Food insecurity and hunger are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Food security implies the provision of safe, nutritious, and quantitatively and qualitatively adequate food, as well as access to it by all people. The chronic food insecurity in SSA is largely due to the fact that 85-90 per cent of agriculture is rain-fed and accounts for 35 percent of the region’s gross national product (G...

The convergence of wireless applications presents a greater hope for consolidating e-Government (ICTenabled or online government) applications even in resource-constrained countries such as those in Africa. This chapter presents an exploratory study that aims at discussing the extent as to how convergence of wireless technologies from different vendors promises to contribute to the consolidatio...

Dramatic rises in injection drug use (IDU) in sub-Saharan Africa account for increasingly more infections in a region already overwhelmed by the HIV epidemic. There is no known estimate of the number of people who inject drugs (PWID) in the region, or the associated HIV prevalence in PWID. We reviewed literature with the goal of describing high-risk practices and exposures in PWID in sub-Sahara...

OBJECTIVES To identify the gaps of knowledge and highlight the challenges and opportunities for controlling cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). METHODS A comprehensive review of peer-reviewed literature to summarize the epidemiological data on human papillomavirus (HPV) and invasive cervical cancer (ICC) by HIV status, to review feasible and effective cervical screening strategies, a...

In its various publications, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has vigorously advocated need for reforming African trade policy from inward oriented strategies to outward ones. While most countries in Africa have long accepted reform agenda, there remains marked differences their expected growth outcomes. This raises some skepticism about value of openness on especially Sub- Saharan (SSA).T...

Based on wireless technologies, Africa is undergoing a revolution in ICT. Efforts to employ the mobile phones beyond the conventional communication tool are underway. Mobile technology can be used to detect and respond to disease outbreaks and improve public health and health care provision. Mobile health (m-health) is believed to be appropriate in Sub Saharan Africa. However, m-health applicat...

Premium exemption for the poor is a critical step towards achieving universal health coverage in sub-Saharan Africa due to the large proportion of the population living in extreme poverty who cannot pay premium. However, identifying the poor for premium exemption has been a big challenge for SSA countries. This paper is a succinct review of four methods available for identifying the poor, outli...

Objective: The objective of this article was to explore gender inequality and its relationship with health expenditure and maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A unique analysis was used to correlate the Gender Inequality Index (GII), Health Expenditure and Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR). The GII captured inequalities across three dimensions – Reproductive health, Women empowerment a...

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) ranks lowest globally in respect of energy access rates. The resulting high poverty impedes sustainable economic growth and aggravates the overall which is prevalent SSA countries. A better understanding relationship between financial development consumption can contribute to enhancing SSA. existing literature presents conflicting evidence regarding this relationship. O...