Hepatitis B Lurks Among Long-Haul Truckers at a Busy Tanzanian Border Post
A cross-sectional study of 396 long-distance truck drivers at Tanzania's Tunduma One-Stop Border Post found 6.6 percent carried hepatitis B ...
Tag: sub-Saharan Africa
Recycled Plastic Bags in Ghana Still Carry a Heavy Carbon Footprint, Study Finds
A life cycle assessment of recycled polyethylene carrier bags in Ghana shows that a fossil-intensive electricity grid drives most environmental ...
Dementia Care in Sub-Saharan Africa Faces a Widening Crisis as Populations Age
A new scoping review in PLOS Global Public Health reveals that Sub-Saharan Africa's health systems, technologies, and finances are unprepared ...
Wealth and Geography Still Decide Who Gets Clean Water and Toilets Across 30 African Nations
A landmark analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data from 465,208 households in 30 Sub-Saharan African countries finds that while ...
Climate Change Threads Through Every Link of Nairobi’s Urban Food Chain, Stakeholders Reveal
A qualitative study of 42 stakeholders in Nairobi shows that climate change, governance failures, and power dynamics interact across the ...
Inflammation Marker hs-CRP Tied to Obesity in Nigerian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
A cross-sectional study of Nigerian adults with type 2 diabetes found that the inflammatory marker hs-CRP, but not IL-6, remained ...
HIV Self-Testing: A Decade of Delay Leaves Millions Unaware of Their Status
A new PLOS Medicine analysis argues that HIV self-testing was deployed at only about 3 percent of estimated need for ...
New Change Theory Maps How to Unlock Youth Power in Africa’s Agri-Food Systems
Researchers have developed a Change Theory identifying four interlinked domains of transformation needed to include and empower youth in sub-Saharan ...
Zimbabwean Teens Carry Heavy Trauma Burden, Landmark School Study Reveals
A large school-based study of Zimbabwean adolescents found an average of 7.6 trauma symptoms per youth, with girls reporting significantly ...
Epidemics Drive Global Losses of Health Workers, Hitting Poorest Nations Hardest
A three-decade modeling study finds that epidemic disasters are associated with significant annual losses of health workers worldwide, with the ...
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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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