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Evidence-informed decision making for nutrition: African experiences and way forward
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2017)
Although substantial amount of nutrition research is conducted in Africa, the research agenda is mainly donor-driven. There is a clear need for a revised research agenda in Africa which is both driven by and responding to ...
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians of Cameroon, including first records for caecilians
(Inter Research, 2013)
Amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been hypothesised to be an indigenous parasite of African amphibians. In Cameroon, however, previous surveys in one region (in the northwest) failed to ...
New and interesting Surirella taxa (Surirellaceae, Bacillariophyta) from the Congo Basin (DR Congo)
(Museum Natl Histoire Naturelle, 2015)
Two new diatom taxa belonging to the genus Surirella, S. ebalensis and S. congolensis, are
described from material of the Congo Basin, downstream Kisangani, DR Congo. The first taxon is a
small, rather common species in ...
Redescription and molecular characterisation of the fish ectoparasite Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), with description of six new species of Anilocra Leach, 1818 from Africa
(BioMed Central, 2019)
Background: Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818 is the only named species of Anilocra Leach, 1818 from South Africa.
Anilocra is a large genus (>40 species) with high levels of diversity reported from the Caribbean and Indo-West ...
Social inequality and children's health in Africa: a cross sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2016)
Background: This study examines socioeconomic inequality in children's health and factors that moderate this inequality. Socioeconomic measures include household wealth, maternal education and urban/rural area of residence. ...
A voice from the margins: investigating the African adventist rationale on the quest for female ordination
(AOSIS, 2016)
Discussions surrounding women's ordination reached a peak with the 60th General Conference Session (GCS 2015) of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church. A report compiled by a section of delegates from the East-Central ...
Regional projections of extreme apparent temperature days in Africa and the related potential risk to human health
(MDPI, 2015)
Regional climate modelling was used to produce high resolution climate projections for Africa, under a “business as usual scenario”, that were translated into potential health impacts utilizing a heat index that relates ...
Amphibian chytrid fungus in Africa – realigning hypotheses and the research paradigm
(Wiley, 2020)
The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), responsible
for numerous amphibian declines and extinctions, was previously thought to originate from the African continent. This was based on infected ...
Novel information on the morphology, phylogeny and distribution of camallanid nematodes from marine and freshwater hosts in South Africa, including the description of Camallanus sodwanaensis n. sp.
(Elsevier, 2019)
Four species of previously known nematodes from the family Camallanidae were found from different hosts in South Africa: Batrachocamallanus xenopodis from the frog Xenopus muelleri, Paracamallanus cyathopharynx and ...
Foreign direct investment to Africa: trends, dynamics and challenges
(University of Pretoria, 2012)
The FDI debate is often characterised by generalities about the importance of these flows within the global context. This article aims to unpack the African-specific FDI issues in order to get a clearer and more substantiated ...