Health and Wellbeing: Recent submissions
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"This Is Not Our Disease": A Qualitative Study of Influencers of COVID-19 Preventive Behaviours in Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp (Gambella, Ethiopia)
(National Library of MedicineFrontiers, 2022)The COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 263 million people and claimed the lives of over 5 million people worldwide. Refugees living in camp settings are particularly vulnerable to infection because of the difficulty ... -
Associations Between Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration and Children’s Developmental Outcomes: Evidence From Siaya County, Kenya.
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2022)Background Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) during the first 6 months of life is widely promoted as a key strategy to enhance child health, growth, and development. Even though a high proportion of children in Kenya are ... -
Coverage of Diabetes Complications Screening in Rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Survey
(National Library of MedicineSount African Family Practice, 2022)Background: There is a paucity of data on the coverage of diabetes mellitus (DM) complications screening in primary healthcare facilities in South Africa (SA). This study assesses the extent of screening for DM complications ... -
Basic Determinants of Child Linear Growth Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Survey Analysis of Positive Deviants in Poor Households.
(National Library of MedicineScientific reports, 2022)Childhood malnutrition is a significant public health problem confronting countries across the globe. Although there is evidence of a downward trend in undernutrition globally, sub-Saharan Africa did not experience significant ... -
After-Crisis: Redundancies and Continuities in HIV-Related Skills, Knowledge, and Structures in Nairobi, Kenya
(Project MuseResearch Gate, 2022)In the early 2000s, massive economic and technical resources accompanied the framing of HIV as a humanitarian and global health crisis in much of the Global South. These resources and framing combined to produce and enhance ... -
Awareness and Uptake of the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored and Safe HIV Prevention Package Over Time Among Population-Based Cohorts of Young Women in Kenya and South Africa
(National Library of MedicineScience Open, 2022)Objectives: To evaluate uptake of a complex intervention for HIV prevention among general populations of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in three diverse settings. Design: Cohorts of ?1500 AGYW were randomly ... -
Carotid Atherosclerosis, Microalbuminuria, and Estimated 10-Year Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa.
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2022)Importance: Carotid atherosclerosis and microalbuminuria are associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) but are understudied in sub-Saharan Africa. Objective: To evaluate the association of carotid ... -
Low Hemoglobin Levels Are Associated with Reduced Psychomotor and Language Abilitiesin Young Ugandan Children.
(National Library of MedicineMDPI, 2022)Children living in Sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to developmental delay, particularly in the critical first five years due to various adverse exposures including disease and nutritional deficiencies. Anemia and iron ... -
Perspective: Food Environment Research Priorities for Africa: Lessons from the Africa Food Environment Research Network
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2022)Over the last 2 decades, many African countries have undergone dietary and nutrition transitions fueled by globalization, rapid urbanization, and development. These changes have altered African food environments and, ... -
Meta-Analysis of Sub-Saharan African Studies Provides Insights Into Genetic Architecture of Lipid Traits
(National Library of MedicineNature Communications, 2022)Genetic associations for lipid traits have identified hundreds of variants with clear differences across European, Asian and African studies. Based on a sub-Saharan-African GWAS for lipid traits in the population cross-sectional ...
