Living in a Dangerous World: How Global Governance Must Combat Global Terrorism
ABSTRACT This article focuses on how global or international governance can combat terrorism. It assumes that terrorism is not random, undirected, and purposeless violence. Terrorists and those who support them have definitive goals, and terrorist violence is the means of achieving them. Also, due to globalization, today’s threats see no boundaries and need to be […]
Responding to Climate Change Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: The Need for Legal and Regulatory Guardrails
ABSTRACT This article shows that artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) provide useful tools for responding to the effects of climate change. The United Nations is making use of these technologies in a variety of ways. Matters discussed in the article show how these technologies can be used to develop programs to respond to […]
TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING ON ADMISSION TO SIERRA LEONE’S CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES: A SWOC ANALYSIS
ABSTRACT Background & Objectives Sierra Leone suffers from a high TB burden and is among the poorest countries worldwide. Anticipating the fulfillment of the 2030’s TB control target, the Sierra Leonean government decided to active case-finding promotion in their correctional system (SLCS), together with providing quality TB care and prevention services provision. However, funding for […]
UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL NORMS ON DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT: THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IN BIOPHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT Biopharmaceutical development plays a critical role in global health, focusing on the discovery, development, and production of innovative drugs and therapies. This contribution is multifaceted, encompassing disease prevention, treatment provision, global access to medicines, fostering innovation, and supporting economic growth. However, there is a growing recognition of the need to consider cultural norms in […]
STRENGTHENING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE THROUGH PRIMARY CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH INTEGRATION IN THE SOUTHERN REGION (SNNP) OF ETHIOPIA: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
ABSTRACT Ethiopia’s healthcare system strives to make numerous efforts to improve the primary healthcare system. The fragmentation of the public health and healthcare systems, challenges in accessing comprehensive care, and repeated epidemics are becoming increasingly complicated. The study aimed to examine the integration of essential public health functions in the primary care provided in the […]
RESOLVING THE GAMBIA POLITICAL IMPASSE OF 2016 – THE ROLE OF STATES AND NON-STATE ACTORS
ABSTRACT The paper explored the role of states and non-state actor in resolving the political impasse after the fall of the the 22 years dictatorial regime of Yahya Jammeh as a result of the 2016 presidential elections. The election of a new government led by Adama Barrow in December 2016 was the first democratic transition […]
THE QUEST OF HYDROCARBON RESOURCES AS A CATALYST OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS: AN EPIC LESSON FROM THE BAKASSI QUESTION
ABSTRACT Although recent research has increasingly questioned the link between natural resources and international conflict, the quest for hydrocarbons is peculiarly significant in igniting conflicts. Since a conflict-ridden oil producer is highly dependent on such resources, its revenue is hardly spent on distributional policies and the security apparatus – with less impact on the producing […]
THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON PUBLIC HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: A MIXED METHODS APPROACH
ABSTRACT Globally, the physical, social, and economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic are overt and palpable. For healthcare workers (HCWs) and health systems, psychological corollaries may pose a more insidious threat. The approximately 9500 HCWs in the Trinidad and Tobago ( T&T) public heath sector were tasked with the job of flattening the epidemic curve. […]
CITIZENSHIP CRISIS: CHILDREN BORN TO ILLEGAL HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS, SINGLE BAHAMIAN MEN AND FOREIGN WOMEN IN THE BAHAMAS
ABSTRACT The problem of illegal immigrants in The Bahamas has been ongoing for decades, especially from the Haitian diaspora. It has resulted in children being born in The Bahamas with no rights to automatic citizenship. A corresponding issue is children of single Bahamian men and foreign women with no rights to citizenship. It has led […]
THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON NUTRITION: SIGNALS FROM SUB-SHARAN AFRICA, WEST AFRICA, AND NIGERIA
ABSTRACT The incidence of malnutrition and its prevalence in the poor economies of the world is shocking. Globally, malnutrition affects more than 2.3 billion people. Additionally, 928 million more to 2.3 billion people are expected to be undernourished. Of these, 2 billion lack sufficient vitamins and minerals, 149 million children under five are underweight, and 45 million […]
