scholarly journals Retrospective data on the study of Ebola virus in Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
A. M Butenko
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Ebola Virus ◽  
West African ◽  
Retrospective Data ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Republic Of Guinea ◽  
The Republic

The provided information based on the data of elinical, epidemiological, and serodiagnostic studies indicates both to a possible epidemic manifestation of Hbola fever in the Republic of Guinea for more than 30 years before the 2014 epidemic in West Africa, and the circulation of the Hbola virus in Guinea and other West African countries in the same period, the circulation of the Hbola virus in Zaire at least 4 years before the first recorded outbreak of the infection in 1976.

scholarly journals Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa: lessons learned and issues arising from West African countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Obinna O Oleribe ◽  
Babatunde L Salako ◽  
M Mourtalla Ka ◽  
Albert Akpalu ◽  
Mairi McConnochie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Ebola Virus ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
West African ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Ebola Virus Disease ◽  
African Countries

scholarly journals High mammalian diversity in the newly established National Park of Upper Niger, Republic of Guinea

Oryx ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Ziegler ◽  
Gerhard Nikolaus ◽  
Rainer Hutterer
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Tropical Forest ◽  
National Park ◽  
West African ◽  
Flying Squirrel ◽  
Priority Area ◽  
Republic Of Guinea ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Park Area ◽  
Remnant Forest

This paper presents the results of a mammal survey conducted between 1995 and 1997 in the newly established National Park of Upper Niger in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa. Ninety-four species of mammals were recorded in the park area and its environs; 19 of these species were newly recorded or confirmed for Guinea. The fauna of the park includes about 50% of the known mammalian diversity of the country. Among the species found are West African endemics such as the Gambian mongoose Mungos gambianus. The park, although situated in the Guinea savannah belt, includes some remnant forest, which harbours tropical forest mammals such as Thomas's galago Galagoides cf. thomasi, hump-nosed mouse Hybomys planifrons, soft-furred rat Praomys rostratus and flying squirrel Anomalurops sp.. This National Park is a high priority area for the conservation of the vertebrate diversity of West Africa.

The Influence of English Law on West Africa

1961 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Ollennu
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
West African ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Commonwealth Country ◽  
English Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One ◽  
Vast Area

West Africa is a vast area consisting of many territories; of those five have come under the influence of the English law; four of these are within the Commonwealth, one is outside it. The four Commonwealth West African countries are: Gambia, Sierra Leone (which is to become independent early next year), the Republic of Ghana, and the Federation of Nigeria (which attained its independence on 1st October, 1960); the one non-Commonwealth country is the Republic of Liberia, the oldest independent state in West Africa.

The Coin of the African Realm

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Herbst
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
West Africa ◽  
West African ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
African Countries ◽  
New Strategies

This chapter examines the politics of the currency in West Africa from the beginning of the twentieth century. A public series of debates over the nature of the currency occurred in West Africa during both the colonial and independence periods. Since 1983, West African countries have been pioneers in Africa in developing new strategies to combat overvaluation of the currency and reduce the control of government over the currency supply. The chapter charts the evolution of West African currencies as boundaries and explores their relationship to state consolidation. It shows that leaders in African capitals managed to make the units they ruled increasingly distinct from the international and regional economies, but the greater salience of the currency did not end up promoting state consolidation. Rather, winning the ability to determine the value of the currency led to a series of disastrous decisions that severely weakened the states themselves.

scholarly journals COVID-19 in West Africa: regional resource mobilisation and allocation in the first year of the pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. e004762
Author(s):  
Césaire Ahanhanzo ◽  
Ermel Ameswue Kpogbe Johnson ◽  
Ejemai Amaize Eboreime ◽  
Sombié Issiaka ◽  
Ben Idrissa Traoré ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Ebola Virus ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
First Year ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
African Health ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Resource Mobilisation

The world continues to battle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas many countries are currently experiencing the second wave of the outbreak; Africa, despite being the last continent to be affected by the virus, has not experienced as much devastation as other continents. For example, West Africa, with a population of 367 million people, had confirmed 412 178 cases of COVID-19 with 5363 deaths as of 14 March 2021; compared with the USA which had recorded almost 30 million cases and 530 000 deaths, despite having a slightly smaller population (328 million). Several postulations have been made in an attempt to explain this phenomenon. One hypothesis is that African countries have leveraged on experiences from past epidemics to build resilience and response strategies which may be contributing to protecting the continent’s health systems from being overwhelmed. This practice paper from the West African Health Organization presents experience and data from the field on how countries in the region mobilised support to address the pandemic in the first year, leveraging on systems, infrastructure, capacities developed and experiences from the 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak.

Challenging Popularized Narratives of Immigrant Youth From West Africa: Examining Social Processes of Navigating Identities and Engaging Civically

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 279-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaughn W. M. Watson ◽  
Michelle G. Knight-Manuel
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
West African ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Media Narratives

Given polarizing popular-media narratives of immigrant youth from West African countries, we construct an interdisciplinary framework engaging a Sankofan approach to analyze education research literature on social processes of navigating identities and engaging civically across immigrant youth’s heritage practices and Indigenous knowledges. In examining social processes, we disrupt three areas of inequalities affecting educational experiences of immigrant youth: (a) homogenizing notions of a monolithic West Africa and immigrant youth’s West African countries, (b) deficit understandings of identities and the heterogeneity of Black immigrant youth from West African countries living in the United States, and (c) singular views of youth’s civic engagement. We provide implications for researchers, policymakers, and educators to better meet youth’s teaching and learning needs.

scholarly journals Epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of cerebral malaria imported in Albania

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 190-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arben Ndreu ◽  
Diana Hajdari ◽  
Anduena Ndoni ◽  
Klodiana Shkurti ◽  
Dhimiter Kraja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Case Report ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Cerebral Malaria ◽  
Early Treatment ◽  
West African ◽  
First Episode ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Disease Episode

This is a case-report of two patients with cerebral malaria (CM) imported from West-African countries. Notably, this form of malaria was developed as a second disease episode, while the first episode was experienced in West Africa. These findings suggest that the second episode of malaria was caused by a different strain of Plasmodium falciparum as compared to the first one. They are the first cerebral malaria cases imported in Albania after the eradication and absence of Plasmodium for five decades. Early treatment of cerebral malaria is decisive on the duration of coma and disease’s outcome.

English in West Africa

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Gut
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Structural Properties ◽  
West African ◽  
The Other ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The West ◽  
Current Role ◽  
British Colonization

This chapter describes the history, role, and structural properties of English in the West African countries the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, the anglophone part of Cameroon, and the island of Saint Helena. It provides an overview of the historical phases of trading contact, British colonization and missionary activities and describes the current role of English in these multilingual countries. Further, it outlines the commonalities and differences in the vocabulary, phonology, morphology, and syntax of the varieties of English spoken in anglophone West Africa. It shows that Liberian Settler English and Saint Helenian English have distinct phonological and morphosyntactic features compared to the other West African Englishes. While some phonological areal features shared by several West African Englishes can be identified, an areal profile does not seem to exist on the level of morphosyntax.

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