Rural areas in Africa make up a large proportion of the continent. Since the emergence of COVID on the continent, major attention and responses have been placed on urban areas. Rural areas are typified by certain challenges which may serve as limitations to the provision of resources and tools...
The disappointing results of many conventional road transport projects in Africa led some experts to rethink the strategy by which rural transport problems were to be tackled at the beginning of the 1980s. A request for help in improving the availability of transport within the remote Makete Distr...
The western areas have abundant natural re-sources with huge potential market and important strategic location. But because of natural, historical and social factors, the economic development in those areas lags behind that of the eastern areas. The imple-mentation of the policy can bring a faster...
OBJECTIVES: To identify factors associated with sexual debut and early age at first sex (AFS) among young men and women (12-25 years) in a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV in rural South Africa. METHODS: Longitudinal data from four rounds (2003-7) of a prospective ...
Rural population - Country Ranking - AfricaDefinition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to ...
However, the travel distances required for many people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in rural areas in Africa to reach an HCF have not yet received much attention. This is the topic of the present work. We address the health policy question 'How far will we need to go to reach PLWHA ...
Larger regional and rural areas in Victoria, Australia, experience more alcohol-related injury presentations at emergency departments: regional and rural alcohol... Kerri,Coomber,Peter,... - 《Journal of Rural Health》 被引量: 7发表: 2013年 Larger Regional and Rural Areas in Victoria, Australia...
Many rural regions, extending over thousands of square kilometres, in parts of Asia and Africa, have population densities comparable to Western metropolitan areas. In these agrarian and poor regions, population density is precipitating thresholds for collective facilities and services on the one hand, ...
Expanding Internet access to the rural poor in Africa. At present, the Internet is little used in Africa. However, it has the potential to play a significant role in reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development, especially in rural areas. This paper examines two important elements ......
This paper explores in some detail urban areas as the place of origin of fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa. The objectives of the paper are two-fold. First,we provide an overview of the role of urban areas in reproductive change by examining recent data on levels and trends of fert...