First Measurements of Ambient PM2.5 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazzaville, Republic of Congo Using Field-calibrated Low-cost Sensors by Celeste McFarlane, Paulson Kasereka Isevulambire, Raymond Sinsi Lumbuenamo, Arnold Murphy Elouma Ndinga, Ranil Dhammapala, Xiaomeng Jin, V. Faye McNeill, Carl Malings, R. Subramanian, Daniel M. Westervelt

“…Despite being large metropolises, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (ROC), which possess populations of 14.3 million and 2.4 million, respectively, use no reference air pollution monitors at the time of writing. …”
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Perceptions sociales et adaptation au changement climatique dans et autour de la Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi (RBY) en République démocratique du Congo by Emmanuel Tamidribe Tanyobe, Papy Bambu Liena, Edmond Mokuinema Bomfie, Ben Israël Bohola Lufukaribu

“…The aim of this article is to demonstrate that local perceptions of climate change and the adaptation strategies developed by communities living near the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve (RBY) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are influenced by autochthony or ancestral ties to the land and the low social acceptability of nature conservation actions. …”
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Critical remarks on the International Court of Justice’s interpretation of Article 3(g) of the “Definition of Aggression”(UNGA Resolution 3314/1974) by Taciano Scheidt Zimmermann

“…United States of America), Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) and Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. …”
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Armed Conflict and Child Weight in DR Congo by Kien Le

“…This paper investigates the extent to which armed conflict influences the weight of young children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Exploiting the variation across districts in exposure to armed conflict and the within-district variation in the timing of whether the child was exposed to armed conflict due to birth timing within a difference-in-differences framework, we detect adverse impacts of conflict exposure to child weight. …”
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Effectiveness of case-area targeted interventions including vaccination on the control of epidemic cholera: protocol for a prospective observational study by Lauren D'Mello-Guyett, Ruwan Ratnayake, Andrew S Azman, Yap Boum, Francesco Checchi, W John Edmunds, Placide Okitayemba Welo, Nicolas Peyraud, Iza Ciglenecki, Etienne Gignoux, Maria Lightowler, Primitive Gakima, Jean Patrick Ouamba, Joseph Amadomon Sagara, Rollin Ndombe, Nana Mimbu, Alexandra Ascorra, Elisabeth Mukamba Musenga, Berthe Miwanda, Francisco Luquero, Klaudia Porten, Flavio Finger, Miriam Alia, Bachir Assao, Catherine Bachy, Rob D'hondt, Karl Njuwa Fai, Caroline Henry-Ostian, Abdoul-Moumouni Issa-Soumana, Danish Malik, Herbert Mutubuki, Rodrigue Ntone, Isabella Panunzi, Issaka Soumana, Oumar Touré, Mamady Traore

“…Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) plans to implement CATI in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Cameroon, Niger and Zimbabwe. …”
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Preface: Hydrological Sciences in the Anthropocene – a structured community effort by C. Cudennec, E. Amoussou, Y. Cavus, P. L. B. Chaffe, S. Fischer, S. Grimaldi, J.-M. Kileshye Onema, J.-M. Kileshye Onema, M. Merheb, M.-J. Polo, E. Servat, E. Volpi

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Deep Learning-Based Remote Sensing Image Analysis for Wildfire Risk Evaluation and Monitoring by Shiying Yu, Minerva Singh

“…The study focuses on a region in the Republic of the Congo, where predictions were made and compared with future data. …”
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Opinions of primary school principals in Bunia City (DRC) on the establishment of infirmaries within their schools by NDJABU Justin

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Wood identification in objects of Bambuti people from the Congo in the collection of the Slovene ethnographic museum by Katarina Čufar, Hans Beeckman, Marko Frelih, Luka Krže, Wannes Hubau, Maks Merela

“… The African collection of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum (SEM) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, holds objects of everyday life from the Bambuti people from the Ituri forest, in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The items were collected by the anthropologist Paul Joachim Schebesta, possibly during his expeditions around 1930. …”
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Obstacles to emergency medical consultation in cases of conflict-related sexual violence. by Denis Mukwege, Gilbert M Mugisho, Raha Maroyi

