• Regional Conference on Protecting Refugee Children in the Middle East and North Africa. (unhcr.org)
  • The areas devoted to North Africa and the Near East are located at the junction of the areas devoted to Asia and Africa. (quaibranly.fr)
  • The other three areas evoke successively the art of weaving carpets in rural Morocco, Islam and Judaism in North Africa and lastly urban arts. (quaibranly.fr)
  • The collections from North Africa and the Middle East cover a vast geographical zone from the Persian Gulf to the Atlantic Ocean. (quaibranly.fr)
  • Our modelling results match previously-observed outbreak patterns with high accuracy, and suggest further outbreaks could occur across most of West and Central Africa. (nature.com)
  • The risk of infection is highest in the rainforests of West and Central Africa and during the rainy season, when the deerfly (or mango fly or mangrove fly, as they are commonly known) are most prevalent. (medscape.com)
  • As the coronavirus pandemic suppressed business activity, Africa and the Middle East experienced a year-over-year, 10.2 percent decline in shipments of personal computing devices during the first quarter of 2020, with South Africa suffering the biggest drop, according to IDC. (cio.com)
  • Current conditions across the Africa and Middle East region, however, suggest that the business slowdown caused by the pandemic will depress personal-device shipments for the second quarter, leading to a year-over-year decline for all of 2020. (cio.com)
  • Brazzaville/Cairo, 30 July 2020 - COVID-19 infections in Africa will exceed one million cases in the coming days as the pandemic surges in several hotspot countries. (who.int)
  • Jesse February of South Africa and 4.4 zonal champion Toritsemuwa Ofowino of Nigeria have high hopes. (thechessdrum.net)
  • Nigeria, the country with the largest economy in Africa had an adolescent pregnancy rate of 106 adolescent births per 1,000 population in 2021 and shows an increasing trend ( 13 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The biggest trade show of its kind in Nigeria and West Africa has created an avenue to expand the frontiers of the Nigerian Water and Hvac environment with an enlightened Workshop and also had strong supported presence of various Engineering bodies.Significant demand from international and local suppliers has shown that Wawe Expo is the greatest meeting point for Water Systems dealers in West Africa. (go.jp)
  • We have used NGS to identify RNA viruses in the blood of 195 patients with UAFI and compared them with those found in 328 apparently healthy (i.e., no overt signs of illness) control individuals, all from communities in southeastern Nigeria . (bvsalud.org)
  • However, only 5 countries account for about 75% of the cumulative COVID-19 cases - they are Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. (who.int)
  • The momentum continues in Tunis, Tunisia where the 2019 African Individual is being held. (thechessdrum.net)
  • In the women's individual all-around event, three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. (wikipedia.org)
  • In each country, the family planning myths most prevalent at the individual and community levels were that "people who use contraceptives end up with health problems," "contraceptives are dangerous to women's health" and "contraceptives can harm your womb. (guttmacher.org)
  • Women's individual-level belief in myths was negatively associated with their modern contraceptive use in all three countries (odds ratios, 0.2-0.7). (guttmacher.org)
  • AFJN received grants for our Women's Empowerment and the Africa Church Together Against Corruption Projects. (afjn.org)
  • AMREF, the largest African development NGO and key leader within PMNCH is calling for accelerating services, policies and investments for women's, children's and adolescents' health and well-being. (who.int)
  • On October 14th, the Africa Faith and Justice Network Celebrated 40 Years starting with a Conference followed by a Celebration Banquet and Award Ceremony honoring Sr. Maura Browne, SNDdeN. (afjn.org)
  • It is the home of the first Grandmaster from the African continent in Slim Bouaziz (1993). (thechessdrum.net)
  • The team's findings, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science , demonstrate how detailed "isoscape" maps could help to fill gaps in historical knowledge about where people were originally captured and trafficked within the African continent. (ucsc.edu)
  • Now a new project aims to change that, by translating 180 research papers into six languages spoken by millions of people across the continent of Africa. (nature.com)
  • The 2 million Chinese nationals that live and work in Africa could potentially contribute to the spread of COVID-19 on the continent. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • On the one hand, human creativity and innovation feed growing economies across the African continent. (europa.eu)
  • Refugee and migration crises due to insecurity in the African continent are likely to continue evolving in the future, and they call out for long-term analysis and engagement. (europa.eu)
  • As Africa approaches one million cases, the continent is at a pivotal point," said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa. (who.int)
  • Unmet need for family planning-defined as the proportion of women in union who are sexually active and fecund, and want to delay childbearing for at least two years or cease childbearing altogether, but are not using any method of contraception 1,2 -is high throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. (guttmacher.org)
  • Counties where there is a higher proportion of African-American same-sex couples than the national average tend to be in areas where there are fewer African-American households overall, meaning the same-sex households make up a large part of the African-American population in those areas. (ucla.edu)
