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  Norms of Masculinity: Community Voices on Sexual and Reproductive Health Communication in Rural Southwestern Uganda 

  Achen, D.; Coene, G.; Akatukwasa, C.; Kemigisha, E.; Mlahagwa, W.; Kaziga, R.; Ndaruhutse Ruzaaza, G.; Z Rukundo, G.; Michielsen, K.; Neema, S.; Nyakato, V. N. (Taylor & Francis Online, 2025)

  Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) communication between parents and children is critical for adolescent well-being but remains limited in many Sub-Saharan African contexts. This study examined how masculinity norms shape ...
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  Incident Type 2 Diabetes and its Risk Factors in Men and Women Aged 40 - 60 Years from Four Sub-Saharan African Countries: Results from the AWI-Gen Study 

  Chikwati, R. P.; Crowther, N. J.; Ramsay, M.; Micklesfield, L. K.; Norris, S. A.; Seakamela, K. P.; Nonterah, E. A.; Agongo, G.; Mohamed, S. F.; Kisiangani, I.; Boua, P. R.; Wade, A. N. (The Lancet, 2025)

  The incidence of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase, but few longitudinal studies have characterised its risk factors. This study aimed to determine the incidence of type 2 diabetes over 33 481 ...
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  Obesity Phenotypes and Dyslipidemia in Adults from Four African Countries: An H3Africa AWI-Gen Study 

  Nonterah, E. A.; Agongo, G.; Crowther, N. J.; Mohamed, S. F.; Micklesfield, L. K.; Boua, P. R.; Wade, A. N.; Choma, S. S. R.; Sorgho, H.; Kissiangani, I.; Asiki, G.; Ansah, P.; Oduro, A. R.; Norris, S. A.; Tollman, S. M.; Raal, F. J.; Alberts, M.; Ramsay, M. (PLOS ONE, 2025)

  In this large multi-county SSA study we observed that the mean lipid levels were higher in Southern (Agincourt, Dikgale and Soweto) and Eastern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya) compared to the two sites in West Africa (Nanoro, ...
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  Rethinking Chronic Care: How Blended Patient-Centered Care Delivery and Innovative Financing Models Can Contribute to Achieving Universal Health Coverage - A Case Study of an Integrated Approach in Kenya 

  Andel, J.; Gomez-Perez, G.; Otieno, P.; Siteyi, A.; Teerling, J.; Rinke de Wit, T.; Asiki, G. (Oxford Open Digital Health, 2025)

  Universal Health Coverage (UHC) aims to ensure all individuals have access to essential health services without financial hardship. Chronic diseases, like hypertension and diabetes, play a critical role in achieving UHC ...
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  Perceptual Link Between Inadequate Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Stressors and Common Mental Symptoms in Ethiopian Health Workers: A Qualitative Study 

  Habtu, Y.; Girma, E.; Kumie, A.; Selamu, M.; Harada, H.; Kaneko, M.; Kaba, M. (PLOS ONE, 2025)

  Despite the rising prevalence of common mental symptoms, information is scarce on how health workers make sense of symptoms of mental disorders and perceive a link with inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) as ...
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  Health Workers' Conceptualisation and Experiences of Common Mental Symptoms and Work-Related Psychosocial Stressors in Central and Southern Ethiopian Regions: A Qualitative Study 

  Habtu, Y.; Kumie, A.; Selamu, M.; Harada, H.; Girma, E. (BMJ, 2025)

  Despite the growing recognition of mental health challenges among health workers, limited information regarding their self-identification of common mental symptoms (CMSs) and their perceptions of causal pathways to ...
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  Global, Regional, and National Prevalence of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity, 1990 - 2021, with Forecasts to 2050: A Forecasting Study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. 

  Kerr, J. A.; Patto, G. C.; Cini, K. I.; Amugsi, D. A. (The Lancet, 2025)

  Despite the well documented consequences of obesity during childhood and adolescence and future risks of excess body mass on non-communicable diseases in adulthood, coordinated global action on excess body mass in early ...
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  Polygyny and Intimate Partner Violence among Married Women: Sub-national Estimates from a Cross-Sectional Study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 

  Tsala Dimbuene, Z.; Opoku Ahinkorah, B.; Amugsi, D. A. (PLOS Global Public Health, 2025)

  Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global issue with several social and health consequences. Global estimates indicate that one-third of women have experienced lifetime IPV. In 2013, sub-Saharan Africa recorded the highest ...
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  Expanding the Human Gut Microbiome Atlas of Africa 

  Maghini, D. G.; Kisiangani, I.; Oduaran, O. H.; Wirbel, J.; Olubayo, L. A. I.; Smyth, N.; Mathema, T.; Belger, C. W.; Agongo, G.; Boua, P. R.; Choma, S. S.; Gomez-Olive, F. X.; Mashaba, G. R.; Micklesfield, L.; Mohamed, S. F.; Nonterah, E. A.; Norris, S.; Sorgho, H.; Tollman, S.; Wafawanaka, F.; Hazelhurst, S. (Nature, 2025)

  Population studies provide insights into the interplay between the gut microbiome and geographical, lifestyle, genetic and environmental factors. However, low- and middle-income countries, in which approximately 84% of the ...
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  Factors Shaping the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Ghana 

  Gyamerah, A. O.; Odiase, O. J.; Habib, H. H.; Achana, F.; Canizares, A.; Getahun, M.; Aborigo, R.; Ouner, J. J.; Malechi, H.; Koku Awoonor-Williams, J.; Afulani, P. A. (BMC, 2025)

  The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the working conditions and mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs) across the globe. Little is understood of the factors influencing the mental health of HCWs in low-and ...

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