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Establishing Criteria and Organizing guidelines for Advancing Standards in Biochar production and consumption using Renewable and Innovative Clean Alternatives
Biomass is the primary energy source for cooking and heating in many developing countries, including Ghana, where nearly 70% of the population rely on fuelwood, charcoal, animal droppings, and agricultural waste.
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Critical Raw Materials and Technological Transitons: tethinking natural resource-led development models
Critical raw materials (CRMs) are increasingly vital to contemporary economies and societies.
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Food security in sub-Saharan Africa from the production, human and environmental safety standpoints
Africa, once considered the breadbasket of the world, is now highly dependent on food imports.
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Institutional Innovations and Investments: Creating an Enabling Environment for Emerging Agro-Enterprises in Africa
Agro-enterprises make important contributions to employment and income generation in developing countries, occupying a strategic position in manufacturing that comprise an essential supply-source of food and fiber production and represent an important demand-driver for agricultural products.
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“Many Voices One Song.” Health-promoting Schools: Evidence, Strategies, Challenges and Prospects
Globally, a moral imperative exists to ensure that all children are provided with the resources and environment necessary to enable them to reach their individual potential, and the call for investment to improve the health of children is almost universal.
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Population, Land, Food: Malthus and Africa
A study of how Malthus relates to understanding, and resolving, the food-land-population predicaments of sub-Saharan Africa.
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The HIV-Exposed but Uninfected (HEU) Infant: How Can the Excess Morbidity and Mortality be Explained?
This project has expanded beyond the initial STIAS realm and is the outgrowth of an initiative developed between STIAS and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS), associated with the University of British Columbia.
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A hydro-climatic data synthesis for Sub-Saharan Africa: facilitating water balance closure with different comparative datasets
Zarei, M., & Destouni, G. 2025. A hydro-climatic data synthesis for Sub-Saharan Africa: facilitating water balance closure with differen...
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Omics Approach for Personalized Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus for African and European Populations (OPTIMA)
The global prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasing, with sub-Saharan Africa having the highest projected increase.
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Towards re-conceptualization of socio-cultural climate change maladaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Reconceptualization of socio-cultural climate change maladaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) demands a nuanced understanding of regions diverse social, cultural and environmental contexts.
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Bringing unique data to wicked problems: developing health system models for equitable access to healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa
Injuries are one of the leading causes of death and disability in low- and middle-income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Inflammation in cardiovascular disease: Regional differences between Sub-saharan Africa and Nothern Europe
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality and amounts to about a third of all global deaths.
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Sexual and gender-related violence against girls in sub-Saharan Africa: a need for effective interventions
Macnab, A. J., Besigye, I., & Tusubira, B. 2024. Sexual and gender-related violence against girls in sub-Saharan Africa: a need for effe...
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Seaports and Development: Nigeria and Angola since the 1980s
Can seaports function as growth poles outside the Traditional Maritime Nations?
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The political economy of oral health in sub-Saharan Africa – uncovering the silent oral health crisis and exposing reasons for low public health priority
Oral diseases are among the most common and among the most neglected diseases of mankind.
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Disaster Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policies, Institutions and Processes
Balgah, Roland A. and Jude N. Kimengsi. (Eds.). 2022. Disaster Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policies, Institutions and Processes (First...
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Culturally relevant COVID-19 vaccine acceptance strategies in sub-Saharan Africa
Ajeigbe, Olufunke, Getachew Arage, Michael Besong, Winnie Chacha, Rachana Desai, Phidelia Doegah, Twaambo E Hamoonga, Hawawu Hussein, Andrew...
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South African – Swedish effort on pre-hospital diagnostics of stroke and traumatic injuries
The purpose of the present project is the implementation of cost efficient, easy to use, diagnostic tools for stroke and trauma in the sub-Saharan Africa, where there are very limited resources in terms of medical personnel, hospitals and diagnostic devices.
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Was the Cape a biotic reservoir in the repopulation of Africa after the KT extinction event 66 MY ago?
The extinction of dinosaurs after a 10 km wide meteor struck Earth in today’s Caribbean, 66 million years ago, marked the division between the Cretaceous and Cenozoic (popularly known as the Age of Mammals).
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Advancing Gender Equality in Africa and Globally: Strengthening Health and Economic Outcomes by Learning What Works at Scale
Around the world, gender inequality continues to shape individual opportunities, families, and societies.
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Understanding Strategic Decisions of Digital Agricultural Platform Companies: Six Case Studies of Sub-Saharan African Platforms
Von Bismarck-Osten, Matthias. 2021. Understanding Strategic Decisions of Digital Agricultural Platform Companies: Six Case Studies of Sub-Sa...
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Analyzing Natural Disaster Management Policy in SSA
Although an African Union Comprehensive Strategy Guide for Disaster Risk Reduction (AUDRR) exists, escalating natural disasters continue to aggravate livelihood insecurity across the continent, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
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Barriers facing persons with disability in accessing sexual and reproductive health services in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
Ganle, John Kuumuori, Leonard Baatiema, Reginald Quansah and Anthony Danso-Appiah. 2020. Barriers facing persons with disability in accessin...
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ICT-Based Platforms as a Driver of the Transformation of Africa's Smallholder Agriculture
For a number of years we have been observing the rapid growth and proliferation of ICT-based platforms for small farmers all over Africa.
