Cocoa plant productivity in West Africa under climate change: a modelling and experimental study by Emily Black, Ewan Pinnington, Caroline Wainwright, Fiona Lahive, Tristan Quaife, Richard P Allan, Peter Cook, Andrew Daymond, Paul Hadley, Patrick C McGuire, Anne Verhoef, Pier Luigi Vidale

“…The potential effect of climate change on regional suitability for cocoa cultivation is a serious economic concern for West Africa—especially for Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, whose cocoa cultivation accounts for respectively ∼19% and ∼45% of world production. …”
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THE GLOBAL NEED AND AVAILABILITY OF PLASMA COAGULATION FACTORS VIII AND IX IN HEMOPHILIA CONTEXT: A GLOBAL HEALTH ESTIMATE REPORTING by ECDS Anjos, FR Ferreira, PHS Bermejo, MF Moreira, DN Prata

“…FIX : In the 21 sub-Saharan Africa countries reporting plasmatic FIX use, nine of them (Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal) had 100% of unmet need, Mauritania had 94.6%, Sudan had 93.8%, South Africa had 66.6% and, in contrast, Mauritius had 26.5%. …”
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The use of traditional medicine practitioner services for childhood illnesses among childbearing women: a multilevel analysis of demographic and health surveys in 32 sub-Saharan Af... by Peter Bai James, Razak M. Gyasi, Ossy Muganga Julius Kasilo, Jon Wardle, Abdulai Jawo Bah, George A. Yendewa, Amos Deogratius Mwaka

“…Results Approximately [2.80% (95%CI: 1.88–3.90)] women who sought healthcare for childhood illnesses utilised the service of a TMP with the highest occurring in Cote d’Ivoire [16.3% (95%CI: 13.87–19.06)] and Guinea (13.80% (95%CI: 10.74–17.57)] but the lowest in Sierra Leone [0.10%(95%CI:0.01–1.61)]. …”
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Potential impact of 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming on consecutive dry and wet days over West Africa by Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Vincent O Ajayi, Emiola Olabode Gbobaniyi, Temitope S Egbebiyi, Kouakou Kouadio, Francis Nkrumah, Kwesi Akumenyi Quagraine, Christiana Olusegun, Ulrich Diasso, Babatunde J Abiodun, Kamoru Lawal, Grigory Nikulin, Christopher Lennard, Alessandro Dosio

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Protocol of an individual participant data meta-analysis to quantify the impact of high ambient temperatures on maternal and child health in Africa (HE2AT IPD) by Prestige Tatenda Makanga, Gloria Maimela, Akbar K Waljee, Stanley Luchters, Matthew Francis Chersich, Ji Zhu, Kristie L Ebi, Brama Kone, Webster Mavhu, Christopher Boyer, Fortunate Machingura, Guéladio Cissé, Darshnika Pemi Lakhoo, Chris Jack, Ijeoma Solarin, Kshama S Chande, Cherlynn Dumbura, Lisa van Aardenne, Bonnie R Joubert, Kimberly A McAllister, Maliha Ilias, Sibusisiwe Makhanya, Craig Parker, Zororo Mavindidze, Pierre Kloppers, Piotr Wolski, Abdoulaye Tall, Adja Ferdinand Vanga, Euphemia Sibanda, Reason Mlambo, Gciniwe D Baloyi

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Integration of HIV care into maternal and child health services in the global IeDEA consortium by John Humphrey, Elizabeth Nagel, James G. Carlucci, Andrew Edmonds, Aarti Kinikar, Kim Anderson, Valériane Leroy, Daisy Machado, Dwight E. Yin, Marco Tulio Luque, Madeleine Amorissani-Folquet, Safari Mbewe, Tulathip Suwanlerk, Athanase Munyaneza, Rena C. Patel, Beverly Musick, Lisa Abuogi, Kara Wools-Kaloustian

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Survival of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Patients- A Retrospective Study from the Yopougon University Hospital, Abidjan, Ivory Coast by Alexis Dohoma Silue, Emeuraude Ndhatz, Romeo Ayemou, Boidy Kouakou, Clotaire Danho Nanho, Ismael Kamar A, Ndogomo Meite, Gustave Kouassi Koffi