  • TY - JOUR T1 - The prospects for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Africa. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • The coronavirus pandemic has led to the lowest number of PC shipments in the Africa-Middle East region since 2009, as South Africa is affected by weak rand, IDC says. (cio.com)
  • Now, researchers present evidence of Neanderthal ancestry in African populations too, and its origin provides new insights into human history. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Since that study, new methods have continued to catalogue Neanderthal ancestry in non-African populations, seeking to better understand human history and the effects of Neanderthal DNA on human health and disease. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A comparable catalogue of Neanderthal ancestry in African populations, however, has remained an acknowledged blind spot for the field due to technical constraints and the assumption that Neanderthals and ancestral African populations were geographically isolated from each other. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Their method, called IBDmix, enabled them for the first time to search for Neanderthal ancestry in African populations as well as non-African ones. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Previous methods relied on "reference populations" to aid the distinction of shared ancestry from recent interbreeding, usually African populations believed to carry little or no Neanderthal DNA. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In addition to identifying Neanderthal ancestry in African populations, the researchers described two revelations about the origin of the Neanderthal sequences. (sciencedaily.com)
  • First, they determined that the Neanderthal ancestry in Africans was not due to an independent interbreeding event between Neanderthals and African populations. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Based on features of the data, the research team concluded that migrations from ancient Europeans back into Africa introduced Neanderthal ancestry into African populations. (sciencedaily.com)
  • African iron overload was first noted in rural central and southern African populations among people who drink a traditional beer brewed in uncoated steel drums that allow iron (a component of steel) to leach into the beer. (medlineplus.gov)
  • This variation is found in 5 to 20 percent of people of African descent but is not generally found in other populations. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Our objective was to systematically review the literature on clinical outcomes of diet and physical activity interventions conducted among adult African American populations in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • We included studies of educational interventions with clinically relevant outcomes and excluded studies that dealt with nonadult populations or populations with pre-existing catabolic or other complicated disorders, that did not focus on African Americans, that provided no quantitative baseline or follow-up data, or that included no diet or physical activity education or intervention. (cdc.gov)
  • Obtain the answers to these and more as 2nd Palm Oil Africa explores the prospects and challenges associated with the palm oil industry in Africa, particularly Gabon. (rspo.org)
  • This chapter explores the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the international development of South African banks. (igi-global.com)
  • Marking a constructivist turn in Africa-China scholarship, this book explores African constructions of China. (routledge.com)
  • This article explores how the ties between resettled Sudanese refugees and those who remain in Africa shape the lives of people in both settings. (fmreview.org)
  • A group of people protest outside the United Arab Emirates' embassy calling for the speedy extradition of the Guptas on June 10, in Pretoria, South Africa. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Studies from Ghana ( 9 ), South Africa ( 10 ) and Tanzania ( 11 ) demonstrate the relationship between poverty and coerced sexual relations with older men, as a means for adolescents to meet their basic financial needs. (frontiersin.org)
  • Emergency Small Grants Programme - UK: This provides emergency small grants to students who have come from Africa to study in the UK but run into unexpected financial difficulties in their last few months of study. (advance-africa.com)
  • The United States is imposing sanctions on several entities in the Central African Republic (CAR) today for their connection to the transnational criminal organization known as the Wagner Group and for their involvement in activities that undermine democratic processes and institutions in the CAR through illicit trade in the country's natural resources. (state.gov)
  • 4. Requests the High Commissioner to continue his co-operation with the Organization of African Unity and to keep it currently informed of these assistance activities. (unhcr.org)
  • The training, supported by the World Health Organization Headquarters, WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) and WHO Zimbabwe Office, sought to increase the capacity of Health Care Workers to offer integrated EHC services at the primary health care level. (who.int)
  • 10 A demonstration project to determine the feasibility of community-based HIVST in Johannesburg, South Africa, revealed that 68.7% of the participants selected unsupervised HIVST. (bmj.com)
  • The training equipped participants with the knowledge and skills to assess, diagnose, and treat patients presenting with chronic suppurative otitis media and hearing loss, the two most prevalent ear conditions in Africa. (who.int)
