Sub-Saharan Africa carries a disproportionate share of the global infectious disease burden, with environmental degradation, rapid urbanisation, climate variability, and the human–animal–ecosystem interface collectively driving the emergence, persistence, and spread of pathogens....
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2026/v15i4470
Objective: This study compared student-led and midwife-led antenatal education on maternal knowledge of obstetric danger signs, birth preparedness and complication readiness, and maternal satisfaction among pregnant women attending primary health centres in Jema’a Local Governmen...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2026/v9i1210
Maternal nutrition during pregnancy is essential for supporting maternal health and fetal development. This study assessed dietary habits and consumption patterns among pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. A de...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2026/v9i1211
Background: Elevated blood pressure among young adults is an important public health concern because early identification may support timely prevention of future cardiovascular risk. This study assessed the prevalence of elevated blood pressure and its associated factors among un...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2026/v38i77856
Digital financial literacy has become increasingly significant as digital financial services are widely used for payments, banking, savings, investment, and other financial activities. The effective use of these services requires both financial understanding and the ability to na...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71346
Rural-urban migration is an important livelihood and socio-economic process in mountain regions, where limited local opportunities often interact with aspirations for improved services and employment. This study examines the nature, patterns, and determinants of rural-urban migra...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71347
This study examines the relationship between entrepreneurial skills and youth economic empowerment in informal settlements of Nairobi City County, Kenya. It is grounded in a convergent mixed-methods design involving quantitative survey data from 339 youth entrepreneurs across Kib...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71348
This study examined the marketing channels and marketing efficiency of medicinal plant growers in Himachal Pradesh, with evidence from Kangra and Hamirpur districts during the agricultural year 2023–24. Primary data were collected from 300 medicinal plant growers, comprising 150...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71349
The nature of work in India is being reshaped simultaneously by artificial intelligence, platform-mediated employment, demographic pressure, climate imperatives and a persistently uneven structural transformation. This article offers a critical narrative review of the academic an...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i71350
This study examines the relationship between foreign capital flows and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa using panel data covering 32 countries over the period 2000–2023, yielding 766 country-year observations. The analysis focuses on four key external financial flows: foreig...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i72313
Background: Perennial fruit orchards in humid tropical regions often experience progressive soil compaction due to repeated machinery traffic and prolonged absence of effective soil loosening, resulting in restricted water movement and sub-optimal root zone conditions. This probl...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i74310
India is the world's largest milk producer, with smallholder farmers contributing substantially to national dairy output. However, productivity remains constrained by suboptimal feeding practices, inadequate green fodder availability, and limited use of balanced concentrates and...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i74311
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are important livelihood resources for forest-dependent communities and contribute to both household consumption and income generation. The present study examined NTFP utilisation and income differentials across seven ranges of the Katghora Fore...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i74312
This study developed and evaluated weather-augmented seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average with exogenous variables (ARIMAX) models for short-term forecasting of wholesale dry chilli prices in Telangana, India. Monthly wholesale chilli price data and station-level wea...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i74313
Land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics are a major determinant of carbon sequestration, a critical regulating ecosystem service with direct implications for climate mitigation and natural capital accounting. This study quantifies the biophysical and economic impacts of LULC chan...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i74314