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Children’s rights and parental authority: African perspectives
(Routledge, 2021)
Traditionally, children in African societies were raised communally, with extended family members playing a vital role in child rearing and care. Social reality is playing a formative role in relation to family law and ...
Africa 3: A continental network model to enable the African fourth industrial revolution
(IEEE, 2020)
It is widely recognised that collaboration can help fast-track the development of countries
in Africa. Leveraging on the fourth industrial revolution, Africa can achieve accelerated development in
health care services, ...
Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
Most African countries implemented measures to contain the spread of COVID-19
during 2020, such as restrictions on business activity and travel, school closures and
stay-at-home lockdowns for several months. These ...
Pertinent African accounts of ambivalence and benefits in commuter marriages
(Cogent OA, 2022)
The article attempts to unpack the ambivalence and benefits of commuter marriages. The study applied a qualitative paradigm, as well as a qualitative
approach to investigate 17 participants between the ages of 30 to 52 ...
Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Polymorphism (rs1801133) and the Risk of Hypertension among African Populations: A Narrative Synthesis of Literature
(MDPI, 2022)
In this review, we have gathered and analyzed the available genetic evidence on the
association between the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene (MTHFR), rs1801133 and the
risk of Hypertension (HTN) in African ...
Data Management Plans in the genomics research revolution of Africa: Challenges and Recommendations
(Elsevier, 2021)
Drafting and writing a data management plan (DMP) is increasingly seen as a key part of the academic research process. A DMP is a document that describes how a researcher will collect, document, describe, share, and preserve ...
Interventions to reduce pesticide exposure from the agricultural sector in Africa: A workshop report
(MDPI, 2022)
Despite the fact that several cases of unsafe pesticide use among farmers in different parts
of Africa have been documented, there is limited evidence regarding which specific interventions are
effective in reducing ...
The association of mthfr (rs1801133) with hypertension in an indigenous South African population
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
The current study sought to investigate the association between the
methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) variant (rs1801133) and the risk
of developing hypertension (HTN) in an indigenous South African population.A ...
What might a decolonial perspective on child protection look like? Lessons from Kenya
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
Using decolonial perspective, this paper critically examines how certain child protection
interventions in Kenya might increase childhood vulnerabilities among children from poor
social backgrounds who are disproportionately ...
Management of type 1 diabetes in low- and middle- income countries: Comparative health system assessments in Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Peru and Tanzania
(Wiley, 2022)
To describe and compare the health system responses for type 1 diabetes in Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Peru and Tanzania. The Rapid Assessment Protocol for Insulin Access, a multi- level assessment of the health system, was implemented ...