The content concerns models for optimal utilization of groundwater resources
This study lookds at how climate change will have a significant impact on the availability of water resources in the upper Blue Nile basin of the Kiltie watershed
This study analyses spatial distribution of water reservoirs in the Sota catchment with regards to livestock density, population density, rainfall distribution and geological structure of the Sota catchment, and assessed the state of these reservoirs.
In sub-Saharan Africa, many countries have policies and laws that discriminate against men who have sex with men. This paper explores the relationship between these laws and HIV in this key population.
In this 12 month long prospective cohort study, weight change in Black people in Johannesburg, South Africa, with HIV who switched from efavirenz to dolutegravir was compared with propensity score matched people who remained on efavirenz. Those who switched ART regimen where reported to have an increase in weight and 14.2 percentage point increase in the risk of hypertension. The study seeks to optimise the treatment regimens for people with HIV and hightlights the potnetially adverse effects of regimen switching.
In this systematic review the meausres to monitor and improve mental health outcomes in particpants taking part in SRHR/HIV interventions were assessed in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors show that interventions to improve adolescent SRHR, HIV, and mental health are relatively understudied, with mental health outcomes often the least commonly assessed outcomes. this study highlights the need to look beyond HIV care and keep in mind other equally important aspects of health and wellbeing.
This article supports SDG 2, SDG 3 and SDG 13 by demonstrating the importance of enhancing farmers’ perceptions of of Climate-Smart Agriculture potential to promote environmental stewardship with motivations by demographic, socioeconomic and ecological factors.
In this special International Women's Day episode of the “World We Want” podcast series, Kume Chibsa, inspirational thought leader and CEO & Co-Founder of Afrovalley, talks to Márcia Balisciano about the agro supply chain challenges that farmers, particularly women, face in Africa and how Afrovalley uses the latest in blockchain technology to help solve them, as well as the difference between equity and equality, the importance of mental health, and many more valuable leadership insights.
This article supports SDG 13 and 9 by providing exploring the estimation of the role of the studied species as sinks of atmospheric carbon.
This article advances SDG # 3, 6, 10, 11 and 13 by showing the interaction between poverty, climate change, and health consequences in slum communities in Ghana. Understanding the direct perspective of people “on the ground” can provide solutions that decrease the severe consequences of climate change and extreme weather events in poor communities.