  • The African Sanitation Policy Guidelines (ASPG) are designed to guide African governments on the review, revision, and development of sanitation policy, as well as its implementation strategy. (susana.org)
  • The Secretariat of AMCOW is putting together mechanisms in collaboration with its partners to support African governments in the review and revision of their sanitation policies and in developing the implementation strategy. (susana.org)
  • While the statement did not confirm it, it is likely that updates would increase in frequency again if South Africa faces another large wave of infections. (memeburn.com)
  • For example, a recent review (10) examined physical activity outcomes (ie, increasing frequency of exercise) among African Americans but did not evaluate various health-related outcomes (ie, weight loss or improved lipid profile) resulting from increased exercise. (cdc.gov)
  • And in the context of the African Diaspora, that means archaeologists can differentiate a first-generation enslaved person-who endured the passage from Africa-from other people with similar ancestry whose family had already been enslaved in the Americas for at least a generation. (ucsc.edu)
  • This book chronicles the rise and the development of postcolonial agency since Africa's encounter with Western modernity through African and African diaspora literature and film. (routledge.com)
  • Now, to achieve a rights-respecting government, South Africans must pursue a broader moral revolution that upholds the rights of each individual to live his life by his judgment and to produce and trade, free from the violence of government and criminals alike. (theobjectivestandard.com)
  • However, lack of samples from the broader region for use in stable isotope analysis has previously prevented archaeologists from pinpointing origins of human remains within Western Africa through strontium isotope ratios. (ucsc.edu)
  • African-American individuals in same-sex couples tend to live in areas where there are higher proportions of African-Americans, as opposed to areas with higher proportions of the broader LGB population. (ucla.edu)
  • Communication is now much cheaper and speedier, and accessible to a broader swath of the population, and African refugees are well aware of this technology. (fmreview.org)
  • However, black/African American MSM of all ages experience racial disparities in health and are more likely than other gay and bisexual men of other races/ethnicities to encounter broader social and economic barriers 1 . (cdc.gov)
  • More generally, the identification of similar novel viruses in individuals with and without overt symptoms of disease highlights the need for a broader understanding of the human virome as efforts for viral detection and discovery advance. (bvsalud.org)
  • The finalists in the this year's African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards have been announced, with the gala dinner set for Wednesday, 15 May, forming part of the African Utility Week and PowerGen Africa conference and exhibition in Cape Town. (bizcommunity.com)
  • After sequencing the Neanderthal genome, scientists discovered all present day non-African individuals carry some Neanderthal ancestry in their DNA. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This is the first time we can detect the actual signal of Neanderthal ancestry in Africans," said co-first author Lu Chen, a postdoctoral research associate in LSI. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The researchers were therefore able to identify Neanderthal ancestry in Africans for the first time and make new estimates of Neanderthal ancestry in non-Africans, which showed Europeans and Asians to have more equal levels than previously described. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Second, by comparing data from simulations of human history to data from real people, the researchers determined that some of the detected Neanderthal ancestry in Africans was actually due to human DNA introduced into the Neanderthal genome. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Researchers compared the resulting map with existing data on strontium isotope ratios from human remains to predict likely regions of origin within Angola for four individuals who had been buried in cemeteries for enslaved people across the Americas. (ucsc.edu)
  • 2 It has provided very ancient potherbs (boiled greens) not only to Africa but to Asia and the Americas as well. (nationalacademies.org)
  • By 1950, the government had banned marriages between whites and people of other races, and prohibited sexual relations between black and white South Africans. (theobjectivestandard.com)
  • But in post-apartheid South Africa, the government continues to violate people's rights in myriad ways, and it largely fails to protect people from criminal aggressors. (theobjectivestandard.com)
  • The South African government will not consistently protect people's rights until the South African people demand that it do so. (theobjectivestandard.com)
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the region with the highest burden of HIV/AIDS globally, accounting for about two-thirds of people living with HIV/AIDS. (bmj.com)
  • Professional Social Work in Africa is making a major impact in ensuring that human rights are embedded in systems and structures, that people are supported through social community development, that government's are held accountable to people's wellbeing and much more. (ifsw.org)
  • The Summit to be held in Nairobi on the 15 and 16 May 2012 will invite 120 people from at least 10 African countries. (ifsw.org)
  • This project assists African Women religious in shaping a new vision of their role in society by working to change the structures that keep people in poverty and deprive them of their dignity as God's children. (afjn.org)
