MIGRATION IN WEST AFRICA: AN ANALYSIS OF PULL AND PUSH FACTORS by OLUWAGBENGA EMMANUEL ADEBAYO, MARY MOMSISURI BOTESO

“…The work is original because unlike most studies that were country-specific, this study made use of panel data collected on four African countries (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra-Leone and Senegal). The study also employed the fixed effects model with cluster robust standard errors. …”
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The governance of private sector engagement in health in the African Region: a descriptive case study by Michelle Amri, Omar Sam, Muriel Anye, Zandile Zibwowa, Humphrey Karamagi, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem

“…For instance, a multi-stakeholder analysis and dialogue was conducted in Nigeria; a strategy to strengthen the health system through the private sector was developed in Senegal; and a PSE Forum was held and a technical working group was established in Sierra Leone. # Conclusions Ultimately, the study underscores how increased dialogue on PSE offers an opportunity to adopt more multisectoral, whole-of-society approaches and calls on stakeholders to take action.…”
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Ebola: Impact of hospital's admission policy in an overwhelmed scenario by Mondal Hasan Zahid, Christopher M. Kribs

“…A recent case occurred in West Africa in 2014 when an Ebola virus outbreak overwhelmed facilities in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. In such scenarios, how many patients can hospitals admit to minimize disease burden? …”
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Macroeconomic factors and natural resource management in Africa: evidence from copper value addition in Zambia by Bondo Chisanga, Joseph Phiri, Evans Osabuohien, Leroy Johnson

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Drivers of Financial Inclusion and Effect of Covid-19 on Electronic Payments in West Africa by Paul Adjei Onyina

“…It used the World Bank’s Global Findex 2021 data collected at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic with 1000 respondents each from Senegal, Togo, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Liberia and Cameroon and model logit regression to investigate the drivers of financial inclusion and how COVID-19 affected it. …”
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EBOLA AND COVID-19 EPIDEMICS: A DISCOURSE ON NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY RESPONSES by BARILEDUM KIA, CALISTUS N DUMLE

“…These include setting up of screening and monitoring Centre at the nation’s Airports, facilitated the setting up of a regional solidarity fund, in which countries made contributions, initiated actions that adjudged Ebola epidemic as not only national and regional but also international emergency, donated huge sum to worst affected states like Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. For COVID -19, In the case of Covid-19, Nigeria collaborated with major powers.  …”
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The Effect of Delay Techniques on a Lassa Fever Epidemic Model by Ali Raza, Eugenio Rocha, Emad Fadhal, Rashid I. H. Ibrahim, Eman Afkar, Muhammad Bilal

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria, and West Africa are the most affected countries with Lassa fever. …”
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Any better? A follow-up content analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health inclusion in Global Financing Facility country planning documents by Ulla Walmisley, Mary V. Kinney, Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo, Yamba Kafando, Asha S. George

“…Methods Content analysis was conducted on publicly available GFF planning documents for Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Vietnam. Analysis considered adolescent health content (mindset), indicators (measure) and funding (money) relative to adolescent sexual and reproductive health needs, using a tracer indicator. …”
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Evaluation of waning of IgG antibody responses after rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP and Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Ebola virus disease vaccines: a modelling study from the PREVAC randomized trial by Simon Valayer, Marie Alexandre, Mélanie Prague, Abdoul Habib Beavogui, Seydou Doumbia, Mark Kieh, Brian Greenwood, Bailah Leigh, Marie Poupelin, Christine Schwimmer, Samba O. Sow, Irina Maljkovic Berry, Jens H. Kuhn, Daniela Fusco, Natasha Dubois Cauwelaert, Deborah Watson-Jones, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Yves Lévy, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Laura Richert, Edouard Lhomme

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Geospatial clustering and correlates of deaths during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia: a Bayesian geoadditive semiparametric analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional sur... by Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Barbara Sakyi

“…Districts with high death clustering were all near or shared borders with Sierra Leone and Guinea. The community-level development indicators (global human footprint, gross cell production and population density) had a non-linear associative effect with the observed spatial clustering. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, perception, and preventative practices towards COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Ugochinyere Ijeoma Nwagbara, Emmanuella Chinonso Osual, Rumbidzai Chireshe, Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa, Balsam Qubais Saeed, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo, Khumbulani W Hlongwana

“…Studies included populations from the following SSA countries: Ethiopia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, and Sierra Leone. All the included studies showed evidence of knowledge related to COVID-19. …”
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Land cover change mitigated 20 % of the total increased evapotranspiration in tropical Lancang-Mekong River Basin during 2001–2019 by Houbing Chen, Yaoliang Chen, Lamin R. Mansaray, Longwei Li, Shusen Wang

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Geospatial mapping of drug-resistant tuberculosis prevalence in Africa at national and sub-national levels by Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, Archie C.A. Clements, Fasil Wagnew, Beth Gilmour, Kefyalew Addis Alene

