Increased blood pressure is the leading risk for death globally. While this is also true in sub-Saharan Africa, there are many hypertension issues that are unique to the region. A prime and important example is that in most countries in the region, population blood pressure is increasing, while in most countries in the rest of the globe, population blood pressure is decreasing. Currently hypert...

The paper therefore x-rays the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on migration dynamics by analyzing types and trends migrants’ movement, demographic as related to inflow remittances (both cash in-kind) SSA countries prior pandemic. Also discusses constraints transferring subsequent decline posed outbreak during beyond pandemics. Secondary evidence from Somali Nigeria were analyzed remitting cash, wh...

A free flow of ideas and information is vital to the process of scientific inquiry, and in turn to the ability to address economic, environmental and social development issues both in the sub-Saharan Africa region and globally. Most of the challenges facing scholarly publishing in sub-Saharan Africa are global and do not respect national boundaries. Scholarly publishing enables research finding...

Millets are extremely important in the African SAT (semi-arid tropics), produced in 18.50 million ha by 28 countries covering 30% of the continent. This is a significant 49% of the global millet area, with a production of 11.36 million tons by 1994. There are nine species which form major sources of energy and protein for about 130 million people in SSA (Sub-Saharan Africa). Among these, only f...

This paper examines the behaviour of inflation, output, and unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries shows that predictions Phillips curve Okun’s law are valid short run. In long run however, coefficient declines greatly turns positive while phenomenon gravitates towards New Keynesian Curve (NKPC) but with a negative relationship. The evidence echoes Friedman’s proposition temporary t...

In Sub-Saharan Africa, 40% of the burden of disease and injury can potentially be addressed by emergency care. Adequate pre-hospital care is vital, but often unavailable in Sub-Saharan Africa. Initial help and emergency transport often depends on basic first responders. The World Bank identified first aid training as cost-effective way to save lives in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although well-intentio...

Abstract This study compares taxation trends, volatility and tax effort between sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) Latin American the Caribbean (LAC) countries since 1980. It finds that LAC lead on revenue collection stability, but richer SSA outperform their counterparts. Since 2010, there has been a divergence personal income taxes, which have grown in declined LAC. The panel analysis shows determinant...

OBJECTIVE This article reviews the English-language literature on child sexual abuse in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The focus is on the sexual abuse of children in the home/community, as opposed to the commercial sexual exploitation of children. METHODS English language, peer-reviewed papers cited in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) are examined. Reports from international and local NG...

BACKGROUND We examined differences by geographical origin (GO) in time from HIV seroconversion (SC) to AIDS, death, and initiation of antiretroviral therapy (cART). METHODS Data from HIV seroconverter cohorts in Europe, Australia and Canada (CASCADE) was used; GO was classified as: western countries (WE), North Africa and Middle East (NAME), sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Latin America (LA), and A...

this commentary follows up on an editorial by eyal and colleagues in which these authors discuss the implications of the emergence of non-physician clinicians (npcs) on the health labour market for the education of medical doctors. we generally agree with those authors and we want to stress the importance of clarifying the terminology to describe these practitioners and of defining more formall...