Tackling human and animal health threats through innovative vaccinology in Africa

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 19 November 2018 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-003)

Authors: George M. Warimwe | Jyothi Purushotham | Brian D. Perry | Adrian V.S. Hill | Sarah C. Gilbert | Baptiste Dungu | Bryan Charleston

A phenomenological study on experiences of cancer stigma amongst selected people living with cancer in rural and urban Zimbabwe

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 7 October 2021 in AAS Open Research

Authors: Enock Mandizadza | Stanzia Moyo

Cancer in Kenya: types and infection-attributable. Data from the adult population of two National referral hospitals (2008-2012)

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 14 November 2019 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by Kenyatta National Hospital Research and Programs Department (KNH/R&P/23C/34/22)

Authors: Lucy Wanjiku Macharia | Marianne Wanjiru Mureithi | Omu Anzala

A prospective review of renewable energy developments in Ethiopia

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 14 December 2020 in AAS Open Research

Authors: Sameer Hameer | Netsanet Ejigu

Knowledge and attitude of secondary school students in Nakaseke, Uganda towards HIV transmission and treatment

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 5 May 2021 in AAS Open Research

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

Authors: Patricia Nabisubi | Stephen Kanyerezi | Grace Kebirungi | Gerald Mboowa

Microbiological assessment of sachet water “pure water” from five regions in Ghana

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 18 April 2018 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by National Institutes of Health (U01HG009716-01) | Wellcome Trust (107755/Z/15/Z) | African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-007)

Authors: Lydia Mosi | Samuel Mawuli Adadey | Sandra Akoley Sowah | Charles Yeboah

The body cannot be cheated: sexual practices and modern contraceptive use among street-involved young people in two South West States in Nigeria

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 4 August 2021 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York (B8606.R02) | African Academy of Sciences (107768) | Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete (54100113)

Authors: Mary O. Obiyan | Atinuke O. Olaleye | Macellina Y. Ijadunola | Morenike O. Folayan

Screening tools for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders among adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 30 October 2019 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by Wellcome Trust (208283)

Authors: Patrick N. Mwangala | Charles R. Newton | Melanie Abas | Amina Abubakar

Identification of human African Trypanosomiasis foci using school-going children in post-conflict era in Nwoya District, Northern Uganda: A cross-sectional study

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 18 April 2018 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence (Grant number 087540)

Authors: Kenneth Luryama Moi | James Henry Obol | Denis Anywar Arony

Detecting level of wetland encroachment for urban agriculture in Uganda using hyper-temporal remote sensing

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 12 May 2020 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by World Bank Group (ATAAS:ProjectID,P109224) | African Academy of Sciences (CR4D-19-08.)

Authors: Stella Kabiri | Molly Allen | Juduth Toma Okuonzia | Beatrice Akello | Rebecca Ssabaganzi | Drake Mubiru

“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 1 December 2021 in AAS Open Research

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

Authors: Joseph Okello Mugisha | Janet Seeley

Prevalence of chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from three areas in Ghana

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 18 April 2018 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by World Bank Group (ACE02:WACCBIP) | Wellcome Trust (107755/Z/15/Z) | African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-007)

Authors: James Abugri | Felix Ansah | Kwaku P. Asante | Comfort N. Opoku | Lucas A. Amenga-Etego | Gordon A. Awandare

Description and comparison of physical activity from self-reports and accelerometry among primary school children in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a pilot study

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 17 May 2021 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-011) | Wellcome Trust (107742/Z/15/Z) | Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (DEL-15-011)

Authors: Mary Vincent Mosha | Elizabeth Kasagama | Philip Ayieko | Jim Todd | Sia E. Msuya | Heiner Grosskurth | Suzanne Filteau

Current and emerging diagnostic tests available for the novel COVID-19 global pandemic

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 24 April 2020 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by African Academy of Sciences (GrandChallengesAfrica) | DELTAS Africa (DEL-15-011 to THRiVE-2)

Authors: Gerald Mboowa

Autism seminary for public engagement: evaluation of knowledge and attitudes of traditional medical practitioners in Mali

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 13 June 2019 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by New Partnership for Africa's Development (DEL-15-007) | African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-007) | Wellcome Trust (107755)

Authors: Modibo Sangare | Bakary Dembele | Amadou Toure | Seidina Diakite | Gordon Awandare | Modibo Kouyate | Seydou Doumbia | Mahamadou Diakite | Arouna Togora | Souleymane Coulibaly | Housseini Dolo

Typology, technical efficiency and scale economy of dibiteries in Dakar, Senegal

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 12 December 2019 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (81141843) | African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-008) | Wellcome Trust (107753)

Authors: Malik Orou Seko | Walter Ossebi | Gnamien Sylvain Traoré | Andrée Prisca Ndjoug Ndour | Jasmina Saric | Gilbert Fokou | Daouda Dao | Bassirou Bonfoh

Typology, technical efficiency and scale economy of dibiteries in Dakar, Senegal

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 11 March 2019 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (81141843) | African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-008) | Wellcome Trust (107753)

Authors: Malik Orou Seko | Walter Ossebi | Gnamien Sylvain Traoré | Andrée Prisca Ndjoug Ndour | Jasmina Saric | Gilbert Fokou | Daouda Dao | Bassirou Bonfoh

Using climate analogue tools to explore and build smallholder farmer capacity for climate smart agriculture

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 10 August 2018 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by African Academy of Sciences (Climate Impact Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRLCE) programme with funding from DFID)

Authors: Phyllis Opare | Johnson O. Akintonde | Daniel Obeng-Ofori | Valerie Nelson

Use of social media in a national Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Survey: lessons from the first anti-tuberculosis drug resistance survey in Ghana

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 17 January 2019 in AAS Open Research

Authors: Augustina Angelina Sylverken | Ellis Owusu-Dabo | Alexander Kwarteng | Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah | Michael Owusu | Louis Adu-Amoah | Rexford Mawunyo Dumevi | Rejoice Agyeiwaa Arthur | Nicholas Addofoh | Francisca Dzata | Frank Bonsu

Use of a mutation-specific genotyping method to assess for HIV-1 drug resistance in antiretroviral-naïve HIV-1 Subtype C-infected patients in Botswana

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 7 May 2021 in AAS Open Research

Research funded by African Academy of Sciences (DEL-15-006)

Authors: Dorcas Maruapula | Iain J. MacLeod | Sikhulile Moyo | Rosemary Musonda | Kaelo Seatla | Kesaobaka Molebatsi | Melvin Leteane | Max Essex | Simani Gaseitsiwe | Christopher F. Rowley