Introduction Institutionalizing research and training for the management of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) through establishment of a worldclass research centre In a recent article titled ‘‘Neglected No Longer: New Progress on NTDs,’’ Richard Hartfield argues that NTDs are now mainstream because they are on the agenda of three key policy forums_the African Union (AU), the World Health Assem...

The African swine fever epizootic in central and eastern European Union member states has a newly identified component involving virus transmission by wild boar and virus survival in the environment. Insights led to an update of the 3 accepted African swine fever transmission models to include a fourth cycle: wild boar-habitat.

Abstract The African Union (AU) has developed an elaborate gender governance architecture, including machineries and women’s desks, policy frameworks, path-breaking rights laws, ongoing campaigns on rights–related issues. At the same time, member states’ engagement with this architecture is at best lukewarm, a lack of domestication, compliance, accountability. This paradox addressed in article ...

The paper investigates the public’s attitude towards monetary union arrangements associated with different levels of monetary policy autonomy. The results indicate that support for monetary union declines significantly with expected loss of autonomy. Survey data from Kenya shows that public support for the proposed East African Community monetary union is highest in an arrangement where the cou...