Predicting Pro-Environmental Behaviour amongst Citizens in African Countries: A Cross-National Study amongst Six African Countries

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries

Explaining Variations in Political Interest and Participation Amongst Countries: A Cross-National Comparison

The existence of political interest in society is critical for the health and future of all democracies and countries aspiring to become democracies. Likewise, a populace having the ability and willingness to participate in politics is crucial for a healthy society. An interest in politics and a desire to participate are not the same thing as actually being able to participate. Currently, there...

A comparative analysis of national HIV policies in six African countries with generalized epidemics

OBJECTIVE To compare national human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) policies influencing access to HIV testing and treatment services in six sub-Saharan African countries. METHODS We reviewed HIV policies as part of a multi-country study on adult mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. A policy extraction tool was developed and used to review national HIV policy documents and guidelines published in Ke...

Agricultural intensification: The status in six African countries

Boserup and Ruthenberg (BR) provided the framework to analyze the impact of population growth and market access on the intensification of farming systems. Prior evidence in Africa is consistent with the framework. Over the past two decades, rapid population growth has put farming systems under stress, while rapid urbanization and economic growth have provided new market opportunities. New measu...

Changing community behaviour: experience from three African countries.

In the developing world, more than 1 billion people lack access to safe water. To address this problem, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed the Safe Water System (SWS), a household-based intervention with three elements: water disinfection, safe storage and behaviour change techniques, and tested these in three countries. In Zambia, social marketing (SM) was used to impl...