scholarly journals Mobile cellular telephone: Fixed-line substitution in Sub-Saharan Africa

2005 ◽  
pp. 0 ◽  
Author(s):  
Storkaar Christoph
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Cellular Telephone ◽  
Mobile Cellular ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Fixed Line

Feasibility of a Cellular Telephone Follow-Up Program after Injury in Sub-Saharan Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 227 (4) ◽  
pp. S129-S130
Author(s):  
S Ariane Christie ◽  
Mbiarikai A. Mbianyor ◽  
Alain Chichom-Mefire ◽  
Theophile Nana ◽  
Rochelle A. Dicker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Cellular Telephone ◽  
Sub Saharan

Feasibility of a Cellular Telephone Follow-Up Program After Injury in Sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 2533-2541
Author(s):  
S. Ariane Christie ◽  
M. Agbor Mbianyor ◽  
Fanny N. Dissak-Delon ◽  
Mary M. Tanjong ◽  
Alain Chichom-Mefire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Cellular Telephone ◽  
Sub Saharan

Hackers may exploit insecure Africa internet

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Commerce ◽  
The World ◽  
Internet Penetration ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Fixed Line

Subject Implications of Africa's growing internet connectivity Significance Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which has lagged behind the rest of the world in terms of internet connectivity, is now the continent in which internet penetration is growing the fastest. This includes improvements in both fixed line and mobile internet connectivity. However, this growth will be accompanied by an explosion in cybersecurity threats. Impacts Cybercrime will undermine confidence in African online businesses, denting prospects of online commerce. The rise in cybercrime in SSA will necessitate improvements in law enforcement capabilities. This could mean greater assistance from and cooperation with other countries.

scholarly journals Do Information And Communications Technology (ICT) And Financial Development Contribute To Economic Diversification? Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwarotimi Ayokunnu Owolabi ◽  
Adedayo Oluseun Adedeji ◽  
Busayo Aderounmu ◽  
Asa-Ruth Oboko Oku ◽  
Toun Ogunbiyi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Economic Diversification ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Fixed Line ◽  
Ssa Countries

Abstract This study based on a panel of 37 Sub-Saharan Africa countries over the period of 2000 -2018 explores the effect of a number of ICT variables namely Fixed broad band, fixed line telephone, ICT imports, internet, mobile, and secure internet servers, and financial development measured by private sector domestic credit to GDP on economic diversification as measured by a computed Herfindahl Hirschman Index of Economic diversification. All data except rule of law were sourced from World Bank World Development Indicators, while rule of law was sourced from World Bank World Governance indicators. Model estimation was performed using pooled ordinary least squares regression, panel data fixed effects regression, and Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) regression. The results from findings indicated that the ICT variables, fixed line telephone, and ICT imports significantly reduced economic diversification, while internet use and mobile use were insignificant for boosting economic diversification, and fixed broadband and secure internet servers were insignificant in adversely affecting economic diversification. As regards financial development, it was insignificant in boosting economic diversification of SSA countries. The study recommended amongst others that Individuals in SSA countries should have improved access to ICT devices and governments’ should ensure adequate provision of quality ICT infrastructureJEL classification: C23, G10, G21, O11, O33, O55

RTS,S/AS01, a vaccine targeting pre-erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 533-537
Author(s):  
Lorenz von Seidlein ◽  
Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn ◽  
Podjanee Jittmala ◽  
Sasithon Pukrittayakamee
Keyword(s):  
Protective Efficacy ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
European Medicines Agency ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Pivotal Phase ◽  
Malaria Epidemiology ◽  
Maximum Benefit ◽  
Sub Saharan

RTS,S/AS01 is the most advanced vaccine to prevent malaria. It is safe and moderately effective. A large pivotal phase III trial in over 15 000 young children in sub-Saharan Africa completed in 2014 showed that the vaccine could protect around one-third of children (aged 5–17 months) and one-fourth of infants (aged 6–12 weeks) from uncomplicated falciparum malaria. The European Medicines Agency approved licensing and programmatic roll-out of the RTSS vaccine in malaria endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa. WHO is planning further studies in a large Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme, in more than 400 000 young African children. With the changing malaria epidemiology in Africa resulting in older children at risk, alternative modes of employment are under evaluation, for example the use of RTS,S/AS01 in older children as part of seasonal malaria prophylaxis. Another strategy is combining mass drug administrations with mass vaccine campaigns for all age groups in regional malaria elimination campaigns. A phase II trial is ongoing to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the RTSS in combination with antimalarial drugs in Thailand. Such novel approaches aim to extract the maximum benefit from the well-documented, short-lasting protective efficacy of RTS,S/AS01.

Mortality and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa

1993 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-556
Author(s):  
Lado Ruzicka
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan

Adolescent Suicidality as Seen in Rural Northeastern Uganda

Crisis ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Kinyanda ◽  
Ruth Kizza ◽  
Jonathan Levin ◽  
Sheila Ndyanabangi ◽  
Catherine Abbo
Keyword(s):  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Psychosocial Risk ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Dsm Iv ◽  
Sub Saharan

Background: Suicidal behavior in adolescence is a public health concern and has serious consequences for adolescents and their families. There is, however, a paucity of data on this subject from sub-Saharan Africa, hence the need for this study. Aims: A cross-sectional multistage survey to investigate adolescent suicidality among other things was undertaken in rural northeastern Uganda. Methods: A structured protocol administered by trained psychiatric nurses collected information on sociodemographics, mental disorders (DSM-IV criteria), and psychological and psychosocial risk factors for children aged 3–19 years (N = 1492). For the purposes of this paper, an analysis of a subsample of adolescents (aged 10–19 years; n = 897) was undertaken. Results: Lifetime suicidality in this study was 6.1% (95% CI, 4.6%–7.9%). Conclusions: Factors significantly associated with suicidality included mental disorder, the ecological factor district of residence, factors suggestive of low socioeconomic status, and disadvantaged childhood experiences.

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