Africa

Impact of climate change on agriculture and adaptation strategies in Ethiopia: A meta-analysis

Elsevier, Heliyon, Volume 10, 29 February 2024
Ethiopia is a rainfall-based agricultural country that is susceptible to the impacts of climate change and risk. Floods and droughts, which happen more frequently and intensely, significantly and negatively influence agricultural production. The objective of the meta-analysis is to identify impacts on various sectors, adaptation strategies, and the challenges of climate change in the Ethiopian context. Twenty-three peer-reviewed articles were identified from ScienceDirect and Web of Science, followed by PRISMA guidelines, and analyzed using Stata version 13.
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Climate Change, Africa

AI-driven environmental sensor networks and digital platforms for urban air pollution monitoring and modelling

Elsevier,

Societal Impacts, Volume 3, June 2024, 100044

Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research have opened up new opportunities for leveraging AI research for societal impacts. AI research offers novel ways of tackling societal problems including environmental, health, and education challenges. Despite the potential, there are limited documented use cases and methodologies for translating AI research to societal impact at a large scale. This paper presents AirQo, an AI and advanced technology-driven use case for urban environmental pollution monitoring and modelling and the resulting societal impacts that have been realised.

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SI-WTISD 2025; Data & Analytics; Climate Change, Africa

Living Donor Organ Transplantation: Chapter 9 - Paid organ donation: challenges for public health care policy

Elsevier,

Living Donor Organ Transplantation (Second Edition)

2024, Pages 177-185
Proper regulation is essential to ensure that such a system benefited those in need, and that those who provided organs are properly compensated. Without significant policy changes, however, far too many patients will continue to languish on waiting lists until they run out of time. The goal of SDG3 is that everyone should have a good health and well-being.
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kidney chains; transplantation; public health; organ donation, Africa; Antarctica; Asia; Europe; Global; Middle East; North America; Oceania; Pacific; South America

Sustainability of an intervention to reduce waiting for access to an epilepsy outpatient clinic

Elsevier,

Heliyon, Volume 10, 15 January 2024
A paper that explores how interventions can help reduce the waiting times in an epilepsy outpatient clinic.
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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Africa

Estimation of annual and seasonal glaciological-based mass balance of Ladakh range in cold-arid Himalayan region – Case studies of Phuche and Khardung glaciers in 2014–2017

Elsevier,

Polar Science, Volume , 2024
Policymakers continue to contend with the challenge of measuring and classifying schools concerning educational resources, which makes it difficult for policy development and implementation towards efficient allocation of the scarce resources available to education managers. This study, therefore, sought to estimate the extent of educational resource deprivation among Basic Schools in Ghana and find out its effect on the delivery of quality education.
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Climate Change, Africa

Documenting the diversity of the Namibian Ju|’hoansi intestinal microbiome

Elsevier,

Cell Reports, Volume 43, Issue 2, 27 February 2024, 113690

Truter et al. investigate how diet and culture influence the Ju|’hoansi intestinal microbiome, which can influence health and well-being. They find that while the Ju|’hoansi intestinal microbiome is distinct, it resembles that of other hunter-gatherer populations.

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Health and wellbeing, Africa

Handbook of Nanomaterials, Volume 1, Chapter 8: Nanomaterials in energy generators

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Handbook of Nanomaterials: Electronics, Information Technology, Energy, Transportation, and Consumer Products: Volume 1, Volume 1, 1 January 2024
In this chapter, we discuss various methods for synthesizing nanomaterials and their properties for application in energy generation. We also explore the practical applications of different nanomaterial-based energy-generating devices and their performance, positioning them as alternative technologies to traditional power sources. The chapter highlights the overall performance—thermal, electrical, and mechanical—of nanomaterial-based energy generators and examines the role of various nanomaterials in energy-harvesting devices. Finally, we address the current challenges in applying nanomaterials in energy generation.
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Energy, Africa; Antarctica; Asia; Europe; Global; Middle East; North America; Oceania; Pacific; South America

South african integrated environmental education curriculum trajectory

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International Journal of Educational Research, Volume 125, January 2024
This study seeks the view of ten school principals on the pathways of incorporating environmental education into the school curriculum in South Africa.
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Africa

Cooperative breeding alters physiological and behavioral responses to habitat fragmentation

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iScience, Volume 27, 19 January 2024
Shows behavioural and physiological responses to habitat change
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Biodiversity and ecosystems, Africa

Hepatitis C virus diversity and treatment outcomes in Benin: a prospective cohort study

Elsevier,

The Lancet Microbe, Volume , 2024
This Article supports SDG 3 sequencing hepatitis C virus genomes in west Africa, showing the level of genotypic diversity and measuring the response to direct-acting antivirals.
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Health and population, Africa

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