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Pillars for successful operationalization of one health as an ecosystem approach: experience from a human-animal interface in the Maasai steppe in Tanzania
BackgroundSolving complex public health challenges requires integrated approaches to health, such as One Health. A key element of the One Health...
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COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: impacts on vulnerable populations and sustaining home-grown solutions
This commentary draws on sub-Saharan African health researchers’ accounts of their countries’ responses to control the spread of COVID-19, including...
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Perpetuation of household food insecurity during COVID-19 in South Africa
BackgroundPerpetual food insecurity has long-term health and development effects on populations. The global pandemic created sub-populations that...
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Integrating climate in Ugandan health and subsistence food systems: where diverse knowledges meet
BackgroundThe effects of food insecurity linked to climate change will be exacerbated in subsistence communities that are dependent upon food systems...
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Modelling climate change impacts on the spatial distribution of anthrax in Zimbabwe
BackgroundIn Zimbabwe, anthrax is endemic with outbreaks being reported almost annually in livestock, wildlife, and humans over the past 40 years....
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The evaluation of Suchana, a large-scale development program to prevent chronic undernutrition in north-eastern Bangladesh
Evidence of the impact of community-based nutrition programs is uncommon for two main reasons: the lack of untreated controls, and implementation...
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Armed conflict and household food insecurity: evidence from war-torn Tigray, Ethiopia
BackgroundExposure to armed conflicts result in strongly adverse and often irreversible short- and long-term effects which may transmit across...
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Advancing the concept of global oral health to strengthen actions for planetary health and One Health
Advancing the concept of global oral health can help tackle the triple planetary crises of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and...
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Livelihood challenges of single female household heads in the Rohingya and host communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic
BackgroundFollowing the mass influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh in 2017, makeshift settlement camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf have...
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Hospital utilization among urban poor in Indonesia in 2018: is government-run insurance effective?
BackgroundAn urban poor is a vulnerable group that needs government financing support to access health services. Once they are sick, they will fall...
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Herbal medicine used for the treatment of diarrhea and cough in Kampala city, Uganda
BackgroundGlobally, diarrheal and respiratory diseases are among the main causes of mortality and morbidity. In Uganda, cities are facing...
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“Here, your only relative is money…” why slum social networks do not facilitate neighborhood community development: insights through a sanitation lens
IntroductionThough social networks which are deemed vehicles of community development exist in slum areas, underdevelopment still persists in these...
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A health promotion perspective on One Health
The One Health concept has acquired increasing attention due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue for a health promotion perspective that frames One...
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Ethnobotanical study of underutilized wild edible plants and threats to their long-term existence in Midakegn District, West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia
BackgroundEthiopia is endowed with much plant diversity. The insignificant number of studies on wild edible plants with their ethnobotanical...
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A cross-cultural study of high-altitude botanical resources among diverse ethnic groups in Kashmir Himalaya, India
BackgroundIn the Himalayas, traditional knowledge and biodiversity are strongly linked due to the symbiotic interaction between plant and cultural...
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Harvesting nature's bounty: exploring the ethnobotanical landscape of wild edible plants in the Awi Agäw community, Northwestern Ethiopia
BackgroundFeeding the world's future population while still facing a variety of socioeconomic and climate change scenarios with uncertain outcomes is...
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Measuring refugees’ capabilities: translation, adaptation, and valuation of the OxCAP-MH into Juba Arabic for use among South Sudanese male refugees in Uganda
BackgroundForcibly displaced populations are highly vulnerable to psychosocial distress and mental disorders, including alcohol misuse. In an ongoing...
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Disparity in prevalence and predictors of undernutrition in children under five among agricultural, pastoral, and agro-pastoral ecological zones of Karamoja sub-region, Uganda: a cross sectional study
BackgroundUndernutrition accounts for nearly half of under-five child mortality in develo** countries where household nutrition is largely...
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Motivating antibiotic stewardship in Bangladesh: identifying audiences and target behaviours using the behaviour change wheel
BackgroundSouth Asia is a hotspot for antimicrobial resistance due largely to over-the-counter antibiotic sales for humans and animals and from a...