“…However, this is not the case in Middle Income Countries (MICs), particularly in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa where much efforts are still needed to improve the treatment of these patients.This study raises the issue of the fate and survival of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) patients in these countries. …”
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Germplasm Acquisition and Distribution by CGIAR Genebanks by Michael Halewood, Nelissa Jamora, Isabel Lopez Noriega, Noelle L. Anglin, Peter Wenzl, Thomas Payne, Marie-Noelle Ndjiondjop, Luigi Guarino, P. Lava Kumar, Mariana Yazbek, Alice Muchugi, Vania Azevedo, Marimagne Tchamba, Chris S. Jones, Ramaiah Venuprasad, Nicolas Roux, Edwin Rojas, Charlotte Lusty

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Hymenopteran Parasitoids of Hard Ticks in Western Africa and the Russian Far East by Mapenda Gaye, Nadia Amanzougaghene, Younes Laidoudi, El Hadji Amadou Niang, Zuzana Sekeyová, Maureen Laroche, Jean-Michel Bérenger, Didier Raoult, Mária Kazimírová, Florence Fenollar, Oleg Mediannikov

“…In this study, we investigate the occurrence of parasitoid wasps in adult hard ticks from Western Africa (Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal) and Far Eastern Europe (Russia) using molecular methods. …”
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Community health workers in clinical research at the example of a phase IIIb/ IV antimalarial drug trial conducted in five African countries by Mirjam Groger, Gaston Tona Lutete, Serge-Brice Assi, Jude D. Bigoga, Nsengi Y. Ntamabyaliro, Sarah Arbe-Barnes, Jangsik Shin, Ayola A. Adegnika, Francine Ntoumi, Peter G. Kremsner, Michael Ramharter, Stephan Duparc, Isabelle Borghini-Fuhrer, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma

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Enhanced Performance of Carbon–Selenide Composite with La_0.9Ce_0.1NiO₃ Perovskite Oxide for Outstanding Counter Electrodes in Platinum-Free Dye-Sens... by Arnauld Robert Tapa, Wanchun Xiang, Senwei Wu, Bin Li, Qiufen Liu, Mingfeng Zhang, Marzieh Ghadamyari, Francis Verpoort, Jichao Wang, Albert Trokourey, Xiujian Zhao

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The epidemiology of HIV population viral load in twelve sub-Saharan African countries by Wolfgang Hladik, Paul Stupp, Stephen D. McCracken, Jessica Justman, Clement Ndongmo, Judith Shang, Emily K. Dokubo, Elizabeth Gummerson, Isabelle Koui, Stephane Bodika, Roger Lobognon, Hermann Brou, Caroline Ryan, Kristin Brown, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Leonard Kingwara, Peter Young, Megan Bronson, Duncan Chege, Optatus Malewo, Yohannes Mengistu, Frederix Koen, Andreas Jahn, Andrew Auld, Sasi Jonnalagadda, Elizabeth Radin, Ndapewa Hamunime, Daniel B. Williams, Eugenie Kayirangwa, Veronicah Mugisha, Rennatus Mdodo, Stephen Delgado, Wilford Kirungi, Lisa Nelson, Christine West, Samuel Biraro, Kumbutso Dzekedzeke, Danielle Barradas, Owen Mugurungi, Shirish Balachandra, Peter H. Kilmarx, Godfrey Musuka, Hetal Patel, Bharat Parekh, Katrina Sleeman, Robert A. Domaoal, George Rutherford, Tsietso Motsoane, Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Mansoor Farahani, Andrew C. Voetsch

“…<h4>Methods</h4> We analyzed data from Population-based HIV Impact Assessments (PHIAs), large national household-based surveys conducted between 2015 and 2019 in Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. …”
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Usage de l’internet des jeunes ivoirien à Abidjan: une étude comparative des communes de Koumassi et de Cocody by Ago Thérèse TANOH

“…Résumé : Le développement de l’Internet a engendré de nouvelles formes de crimes (économique et humain). En Côte d’Ivoire, le phénomène, connu sous le nom de « broutage[1] » a atteint un niveau tel qu’il est devenu un phénomène au sein de la jeunesse. …”
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High-throughput barcoding method for the genetic surveillance of insecticide resistance and species identification in Anopheles gambiae complex malaria vectors by Monica Campos, Jody Phelan, Anton Spadar, Emma Collins, Adéritow Gonçalves, Bethanie Pelloquin, Natasha Marcella Vaselli, Anne Meiwald, Emma Clark, Caleb Stica, James Orsborne, Moussa Sylla, Constant Edi, Denka Camara, Abdul Rahim Mohammed, Yaw Asare Afrane, Mojca Kristan, Thomas Walker, Lara Ferrero Gomez, Louisa A. Messenger, Taane G. Clark, Susana Campino

