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...

Background and significance The third Sustainable Development Goal for child health, which aims to end preventable deaths of newborns and children less than 5 years of age by 2030, cannot be met without substantial reduction of infection-specific neonatal mortality in the developing world. Neonatal infections are estimated to account for 26% of annual neonatal deaths, with mortality rates highe...

The benefits of local production of pharmaceuticals in Africa for local access to medicines and to effective treatment remain contested. There is scepticism among health systems experts internationally that production of pharmaceuticals in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can provide competitive prices, quality and reliability of supply. Meanwhile low-income African populations continue to suffer poor ...

The changing demands on the health sectors in lowand middle-income countries especially sub-Saharan African countries continue to challenge efforts to address critical shortages of the health workforce. Addressing these challenges have led to the evolution of “non-physician clinicians” (NPCs), that assume some physician roles and thus mitigate the continuing shortage of doctors in these countri...

To address literature on U.S.-China hegemonic competition, this paper examines the properties of China among select Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) states which pertain to features hegemony per world-systems analysis how it compares United States regional powers Brazil South Africa. I demonstrate that Beijing has made significant progress propagating its modus operandi by way greater yuan use im...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) worldwide has grown exponentially in the last two decades and while sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been grappling with the crippling effects of epidemic infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, cardiovascular disease is now emerging as a grievous concern. Research and resources have largely been directed toward understanding and curtailing infectious diseases...

Declining agricultural productivity has been a challenge worldwide and especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Low attributed to factors such as poor farm management practices, soil moisture stress, infertility, degradation, among others. The nations the SSA are prone insufficient crop yields due their inadequate capacity adapt good practices that support integrated fertility water (ISFWM) prac...

In recent decades, international connectivity has improved significantly with the worldwide deployment of some 400 fiber submarine cables (SMCs), transmitting more than 99% telecommunications. If sub-Saharan African (SSA) long remained excluded from this interconnection process, maritime infrastructure network recently densified and spurred an catch-up. This paper estimates impact SMC on digita...

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is home to two-thirds of the world’s ultra-poor today. This paper offers current thinking on the structural causes of the spatially concentrated, persistent ultrapoverty that has plagued Africa for a generation and some key entry points for facilitating Africans’ escape from persistent ultra-poverty. The increased recognition of persistent ultra-poverty has rekindled lo...

The editorial “Non-physician Clinicians in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Evolving Role of Physicians” by Eyal et al describes non-physician clinicians’ (NPC) need for mentorship and support from physicians. We emphasise the same need of support for front line generalist primary healthcare providers who carry out complex tasks yet may have an inadequate skill mix.