  • These realities contrast sharply with popular images of African refugees that depict people leaving 'stone-age' societies en route to Western countries. (fmreview.org)
  • however, these individuals may be at higher risk of developing mildly increased iron stores than are people of European background. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Some studies have indicated that a variation in the SLC40A1 gene increases the risk of developing increased iron stores in people of African descent. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Of the approximately 2 million people in the U.S. who are prescribed warfarin annually, 35,000 to 45,000 individuals go to hospital emergency rooms with warfarin-related adverse drug events. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In other words, under apartheid, the South African government massively violated the rights of its citizens, particularly non-whites. (theobjectivestandard.com)
  • Although Heritage ranks the nation "moderately free" as the seventy-fourth freest nation in the world, the South African government continues to substantially violate people's rights to produce and trade. (theobjectivestandard.com)
  • Moreover, the South African government does not effectively protect people's rights. (theobjectivestandard.com)
  • Is it a South African thing? (sagoodnews.co.za)
  • We call upon all Africans and all sensible human beings who value human life to sign this petition, to the South African embassy in Australia on behalf of our brothers and sisters who are victims of horrifying, barbaric and shocking action by some groups of the South African citizens. (ipetitions.com)
  • Digital Technologies and the Cross-Border Expansion of South African Banks. (igi-global.com)
  • It is argued that South African banks derive important advantages from the use of ICTs in their expansion into neighbouring countries. (igi-global.com)
  • The same day Biden announced his anti-corruption initiative, South African law enforcement officials brought long-anticipated charges for fraud and money laundering against members of the notorious Gupta family. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • South African authorities have sought Interpol notices and sent extradition requests for two of the Gupta brothers, their wives, and some business associates. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Documented Zimbabwean farm workers who worked under South African farm supervisors complained of discriminatory treatment. (hrw.org)
  • South Africa Abstract exploding powder in colors of South African flag, isolated on white background. (istockphoto.com)
  • South African flag grunge brush background. (istockphoto.com)
  • With pre-existing economic challenges such as a low business confidence and high unemployment levels, the situation worsened as the South African rand weakened against the U.S. dollar during the quarter, making imports of all products-including personal computing devices-more expensive," said IDC's Fouad Charakla in a press release accompanying the report. (cio.com)
  • Third country resettlement, however, has material and cultural impacts on refugees in Africa beyond the small numbers that actually board the plane and set off for a new land. (fmreview.org)
  • We provide unparalleled insight into enterprise IT trends, innovation and technology in Africa to the most discerning professionals, entrepreneurs, investors and IT decision-makers. (itnewsafrica.com)
  • Trends in the underlying drivers of EVD risk suggest a 1.75 to 3.2-fold increase in the endemic rate of animal-human viral spill-overs in Africa by 2070, given current modes of healthcare intervention. (nature.com)
  • Yet the experiences of Nuer refugee migrants demonstrate the ways in which actions of individuals were undertaken on behalf of family groups. (fmreview.org)
  • African iron overload is associated with an increased risk of developing infections such as tuberculosis. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Published research does not provide definitive answers about why new HIV infections among young, black/African American gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) have increased. (cdc.gov)
  • Forty-one African countries have reported nearly 14 000 health worker infections. (who.int)
  • The scheme is open to students from any African country and most awards are made to students studying at post-graduate or doctoral level. (advance-africa.com)
  • 1 African Waterbird Ringing Scheme (AFRING), Oiseaux Migrateurs du Paléarctique Occidental (OMPO), Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage (ONCFS) , Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology or Stichting Openbaar Voortgezet Onderwijs Noord (SOVON), and Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT). (cdc.gov)
  • These comparisons suggest that the economic status of countries in Africa remains part of a composite etiology, which may also include power imbalances, gender-based violence, substance abuse, lack of access to termination of pregnancy services, negative attitudes of caregivers and inadequate reproductive health education. (frontiersin.org)
  • It is this enabling environment that is often weak in many African countries. (susana.org)
  • Growing economic inequalities create tensions reaching beyond local, regional and national borders and make human security a global issue for African as well as for European countries. (europa.eu)
  • One noteworthy facet of their adaptation to life in the US is the importance of maintaining close ties with family and friends in Sudan, in other African countries and, to a more limited extent, around the world. (fmreview.org)
