BACKGROUND There is an urgent global need to strengthen rehabilitation services for people with disabilities. In sub-Saharan Africa, rehabilitation services for people with communication disabilities continue to be underdeveloped. A first step in strengthening services for people with a communication disabilities is to understand the composition and conditions of the current workforce. OBJECT...

This paper analyzes the impacts of physical infrastructure and human capital on FDI inflow in East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Towards this effect a panel data of 1230 observations of 41 countries from 1975 to 2004 have been analyzed using Prais-Winsten heteroskedastic panels corrected standard errors. The empirical results from this study have confirmed that the main key factors for att...

Inherited hemoglobinopathies led by Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) are key contributors to the anaemia burden in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In Tanzania, an estimated six out of one thousand newborns born with SCD, making Tanzania fourth country highest SCD patients world and third after Nigeria Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) (Nigeria 85,000, 42,000 11,000).

Global value chain (GVC) participation has been identified as one of the means by which developing countries can attain inclusive growth yet little attention paid to it in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Motivated dearth studies on SSA, we investigate effect GVC for 19 SSA period 1991 2017, using system GMM estimator. The results show that drives through employment creation. We find though SSA’s fore...

BACKGROUND Diabetic ketoacidosis is the most common hyperglycaemic emergency in patients with diabetes mellitus, especially type 1 diabetes. It carries very high mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, both in the treated patients and those who are presenting to hospital with diabetes for the first time. OBJECTIVE To review the risk factors, mechanisms and management approaches in diabetes ketoacido...

BACKGROUND Reports from Africa have suggested that pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a less important cause of morbidity than in the developed world. However, more recent studies have shown high seroprevalence rates of P. jirovecii in healthy individuals with HIV as well as high rates of clinical disease in African children. This suggests that PCP may be more common in Africa than was previously ...

Using data from the Ethnographic Atlas and World Values Survey within a structural equation modelling (GSEM) framework, we analyse how historical social institutions current gender attitudes influence female employment outcomes, specifically labour force participation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We find that patriarchal systems generally reduce participation, relation to matriarchal systems. a...

This narrative review explores the potential of FinTech in promoting sustainable healthcare development Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), focusing on role blockchain, crowdfunding, digital payments, and machine learning. The also highlights barriers to adoption SSA, including limited access technology, regulatory challenges, cultural factors, proposes solutions, such as capacity building increased fina...

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...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with acute stroke and other cardiovascular diseases in the developed world. Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) has been described in some populations in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in spite of adequate sunshine all year round. There is no information on the magnitude of vitamin D deficiency among patients with stroke and other cardiovascular disease...