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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 ...
Is the cardiovascular health of South Africans today comparable with African Americans 45 years ago?
(Wolters Kluwer, 2019)
Objectives: Hypertension occurs frequently among
black populations around the world. In the United
States (US) health system, interventions since the 1960s
resulted in improvements in hypertension awareness,
management ...
Development of the certificate course in the management of hypertension in Africa (CCMH-Africa): proceedings of the first Continental Faculty Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, 25-26 Feb 2018
(Clinics Cardive, 2018)
Background: In response to the call by the World Health Organisation to reduce premature deaths from non-commu- nicable diseases by 25% by the year 2025 (25×25), the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR), in partner- ...
Using an innovative mixed method methodology to investigate the appropriateness of a quantitative instrument in an African context: Antiretroviral treatment and quality of life
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2014)
The relationship between quality of life (QoL) and antiretroviral treatment (ART) has mainly been studied using quantitative scales often not appropriate for use in other contexts and without taking peoples' lived experiences ...
Neo-mercantilism as development ideology: a conceptual approach to rethink the space economy in Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Since the mid-15th century, the space economy in Africa has assumed an imperial outlook under the influence of European mercantilism. It was the era that unfettered capitalism prevailed as economic orthodoxy for control ...
Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari: Oribatida) XVII. Redescription of Diplobodes africanus Mahunka, 1987 from Kenia. Description of Diplobodes thailande sp. nov. from Thailand and Rwandabodes kayoveae gen. nov., sp. nov. from Rwanda
(Magnolia Press, 2019)
Diplobodes africanus Mahunka, 1987, is redescribed by using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) in order to complement optical microscopy. Diplobodes thailande sp. nov. from Thailand is described. For both species we include ...
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 ...
Rethinking urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services from the perspective of sub-Saharan African cities
(Elsevier, 2018)
Urban green infrastructure and its ecosystem services are often conceptualised in terms of a predominantly western perspective of cities and their wider social, economic and environmental challenges. However, the benefits ...