  • While almost all countries in the region saw a decline in shipments of personal computing device, South Africa was hit hardest, according to the IDC report. (cio.com)
  • Numbers for individual countries were not immediately available. (cio.com)
  • Seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa which had imposed lockdowns and have now started easing them have experienced a 20% jump in cases over the past 2 weeks. (who.int)
  • Nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa have reported a decline in cases over the past 3 weeks. (who.int)
  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder is an umbrella diagnosis, and treatment of HAND is vital term, which includes asymptomatic neurocognitive im- especially in low and middle income (LMIC) pairment (ANI), mild neurocognitive disorder (MND), countries such as Ethiopia, where HAND related and HIV-associated dementia (HAD) in individuals health bur- den is highest (3). (who.int)
  • Although a decline in adolescent birth rates (ABR) has been observed globally, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to have twice the global average, with over 100 births per 1,000 women, in 2021 ( 3 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The launch, taking place on June 20, 2021, is coming at the backdrop of a sanitation crisis in Africa. (susana.org)
  • Cloud spending across Africa and the Middle East will increase to $2.8 billion this year, and is forecast to increase to approximately $6.5 billion by 2024, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24 percent, up from the 22 percent rate that was projected prior to the coronavirus outbreak, IDC said in a separate report. (cio.com)
  • The United States has also issued a new business risk advisory focused on the gold industry across sub-Saharan Africa. (state.gov)
  • ITNewsAfrica.com is an African Technology Advisory (Pty) Ltd. publication. (itnewsafrica.com)
  • Variants are most notable among individuals of African ethnicity. (medscape.com)
  • You can attend or host an event to raise awareness and educate your community on situations in Africa that need our attention. (afjn.org)
  • This book provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the cinematic representations of the experiences of African women and girls in situations of political conflict. (routledge.com)
  • During the production season, amaranth leaves provide some African societies with as much as 25 percent of their daily protein. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The African Artistic Gymnastics Championships were first held in 1990. (wikipedia.org)
  • This book offers a fresh analysis of third wave popular protests in Africa, shedding light on the complex dynamics between political change and continuity in contemporary Africa. (routledge.com)
  • I have joined with CSW and other organisations and individuals in writing to United Nations officials and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights urging them for urgent assistance for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's Tigray region, where a violent conflict has been taking place since 4 November. (davidalton.net)
  • Human security problems, as well as population growth rates in Africa have obvious ramifications for European home security and economy. (europa.eu)
  • The ESRs have conducted anthropological empirical research in various parts of Africa on urgent Human Security issues. (europa.eu)
  • This first period of the project focused on recruitment to get the best candidates for the ESR positions, their initial training in Human Security topics, fieldwork preparation and supervision of the individual ESRs. (europa.eu)
  • 3 En Route to the United Nations Human Rights Council. (lu.se)
  • The Population Registration Act of 1950 provided the basic framework for apartheid by classifying all South Africans by race. (theobjectivestandard.com)
  • In 2011, the homicide rate in South Africa was 31 per 100,000 population. (theobjectivestandard.com)
  • This report provides a population estimate of LGBT African American individuals and African American same-sex couples in the United States, along with a general overview of their socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. (ucla.edu)
  • This report uses the best available data to provide a population estimate of LGBT African-Americans and African-American same-sex (SS) couples in the United States, along with a general overview of their socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. (ucla.edu)
  • According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the largest percentage increase in drug overdose deaths in recent years has been among African Americans, who often face more barriers to treatment than the general population when factoring in stigma, bias, and socioeconomic status. (pewtrusts.org)
  • Business as usual" is not delivering safe sanitation to Africa with sub-Saharan Africa alone, having more than half of the population using unhygienic toilets. (susana.org)
  • The Princeton researchers termed IBDmix a "reference free method" because it does not use an African reference population. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Interest in and funding for research into the health effects of improved nutrition and physical activity is needed to develop interventions that would reduce disparities between African Americans and the US population overall. (cdc.gov)
  • It is our pleasure to make it available online for students of African dance and dancers who wish to cross-train in multiple disciplines. (idance.net)
  • Whether you're an individual or an organisation, you can help make sustainable palm oil the norm. (rspo.org)
  • As a result of the research publication, Kimberly Nicholas is now a sought after public speaker on how individuals can make a positive impact for the climate. (lu.se)
