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Economics
Rohan Best, Mara Hammerle, Pundarik Mukhopadhaya, Jacques Silber
Summary: Governments are challenged in allocating public funds for energy assistance programs to households in greatest need, due to complexity of household energy challenges contrasting with the need for simpler policy approaches. Common targeting approaches based on income or welfare status often lead to high diversion of funds to households not experiencing significant energy stress. Alternatives such as setting wealth thresholds or targeting specific categories of welfare recipients may more consistently identify households facing energy poverty.
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Food Science & Technology
Abdoul G. Sam, Babatunde O. Abidoye, Sihle Mashaba
Summary: This study empirically estimates the impact of climate change-induced hikes in cereal prices on household welfare in Swaziland, finding that the price increases are expected to double extreme poverty in urban areas and increase poverty levels in rural areas to staggering levels - between 71 and 75%, requiring income transfers of between 17.5 and 25.4% of pre-change expenditures.
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Economics
Yuxiang Ye, Steven F. Koch
Summary: This study incorporates household energy needs into poverty measures and finds that energy poverty is extensive in South Africa, exceeding 50%. The study shows that energy poverty rates decrease with income, with lower income groups contributing more to total poverty than higher income groups.
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Development Studies
Teresa Janz, Britta Augsburg, Franziska Gassmann, Zina Nimeh
Summary: Despite progress in reducing poverty, urban poverty remains a significant issue in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study examines urban poverty in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Ethiopia, and finds evidence of poverty traps. Poor households experience upward mobility over time, but richer households face decline and remain vulnerable to falling back into poverty. Improved urban data is needed to identify and assist the vulnerable middle.
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Economics
Bernhard Dalheimer, Helmut Herwartz, Alexander Lange
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of global oil market shocks on local corn prices in several Sub-Saharan African countries using structural vector autoregressive models. The findings reveal that African corn markets are less sensitive to oil-specific demand shocks but can experience price increases due to disruptions in global oil supply. Political events related to the oil market also have the potential to significantly influence corn prices in these countries.
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Demography
Luca Maria Pesando
Summary: Sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing rapid transformations in union formation, educational expansion, and labor force participation rates, while remaining the least developed and most unequal region. Educational assortative mating has increased in all subregions except Southern Africa, driven mostly by rural areas. Mating accounts for a nonnegligible share of cohort-specific inequality in household wealth, but changes in mating hardly affect trends in wealth inequality over time.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tilahun B. Mossie, Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Meseret Tadesse, Animut Tadele
Summary: This study aimed to analyze the disparities in the prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and its associated factors in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study utilized National Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from 26 countries in the region with a total of 114,340 participants. The findings revealed that the prevalence of physical, emotional, and sexual IPV in Sub-Saharan Africa was 30.58%, 30.22%, and 12.6% respectively. At least one form of IPV was reported by 42.62% of the participants. Disparities were observed across countries and provinces within each country. Factors such as age, education level, decision-making participation, employment status, fear of the spouse, wealth index, having children, maternal literacy, and rural residence were found to influence the odds of IPV.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Kathleen Tompkins, Jonathan J. Juliano, David van Duin
Summary: Antibiotic resistant Enterobacterales pose a growing threat to Sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to delayed treatment and limited options for infections. Factors such as lack of water and sanitation facilities, unregulated antibiotic use, and malnutrition contribute to high rates of antibiotic resistance in the region. Monitoring drug resistant infections and practicing antibiotic stewardship are crucial to preserve antibiotic efficacy for the future.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
N. B. Yimer, M. A. Mohammed, K. Solomon, M. Tadese, S. Grutzmacher, H. K. Meikena, B. Alemnew, N. T. Sharew, T. D. Habtewold
Summary: This study aimed to estimate the pooled uptake of cervical cancer screening and identify its predictors in Sub-Saharan Africa through a systematic review and meta-analysis. The results indicated a low uptake of cervical cancer screening in the region, influenced by factors such as knowledge level, age, HIV status, and educational level. Targeted health promotion programs are required to improve cervical cancer screening uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Behavioral Sciences
Kakoma Luneta
Summary: Educational difficulties in mathematics education in Africa are diverse and span from policy, curriculum, instruction, learning, and information technology to infrastructure. Research shows that improving performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects is crucial for African countries to tap into their full potential in a competitive global market.