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Safety and immunogenicity of 2-dose heterologous Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccination in healthy and HIV-infected adults: A randomised, placebo-controlled Phase II clinical tr... by Barry, H, Mutua, G, Kibuuka, H, Anywaine, Z, Sirima, SB, Meda, N, Anzala, O, Eholie, S, Bétard, C, Richert, L, Lacabaratz, C, McElrath, MJ, de Rosa, S, Cohen, KW, Shukarev, G, Robinson, C, Gaddah, A, Heerwegh, D, Bockstal, V, Luhn, K, Leyssen, M, Douoguih, M, Thiébaut, R, Thiebaut, R

“…<br> <strong>Methods and findings</strong> In this randomised, observer-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II trial, 668 healthy 18- to 70-year-olds and 142 HIV-infected 18- to 50-year-olds were enrolled from 1 site in Kenya and 2 sites each in Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, and Uganda. Participants received intramuscular Ad26.ZEBOV followed by MVA-BN-Filo at 28-, 56-, or 84-day intervals, or saline. …”

Seasonal Effect on the Chemical Composition, Insecticidal Properties and Other Biological Activities of <i>Zanthoxylum leprieurii</i> Guill. & Perr. Essential Oils by Evelyne Amenan Tanoh, Guy Blanchard Boué, Fatimata Nea, Manon Genva, Esse Leon Wognin, Allison Ledoux, Henri Martin, Zanahi Felix Tonzibo, Michel Frederich, Marie-Laure Fauconnier

“…This study focused, for the first time, on the evaluation of the seasonal effect on the chemical composition and biological activities of essential oils hydrodistillated from leaves, trunk bark and fruits of <i>Zanthoxylum leprieurii</i> (<i>Z. leprieurii</i>), a traditional medicinal wild plant growing in Côte d’Ivoire. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation from fresh organs of <i>Z. leprieurii</i> growing on the same site over several months using a Clevenger-type apparatus and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). …”
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Multi-Residue Screening of Pesticides in Aquatic Products Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry by Shouying Wang, Guangxin Yang, Yunyu Tang, Yuan Wang, Xiaosheng Shen, Wenshuai Si, Huijuan Yu, Wenlei Zhai, Essy Kouadio Fodjo, Cong Kong

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The Status of Space Weather Infrastructure and Research in Africa by Paul Baki, Babatunde Rabiu, Christine Amory-Mazaudier, Rolland Fleury, Pierre J. Cilliers, Joseph Adechinan, Anas Emran, Aziza Bounhir, Claudio Cesaroni, J. Bienvenue Dinga, Patricia Doherty, Idrissa Gaye, Hassen Ghalila, Franck Grodji, John-Bosco Habarulema, Bruno Kahindo, Ayman Mahrous, Honoré Messanga, Patrick Mungufeni, Bruno Nava, Melessew Nigussie, Joseph Olwendo, Patrick Sibanda, René Tato Loua, Jean Uwamahoro, Naima Zaourar, Jean-Louis Zerbo

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Pharmacological Potential and Chemical Characterization of <i>Bridelia ferruginea</i> Benth.—A Native Tropical African Medicinal Plant by Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally, Sharmeen Jugreet, Kouadio Ibrahime Sinan, Gokhan Zengin, Gunes Ak, Ramazan Ceylan, József Jekő, Zoltán Cziáky, Paola Angelini, Giancarlo Angeles Flores, Roberto Venanzoni, Simonetta Cristina Di Simone, Luigi Menghini, Giustino Orlando, Claudio Ferrante, Ouattara Katinan Etienne, Massimo Tacchini

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Population genomics reveals the origin and asexual evolution of human infective trypanosomes by William Weir, Paul Capewell, Bernardo Foth, Caroline Clucas, Andrew Pountain, Pieter Steketee, Nicola Veitch, Mathurin Koffi, Thierry De Meeûs, Jacques Kaboré, Mamadou Camara, Anneli Cooper, Andy Tait, Vincent Jamonneau, Bruno Bucheton, Matt Berriman, Annette MacLeod

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