  • The ANTHUSIA has been successful in creating and maintaining research collaborations with partners in Africa both through the secondments that the ESRs have undertaken but also through the joint training events, where African partner organisations have been invited to join as trainers, co-organizers or representatives of their organisation. (europa.eu)
  • IDC's Quarterly PC Tracker report shows that 4.4 million units were shipped across the Africa and Middle East region in the first quarter this year - the lowest number since the third quarter of 2009. (cio.com)
  • The outbreak of the coronavirus at the start of the year forced the closure of several factories in China, causing a supply shortage of these devices, with subsequent lockdown measures then suppressing business activity and end-user demand across the Middle East and Africa, IDC said. (cio.com)
  • She made our aspirations her own and lost her life in the turmoil of our transition, as the new South Africa struggled to be born in the dying moments of apartheid. (sagoodnews.co.za)
  • A definitive review of southern Africa's native foods, for example, clearly lays out their status: "Of all the wild edible plants eaten in southern Africa, few if any are as well known and widely used as amaranths. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Republic of South Africa's National Flag 3D rendering of the flag of South Africa on satin texture. (istockphoto.com)
  • Female African-American individuals in same-sex couples are three times more likely to report veteran status than those in different-sex couples. (ucla.edu)
  • African-American individuals are in same-sex couples in the U.S. (ucla.edu)
  • More than 1/4 of African-American same-sex couples live in Georgia, New York, Maryland, and North Carolina. (ucla.edu)
  • Overall, how African-American same-sex couples fare compared to their different-sex counterparts varies significantly depending on the gender of the couple and whether the couple is raising children. (ucla.edu)
  • African-American same-sex couples raising children report household median incomes $15,000 lower than comparable African-American different-sex couples ($47,300 vs. $63,020). (ucla.edu)
  • African-American female same-sex couples report household median incomes $20,000 less than African-American male same-sex couples ($51,000 vs. $72,000). (ucla.edu)
  • Notably, 58% of African-American same-sex couples are female. (ucla.edu)
  • The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), inspired by the Gospel and informed by Catholic Social Teaching, seeks to educate and advocate for just relations with Africa and to work in partnership with African peoples as they engage in the struggle for justice, peace, and the integrity of creation. (afjn.org)
  • Conclusion: The occurrence of neurocognitive impairment was more pronounced in individuals aged 40 years and above who were HIV positive, compared to those below 40 years. (who.int)
  • The criteria include an individual aged less than 21 years presenting with fever, laboratory evidence of inflammation, and evidence of clinically severe illness requiring hospitalization with multisystem, that's two or more, organ involvement, including cardiac renal, respiratory hematologic, GI, derm, or neuro. (cdc.gov)
  • In South Africa (SA), which has the second largest economy in Africa, the ABR is also high ( 14 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • High Wycombe, England (ANS) - The Flame* New Testament with Genesis was launched and dedicated in late April in a quiet ceremony in West Africa, in the midst of a lockdown situation according to Wycliffe Bible Translators. (assistnews.net)
  • African iron overload results from a diet high in iron. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Findings: 2,009 individuals (63% female) participated. (bvsalud.org)
  • Join AFJN in our grassroots US Advocacy campaigns throughout the year where we engage members of both the Legislative and Executive Branches of the US Government, African Diplomatic Corps, religious leaders, and the US public on various important issues affecting Africans. (afjn.org)
  • Their research article, The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions , is unique in the way it has reached, and is continuing to reach, a very large audience. (lu.se)
  • The primary purpose of this chapter is to provide public health officials, physicians, toxicologists, and other interested individuals and groups with an overall perspective on the toxicology of chlorine dioxide and chlorite. (cdc.gov)
  • This week, the African researchers creating bespoke scientific terms. (nature.com)
  • The method the Princeton researchers developed, IBDmix, draws its name from the genetic principle "identity by descent" (IBD), in which a section of DNA in two individuals is identical because those individuals once shared a common ancestor. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This shift in how we think about the relationships between forced migrants and the rest of the world has important implications for refugee policy: refugee policy and practice that seek to respond to the complexities of refugees' lives need to move beyond popular stereotypes to consider the transnational dimension of African refugees' experience. (fmreview.org)
  • It builds and strengthens a coalition of African Women Religious at the local, regional, and continental levels to work for social justice and bring about a needed change. (afjn.org)
  • We work closely with many constituents on the ground all over Africa as well as with individuals and congregations in the US. (afjn.org)
  • Both individuals and congregations are important to spreading our mission and supporting the work we do - in fact, we can't do it without you! (afjn.org)