplified by strong institutions, significantly boost women's economic ...
Tag: sub-Saharan Africa
Simplified, Picture-Enhanced Texts Boost Sexual Health Literacy in Ghanaian Teens
A quasi-experimental study in Ghana's Effutu Municipality found that simplified and picture-enhanced sexual and reproductive health materials significantly improved adolescents' ...
Malawi’s Smallholder Farmers Are Ready to Pay for Farm Advice, Landmark Survey Finds
A survey of 351 smallholder farmers in Malawi finds that over 86 percent are willing to pay for public agricultural ...
Genomics Reveals the Hidden Blueprint for Supercharging Tropical Maize Hybrids
Researchers at IITA used more than 2,000 genome-wide SNP markers to redraw the heterotic groupings of 1,437 tropical maize inbred ...
Africa’s ‘Unsung Hero’ Surgeons: Landmark Study Reveals Hidden Gaps in South Africa’s 30-Year Training Experiment
A first-of-its-kind University of Cape Town study finds that foreign supernumerary orthopaedic registrars match their South African peers academically but ...
Gunshot Wounds at a Mogadishu Trauma Hospital: Patterns, Outcomes and Gaps
A prospective seven-month study at Mogadishu's largest trauma hospital documents the patterns, treatments and short-term outcomes of gunshot wound patients ...
Who Stays Happy When the City Swallows the Village? New Study Weighs In
A survey of 317 original settlers in a rapidly suburbanizing area of Sub-Saharan Africa finds that employment, income satisfaction, housing, ...
Why Ramps Alone Won’t Fix Disability Exclusion in African Health Care
A new commentary argues that disability-inclusive primary health care in sub-Saharan Africa is a fundamental test of health equity and ...
Only 4 in 10 Postpartum Women in Sub-Saharan Africa Use Modern Contraception, Study Finds
A large analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data from seven African countries finds only 40 percent of postpartum women ...
How Ghana’s Hotels and Restaurants Fought Back Against COVID-19: New Evidence from Accra
A survey of 90 senior managers in Accra reveals how Ghana's hospitality firms weathered COVID-19 disruptions and which resilience strategies ...
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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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