Economic evaluation of hepatitis B vaccination in low-income countries: using cost-effectiveness affordability curves by Sun-Young Kim, Joshua A Salomon, Sue J Goldie

“…For illustration, we apply the method to the programme to vaccinate infants against hepatitis B in the Gambia. METHODS: We synthesized selected data and developed a computer-based model from the societal and payer perspectives to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of routine infant vaccination against hepatitis B in the Gambia compared with no vaccination. …”
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Antibody responses to yellow fever vaccine in 9 to 11-month-old Malian and Ghanaian children by Olubukola T. Idoko, Nuredin Mohammed, Patrick Ansah, Abraham Hodgson, Milagritos D. Tapia, Samba O. Sow, Paanchali R. Chowdhury, Matthias Niedrig, Elmar Saathoff, Beate Kampmann

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Partnership preferences, economic drivers, and health consequences of Gambian men's interactions with foreign tourists: A mixed methods study. by Matthew Quaife, Mareme Diallo, Assan Jaye, Melisa Martinez-Alvarez

“…The Gambia has a thriving tourist industry, but in recent decades has developed a reputation as a destination for older, female tourists to seek sexual relationships with young Gambian men. …”
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Partnership preferences, economic drivers, and health consequences of Gambian men’s interactions with foreign tourists: A mixed methods study by Matthew Quaife, Mareme Diallo, Assan Jaye, Melisa Martinez-Alvarez

“…The Gambia has a thriving tourist industry, but in recent decades has developed a reputation as a destination for older, female tourists to seek sexual relationships with young Gambian men. …”
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Longitudinal Ambient PM_2.5 Measurement at Fifteen Locations in Eight Sub-Saharan African Countries Using Low-Cost Sensors by Babatunde Awokola, Gabriel Okello, Olatunji Johnson, Ruaraidh Dobson, Abdoul Risgou Ouédraogo, Bakary Dibba, Mbatchou Ngahane, Chizalu Ndukwu, Chuka Agunwa, Diana Marangu, Herve Lawin, Ifeoma Ogugua, Joy Eze, Nnamdi Nwosu, Ogochukwu Ofiaeli, Peter Ubuane, Rashid Osman, Endurance Awokola, Annette Erhart, Kevin Mortimer, Christopher Jewell, Sean Semple

“…Other countries with less pronounced dry/wet season variations were Benin (20 µg/m³ versus 5 µg/m³), Uganda (50 µg/m³ versus 45 µg/m³), Sukuta (Gambia) (20 µg/m³ versus 15 µg/m³) and Kenya (30 µg/m³ versus 25 µg/m³). …”
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Heat and mass transport of an advection-diffusion viscous fluid past a magnetized multi-physical curved stretching sheet with chemical reaction by K. M. Sanni, Afis Saliu, S. Asghar

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On Lemniscate of Bernoulli of q-Janowski type by Afis Saliu, Semiu Oladipupo Oladejo

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Genome-wide SNP analysis of Plasmodium falciparum shows differentiation at drug-resistance-associated loci among malaria transmission settings in southern Mali by Aoua Coulibaly, Aoua Coulibaly, Mouhamadou Fadel Diop, Aminatou Kone, Antoine Dara, Amed Ouattara, Amed Ouattara, Nicola Mulder, Olivo Miotto, Mahamadou Diakite, Abdoulaye Djimde, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa

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Clinical isolates of uncomplicated falciparum malaria from high and low malaria transmission areas show distinct pfcrt and pfmdr1 polymorphisms in western Ethiopia by Geletta Tadele, Aminata Jawara, Mary Oboh, Eniyou Oriero, Sisay Dugassa, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Lemu Golassa

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The influence of early environment and micronutrient availability on developmental epigenetic programming: lessons from the placenta by Rebecca Sainty, Matt J. Silver, Andrew M. Prentice, David Monk

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The prevalence of sarcopenia and relationships between muscle and bone in ageing West‐African Gambian men and women by Ayse Zengin, Landing M. Jarjou, Ann Prentice, Cyrus Cooper, Peter R. Ebeling, Kate A. Ward

“…We investigated the prevalence of sarcopenia, assessed the suitability of current diagnostic guidelines and explored muscle–bone relationships in ageing men and women from rural Gambia. Methods A total of 249 women and 239 men aged 40–75+ years were recruited. …”
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RETRACTED: Impact of drying methods on composition and functional properties of date powder procured from different cultivars by Nighat Raza, Muhammad U. Arshad, Faqir M. Anjum, Farhan Saeed, Abid A. Maan, Huma Bader Ul Ain

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Drug abuse among street children by Yahya Muhammed Bah

“… In The Gambia like all nations, drug abuse is seen as a social and health problem that has many serious implications for the physical, social, psychological and intellectual development of the victims more especially, the children. …”
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Hepatitis B in Sub-Saharan Africa by Jessica Howell, Nimzing G. Ladep, Maud Lemoine, Mark R. Thursz, Simon D. Taylor-Robinson

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Growing debt burden in low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19 may constrain health financing by Frederik Federspiel, Josephine Borghi, Melisa Martinez-Alvarez

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Risk factors for non-participation in ivermectin and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine mass drug administration for malaria control in the MASSIV trial by Christian Kositz, Hristina Vasileva, Nuredin Mohammed, Jane Achan, Edgard Diniba Dabira, Umberto D’Alessandro, John Bradley, Michael Marks

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Some Geometrical Results Associated with Secant Hyperbolic Functions by Isra Al-Shbeil, Afis Saliu, Adriana Cătaş, Sarfraz Nawaz Malik, Semiu Oladipupo Oladejo

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On <i>q</i>-Limaçon Functions by Afis Saliu, Kanwal Jabeen, Isra Al-Shbeil, Najla Aloraini, Sarfraz Nawaz Malik

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A group acceptance sampling plan truncated life test for alpha power transformation inverted perks distribution based on quality control reliability by Muhammad Ameeq, M. H. Tahir, Muhammad Muneeb Hassan, Farrukh Jamal, Shakaiba Shafiq, John T. Mendy

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Editorial: Vaccines and immunization services during the pandemic era and beyond by Edina Amponsah-Dacosta, Alma Fulurija, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, Smriti Mathema, Oghenebrume Wariri, Oghenebrume Wariri

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