Self-management and its associated factors among people living with diabetes in Blantyre, Malawi: a cross-sectional study

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 19 September 2019 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (5U24HL136791-01) | Carnegie Corporation of New York (B8606.R02) | National Institutes of Health (5U24HL136791-01) | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (B8606.R02) | African Population and Health Research Center (B8606.R02) | Wellcome Trust (107768) | Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete (54100029)

Authors: Chimwemwe Kwanjo Banda | Belinda T. Gombachika | Moffat J. Nyirenda | Adamson Sinjani Muula

Ethical challenges in community engagement practices in research during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 11 June 2020 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by New Partnership for Africa's Development (H3A/18/002) | National Institutes of Health (U54HG010275,U54HG00979) | African Academy of Sciences (H3A/18/002) | Wellcome Trust (205419/Z/16/Z) | Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (H3A/18/002)

Authors: Paulina O. Tindana | Jantina De Vries | Dorcas Kamuya

Detection of blood pathogens in camels and their associated ectoparasitic camel biting keds, Hippobosca camelina: the potential application of keds in xenodiagnosis of camel haemopathogens

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 20 May 2020 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by International Foundation for Science (B/5925-1) | African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-011) | Wellcome Trust (107742/Z/15/Z;WellcomeTrustInvestigator) | Global Challenges Research Fund (G100049/17588)

Authors: Kevin O. Kidambasi | Daniel K. Masiga | Jandouwe Villinger | Mark Carrington | Joel L. Bargul

The Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAfGEN): Applying Genomic technologies to probe host factors important to the progression of HIV and HIV-tuberculosis infection in sub-Saharan Africa

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 18 April 2018 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by New Partnership for Africa's Development (DEL-15-011) | National Institutes of Health (1U54AI110398) | Wellcome Trust (107742/Z/15/Z) | African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-011)

Authors: Gerald Mboowa | Savannah Mwesigwa | Eric Katagirya | Gaone Retshabile | Busisiwe C. Mlotshwa | Lesedi Williams | Adeodata Kekitiinwa | David Kateete | Eddie Wampande | Misaki Wayengera | Betty Nsangi Kintu | Grace P. Kisitu | Samuel Kyobe | Chester W. Brown | Neil A. Hanchard | Graeme Mardon | Moses Joloba | Gabriel Anabwani | Ed Pettitt | Masego Tsimako-Johnstone | Ishmael Kasvosve | Koketso Maplanka | Sununguko W. Mpoloka | Makhosazana Hlatshwayo | Mogomotsi Matshaba

Research into occupational noise induced hearing loss in South African large-scale mines: Access denied?

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 18 April 2018 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by New Partnership for Africa's Development (107768/Z/15/Z) | Carnegie Corporation of New York (B8606.R02) | Wellcome Trust (107768/Z/15/Z) | Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete (54100029) | African Academy of Sciences (107768/Z/15/Z)

Authors: Nomfundo F. Moroe | Katijah Khoza-Shangase

Strengthening research management and support services in sub-Saharan African universities and research institutions

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 20 July 2020 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by Department for International Development (PO6407) | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/P027954/1) | Royal Society (GB-1-203041) | African Academy of Sciences (AAS/021/2019) | Wellcome Trust (200918/Z/16/Z) | GlaxoSmithKline (3000029095) | Natural Environment Research Council (NE/P02095X/1) | Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AAS/021/2019) | European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP-CSA-Ebola-355) | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (ITDCZH26; ITDCVT6810) | Grand Challenges Research Fund (MR/P027873/1)

Authors: Justin Pulford | Susie Crossman | Sara Begg | Jessica Amegee Quach | Pierre Abomo | Taghreed El Hajj | Imelda Bates

Optimization of extraction conditions for polyphenols from the stem bark of Funtumia elastica (Funtum) utilizing response surface methodology

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 10 September 2021 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (4500408737)

Authors: Theophilus Fadjare Frempong | Nathaniel Owusu Boadi | Mercy Badu

Institutionalizing research capacity strengthening in LMICs: A systematic review and meta-synthesis