“…Drawing from data from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this study aimed to determine obstacles to accessing emergency medical care within 72-hours of sexual violence (SV).…”
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Intrauterine Contraceptive Device Translocation Leading to Right Anteromedial Ovarian Surface Impingement and Laparoscopic Retrieval: A Case Report and Literature Review by Adeel Anwaar, Riyan Imtiaz Karamat, Mikail Khanzada, Aymar Akilimali, Minahil Aamir, Mirza Ammar Arshad, Ihtisham Haider Bhatti, Saad Rashid, Taimur Sulaiman Kayani, Sadia Ansar, Shifa Batool, Abdullah Saif Khan, Ajeet Singh

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A Liberal Peace Analysis of the UN Peacekeeping Operations in the DRC by Charles Nyuykonge

“…Its operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the largest operations in the history of UN peacekeeping operations in Africa. …”
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Factors Associated with HIV Testing Uptake in Cameroon: Data from the 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey by Buh Nkum C, Nanfak A, Guenou E, Fri Kami R, Murhabazi Bashombwa A, Tchio-Nighie KH, Nangue C, Ateudjieu J

“…SANTE (Meilleur Accès Aux Soins de Santé), Yaounde, Cameroon; 2Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon; 3National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; 4Faculty of Medicine, University of Kaziba, Kaziba, Democratic Republic of the Congo; 5Division of Health Operations Research, Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, CameroonCorrespondence: Augustin Murhabazi Bashombwa, Email amurhabazi@masante-cam.orgBackground: HIV represents a significant public health challenge, contributing to increased mortality and morbidity within the population. …”
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Mpox (monkeypox): a comprehensive updated of current epidemic evidence by Amir Hossain, Md. Abdul Monem, Mamunur Rahman, Rashadur Raza

“…In September 2023, a resurgence of cladeⅠ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) resulted in a 160 % increase in cases by 2024. …”
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On the ability to extract MLVA profiles of Vibrio cholerae isolates from WGS data generated with Oxford Nanopore Technologies by Jérôme Ambroise, Bertrand Bearzatto, Jean-Francois Durant, Leonid M. Irenge, Jean-Luc Gala

“…In silico MLVA profiles of V. cholerae isolates (n = 9) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo were generated using the MLVAType application on Nanopore WGS data. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Epilepsy Detection: Balancing Effectiveness With Ethical Considerations for Welfare by Marina Ramzy Mourid, Hamza Irfan, Malik Olatunde Oduoye

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Neonatal outcomes and resuscitation practices following the addition of heart rate-guidance to basic resuscitation. by Jackie K Patterson, Daniel Ishoso, Adrien Lokangaka, Pooja Iyer, Casey Lowman, Joar Eilevstjønn, Ingunn Haug, Beena D Kamath-Rayne, Eric Mafuta, Helge Myklebust, Tracy Nolen, Antoinette Tshefu, Carl Bose, Sara Berkelhamer

“…<h4>Aim</h4>To evaluate the impact of heart rate-guided basic resuscitation compared to Helping Babies Breathe on neonatal outcomes and resuscitation practices in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a pre-post clinical trial comparing heart rate-guided basic resuscitation to Helping Babies Breathe in three facilities, enrolling in-born neonates ≥28 weeks gestation. …”
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Monkeypox: epidemiological situation, diagnostics, prevention, new challenges and problems of our time by Belyakova E.N., Shipulin G.A.

“…For example, in 2023, a new mpox outbreak began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with subsequent cases reported in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, and on 14 August 2024, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern under the International Health Regulations (2005), noting that a coordinated international response is needed to stop the spread of the disease. …”
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Assessing the feasibility of using publicly available data sources to identify healthcare data discrepancies and enhance service delivery: a retrospective cross-sectional study of... by Sheila Leatherman, Matthew Neilson, Alix Boisson-Walsh, Jack Lewis

“…We selected the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Afghanistan and Senegal for a snapshot of QoC in LHDIS countries. …”
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Analytical Performances of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA-Based Amplix® Real-Time PCR Platform for HIV-1 RNA Quantification by Christian Diamant Mossoro-Kpinde, Ralph-Sydney Mboumba Bouassa, Mohammad-Ali Jenabian, Serge Tonen Wolyec, Leman Robin, Mathieu Matta, Jean de Dieu Longo, Gérard Grésenguet, Laurent Andreoletti, Laurent Bélec

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