“…The highest DR-TB prevalence was estimated in Eswatini (53.26; 95% uncertainty interval 13.13-66.12), Morocco, Tunisia, and South Africa, while the lowest prevalence was found in Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, and Mali. Marked subnational variation in DR-TB prevalence was noted, where 91 subnational areas across 12 countries had prevalence rates higher than their respective national averages. …”
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A Clinical Mentorship and Quality Improvement Program to Support Health Center Nurses Manage Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Rwanda by Aphrodis Ndayisaba, Emmanuel Harerimana, Ryan Borg, Ann C. Miller, Catherine M. Kirk, Katrina Hann, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Anatole Manzi, Gedeon Ngoga, Symaque Dusabeyezu, Cadet Mutumbira, Tharcisse Mpunga, Patient Ngamije, Fulgence Nkikabahizi, Joel Mubiligi, Simon Pierre Niyonsenga, Charlotte Bavuma, Paul H. Park

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A prospective, multi-site, cohort study to estimate incidence of infection and disease due to Lassa fever virus in West African countries (the Enable Lassa research programme)-Stud... by Suzanne Penfold, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Danny Asogun, Olufemi Ayodeji, Benedict N Azuogu, William A Fischer, Robert F Garry, Donald Samuel Grant, Christian Happi, Magassouba N'Faly, Adebola Olayinka, Robert Samuels, Jefferson Sibley, David A Wohl, Manfred Accrombessi, Ifedayo Adetifa, Giuditta Annibaldis, Anton Camacho, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Akpénè Ruth Esperencia Deha, Jean DeMarco, Sophie Duraffour, Augustine Goba, Rebecca Grais, Stephan Günther, Énagnon Junior Juvénal Prince Honvou, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Christine Jacobsen, Lansana Kanneh, Mambu Momoh, Aminata Ndiaye, Robert Nsaibirni, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Chinwe Ochu, Ephraim Ogbaini, Énagnon Parsifal Marie Alexandre Logbo, John Demby Sandi, John S Schieffelin, Thomas Verstraeten, Nathalie J Vielle, Anges Yadouleton, Emmanuel Koffi Yovo, Enable Protocol authorship group

“…<h4>Method</h4>We are conducting a prospective cohort study in Benin, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria (three sites), and Sierra Leone from 2020 to 2023, with 24 months of follow-up. …”
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Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Transmission Dynamics of Lassa Fever by E. A. Bakare, E. B. Are, O. E. Abolarin, S. A. Osanyinlusi, Benitho Ngwu, Obiaderi N. Ubaka

“…Clinical diseases, as well as high seroprevalence, have been documented in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Upper Volta, Gambia, and Mali. …”
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Ebola Virus Disease 2013-2014 Outbreak in West Africa: An Analysis of the Epidemic Spread and Response by Orlando Cenciarelli, Stefano Pietropaoli, Andrea Malizia, Mariachiara Carestia, Fabrizio D’Amico, Alessandro Sassolini, Daniele Di Giovanni, Silvia Rea, Valentina Gabbarini, Annalaura Tamburrini, Leonardo Palombi, Carlo Bellecci, Pasquale Gaudio

“…The Ebola virus epidemic burst in West Africa in late 2013, started in Guinea, reached in a few months an alarming diffusion, actually involving several countries (Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal, and Mali). Guinea and Liberia, the first nations affected by the outbreak, have put in place measures to contain the spread, supported by international organizations; then they were followed by the other nations affected. …”
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Mapping mycological ignorance – checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa by Meike Piepenbring, Jose G. Maciá-Vicente, Jean Evans I. Codjia, Carola Glatthorn, Paul Kirk, Yalemwork Meswaet, David Minter, Boris Armel Olou, Kai Reschke, Marco Schmidt, Nourou Soulemane Yorou

“…According to data available in literature, knowledge on fungal richness ranges from 19 species (Guinea Bissau) to 1595 (Sierra Leone). In estimating existing species diversity, richness estimators and the Hawksworth 6:1 fungus to plant species ratio were used. …”
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Exploring the Impact of Citric Acid on Mitigating Sweet Potato Soft Rot and Enhancing Postharvest Quality by Yixi Chen, Linjiang Pang, Jiacheng Bai, Wenbao Yu, Yueming Zhu, Melvin Sidikie George, Zunfu Lv, Guoquan Lu

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Factors associated with the discontinuation of modern contraceptive methods among lactating women in nine West African high-fertility countries: findings of the most recent demogra... by Abou Coulibaly, Adama Baguiya, Denise Kpebo, Augustin Zango, Halima Tougri, Franck Garanet, Seni Kouanda

“…Results The overall prevalence of modern contraceptives discontinuation was 13.1% among 5,599 lactating mothers, with wide variations between countries (prevalence ranging from 8.2% in Sierra Leone to 33.6% in Guinea). Women were more likely to discontinue contraception if they were the head of the household (adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR) = 1.71; 95% CI [1.17–2.50]; p = 0.006). …”
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