STEM education in the Global North and Global South: Competition, conformity, and convenient collaborations

R Mudaly, T Chirikure - Frontiers in Education, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is increasingly
viewed as a vehicle for global dominance and a panacea to economic downturns …

Open access and its potential impact on public health–A South African perspective

A Strydom, J Mellet, J Van Rensburg… - Frontiers in Research …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Traditionally, access to research information has been restricted through journal
subscriptions. This means that research entities and individuals who were unable to afford …

A bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 research in Africa

FH Guleid, R Oyando, E Kabia, A Mumbi, S Akech… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented global research effort to
build a body of knowledge that can inform mitigation strategies. We carried out a bibliometric …

Participating in a vaccine trial for COVID-19 in Senegal: trust and information

V Ridde, MF Ba, I Gaye, AI Diallo… - Human Vaccines & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This research aims to understand the level and determinants of people's willingness to
participate in a vaccine trial for COVID-19 in Senegal. We conducted a telephone survey …

Experience of Kenyan researchers and policy-makers with knowledge translation during COVID-19: a qualitative interview study

FH Guleid, A Njeru, J Kiptim, DM Kamuya, E Okiro… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Researchers at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP)
carried out knowledge translation (KT) activities to support policy-makers as the Kenyan …

Immunological insights into COVID-19 in Southern Nigeria

CA Ugwu, O Alao, OG John, B Akinnawo… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction One of the unexpected outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic was the relatively
low levels of morbidity and mortality in Africa compared to the rest of the world. Nigeria …

Did Ghana Do Enough? A Scientometric Analysis of COVID-19 Research Output from Ghana within the African Context

AK Yalley, S Ahiatrogah, AB Yalley, IK Yankson… - Diseases, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated worldwide research efforts to provide knowledge
about the disease. Yet little is known about how Ghana contributed to this critical knowledge …

Managing COVID-19 and health vulnerabilities: mHealth user experience, information quality and policy recommendations

KB Blay, EF Amankwaa… - International …, 2023 - liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
The interplay between how people use mobile health (mHealth) technologies and its quality
information for managing their health vulnerabilities in line with their protected …

Cross-sectional study of COVID-19 knowledge, beliefs and prevention behaviours among adults in Senegal

M Kearney, M Bornstein, M Fall, R Nianogo, D Glik… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The aim of the study was to explore COVID-19 beliefs and prevention behaviours
in a francophone West African nation, Senegal. Design This was a cross-sectional analysis …

Why are African researchers left behind in global scientific publications?–a viewpoint

J Nabyonga-Orem, JA Asamani, O Olu - International Journal of Health …, 2024 - ijhpm.com
Background Despite the many years of training and capacity building in health research, the
low publication record by African scientists is a matter of concern. The modest improvements …