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Abstract Background Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) has become a significant medical problem among young adults from ethnic minorities. Despite being disproportionately affected by AUD, existing literature often overlooks fac...

Orientation: South African higher education institutions, including technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges, face persistent challenges in retaining skilled employees, with turnover intentions un...

This country profile examines the development of family medicine (FM) and primary health care (PHC) in Liberia, a low-income West African nation with significant health and socioeconomic challenges. Liberia’s PHC syste...

The COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdown in recent years resulted in many professionals, such as academics, having to work remotely for months, forcing them to renegotiate the boundaries between work and social life. Prior...

Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an escalating public health threat in Africa, driven by high infectious disease burden, unregulated antimicrobial use, limited laboratory capacity, and fragmented sur...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the green management practices adopted by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in The Gambia and to analyze how these practices contribute to competitive advantage within a resource-con...

Background: Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in the public sector construction are constrained by limited access to large-scale contracts, insufficient capital, and skills development barriers, this mostly be...

Bantu languages are notoriously “verby” (Nurse 2008, 21), referring to the highly agglutinative nature of the inflected verb, whose complexities have sparked extensive research. Now that Bantu verbal morphology is mu...

Abstract The concept of sustainability capital has been gaining momentum worldwide, and companies are encouraged to report on sustainability capital in their integrated reports. Companies are now starting to shift their ...

Background: The world is experiencing overlapping crises of climate breakdown, ecosystem degradation, rising inequality, and conflict. Traditional evaluation criteria inadequately address equity and environmental sustai...

Abstract Background Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a lifelong autoimmune condition characterised by the progressive immune-mediated destruction of insulin-secreting β-cells within the pancreatic islets, culminating in absolut...

The present article deals with the current state, interrelations and prospects for the development of key regional associations of global economy. It defines main factors of development of regional associations in the la...

Background: The social work profession is portrayed as a stressful occupation that brings about depression and demoralisation upon social workers. It is believed that working towards changing an individual, group or com...

Background: Clinical education is central to physiotherapy training, yet many students enter their first placements with limited experience in holistic clinical reasoning. The International Classification of Functioning...

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Africa has significant challenges in meeting its vaccination needs, including inadequate manufacturing capacity, infrastructure deficiencies, a scarcity of experienced personnel, regulatory h...

The Paleozoic evolution of Patagonia was the focus of controversies between its allochthonous or autochthonous origin. The arrival of plate tectonics supported new allochthonous alternatives and from an initial fixist re...

Abstract Background Tobacco use continues to kill millions of people globally, making it one of the major causes of preventable deaths. Notwithstanding, there has been a very marginal fall in the prevalence of tobacco sm...

Orientation: Despite a progressive constitutional and legislative framework promoting gender equality, South Africa continues to face structural, cultural, and organisational barriers that limit women’s advancement in...

Biodiversity loss has become a major environmental concern in regions experiencing rapid trade integration, yet the roles of trade agreements and property rights in shaping biodiversity outcomes remains insufficiently un...

The article examines the legal and institutional framework governing the establishment of nuclear power program in Kenya owing to the heightened efforts by the government in laying out the plans to establish the first nu...

The use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in poultry production has raised concerns for human, animal, and environmental health owing to the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance. These concerns have tri...

Background. Since 2011, the Health Professions Council of South Africa has required all specialist trainees to complete a Master of Medicine (MMed) research report, a requirement intended to strengthen the production of ...

Context and background Community Land Protection in Kenya gained traction with the enactment of the Community Land Act in 2016. The stakeholders, comprising state and non-state actors, have since made significant progr...

Background: The national cancer strategy includes guidelines for rehabilitation as part of a collaborative team for cancer care. Interprofessional engagement is a critical attribute of a rehabilitation team. Thus, expos...