CURRENT OPINION IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(2022)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
A. P. Barnes, T. Muoni, I Oborn, G. Bergkvist, G. Nziguheba, C. A. Watson, B. Vanlauwe, A. J. Duncan
Summary: The study found that the adoption of legumes in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa has been slow. Factors such as age, income, and gender have minimal effects on legume adoption, with household nutrition needs and farm fertility support driving the use of legumes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Fernando Antonanzas-Torres, Javier Antonanzas, Julio Blanco-Fernandez
Summary: This study examined the environmental impact of SHS in Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting lead-acid batteries as the main contributor to environmental harm. User training was identified as crucial for improving energy payback time and reducing GHG emissions associated with SHS operations.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Akeen Hamilton, Noah Thompson, Augustine T. Choko, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Pauline Jolly, Jeffrey E. Korte, Donaldson F. Conserve
Summary: HIV self-testing is highly acceptable among men in Sub-Saharan Africa, with men preferring free HIVST kits and successful strategies including secondary distribution of kits via peers, sexual partners, and female sex workers. Further efforts are needed to develop policies for implementing HIVST programs targeting men in the region.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Festus Fatai Adedoyin, Festus Victor Bekun, Md. Emran Hossain, Elvis kwame Ofori, Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Murat Ismet Haseki
Summary: This study investigates the impact of economic growth, institutional quality, foreign direct investment, and financial development on renewable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The findings suggest that economic growth and financial development have a positive significant relationship with renewable energy, while foreign direct investment and institutional quality have a negative significant influence on renewable energy.
Review
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Lily D. Yan, Sarah S. Matuja, Kevin J. Pain, Margaret L. McNairy, Anthony O. Etyang, Robert N. Peck
Summary: This narrative review examines the interaction between hypertension, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and emerging viral infections in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The findings indicate an association between COVID-19 and preexisting hypertension or CVD, but research gaps remain for other emerging viral infections in SSA.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Joshua O. Akinyemi, Pamela Banda, Nicole De Wet, Adenike E. Akosile, Clifford O. Odimegwu
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Pediatrics
Olaide O. Ojoniyi, Clifford O. Odimegwu, Emmanuel O. Olamijuwon, Joshua O. Akinyemi
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde, Clifford Obby Odimegwu, Mojisola O. Udoh, Sunday A. Adedini, Joshua O. Akinyemi, Akinyemi Atobatele, Opeyemi Fadeyibi, Fatima Abdulaziz Sule, Stella Babalola, Nosakhare Orobaton
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION
(2020)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yemi Adewoyin, Chukwuedozie K. Ajaero, Clifford O. Odimegwu
Summary: Individual health beliefs and behaviors play a critical role in combating Covid-19. This study examines the association between individuals' protective behavior against Covid-19 and their behavior in a previous health context. The results show that individuals who engaged in risky sexual behavior were less likely to wear facemasks in public. Gender, place of residence, employment status, and beliefs about Covid were also significant determinants of facemask use. The findings highlight the importance of considering individual beliefs and behaviors in different health contexts when developing communication strategies to prevent and combat the spread of infectious diseases.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN AFRICA
(2022)
Article
Family Studies
Khuthala Mabetha, Nicole C. De Wet-Billings, Clifford O. Odimegwu
Summary: The way kin caregivers manage their family dynamics greatly influences the survival of children in kinship care, especially in South Africa where this practice is widespread. Research has focused on the effects of family structure and other extended kin effects on child health outcomes, but the influence of kin caregivers' family functioning on child survival remains largely unknown. An analysis of data collected from 24 kin caregivers revealed three superordinate themes that explain the phenomenon under study.
CHILD & FAMILY SOCIAL WORK
(2023)
Article
Business
Marifa Muchemwa, Clifford Odimegwu
Summary: This study aims to explore the determinants of self-employment among the youth in South Africa and answer the question of "Who are the self-employed youths in South Africa?". The findings show that financial literacy, age, gender, and education level are associated with self-employment. The government should invest in financial literacy and increase access to tertiary education for disadvantaged groups.
JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EMERGING ECONOMIES
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Christiana Alake Alex-Ojei, Clifford Obby Odimegwu
Summary: The study found that educated, wealthier, and involved in health decision-making adolescent mothers were more likely to utilize complete antenatal care. However, facing difficulties in obtaining permission to go to health facilities or living far from health facilities may lower the likelihood of antenatal care visits.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Emmanuel Olamijuwon, Clifford Odimegwu, Garikayi Chemhaka
Summary: The study found that in Cameroon and Sierra Leone, involuntarily childless married women were more likely to engage in marital infidelity. In Gabon, Lesotho, and Liberia, there was no significant difference in the likelihood of marital infidelity between involuntarily childless and non-childless married women. Although involuntarily childless women with secondary or higher education reported higher levels of marital infidelity than non-childless women with similar education levels, there was no statistical evidence in all countries that the relationship between involuntary childlessness and marital infidelity was moderated by women's educational attainment.
ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Joshua Odunayo Akinyemi, Oluwaseyi Somefun, Emmanuel Olawale Olamijuwon, Nicole De Wet, Clifford Obby Odimegwu
Article
Demography
Nyasha Mutanda, Clifford O. Odimegwu
JOURNAL OF POPULATION RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun, Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Clifford Odimegwu
Article
Demography
Pedzisai Ndagurwa, Clifford Odimegwu
JOURNAL OF POPULATION RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Demography
Clifford Odimegwu, Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun, Vesper H. Chisumpa
JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde, Clifford Obby Odimegwu
PAN AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2018)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Nicole De Wet, Takalani Muloiwa, Clifford Odimegwu
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE AND YOUTH
(2018)