The nutritional role of indigenous foods in mitigating the HIV/AIDS crisis in West and Central Africa

2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Kengni ◽  
C.M.F. Mbofung ◽  
M.F. Tchouanguep ◽  
Z. Tchoundjeu
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Aids Crisis ◽  
West And Central Africa ◽  
Indigenous Foods ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Social accountability in primary health care in West and Central Africa: exploring the role of health facility committees

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsbet Lodenstein ◽  
Eric Mafuta ◽  
Adolphe C. Kpatchavi ◽  
Jean Servais ◽  
Marjolein Dieleman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Facility ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Social Accountability ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
West And Central Africa

scholarly journals Managing the Unmanageable? Understanding Europe's Response to the Migration ‘Crisis’

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heaven Crawley
Keyword(s):  
Research Evidence ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Current State ◽  
Common Response ◽  
West And Central Africa ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
To Come ◽  
Political Solidarity

More than 1 million people have crossed the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas since January 2015, arriving on the beaches of Southern Europe in dinghies and rickety boats, having paid a smuggler to facilitate their journey. Most are refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea, and Somalia who are fleeing conflict and violence. Others are migrants from West and Central Africa, seeking a livelihood and a future for themselves and their families. This paper will unpack the evolution of the European policy response, arguing that the migration ‘crisis’ is not a reflection of numbers – which pale into insignificance relative to the number of refugees in other countries outside Europe or to those moving in and out of Europe on tourist, student and work visas – but rather a crisis of political solidarity. After five emergency summits to agree a common response, EU politicians are still struggling to come to terms with the dynamics of migration to Europe, the complexity of motivations driving people forward, the role of different institutions, including governments, international organizations, NGOs and civil society, in facilitating the journey, and the ways in which social media is providing individuals and families with information about the options and possibilities that are, or are not, available to them. I suggest that the unwillingness of politicians and policymakers to engage with research evidence on the dynamics of migration and to harness their combined resources to address the consequences of conflict and underdevelopment elsewhere, speaks more strongly to the current state of the European Union than it does to the realities of contemporary migration.

Intervening in the HIV/AIDS Crisis: The Role of Black Psychologists

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
George W. Roberts ◽  
Robin L. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Aids Crisis ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Fermentation of Traditional African Cassava Based Foods: Microorganisms Role in Nutritional and Safety Value

2020 ◽  
pp. 56-65
Author(s):  
Niguse Hotessa Halake ◽  
Bhaskarrao Chinthapalli
Keyword(s):  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Fermentation Process ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Food Preservation ◽  
Drought Tolerant ◽  
Biochemical Compounds ◽  
West And Central Africa ◽  
East West

Cassava is a drought-tolerant, crop grown in tropical and subtropical areas. For decades the communities of Africa have developed their process to ferment and use cassava. Ikivunde, Inyange, kivunde, Mokopa, Chikwangue, Meduame-M-bong, Cossette, Gari, Attiéké, and Agbelima are the main indigenous fermented cassava based food products from east, west and central Africa respectively. Lactic acid bacteria, yeast, and molds are the main microorganism involve in the fermentation of cassava-based food products and contribute to the production of biochemical compounds such as folates, several organic acids, volatiles organics compound, and others compounds. Role of different microorganisms in food preservation, increase in protein content, aroma, flavor enhancement, decreases in anti-nutrients, and cyanogen reduction as the elevated impact of the fermentation process.

scholarly journals Role of climate and other factors in determining the dynamics of tick and tick-transmitted pathogen populations and distribution in western, central and eastern Africa.

2021 ◽  
pp. 486-491
Author(s):  
Naftaly Githaka ◽  
Esther Kanduma ◽  
Richard Bishop
Keyword(s):  
Climatic Change ◽  
Expert Opinion ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Rhipicephalus Appendiculatus ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Vector Abundance ◽  
West And Central Africa ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Pathogen Populations

Abstract This expert opinion discusses the potential impact of climatic change on vector abundance, survival and transmission of tick-borne pathogens in western, central and eastern Africa. It also discusses the following cases: (1) Rhipicephalus microplus with a focus in West and Central Africa and (2) northern expansion of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus into South Sudan through anthropogenic cattle movement.

Confronting the Deadly HIV/AIDS Crisis Among Our Nation's Youths

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Wodarski
Keyword(s):  
Aids Crisis ◽  
Hiv Aids
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