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 9 September 2020 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by New Partnership for Africa's Development (107768) | Carnegie Corporation of New York (B8606.R02) | Department for International Development, UK Government (107768) | African Academy of Sciences (107768) | Wellcome Trust (107768) | Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete (54100029) | Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (107768)

Authors: Marta Vicente-Crespo | Ojo Agunbiade | John Eyers | Margaret Thorogood | Sharon Fonn

System dynamic modelling of electricity planning and climate change in West Africa

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 4 October 2018 in AAS Open Research

Authors: Abiodun S. Momodu | Lucy Kivuti-Bitok

Community engagement in Genomics research; Challenges and lessons learnt in the AWI-Gen study at Dikgale Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) Site, South Africa

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 12 August 2020 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by National Institutes of Health (Grantno.1U54HG006938)

Authors: Felistas Mashinya | Marianne Alberts | Reneilwe G. Mashaba | Paulina O. Tindana

Double burden of malnutrition among school-aged children and adolescents: evidence from a community-based cross-sectional survey in two Nigerian States

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 21 July 2021 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York (B-8606.RO2) | DELTAS Africa Initiative (107768/Z/15/Z) | SIDA (54100029)

Authors: Adeleye Adeomi | Adesegun Fatusi | Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch

Modelling the effects of climate change on shellfish production in marine artisanal fisheries of Ghana

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 22 May 2019 in AAS Open Research

Authors: Sandra Akugpoka Atindana | Patrick Kwabena Ofori-Danson | Sandra Brucet

Environmental and biological monitoring in the workplace: A 10-year South African retrospective analysis

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 16 July 2018 in AAS Open Research

Authors: Puleng Matatiele | Lerato Mochaki | Bianca Southon | Boitumelo Dabula | Poobalan Poongavanum | Boitumelo Kgarebe

Public hospitals’ finance management systems, and accountability mechanisms in the context of decentralized health systems in low- and middle-income countries – A thematic review

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 4 June 2019 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by The Wellcome Trust (203077/Z/16/Z) | IDeAL (DEL-15-003)

Authors: Hassan Leli | Osman Addulahi | Benjamin Tsofa

“We shall have gone to a higher standard”: Training village heath teams (VHTs) to use a smartphone-guided intervention to link older Ugandans with hypertension and diabetes to care

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 23 June 2020 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-011) | Wellcome Trust (107742)

Authors: Joseph Okello Mugisha | Janet Seeley

Wood-decaying fungi found in Southern Ghana: A potential source of new anti-infective compounds

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 27 August 2019 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by World Bank Group (ACE02-WACCBIP) | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP52155) | African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-007) | Wellcome Trust (DEL-15-007)

Authors: Samuel Yaw Aboagye | Vincent Amarh | Paul A. Lartey | Patrick Kobina Arthur

Association between choice of cooking fuel and peak expiratory flow rate among rural women in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 25 March 2019 in AAS Open Research

Authors: Sandra N. Ofori | Omosivie Maduka

Characterization of culturable airborne bacteria and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of indoor and immediate-outdoor environments of a research institute

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 17 May 2018 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by New Partnership for Africa's Development (DEL-15-007) | World Bank Group (ACE02-WACCBIP) | Wellcome Trust (107755/Z/15/Z) | African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-007)

Authors: Isawumi Abiola | Adiza Abass | Samuel Duodu | Lydia Mosi

Pre-school aged children are exposed to Schistosoma through Lake Kivu in Rwanda

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 22 February 2019 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by University of Rwanda (51160027)

Authors: Nadine Rujeni | Alex Mazimpaka | Musafiri Tumusiime | Elias Nyandwi | Gad Rutayisire | Pascal Kayiranga | Irenee Umulisa | Eugene Ruberanziza | Faith Osier | Francisca Mutapi

Counselling and knowledge on iron and folic acid supplementation (IFAS) among pregnant women in Kiambu County, Kenya: a cross-sectional study

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 25 March 2019 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York (B8606.R02) | Wellcome Trust (107768/Z/15/Z) | Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete (54100029) | African Academy of Sciences (107768/Z/15/Z)

Authors: Mary Kamau | Samuel Kimani | Waithira Mirie