Kano’s Seven-Decade Urban Explosion: How Roads Reshaped an Ancient Nigerian City
A seven-decade geospatial analysis shows Kano's built-up area grew nearly thirteenfold between 1950 and 2020, with transportation corridors, not formal ...
Tag: sub-Saharan Africa
Sanitation, Cooking Fuels and Malnutrition Emerge as Overlooked Drivers of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
A global ecological analysis of 201 countries identifies unsafe sanitation, polluting cooking fuels and unsafe water as the strongest overlooked ...
Faith, Finances and Caregivers: What Nigeria’s Cancer Survivors Reveal About Guideline Rollout
A qualitative study at a major Lagos cancer center identifies financial hardship, workforce shortages, faith, and caregiver roles as decisive ...
Blood Safety in Northern Ghana Hinges on Turning First-Time Donors Into Repeat Donors
A six-year study of 3,546 blood donors in northern Ghana finds that 82 percent are first-time donors who carry nearly ...
Gold Rush on the Farm: Ethiopian Study Weighs Mining’s Promise Against Policy Gaps
A mixed-methods study of 337 rural households in Ethiopia's Guji Zone finds that artisanal gold mining significantly boosts household income, ...
Decision Trees Reveal Funding as the Decisive Factor in TB-HIV Integration Under Severe Data Constraints
Tuberculosis remains one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, killing an estimated 1.23 million people in 2024 out of 10.7 ...
Ghana’s Gas Heartland Reveals the Cracks in the Global Just Energy Transition
New qualitative research from Ghana's Ellembelle District reveals how communities hosting major fossil fuel infrastructure experience systematic exclusion from employment, ...
Why AI Integration Fails in African Universities: New Study Reveals a Common Failure Mode
A mixed-methods study across five sub-Saharan African countries finds that AI adoption in universities fails when technical tools outpace the ...
Sexual Autonomy Doubles Cancer Screening Odds for Ghanaian Women, but Rural Gaps Persist
A new national study of Ghanaian women finds that sexual autonomy roughly doubles the odds of breast and cervical cancer ...
Lupus in Senegal: Seven Years of Data Reveal a Hidden Burden in Rural West Africa
A seven-year retrospective study at a regional hospital in Tivaouane, Senegal, documents how systemic lupus erythematosus presents in a decentralized ...
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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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