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Primary Tumors of the Brain and Central Nervous System in Adults and Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Primary Tumors of the Brain and Central Nervous System in Adults and Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; São Tome and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda

Alhasan Ahmed Badeea Al-Fikri, Mesk Alhammadi, Chiedozie Arum, Mahima Kaur, Kayla Del Biondo, Ibrahim Bani, Victor Mudenda, Sten H Vermund

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e66978

Exploring 97 Years of Aedes aegypti as the Vector for Dengue, Yellow Fever, Zika, and Chikungunya (Diptera: Culicidae): Scientometric Analysis

Exploring 97 Years of Aedes aegypti as the Vector for Dengue, Yellow Fever, Zika, and Chikungunya (Diptera: Culicidae): Scientometric Analysis

High decadal growth rates were also observed for Africa (Burkina Faso: 17.67; South Africa: 16.33; and the United Republic of Tanzania: 16), Asia (Hong Kong: 18; Indonesia: 16.6; and Pakistan: 14.5), Europe (Austria: 15.17; Norway: 13.5; and Estonia: 9), South America (Colombia: 9.52; French Guiana: 5.4; and Brazil: 4.82), Australia (4.17), and the United States (2.46; Figure 8 B).

Yoon Ling Cheong, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Mohd Hazilas Mat Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin Che Ibrahim, Afzufira Amran, Tsye Yih Tiunh, Hui Li Lim, Yong Kang Cheah, Balvinder Singh Gill, Kuang Hock Lim

Interact J Med Res 2025;14:e65844

Evaluation of a Smartphone-Based Weight Loss Intervention with Telephone Support for Merchant Women With Obesity in Côte d'Ivoire: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluation of a Smartphone-Based Weight Loss Intervention with Telephone Support for Merchant Women With Obesity in Côte d'Ivoire: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Community-based weight loss interventions in sub-Saharan Africa include a group session intervention in South Africa [24] and a program initiated in Burkina Faso that includes multiple in-person dietary counseling sessions with experts [25]. These include multiple in-person sessions with health professionals, counseling, and health education.

Rui Usui, Maki Aomori, Shogo Kanamori, Setsuko Watabe, Bi Tra Jamal Sehi, Kei Kawano, Yuka Kanoya

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e69264

Natural Language Processing Technologies for Public Health in Africa: Scoping Review

Natural Language Processing Technologies for Public Health in Africa: Scoping Review

In contrast, 29 African countries and regions, including Angola, Benin, and Burkina Faso, are supported by only 1 technology each, highlighting uneven distributions of NLP technologies across the continent. Our review reveals a geographic concentration of available NLP technologies in certain countries, especially South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria, suggesting a need for future efforts to expand NLP technology development to underserved regions (Figure 4).

Songbo Hu, Abigail Oppong, Ebele Mogo, Charlotte Collins, Giulia Occhini, Anna Barford, Anna Korhonen

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e68720

Exploring the Use of Digital Educational Tools for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic Review

Exploring the Use of Digital Educational Tools for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic Review

The first Ovid-MEDLINE search was developed using a mix of Medical Subject Heading (Me SH) phrases, keywords, and Boolean operators (eg, “adolescent* or teen* or youth”; “digital health education/ or health promotion/ or sex education/”; “Africa or Angola or Benin or Botswana or Burkina Faso or Burundi or Cabo Verde or Cameroon or Central African Republic or Chad or Comoros or Congo or Cote d'Ivoire or Djibouti or Eritrea or Eswatini or Ethiopia or Gabon or Gambia or Ghana or Accra or Kumasi or Tamale or Sekondi-Takoradi

Ramatu Hajia Abdul Hamid Alhassan, Catherine L Haggerty, Abimbola Fapohunda, Nabeeha Jabir Affan, Martina Anto-Ocrah

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2025;11:e63309

Using an Interactive Voice Response Survey to Assess Patient Satisfaction in Ethiopia: Development and Feasibility Study

Using an Interactive Voice Response Survey to Assess Patient Satisfaction in Ethiopia: Development and Feasibility Study

Previous IVR survey studies in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, and Uganda have found varying response rates ranging from 1% to 41% [20-22]. Response rates were affected by the sampling methods (in-person household surveys or random digit dialing) and type of incentives. Our study, which sampled respondents in person in health facilities and used incentives, achieved a slightly higher response rate (n=1037, 42.9%) than previous studies.

Dessalegn Shamebo, Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Catherine Arsenault

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e67452