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Abstract The rapid growth of ultra-processed food (UPF) production, marketing, and consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is driving dietary shifts linked to obesity and other diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCD...

Background: Climate change has a negative impact on smallholder farming, affecting both agricultural production and livelihoods. Agricultural extension services offer an essential role in enabling smallholder farmers to...

Background: Maternal mortality highlights health system effectiveness and social fairness. South Africa’s Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CEMD) monitors and improves maternal healthcare. While initial decre...

Abstract Renewable energy in Africa has gained increasing attention as a strategic pathway to achieving sustainable development, energy security, and economic transformation. A structured search of peer-reviewed studies ...

The growing concern over socioeconomic challenges in developing economies has intensified scholarly attention on how financial inclusion and institutional quality interact to influence economic growth in Sub-Saharan Afri...

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Menstrual hygiene remains a critical public health issue in Africa, where many women and girls face inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities, limited access to menstrual pr...

Background: South Africa’s population experiences high rates of gender-based violence (GBV), with primary care emergency centres (ECs) often being the first point of contact for victim-survivors of violence. The abili...

Abstract A vast literature has examined the effects of trade liberalization on environmental pollution in Africa. Unfortunately, studies on the environmental impacts of Africa’s trade exchanges with leading global econ...

BackgroundGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an increasingly important contributor to maternal and neonatal morbidity in Africa, yet the evidence base remains fragmented across settings and research domains. This stu...

Abstract Background Contraceptive use is integral to improving reproductive health outcomes, but disparities in access and use persist across Africa, influenced by socio-economic, educational, and age-related factors. Th...

PurposeThis study is underpinned by the conviction that the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)'s transformative potential will only be fully realised when its benefits are extended universally across all regions. This pa...

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...

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic placed unprecedented strain on healthcare systems worldwide, potentially exacerbating existing vulnerabilities in maternal healthcare. This study examines the...

Background: Conventional HIV testing approaches continue to fall short of overcoming barriers to HIV testing, especially among key and priority populations at higher risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV. Artificial in...

Orientation: Ubuntu is often presented as an emic value system unique to sub-Saharan Africa, emphasising communalism and solidarity. It is typically contrasted with the individualism associated with the Anglo cultural c...

Background: Climate change increasingly shapes development outcomes, necessitating its integration into evaluation processes. In Africa, recurrent droughts, floods and temperature extremes disrupt progress across sector...

Background: A full-thickness macular hole (FTMH) causes central vision loss. Although modern vitrectomy techniques achieve high closure rates, functional recovery remained variable. Aim: This study aimed to describe th...

Purpose — This paper examines the relationship between South Africa’s rising public debt and real exchange rate (RER) volatility. Over the past two decades, the country has experienced an alarming increase in externa...

This opinion paper is informed by a scoping review and validated through a multi-stakeholder workshop. In May 2024, the Gender Transformation for Africa, an African-led research partnership that includes programme implem...

IntroductionChild malnutrition remains a public health and development challenge, particularly in Africa. Dairy can play a significant role in improving child nutrition and can plausibly be incorporated into Africa’s s...

Background: South Africa continues to experience persistently high unemployment, which constrains graduates’ successful integration into the labour market. Objectives: This article systematically reviews school-to-wo...

This study examined the African Union and sub-regional courts as avenues to attaining justice on the continent of Africa. The wave of decolonisation in Africa in the mid-20th century led to the political independence of ...

African and Western thought differ in their approaches to the eco-dilemma. The primary difference is rooted in a distinct worldview. A predominant Western dichotomy between the material and the spiritual, and the sacred ...

This study analyses technopreneurship as a sustainable employment pathway for youth in South Africa using cross-sectional survey data from 533 respondents across provinces. Employing Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regressi...