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Reverse migration, brain drain and global justice
Okeja, Uchenna. 2017. Reverse migration, brain drain and global justice. South African Journal of Philosophy, 36(1), 133–143. https://doi.or...
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Health promoting schools: initiatives in Africa
Andrew J Macnab, Donald Stewart and Faith A. Gagnon. 2014. Health promoting schools: initiatives in Africa. Health Education, 114 (4), 246 –...
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Africa’s Urban Revolution
Susan Parnell and Edgar Pieterse (Editors). 2014. Africa’s Urban Revolution. Zed Books (London & New York, x + 309 pp). ISBN: 978-1-78-03252...
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Towards Impact and Resilience: Transformative Change In and Through Agricultural Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa
Frans Swanepoel, Zenda Ofir and Aldo Stroebel (Editors). 2014. Towards Impact and Resilience: Transformative Change In and Through Agricultu...
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Monitoring and Evaluation of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD): An Exemplar of Managing for Impact in Development Evaluation
Paul R. Brandon, Nick L. Smith, Zenda Ofir, Zenda and Marco Noordeloos. 2014. Monitoring and Evaluation of African Women in Agricultural Res...
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Implications of Monetary Policy for Credit and Investment in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Ndikumana, Léonce. 2016. Implications of Monetary Policy for Credit and Investment in Sub-Saharan African Countries. Journal of African Deve...
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The Impact on Absence from School of Rapid Diagnostic Testing and Treatment for Malaria by Teachers
Macnab, Andrew J, Sharif Mutabazi, Ronald Mukisa, Atukwatse M Eliab, Hassan Kigozi, and Rachel Steed. 2016. The Impact on Absence from Schoo...
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Patterns of adult body mass in sub-Saharan Africa
Nyirenda, Moffat J., Michèle Ramsay and Peter Byass. 2018. Patterns of adult body mass in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Health Action, 11(sup2)...
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Prevalence estimates for lower urinary tract symptom severity among men in Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa based on regional prevalence data
Bajunirwe, Francis, Lynn Stothers, Jonathan Berkowitz and Andrew Macnab. 2018. Prevalence estimates for lower urinary tract symptom severity...
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Comparative territorial politics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Erk, Jan. 2018. Comparative territorial politics in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Handbook of Territorial Politics (pp. 354–370). Edward Elgar Publ...
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The political economy of oral health in sub-Saharan Africa – uncovering the silent oral health crisis and exposing reasons for low public health priority
The focus of the Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA) 2019 will be on constitutionalism and the economy in Africa.
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Addressing the Need for a Rapid Diagnostic for Childhood Tuberculosis
TB rates are at unprecedented high levels in sub Saharan Africa [2].
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Disability and reproduction in Africa: A multi-methods invest igation to identify, describe and determine the sexual, reproductive and maternal healthcare needs and challenges of women with disability in Ghana
Persons with disabilities (PWDs) constitute 15% of the worlds population.
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“Dementia: a growing problem in South Africa and the world”
Prosperous people live longer and old age carries a high risk of dementia, a condition that is so far neither preventable nor curable.
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Aid Effectiveness and Policy Coherence for Development: Donor Policies and Practices in Comparative Perspective
This research project explores the extent to which donor countries’ aid and non-aid policies work together in the interests of development, as well as the extent to which donors work with each other and recipient governments.
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“Brighter Futures” through Health Promotion and Health Equity
There is robust evidence that health promotion in the school setting can increase children’s knowledge and change their choice of health related behaviors for the better.
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Infectious Disease Prevention in Companion Animals
The project aims at campaigning for the acceptance of companion animal vaccination and its disease prevention aspects, thereby increasing the visibility of veterinary research in the One Medicine-One Health perspective.
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Japanese firms, industrial systems and investments in Africa
It is well recognised that there is growing economic and political interaction between sub-Saharan Africa and states from the East Asian region.
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Mutual innovation capacity building
One of the key assignments for my stay at STIAS will be to work out a proposal for the final agenda and format for a Round Table (RT) meeting to be held at STIAS in February 2016 together with Pontus Braunerhjelm.
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Innovations: Key to structural change and prosperity
One of the key activities during my stay at STIAS is, together with Margareta Norell Bergendahl, to finalize the agenda of the up-coming Round Table meeting to be held at STIAS in February 2016.
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HIV prevention and treatment: from policy to implementation
During my residency at STIAS I will be analyzing data and completing two scientific papers on HIV prevention, in particular the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa, specifically in Kenya and Tanzania where I have ongoing projects and data is being collected.
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Medical Pluralism, Maternal and Child Health, and Demographic Developments in Southeast Africa, 1890-present
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable is the 11th goal of the draft Sustainable Development Goals.
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South African – Swedish effort on pre-hospital diagnostics of stroke and traumatic injuries
Stroke care represents one of the major global unmet challenges of the global health care system.
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Analysing sub-Saharan African states through a limited access lens
During the past decade, an extraordinary disconnect regarding the futures of states in sub-Saharan Africa has emerged: ‘Aspiring Africa, the world’s fastest growing continent’ (in the words of The Economist on its title page), on the one hand, and, in the words of an economist, ‘informalised and subsistence Africa, with swathes of survivalist pockets of existence, remains the overriding economic reality’ in these states, on the other.
